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Jackie Stewart checks timesheets in the Tyrrell-Cosworth 003 prior to the 1971 Italian GP in Monza

Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell-Cosworth 003 prior to the 1971 Italian GP in Monza

Juan Manuel Fangio and Jackie Stewart, 1971 Italian GP Monza

Jackie Stewart jokes around with Chris Amon, 1971 Italian GP Monza

Jackie Stewart, 1971 Italian GP Monza

Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell-Cosworth 003 prior to the 1971 Italian GP in Monza

Juan Manuel Fangio listens to Jackie Stewart, 1971 Italian GP Monza

Later second placed Ronnie Peterson besides his March-Cosworth 711 on the grid before the Italian GP Monza 1971

Chris Amon, Italian GP Monza 1971

Cevert's Tyrrell-Cosworth 002 is equipped with an experimantal exhaust during the 1972 Italian GP weekend

Cevert's Tyrrell-Cosworth 002 is prepared during the 1972 Italian GP weekend

Race winner Ronnie Peterson on Lotus-Cosworth 72E, Italian GP Monza 1974

Austrian jornalist and racing driver Harald Ertl with his wife Vera, Italian GP Monza 1975

Harald Ertl on Hesketh-Cosworth 308, Italian GP Monza 1975

F1 Communications headset garage

Michael Schumacher

Andrea de Cesaris on Tyrrell-Ilmor, Italian GP Monza 1992 (Sponsor"DENIM" in Monza only)

accident

Media dinner organized by Credit Suisse.

Media dinner organized by Credit Suisse.

Media dinner organized by Credit Suisse.

John Jacob Philip 'Jaki' Elkann, Chairman of FIAT and grandson of Gianni Agnelli

John Jacob Philip 'Jaki' Elkann, Chairman of FIAT and grandson of Gianni Agnelli

John Jacob Philip 'Jaki' Elkann, Chairman of FIAT and grandson of Gianni Agnelli

John Jacob Philip 'Jaki' Elkann, Chairman of FIAT and grandson of Gianni Agnelli

John Jacob Philip 'Jaki' Elkann, Chairman of FIAT and grandson of Gianni Agnelli

Vic Elford as ATS team manager besides Stuck, Italian GP Monza 1979

Start of the 1970 1000kms Monza

Start of the 1970 1000kms Monza, Chris Amon (NZ) and Arturo Merzario (I) on Ferrari 512 S #1026 besides polesiter Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) on Porsche 917K 009

Rolf Stommelen (D) on the Alfa Romeo T33/3 75080-020 which becomes destroyed during an accident in practice

Vic Elford sits in the Porsche 917K #020, 1000km Monza 1971

Pedro Rodriguez in Porsche pits during the 1000km Monza 1971

Vic Elford sits in the Porsche 917K #020, 1000km Monza 1971

Ganley

Vic Elford sits in the Porsche 917K #020, 1000km Monza 1971

Emerson Fittipaldi

Hospitality members

mtp

Grid girls

An Italian march Band occupies the grid befor the race cars turn up

mt. girls

mt. girls

ELF fuels ad on refueling machine

Water flooded garages during a heavy monsoon thunderstorm on Friday morning.

Water flooded garages during a heavy monsoon thunderstorm on Friday morning.

Kasabian music band

Thierry Gromik

Kasabian music band

Emily Davenport, Jad Sheriff

Boris Schlegelmilch, Masakazu Miyata, Peter Fox, Japanese guy, Paul-Henri Cahier, Mario Renzi

Helmut Uhl, Bild Zeitung

Boris Schlegelmilch, Masakazu Miyata, Peter Fox, Japanese guy, Paul-Henri Cahier, Mario Renzi

Boris Schlegelmilch, Masakazu Miyata, Peter Fox, Japanese guy, Paul-Henri Cahier, Mario Renzi

Mario Renzi

Helmut Uhl, Bild Zeitung

Boris Schlegelmilch, Masakazu Miyata, Peter Fox, Japanese guy, Paul-Henri Cahier, Mario Renzi

Esteban Gutierrez, fresh Mexikan Champion of the new GP3 series in 2010

Helmut Uhl, Bild Zeitung

Mark Sutton

Thierry Gromik

Boris Schlegelmilch, Masakazu Miyata, Peter Fox, Japanese guy, Paul-Henri Cahier, Mario Renzi

