The Italian Grand Prix 2023 was the 14th round of the 2023 F1 season, and took place at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy, during the weekend of the 1st to the 3rd of September.
Max Verstappen won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Sergio Pérez, and Carlos Sainz, who originally had the pole position, completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
There were a total of 25 pit stops during the race.
The most popular pit stop windows were:
- Laps 10-15: 7 stops
- Laps 19-25: 11 stops
The fastest pit stop was Lando Norris's, stopping the clock at 23.727 seconds during his pit stop on lap 22, while the slowest one was was Oscar Piastri's, who stopped the clock at 31.799 seconds, 8.072 seconds slower than Norris, during his pit stop on lap 41.
These times include the time the driver spent going through the pit lane, as well as the actual time he stopped for the mechanics to work on his car.
Strategy
We saw a variety of options in terms of pit stop strategies during this race, however most drivers chose a 1 stop. Only Pierre Gasly, Guanyu Zhou, Kevin Magnussen, Liam Lawson, Nico Hülkenberg and Oscar Piastri decided to try something different with a 2 stops strategy.
The race winner, Max Verstappen, was on a 1 stop strategy.
1 stop
-
2Logan Sargeant
-
1Alexander Albon
-
2Carlos Sainz
-
1George Russell
-
1Max Verstappen
-
4Lance Stroll
-
1Charles Leclerc
-
1Fernando Alonso
-
3Sergio Pérez
-
1Lando Norris
-
1Esteban Ocon
-
4Valtteri Bottas
-
2Lewis Hamilton
2 stops
-
2Pierre Gasly
-
2Guanyu Zhou
-
1Kevin Magnussen
-
1Liam Lawson
-
4Nico Hülkenberg
-
5Oscar Piastri
Excluding those drivers who could not finish the race, those on a 1 stop strategy gained 1.08 positions on average, while those on a 2 stops strategy lost an average of 0.5 positions.
This difference in possitions gained, together with a deeper nalaysis of each strategy, reinforces the conclusion that a 1 stop strategy was the best option.
It is important to note that this might not always be the case for other races held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, as the conditions might change from year to year, in terms of wheel degradation, accidents, safety cars, etc.
Incidents
There race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 2 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.
These included, Esteban Ocon, who had issues with the steering of the car on lap 39, and Yuki Tsunoda, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 0.
Steering
-
Esteban OconLap 39
Engine
-
Yuki TsunodaLap 0
Qualifying
Carlos Sainz managed to get the pole position by 0.013 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:20.294. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Max Verstappen.
Track evolution
As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and 14 out of the 15 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.
The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. It therefore comes as no surprise that all of the drivers that took place in Q3 managed to improve their times in this last session.