The lap
Autodromo Nazionale Monza · Grand Prix
7 corners, 5 of which decide the lap. What each one asks of the car, and what you do about it.
Main straight
Rettifilo
Curva Grande
Roggia
Lesmo 1
Lesmo 2
Serraglio
Ascari
Back straight
Parabolica
StraightFast cornerMedium cornerSlow corner
The lapThe lowest-downforce weekend of the season. Kerb behaviour is the whole setup: chicanes are taken by riding kerbs hard, and the car still has to be stable at 300 km/h.
Set up forLowest wing on the calendar, longest gearing, and a car that rides chicane kerbs without being launched.
Classic mistakeStiffening the car to feel stable in Curva Grande and Parabolica, then getting fired into the air at the Roggia kerbs.
Works hardestBrakes, and the kerbs punish the platform
Length5.8 km · road course · IT
Corner by corner
Every corner on this layout
A • marks the corners that decide the lap.
T1–2 Variante del Rettifilo •
Biggest stop of the season
Braking from maximum speed into a tight chicane. Lock-up city, and the kerbs are unforgiving.
- Technique
- Bleed pressure as the downforce leaves. Ride the kerb, don't attack it.
- Demands
- Braking-limited · Kerbs are part of the line · Low speed — aero does little
T3 Curva Grande
Very fast right
Long and quick, taken near-flat with the car loaded for a sustained period.
- Technique
- Hold it and stay off the kerb on exit — you need to be straight for the Roggia braking.
- Demands
- High speed — aero is live · Wants a settled rear · Aero platform sensitive
T4–5 Variante della Roggia •
Chicane · severe kerbs
A quick left-right that has to be taken over big kerbs, and the car has to land flat.
- Technique
- This is a fast-damping corner. If you're being launched, that's the knob.
- Demands
- Kerbs are part of the line · Bumpy surface · Braking-limited
T6 Lesmo 1
Medium-fast right
Blind, tightening, and it punishes an optimistic entry.
- Technique
- Slightly sacrifice this one — Lesmo 2's exit is worth much more.
- Demands
- Sustained mid-corner load · Front grip limited · Braking-limited
T7 Lesmo 2 •
Medium-fast right · onto Serraglio
Feeds the long run under the old banking toward Ascari. A high-value exit.
- Technique
- Late apex, get straight, get on the power. Patience pays.
- Demands
- Sustained mid-corner load · Traction-limited · Exit-phase limited · Rear grip limited
T8–10 Variante Ascari •
Fast three-part chicane
Fast, three-part and completely unforgiving of a car that won't take kerb.
- Technique
- Rhythm, not aggression. Get the first element right and the rest follows.
- Demands
- Kerbs are part of the line · High speed — aero is live · Aero platform sensitive · Wants a settled rear
T11 Parabolica •
Long opening right
Long and opening, feeding the main straight. The most valuable exit on the lap.
- Technique
- Late apex and get the power down as it opens. Patience pays here too.
- Demands
- Sustained mid-corner load · Traction-limited · Exit-phase limited · Rear grip limited
Corner names and numbering follow common usage; some circuits number differently between layouts.
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