Jim Clark

Jim Clark

John Surtees' Honda RA301 T-car

Jochen Rindt talks to a journalist

Gethin

Rolf Stommelen beim GP Italien in Monza 1975 - nur bei diesem Rennen mit der grossen Sponsor-Aufschrift "CORONADO" an der Cockpitseite und auf dem Heckfl¸gel

Rolf Stommelen beim GP Italien in Monza 1975 - nur bei diesem Rennen mit der grossen Sponsor-Aufschrift "CORONADO" an der Cockpitseite und auf dem Heckfl¸gel

Rolf Stommelen beim GP Italien in Monza 1975 - nur bei diesem Rennen mit der grossen Sponsor-Aufschrift "CORONADO" an der Cockpitseite und auf dem Heckfl¸gel

Renzo Zorzi, einmaliger Einsatz beim GP Italien 1975, im FW03 von Frank Williams

Rolf Stommelen beim GP Italien in Monza 1975 - nur bei diesem Rennen mit der grossen Sponsor-Aufschrift "CORONADO" an der Cockpitseite und auf dem Heckfl¸gel

Engine and car designer Carlo Chiti, a long time Alfa Romeo employee

High-end 80s F1 computer technology

Michael Schumacher

Italian GP 1991

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Frank Williams and his driver Riccardo Patrese

Michael Schumacher

Ferrari fan Silvio Ferri with Portuguese driver Pedro Lamy

Schumacher's grid girls

Schumacher's grid girls

TGC4

Michael Schumacher

Mika retires

Police and fans

1 minute of silence

Fans after the race

Mika retires

mtp

Police man

Michael Schumacher

Police man

Phil Hill and daughter

Mika

Merzario

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

ferraris webbers red bull und hulk.

Autograph hunters wait for the drivers at the gates

wolken künden son. mittag einen schauer an

The girls pose at the grid

A busy grid under a dark sky

sitzt auf dem alten steilkurven-streckenteil an der 1. chikane

50 jahre mclaren

an der parabolica

Police uniform, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Well-dressed police men in paddock, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

The happy fans and Mercedes Team members cheer to the podium, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Curb at turn one, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Grid girls walk away from the start/finish line

mt. Hohensinner, Hannelore

Two unknown Italian beauties showing up at the Red Bull Thirstday evening party, being well guarded by a bald security

Ross Brawn goes to work

Elisabetta Gregoraci, girlfriend of Flavio Briatore.

High-necked grid girls await the drivers for presentation

Despite a non-Italian team won, masses of frenetical celebrating Italian Formula One fans fill the grid, rather some of them even prefer to express their political opinion

Alfredo 'Freddy', the Super Aguri team physio, looks after Takuma Sato's helmets (thank you for the info, Emma!)

Attractive VIP ladies on their way to the grid on race day, well hiding the proper credentials

A fine selection of regional products (and a chilled bottle of champagne) on display at the Brawn GP motorhome after the remarkable 1-2 win

'Earth is not a toy'

Formula One attracts TV broadcasting from all over the world

The Red Bull Formula Unas play table football

Extraction marshals stand still for FIA medical car examination

The italian grid girls form a guard of honour for the drivers

An italian Red Bull Formula Una presents her favourite drink

After the race, masses of fans flow back home through the old royal park

Marshals clean the track after the start accident

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

A happy race fan in the paddock

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

David Thieme

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Matra-Simca MS650

Jim Clark

Jim Clark

Ferrari mechanics push a Ferrari car

Jim Clark discusses the car setup during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza 1963.

Ferrari mechanics push a Ferrari car

Jim Clark

Jim Clark

Vic Elford's Cooper-BRM T86B with a high rear wing in pits

David Hobbs on Honda RA301

Bruce McLaren sits in the cockpit of his McLaren-Cosworth M7A, Italian GP Monza 1968

Hans Herrmann (D) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on the Porsche 908 LH #025, entered by Porsche System Engineering

Second placed Porsche P908L 025 #7 driven by Hans Herrmann and Kurt Ahrens jr.

