In the fastest ever Formula 1 race, Verstappen secured his third victory of the season and Norris broke a 21-year-old lap record. Here are the facts and statistics from the 2025 Italian Grand Prix!
VERSTAPPEN WINS THE 2025 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
Max Verstappen took victory in the 2025 Italian Grand Prix, claiming his first victory since the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. This was Verstappen’s 66th win in total and his third of the 2025 season, after Imola and Suzuka.
Clocking in at one hour and 13 minutes, the 2025 Italian Grand Prix was the shortest full distance Grand Prix in Formula 1 history. With Verstappen taking victory at an average speed of over 205km/h, it was also the fastest race in the sport’s history, breaking the record set by Michael Schumacher at the 2003 Italian Grand Prix.
Verstappen secured Red Bull’s 125th win. Red Bull are the fourth team to reach the milestone, after Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes.
This was Verstappen’s third Italian Grand Prix victory in the last four years. This was Verstappen’s seventh victory in Italy, having now won three races at Monza and four at Imola. Italy overtakes the United States as the country in which he has won most frequently. He becomes only the third driver – after Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher – to have won in a single country on as many as seven occasions.
Verstappen is the tenth driver to have won as many as three races at Monza.
The 2025 Italian Grand Prix marks the first time since 2019 that the Monza polesitter won the race.
Verstappen secured victory at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix by 19.207 seconds – the largest winning margin of the season to date and the largest since his victory at the 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. It was the largest winning margin at Monza since 2015 and the second-largest at the track in the last 27 years.
Having finished second at Zandvoort, this was the first time since the 2024 Singapore and United States Grands Prix that Verstappen secured podium finishes at consecutive races.
This was Verstappen’s 189th top ten finish in Formula 1, overtaking former team-mate Sergio Perez for sixth on the list of drivers who’ve scored points in the most Grands Prix.
ON THE PODIUM
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri joined Max Verstappen on the podium at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix.
Norris equalled his best result to date at Monza, having last finished as runner-up in 2021. This was his 39th podium finish, equalling Sergio Perez for 25th on the all-time list. Norris has finished in the top two on all of his last nine finishes.
Norris secured the fastest lap of the race and broke the 21-year-old Italian Grand Prix Lap Record in the process. The previous record was a 1:21.046, set by Rubens Barrichello at the 2004 Italian Grand Prix. The record was broken multiple times in the race, eventually ending at a 1:20.901, set by Norris on the final lap of the race.
Norris continued his record of scoring points on every appearance at the Italian Grand Prix. He is the only driver to have scored points on all of his first seven appearances at Monza.
Piastri recorded the 24th top three result of his career, equalling fellow countryman Alan Jones and three other drivers for 46th on the all-time list.
This was Piastri’s sixth consecutive podium finish – and his first third place finish since the Monaco Grand Prix.
Crossing the line for the 44th time, Piastri overtook Max Verstappen for the second-longest finishing streak in Formula 1 history. He also overtook Lewis Hamilton for the third-longest scoring streak in the sport.
IN THE POINTS
With fourth place, Charles Leclerc finished in the top four for the third time in the last four races.
George Russell recorded a fourth consecutive top five result, finishing fifth.
Finishing sixth in the 2025 Italian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton recorded his first top six result since the British Grand Prix.
This was Hamilton’s 16th top ten finish at Monza, overtaking Michael Schumacher for the most top ten finishes at the Italian Grand Prix. This being his 16th finish, he also overtook Kimi Raikkonen and Rubens Barrichello for the most finishes at the circuit.
Alex Albon finished seventh in the 2025 Italian Grand Prix, scoring points for the fourth time in the last five races. It was also the fourth time he has scored points in his five visits to Monza.
Albon equalled Williams’ best Italian Grand Prix result of the last eight seasons. He finished seventh here with the team in 2023.
With eighth place, Gabriel Bortoleto brought home more points for Sauber in the 2025 Italian Grand Prix. This was the fourth time he scored points in the last six races, matching the second-best race result of his career to date.
Bortoleto’s eighth place marked Sauber’s best result at the Italian Grand Prix since Nico Hulkenberg finished fifth with the team in 2013.
Kimi Antonelli scored points for only the third time in the last ten races. His ninth place finish in the 2025 Italian Grand Prix marked his best result since his podium finish at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Starting from the pit lane, Isack Hadjar scored a point in the 2025 Italian Grand Prix, finishing tenth. Hadjar’s point marked the first time that a pit lane starter at Monza has finished in the top ten.
This is only the third time in the last 12 seasons that the Red Bull junior team has scored points in the Italian Grand Prix.
THE OTHER FINISHERS
With 11th place, Carlos Sainz failed to score a point for a sixth consecutive race.
Yuki Tsunoda finished 13th in the 2025 Italian Grand Prix, failing to score for the eighth time in the last nine races. Tsunoda remains yet to score a point at Monza from his five visits in Formula 1.
With Pierre Gasly finishing 16th and Franco Colapinto 17th, this was the fourth consecutive season in which Alpine failed to score a point at the Italian Grand Prix.
THE RETIREES
Two drivers failed to finish the 2025 Italian Grand Prix – one of whom failed to make the start. Nico Hulkenberg was told to retire on the formation lap, pulling into the pits before the race began. This was Hulkenberg’s fourth DNS – his first since his substitute appearance with Racing Point at the 2020 British Grand Prix.
This was the first race of the season which Hulkenberg did not complete.
Fernando Alonso joined Hulkenberg on the sidelines. His retirement with a suspension failure marked his sixth non-finish in his last ten Italian Grand Prix appearances.
Alonso retired on Lap 23 of the race but, having completed the first 16 laps of the Grand Prix, he became the first driver to have raced as many as 1,000 Grand Prix laps at Monza.
This was Alonso’s fourth retirement of the season – his first since the Monaco Grand Prix.
This was the third year in a row that the Italian Grand Prix passed with no Safety Car or VSC deployments.