How to watch 2023 Italian Grand Prix: F1 live stream, TV schedule and start time

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Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and times for the 2023 Italian Grand Prix from Monza, including qualifying and the grand prix

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Are Verstappen and Red Bull set to become record-breakers once more in Monza?

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James Elson

As a demonstration of pure racing passion, there’s little to match Monza – F1’s very own ‘Temple of Speed’.

One of the original world championship venues and a spiritual home for grand prix racing, its blue riband Italian Grand Prix event attracts thousands of tifosi every year, fervently supporting their beloved Ferrari.

The Scuderia are likely to find it tough going this year, with the almost unstoppable Max Verstappen and Red Bull looking to break a couple of long-standing records.

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Ferrari fans will be out in force at Monza

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If the Dutchman wins at Monza, he’ll surpass Sebastian Vettel’s 2013 achievement of 9 consecutive race victories, with the team also looking to break the record of consecutive team wins, currently standing at 14 (Ferrari 1952/’53.)

Verstappen was again superlative last weekend in Zandvoort, but can any team hold a light to Red Bull? McLaren and Mercedes look the most likely challengers, with Aston Martin an outside bet.

Ferrari will be running a special livery in tribute to its Le Mans win this weekend, with both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz hoping to secure a podium to give their home fans something to cheer about.

Here’s how to watch all the action at the Italian GP.

 

How to watch F1: live stream and TV details for 2023 Italian Grand Prix

The Italian GP will follow the classic weekend format: two sessions of practice on Friday, another on Saturday followed by qualifying and the race on Sunday.

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Live TV: All sessions will be broadcast live on Sky Sports F1 starting with Free Practice 1 on Friday at 12.30pm.

Live stream: For UK viewers, Sky Sports F1 subscribers can watch all the running live on the Sky Go app. Now TV subscribers can also see live coverage of every session via Sky Sports F1 with live timings available through the F1 app.

Highlights: Channel 4 will show highlights of the weekend, with action from qualifying on Saturday night. Italian GP highlights will then be shown on Sunday evening.

 

F1 live stream and TV schedule 

All times in BST

Qualifying
Saturday 2 September		 Italian Grand Prix
Sunday 3 September
Session start time 3pm 2pm
Live coverage
Sky Sports, Sky Go, NowTV		 2.15pm 12.30pm
Highlights
Channel 4 		 7.50pm 6.30pm

Italian GP circuit and details

Originally built in 1922, Monza is a high-speed parkland blast in northern Italy.

The track held the first world championship Italian GP in 1950, and has kept the event every year bar one in 1980, when it was moved to Imola so Monza could undergo renovation.

With a lap at 80% full throttle, the circuit is the fastest on the F1 calendar. Lewis Hamilton set F1’s fastest ever lap at Monza in 2020 qualifying, running at an average speed of 264km/h (164mph).

Winner AlphaTauri's French driver Pierre Gasly reacts on the podium after the Italian Formula One Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit in Monza on September 6, 2020. (Photo by JENNIFER LORENZINI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JENNIFER LORENZINI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Gasly was a surprise winner in 2020

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Ironically for a track which used to be the one at which to slipstream your rivals, Monza is now a difficult circuit to pass at due to the DRS trains that form.

Owing to this, it occasionally throws up freak results, when incidents and safety car restarts shuffle the pack.

Pierre Gasly won his first F1 race there for AlphaTauri in 2020, while Daniel Ricciardo took McLaren’s first win in nine years at the 2021 race.

At 5.8km in length and with a race length of 53 laps, the track has two DRS zones, on the start/finish straight and in the run up to the Variante Ascari chicane.

With dry running forecast across the weekend, it’s likely we won’t see the pitstop strategy chaos of Zandvoort last week.