Peter Sadler's (GB) Ford GT40 #1010

The second placed Porsche 908 LH #025 (No. 7) of Porsche System Engineering, driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D)

Fans watch from a cut advertising

1000km Monza 1970: Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

A proud race winner Clay Regazzoni

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Chris Amon

Siffert leading Ganley

Derek Bell

Race winner Emerson Fittipaldi, Italian GP Monza 1972

Derek Bell could not qualify the Tecno PA123 for the Italian GP 1972

Derek Bell could not qualify the Tecno PA123 for the Italian GP 1972

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B2

Derek Bell

Ken Tyrrell

Later second placed Emerson Fittipaldi at McLaren pits, Italian GP Monza 1974

Later second placed Emerson Fittipaldi at McLaren pits, Jackie Stewart listens, Italian GP Monza 1974

Niki Lauda

Nelson Piquet, Monza 1984

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Jean Alesi becomes second on the Ferrari's home Grand Prix at Monza 1993

Paddock girl

Second placed Gerhard Berger on Ferrari

Michael Schumacher

Italian GP 1996

Michael Schumacher

Schumacher presents a new fitness tool from sponsor TechnoGym.

Michael Schumacher

Frankfurt's gourmet chef Mario visits Mika Häkkinen

Frankfurt's gourmet chef Mario visits Mika Häkkinen

Schumacher presents a new fitness tool from sponsor TechnoGym.

Steering wheel of a mid-70s historical Ferrari

Michael Schumacher

Mika Salo

Michael Schumacher

Italian GP 2000

Ferrari fans in Monza

Michael Schumacher's car without liveries being pushed to FIA scrutineering

mtp

Fans after the race

mtp

Rubens

Drivers parade

Rubes

Lauda and sons

Todt

Ferrari flag

Nick Heidfeld

Drivers parade

Michael Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher, portrait

Michael Schumacher's car without liveries being pushed to FIA scrutineering

Start to formation lap

Nick Heidfeld

Girls

The girls pose at the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

'Blondie' Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A thoughtful Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing on Sunday morning

A track marshal with ihs communication set

webbers abschied als f1-fahrer von den europäischen gps

Fans invade the track after the Italian Grand Prix

A proud Lewis Hamilton, pole setter for the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Pole for Lewis Hamilton, his 1st since the Spanish Grand Prix in May this year, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

The drivers on their usual parade lap, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Rubens Barrichello, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Spanish Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso

Lotus mechanics having a break, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Everything is being recorded these days, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Niki Lauda and his "12" designed bag, his same car numer during his Ferrari years in Formula 1 1974 and '75, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Ferrari fans before the start, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Both Ferraris out of the pits

View from the media centre, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Vettel's grid girl, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Fans on their way to podium ceremony, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

The usual drivers parade truck on its way arround the Monza track

Frecce Tricolori fly past, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Police force in the paddock, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Former F1 legend Jackie Stewart at a Heineken sponsorship announcement, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Ferrari armour on the grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

As they go out ...

Alexander Wooff of Formula 1 management and Eddie Jordan, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Jonathan Palmer, former British F1 driver and father of Renault driver Jolyon Palmer, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Ferrari fans on tiptoe for their drivers, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Mexican looking Ferrari fans, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

"Should we?" Wehrlein, Gutierrez and Alonso, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Ricciardo's grid girl, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Eddie Jordan, the former motorsport team boss, now businessman and television personality, with priest Don Sergio Mantovani, a customary sight in the Monza paddock, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Christian Horner and Helmut Marko of Red Bull, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sunday's drivers parade with Grosjean, Sainz, Ricciardo, Raikkonen and Ericsson, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Devot drivers as the grid observe the national anthem, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Christian Klien with his father and manager Johannes Klien, now on job search

mt. Stoddart, Paul

Friday's quickest (both sessions!) was rising star BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel

Fans cheering up to save the GP of San Marino in Imola

Tyre supplier Bridestone

Ralf Schumacher with an unexplicit expression on his face

Ferrari team boss Jean Todt with Luca di Montezemolo at Ferrari command center during qualifying

Thumbs up for Michael Schumacher's cheering fans

Lewis Hamilton's overall with logos of sponsors (Santander).

