Find out the race-week schedule, weather and how to watch the Italian Grand Prix weekend at Monza; watch every session of the Italian GP live on Sky Sports, starting with Friday's practice sessions at 11.30am and 3pm
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The 2026 Formula 1 title race is set to heat up at the Italian Grand Prix as championship leader Kimi Antonelli will start at the back of the grid due to a power unit change.
Antonelli leads George Russell and Lewis Hamilton by 59 points in the Drivers' Championship but his biggest threat may now come from Lando Norris, who is 83 points behind, but has won the last two races.
Given Antonelli is highly unlikely to win at Monza, it provides a big opportunity for his title rivals to make inroads into their championship deficits.
Ferrari will have huge support from their home crowd, the Tifosi, and are also expected to run new engines in Hamilton and Charles Leclerc's cars – but will not suffer grid penalties.
They hope the extra power will get them back to winning ways after disappointment in Hungary and the Netherlands, tracks Ferrari were predicted to be strong at.
Max Verstappen won last year's Italian Grand Prix and Red Bull could be back towards the front this weekend due to their strong engine.
Monza is one of the four current tracks that feature on the original 1950 F1 World Championship calendar – Monaco, Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps being the others – and is known as the Temple of Speed thanks to its long straights.
The prime overtaking spot is into the Turn 1 chicane but the battle often continues through the Curve Grande and into Turn 4.
After that comes two 90-degree right handers, known as the Lesmos, before another long straight towards the Ascari Chicane, then the final corner, commonly called Parabolica.
The current weather forecast suggests rain will not affect the on-track action at Monza with sunny skies across all three days of running with air temperatures at around 30C.
Thursday September 31pm: Drivers' Press Conference4pm: Paddock Uncut
Friday September 47.30am: F3 Practice8.55am: F2 Practice11am: Italian Grand Prix Practice One (session starts at 11.30pm)*12.55pm: F3 Qualifying1.50pm: F2 Qualifying2.35pm: Italian Grand Prix Practice Two (session starts at 3pm)4.15pm: The F1 Show5.20pm: Team Bosses' Press Conference
Saturday September 58.25am: F3 Sprint11.15am: Italian Grand Prix Practice Three (session starts at 11:30am)1.10pm: F2 Sprint2.15pm: Italian Grand Prix Qualifying build-up3pm: ITALIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING*5pm: Ted's Qualifying Notebook