 

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Type

Permanent road course

Length

3.599 (Miles)

Change

First and second chicanes redesigned

Fastest Race Lap

Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari F2004), 1m21.046, 159.865 mph, F1, 2004

Fastest Qualifying Lap

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Benz F1 W11 EQ Performance), 1m18.887, 164.240 mph, F1, 2020

Type

Permanent road course

Length

3.585 (Miles)

Change

Minor modifications to first and second (Roggia) chicanes

Fastest Race Lap

Mika Hakkinen (McLaren MP4/12-Mercedes-Benz), 1m24.808, 152.180 mph, F1, 1997

Fastest Qualifying Lap

Jean Alesi (Benetton B197-Renault), 1m22.990, 155.513 mph, F1, 1997

Type

Permanent road course

Length

3.625 (Miles)

Change

Second Lesmo tightened, Curva Grande reprofiled

Fastest Race Lap

Damon Hill (Williams FW16B-Renault), 1m25.930, 151.868 mph, F1, 1994

Fastest Qualifying Lap

Jean Alesi (Ferrari 412T1B), 1m23.844, 155.646 mph, F1, 1994

Type

Permanent road course

Length

3.6039 (Miles)

Change

First chicane modified, Variante della Roggia built

Fastest Race Lap

Damon Hill (Williams FW15C-Renault), 1m23.575, 155.239 mph, F1, 1993

Fastest Qualifying Lap

Ayrton Senna (McLaren MP4/6-Honda), 1m21.114, 159.949 mph, F1, 1991

Type

Permanent road course

Length

3.588 (Miles)

Change

Chicanes built after the start and at the Variante Ascari

Fastest Race Lap

Jean-Pierre Jarier (Alpine A442-Renault), 1m29.6, 144.161 mph, Sports Cars, 1976

Fastest Qualifying Lap

Arturo Merzario (Alfa Romeo T33TT/12), 1m28.26, 146.350 mph, Sports Cars, 1974

Type

Permanent road course

Length

3.573 (Miles)

Change

Grand Prix circuit used, without banking or chicanes

Fastest Race Lap

Francois Cevert (Matra-Simca MS670), 1m21.9, 157.055 mph, Sports Cars, 1973

Fastest Qualifying Lap

Francois Cevert (Matra-Simca MS670), 1m21.13, 158.546 mph, Sports Cars, 1973

Type

Permanent road course

Length

3.915 (Miles)

Change

Curva de Vedano built, Grand Prix circuit did not used the banking or chicanes

Fastest Race Lap

Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo 159), 1m56.2, 120.979 mph, F1, 1951

Fastest Qualifying Lap

Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo 159), 1m53.2, 124.505 mph, F1, 1951

Type

Permanent road course

Length

4.35 (Miles)

Change

Grand Prix circuit and South banking used with a chicane on the banking

Fastest Race Lap

Hermann Lang (Mercedes-Benz W154), 2m34.2, 101.556 mph, GP, 1938

Fastest Qualifying Lap

Hermann Lang (Mercedes-Benz W154), 2m32.4, 102.756 mph, GP, 1938

Type

Permanent road course

Length

4.32 (Miles)

Change

Grand Prix circuit and South banking used with temporary chicanes

Fastest Race Lap

Tazio Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo Tipo-C "8C-35"), 2m49.8, 91.590 mph, GP, 1935

Fastest Qualifying Lap

Bernd Rosemeyer (Auto Union C), 2m56.4, 88.163 mph, GP, 1936

Type

Permanent road course

Length

2.69 (Miles)

Change

Temporary circuit using South banking and start/finish straight

Fastest Race Lap

Hans Stuck (Auto Union A), 2m13.6, 72.485 mph, GP, 1934

Type

Permanent road course

Length

4.263 (Miles)

Change

Grand Prix circuit incorporating South banking

Fastest Race Lap

Achille Varzi (Maserati 26M), 2m32.6, 100.569 mph, GP, 1930

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2023 Italian GP full session times

All times in BST 

Friday 2 September Saturday 3 September Sunday 4 September
F1 Free Practice 1 – 12.30pm
Free Practice 2 – 4pm		 Free Practice 3 – 11.30am
Qualifying – 3pm		 Italian Grand Prix – 2pm

 

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