Red Bull Unas after an exciting day in paddock

Kimi Raikkonen with Ferrari team principal Jean Todt at pit wall during a pause on Friday afternoon, the car is experiencing a minor hydraulics problem

...and even more Red Bull Unas

Long-legged Red Bull Unas float through paddock

Trulli's blonde car guard

A rotten wooden pole holds the rusty armco still left at Monza's historical steep turn

Raikkonen's grid girl

The new Ferrari driver Giancarlo Fisichella, replacement for still recovering Felipe Massa, answers questions of the international press

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, squeezes a towel

Emerson Fittipaldi, Formula One World Champion in 1972 and 1974, collects passes in Monza's paddock

A reflection in a window reflects Alonso's Renault being pushed backwards to pits

A Japanese Lady shows her support for Toyota racing

German tifosi give a warm welcome at paddock entry.

During his farewell party in the Red Bull energy station on Thursday evening, David Coulthard inaugurates a photo exhibition

Emerson Fittipaldi is warmly welcomed by Sir Jackie

Vettel's grid girls in front of the Toro Rosso car

Red Bull Formula Unas pose for friendly photographers only

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

A fire marshal under his umbrella during a rain-suspended session

Water from a heavy downpour floods the garages during Friday morning practice.

Austrian journallist Heinz Prueller with the famous italian 'F1 priest' Don Sergio Mantovani

Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher with colleague Luca Badoer at the Ferrari pit wall command center

Force India's Kingfisher promotion girls took the opportunity of a sunny moment for a promenade

One of the italian grid girls

Nico Rosberg

Rosberg's grid girls

Drivers parade

Alonso's fans wait at the paddock gates

Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari leaves the car in parc ferme after the race

The priest of Maranello blesses the paddock with his regular visit

Fans behind the fence

The Lotus pit crew practises pit stops

Haug, Hamilton, Whitmarsh, Domenicalli, someone, Button, Mallya, someone, Fernandes, Boullier, Yasakuwa

Ron Dennis waits for Mansour Ojjeh in front of the McLaren motorhome

Kasabian, a British alternative rock band

Haug, Hamilton, Whitmarsh, Domenicalli, someone, Button, Mallya, someone, Fernandes, Boullier, Yasakuwa

Hamilton's grid board

Grid girl, Schumacher passes by

Race fans show the La-Ola wave before the start

Lotus Racing principal Tony Fernandes jokes with his technical director Mike Gascoyne

Protective helmet of the Lotus mechanics

VIP guest Flavio Briatore in the Energy Station

FIA stewart and Double Formula One World Champion of 1972 and 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi shows his Indy trophy ring

The drivers parade truck departs from the grid

Cooper's Bruce McLaren listens to Lotus driver Innes Ireland, Italian GP Monza 1962

Jim Clark

Jim Clark gets ready on the grid

Jim Clark smiles during drivers briefing before the Italian GP, with Jack Brabham and Dan Gurney, Monza 1963

The skeleton of a Cooper-Climax T77 (driven by Bruce McLaren and Jochen Rindt), yet without engine, is being prepared for the Italian GP at Monza in 1965

The skeleton of a Cooper-Climax T77 (driven by Bruce McLaren and Jochen Rindt), yet without engine, is being prepared for the Italian GP at Monza in 1965

Jim Clark

Despite starting from third grid position, Jim Clark (here in Parabolica) retires later in the race.

In Monza 1966, 'Il Commendatore' Enzo Ferrari gives autographs to waiting fans

Giacomo Russo (Geki) on Lotus-Climax 33

Jim Clark

Denny Hulme and Jo Bonnier at the drivers briefing before the start for the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1966

Clarks and Hills Lotus-Cosworths 49

Bruce McLaren's McLaren-BRM M5A is being prepared in pits whilst he waits besides the car

Bruce McLaren sits on a rail with Joakim Bonnier, Italian GP Monza 1967

The Chapman family in the pits, Monza 1968: Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman with his wife Hazel Chapman and the daughters Jane and Sarah

Mario Andretti in the Lotus-Cosworth 49B

Mechanics attach a rear wheel to the Porsche 908 LH 027 of Udo Schütz (D) and Gerhard Mitter (D)

Vic Elford with his wife Mary during a relaxed moment in the pits

Hans Herrmann (D) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on the Porsche 908 LH #025, entered by Porsche System Engineering

