Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen 'destroys' Schumacher's record with fastest F1 race ever in Monza

19:54, 07 Sep

bySamson Ero

Max Verstappen ensured he left the ‘Temple of Speed’ with his name firmly imprinted on several F1 records. The Red Bull Racing driver rewrote the history by completing the 53 laps around Monza in the fastest time ever recorded for a grands prix race.

Completing the Grand Prix within a time of 1:13:24.325, it marked the record for the fastest ever race in the sport's 75 year history.

This record eclipses that which was set during the 2023 Italian Grand Prix race when Michael Schumacher stormed to victory at the Monza circuit in 2003, in a total time of 1:14:19.838.

The 2025 Italian Grand Prix weekend event also witnessed Verstappen set the record for the fastest ever lap in the history of Formula 1.

With a lap time of 1m 18.792s, the Dutchman clocked the fastest ever lap at Monza, known as ‘Temple of Speed.’

Verstappen had an impressive weekend as the Red Bull driver largely dominated the grid through the race. The 27-year-old won in Monza with his largest winning margin of the season so far – 19 seconds.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff claimed Verstappen's dominance had made "everyone else look silly". Wolff added: "They [the other drivers] really need to ask themselves what he’s doing differently.

"Overall, we weren’t competitive over the weekend. A fifth and an eighth place are absolutely not satisfactory. I don’t think, with our current set-up, we have a car that we can consistently drive onto the podium. But Kimi made too many mistakes.

"He simply needs to put together a solid weekend. Then he’ll be racing on equal terms with Leclerc and George. And with George, things also weren’t completely smooth today."

McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were left to settle for the final podium places in second and third place respectively.

The Scuderia Ferrari team also had relatively impressive races, with Charles Leclerc finishing in fourth place and Lewis Hamilton in sixth.