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F1 hits Monza again! Find out the Italian Grand Prix 2025 timetable

10:22, 04 Sep

Updated: 21:34, 04 Sep

byPietro Vurro

F1 will hit again the track in Italy at Monza. Will the red crowd help Ferrari to win or there'll be another McLaren domination?

F1 will come back this weekend for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The last year Charles Leclerc won against the McLarens thanks to a great strategy and tyre management but this year, after the Dutch GP performance, Ferrari doesn't seem to be able to attack the papaya team.

Every year Monza is assaulted by thousands of Tifosi ready to push Ferrari as far as possible in the race showing all their crazy support from the grandstands of the Autodromo.

Monza track

The weekend begins as always on Friday, September 5th, with Free Practice 1 at 13:30 CEST, with FP2 at 17:00 CEST. On Saturday, September 6th, FP3 runs at 12:30 CEST, before qualifying gets underway at 16:00 CEST to decide the grid for Sunday’s race.

The 2025 Italian Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, September 7th, with lights out scheduled for 15:00 local time (CEST). This means a 14:00 start in the UK (BST), 09:00 on the U.S. East Coast (ET) and 06:00 on the West Coast (PT).

Full Italian Grand Prix 2025 timetable

Friday

Free Practice 1: 13:30 to 14:30 CEST (12:30 to 13:30 in the UK, 07:30 to 08:30 ET, and 04:30 to 05:30 PT).Free Practice 2: 17:00 to 18:00 CEST (16:00 to 17:00 UK, 11:00 to 12:00 ET, 08:00 to 09:00 PT)

Saturday

Free Practice 3: 12:30 to 13:30 CEST (11:30 to 12:30 UK, 06:30 to 07:30 ET, 03:30 to 04:30 PT).Qualifying: 16;00 CEST (15:00 UK, 10:00 ET, 07:00 PT), setting the grid for Sunday’s showdown.

Sunday

2025 Italian Grand Prix: 15:00 CEST (14:00 UK, 09:00 ET and 06:00 PT.Will McLaren dominate again this weekend or Ferrari will find the glory in its homeland? Let's discover it this weekend.

Verstappen wants 'Ferrari dream', but only under one clear condition

Ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen explained that if he ends up driving for Ferrari one day, there will be a certain reason for that.

Ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, he declared that he will remain with Red Bull Racing for the 2026 season. Many drivers dream of becoming a Ferrari driver one day in Formula 1, with the Italians being the most successful team in the competition's history.

The iconic Italians boast 248 victories, but the Dutchman believes just driving for the team is not enough.

"I think Ferrari is a massive brand, and of course all the drivers, they see and they picture themselves of, ‘I would like to drive for Ferrari,’ but I think that's also where the mistake comes, just to drive for Ferrari," he told GPblog.

"If you want to drive for Ferrari, you want to win. So if I would ever want to go there, I don't go there just to drive for Ferrari, I go there because I see the opportunity to win. And if you win with Ferrari, that's even better."

Bearman still nurtures his dream as he discusses potential year for Ferrari move

Although aware that there’s currently no room alongside Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, Oliver Bearman continues to nurture the dream of becoming a Ferrari driver one day.

Although he currently trails his first Formula 1 teammate in the standings, Oliver Bearman is enjoying a strong rookie season.

The young British driver had already competed in two races last year—one with Haas in Baku and another with Ferrari in Jeddah—where he scored the very first points of his career.

Oliver comes off his best Formula 1 race just last weekend, finishing sixth, aided by retirements from cars ahead of him. The eight points he scored now place him 12 points behind his teammate, with nine races still to go.

For Bearman, however, the goal remains clear: to earn Ferrari’s trust and one day secure a seat at Maranello.

The Englishman is fully aware that there’s currently no room, with two top-tier drivers—Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton—ahead of him, but his dream of joining the Scuderia remains alive.

Norris wants to move on after painful DNF in Dutch GP

''Of course it's frustrating, but at the same time the reasoning of it makes it pretty easy to just move on from,'' he stated.

''If it was something I did, I'd probably be still kicking myself or I'd still be pretty down about it, but I think the fact it had nothing to do with me, with what I did or how I was driving or my decisions, it's pretty easy just to go 'this is life.'''

''What can I do is... it's surprisingly easy probably for myself to put it behind and look ahead to this weekend, so that's what I'm excited for.''

He then added: ''You just can't do anything about it. I can literally only look ahead to the next few races and try and do more than I've ever done.''

Finally, Lando admitted that even if he were to lose the championship because of that retirement, he would not make a drama out of it: ''If I lose the championship by those points, then I just have to keep my chin up, my head up high and try and do it again next year.''

''I can't dwell on those moments too much. It's not anyone's direct fault. Even if it was, I just have to take it on the chin and move on, so that's what we're trying to do.''

Hamilton still imagines what Lauda would say

Hamilton knew Lauda well, as the Austrian was Mercedes' non-executive chairman and co-owner until his passing ahead of the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix.

"Niki and I had an amazing relationship. When I joined Ferrari, I hadn’t even thought of Niki having driven at Ferrari. It was literally just because, as a kid, I watched Michael (Schumacher) and was a big fan of the team.

"I always looked at the reaction from the crowd every time Ferrari was on the podium – the passion was like no other team. I wanted to feel what that was like.

"Now having joined the team and learning more about the history, it’s amazing this weekend, because I got to celebrate Niki at Mercedes, I got to celebrate winning championships with him, and now to be able to come to Ferrari and celebrate him here too."

Hamilton has fond memories of Lauda, and revealed a special saying he used to tell him.

"His legacy continues to live on. I know what he would be saying to me nowadays, and he’s always in the back of my mind, that thought.

"When I didn’t do well, he would do this and he’d tell me to “give them hell” – but he would always say the word ‘a***holes’!

"I never understood it at first. I’d say “what do you mean? Do you mean give them hell?” and he would say no “give them a***holes!”. But he was just such a fighter," the Briton concluded.

Piastri isn’t resting on increased points lead

''I've got personal experience of this not being a comfortable gap,'' he told GPblog at Monza on Thursday.

''It's still far to early for me calculating and settling for positions that aren't first. So for me, the process is exactly the same. That won't change until the gap is pretty significantly bigger or the amount of races is significantly smaller.''

When asked whether he thinks Norris will be more aggressive now that he has much less to lose, the Australian added: ''I don't think so. I don't think much will change. It's certainly not out of fight. Yes, it's a bit more difficult now, but I don't expect much to change.''

''I think we'll race each other the same way. I think the amount of risk we're taking will be the same. We're both trying to drive as fast as we can. It's not like we've been holding anything back from that side of things. So I don't think we're getting anything to change.''