Grand Prix Italy

The Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar. The first Italian Grand Prix motor racing championship took place back in 1921 at Brescia. However, the race is more closely associated with the course at Monza, which was built in 1922 in time for that year's race, and has been the location for most of the races over the years.

The Italian Grand Prix was one of the inaugural F1 championship races in 1950, and has been held every year since then. The only other championship race for which this is true is the British Grand Prix.

The race at Monza went into the history books as Michael Schumacer announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the 2006 season. Kimi Räikkönen replaced him at Ferrari from the start of the 2007 season and won the championship in his first season for the Italian team.