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The Monza Circuit (Italian: Autodromo Nazionale di Monza; lit. ' Monza National Racetrack ') is a 5.793 km (3.600 mi) race track near the city of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy. Built in 1922, it was the world's third purpose-built motor racing circuit after Brooklands and Indianapolis and the oldest in mainland Europe.
The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone; since then 77 circuits in total have hosted a Grand Prix.A lot of classic (older) circuits have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations throughout their history: Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, etc. Taking Nürburgring as an example, the first World Championship race there used the 22.835 km (14.189 mi ...
SVG showing only the track layout with a fancy background - Note: This image doesn't have the name "Monza" in its name Enhanced version of Image:GrandPrix Circuit Italy 2006.svg with more information and interactive features
After the 1954 running, work began on entirely revamping the circuit. New facilities were built and a new corner, the Parabolica, was built right before the pits. Extra track used for a short course was eliminated. The biggest change was the construction of the new Monza banking.
This was also the last Formula One race ever to be held on the full 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) Monza circuit, with the two banked corners and the straight between the bankings included. The race was won by von Trips's American teammate Phil Hill ; since von Trips was the only one who could challenge him, Hill won the World Championship with one ...
A prime example of this is the three chicanes at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, introduced in the early 1970s; the Chase at Mount Panorama, added in 1987; and the Tamburello chicane at Imola, which was placed in 1995 after Ayrton Senna's death at the original corner.
"The Track Too Tough To Tame" = Darlington Raceway, [120] "The Track That Ate the Heroes" = Langhorne Speedway , [ 112 ] "The Tricky Triangle " = Pocono International Raceway , [ 86 ]
In all, eight cars made contact with the tyre barriers after running wide on the track, of which five (Hill, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Olivier Panis, Ricardo Rosset and Irvine) retired. Michael Schumacher also hit a tyre stack in the closing stages but continued without damage to his car and won the race.