The second placed Porsche 908 LH #025 (No. 7) of Porsche System Engineering, driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D)

Mechanics work on an engine (any hint is appreciated:)

Enzo Ferrari speaks with a french journalist

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Rolf Stommelen's Brabham-Cosworth BT33 in pits

Gethin and Stanley

The grid shortly before start

Gethin and Stanley

Jackie Stewart on Tyrrell-Cosworth 003, Monza 1971

Graham Hill, Brabham-Cosworth BT34

Jackie Stewart retires and walks back under clamour and whistles of the tifosi just after the start in Monza 1972, a failure in the transmission of the Tyrrell-Cosworth 005 caused him to stop

Peter Revson in his McLaren-Cosworth M19C

Mike Hailwood receives a ?

Jackie Stewart cleans his helmet

Jackie Stewart helps his mechanics

Lunch Japanese style

Peter Revson, McLaren-Cosworth M19C

Porsche 908/03 Nr. 7 finished second - driven by Reinhold Joest, Gerhard Schueler and Michel Weber

Porsche 908/03 Nr. 7 finished second - driven by Reinhold Joest, Gerhard Schueler and Michel Weber

Brian Redman (GB)

Porsche 908/03 Nr. 7 finished second - driven by Reinhold Joest, Gerhard Schueler and Michel Weber

Emerson Fittipaldi on Lotus-Cosworth 72E becomes second behind his teammate Peterson

Ford Capri - Birrell / Fitzpatrick

Later second placed Emerson Fittipaldi with ream boss Teddy Mayer at McLaren pits, Italian GP Monza 1974

David Hobbs on McLaren-Cosworth M23, during one of the two races in which he drove the works McLaren in 1974

Italian Renzo Zorzi in a Williams-Cosworth FW03. The Shadow team let him race a whole season.

Fittipaldi chases Lauda

James Hunt, Monza 1975

Alain Prost has just retired. His McLaren TAG-Porsche had an engine failure on the 4th lap

ATS' new driver Austrian Gerhard Berger attending his 2nd Grand Prix

A true fan of Nelson Piquet, Monza 1984

Lotus driver Ayrton Senna, Monza 1986

TGC4

TGC4

TGC4

Rubens Barrichello exiting seconda variante on his qualifying lap

French Ferrari driver Alain Prost

Rainy drivers parade lap

Mika Hakkinen, Lotus-Judd

Doyen of Formula 1 Bernie Ecclestone

Italian GP 1991

Mika Hakkinen

Michael Schumacher

Jean Alesi, Ferrari

Mika Häkkinen takes a violent Monza curb

Mika Häkkinen gives autographs

Andrea Montermini, Pacific-Cosworth PR02

Italian GP 1995

Italian GP 1995

Damon Hill, Williams-Renault FW18, World Champion 1996

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Johnny Herbert

Mika Häkkinen

Gianni Morbidelli

Italian GP 1998

Marc Gené in the grass

Marc Gené

A lonely Michael Schumacher hugs his bottle of champagne

Jean Todt, Ferrari team manager.

Michael Schumacher leads the start field through first chicane

Italian GP 2000

Italian GP 2000

Monza's popular track places...

Mario Illien of McLaren

Heidfeld

Ralf Schumacher

di Montezemolo, Luca

Verstappen

Mika

Ralf Schumacher

Mechanics

Ralf Schumacher

Williams testdriver Marc Gene

Ralf Schumacher

GP Belgium 2001

Alex Yoong

Ralf Schumacher

Mika Hakkinen

Alesi out of the pits

Mechanics

Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher

Kimi

Hakkinen retires

Ralf Schumacher

Mario Illien

Heidfeld

Goeschel from BMW

Michael Schumacher

Mika retires

Heidfeld

Ralf Schumacher

Alesi in his Jordan

Byrne

Gerhard Berger

Felipe Massa

Ross Brawn and Luca di Montezemolo at the pitwall

Nick Heidfeld

Felipe Massa

Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari 2003-GA, driving through Parabolica

Barrichello

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mercedes Motorsport chairman of the board, Torger Christian 'Toto' Wolff

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

50 jahre mclaren

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

McLarens stalwart and team co-founder Tyler Alexander

mit tochter

"neue" fotografen

Bayern Muenchen chairman Franz Beckenbauer, to his fans known as 'Der Kaiser'

