Monza – iGPFun

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, located just north of Milan in Italy, is a notoriously fast circuit and the home of the Italian Grand Prix as well as the ‘tifosi’.

It has 9 layouts and specific tips for racing on the different layouts can be found by expanding the buttons below.

Grand Prix

Track Map

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Racing Tips

Chicane 1: Prima Variante (Turn 1 Left, Turn 2 Right), and
Chicane 2: Variante della Roggia (Turn 4 Left, Turn 5 Right)
These are obvious passing places but they are also very narrow and dangerous, especially at race start. Follow the general recommendations below and we will have great races. Ignore them and people will complain about accidents.

Attempt to overtake only if you are clearly alongside in the straight before the braking zone. If you are not, just wait for a better opportunity, you will have many. Avoid dive bombing!
If you are being passed, just accept that you have been beaten and do not get into something risky just to defend one corner. You will soon have a chance to get your place back. Remember that it doesn’t matter who leads after a given corner, what matters is who leads at the end of the race.
If you find yourself side by side in the middle of the chicane, don’t cut across and give plenty of room to your opponent.

Turns 6 and 7 Right: Lesmo 1 and 2
No passing here. Side by side will cost a lot of time to both cars.

Turns 8, 9, and 10: Variante Ascari
This looks like a good passing place but it is actually not. Short braking into a fast chicane with the car being thrown right and left across the track. Side by side is dangerous and very often leads to contact. It is usually better, and safer, to attack elsewhere on the track.

Turn 11 Right: Parabolica
Probably the safest passing zone of the track. Just remember to avoid dive bombing and to leave sufficient room for side by side racing.

There are two options here:

Attack on entry, which usually slows down both cars;
Concentrate on a good exit to pass on the start-finish straight, with the draft.

The second option usually is safer and faster but the first one is fine in specific circumstances.