1964 Formula One World Champion with Ferrari and Seven times motorcycle racing Champion, Sir John Surtees, with one of his pretty daughters on the grid before the race

1964 Formula One World Champion with Ferrari and Seven times motorcycle racing Champion, Sir John Surtees

konnte am sa. morgen nur 5 runden fahren

FIAT chairman and Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo wasn't happy after an unsatisying qualifying on Saturday afternoon in Monza - and as he sees Alonso coming to the interview place, his mood lights up drastically

alonso kommt, luca strahlt

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

1964 Formula One World Champion with Ferrari and Seven times motorcycle racing Champion, Sir John Surtees, with one of his pretty daughters on the grid before the race

1964 Formula One World Champion with Ferrari and Seven times motorcycle racing Champion, Sir John Surtees, with one of his pretty daughters on the grid before the race

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Toro Rosso, Sauber and Force India motorhomes

British Mercedes driver, pole setter Lewis Hamilton, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Jean Todt son Nicolas, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes driver and current championship leader, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Peter Sauber, owner of the eponymous Sauber F1 Team

McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari driver

Fernando Alonso walks towards drivers parade on Sunday mornig, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Nico Rosberg gets ready for the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, still in the lead, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Race leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari driver

Red Bull advisor, Austrian Dr. Helmut Marko

Franz Tost, team principal of the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 Team

FIA president Jean Todt, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

The early laps: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, leading Magnussen (McLaren), Massa (Williams), Hamilton in the 2nd Mercedes and Vettel (Red Bull), Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg prepares himself for the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Adrian Sutil

McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, flashes through the Parabolica curve

Kimi Raikkonen

Esteban Gutierrez

As Rosberg has locked up a front wheel in Turn 1 he gets straight and will lose the lead to team-mate Lewis Hamilton, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

World Champion of the past four seasons, Sebastian Vettel, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Four-times World Champion Alain Prost, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

End of qualifying session

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Adrian Sutil

New race leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Sauber driver Mexican Esteban Gutierrez

Race leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, diving back to the pits

Former Formula 1 World Champion in 1978, Mario Andretti, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso in his cockpit

Sergio Perez, Force India driver

Jean Alesi, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

3rd place for Williams driver, Brazilian Felipe Massa, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton get's out of his Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, having failed to move off the line at the start, fights back at the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Sebastian Vettel beeing interviewed after the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

The Monza start/finish straight jam-packed with fans, Italian Grand Prix, 2015

Winner Lewis Hamilton, lead the race from pole, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

2nd place for the local hero: Ferrari's new driver since this 2015 season, Sebastian Vettel, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

The usual race leader, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton

2nd placed Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, followed by both Williams' of Massa and Botta, as Rosberg squeezes himself ahead of Perez' Force India, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

A happy Filipe Massa after finishing third in the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Vettel's helmet

Sebastian Vettel, 2nd for Ferrari, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Early race laps with leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, and Vettel, Ferrari, in 2nd place, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Lewis Hamilton in a post race interview, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Another Hamilton "Hammertime": Victory for the British championship leader, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Aircraft demonstration befor the start, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Fans after the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Warm-up lap with Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, followed by both Ferraris of Raikkonen and Vettel, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, second in the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Lewis Hamilton has won his 7th Grand Prix this season, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

The best second-place place finish he'd ever had: Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Mexican Esteban Gutierrez, driver for the 2016 all new Haas F1-Team

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Dani Ricciardo

Hamilton supporters, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Max Verstappen, Dutch Red Bull-Renault driver, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Mika Hakkinen, F1 World Champion in 1998 and '99, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Christian Horner of Red Bull, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton on the front row of the grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Max Verstappen makes himself ready for Friday practice session two, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Vettel's car on the grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Monza grandstand, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sir Frank Williams enters the paddock, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Jackie Stewart, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, at 'Parabolica', Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, after qualifying at Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, after qualifying, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Max Verstappen, Red Bull driver

Rosberg's car on the starting grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Max Verstappen

Nico Rosberg after qualifing his Mercedes 2nd for tomorrow's race, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, race leader, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Jackie Stewart in the Monza paddock, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, followed by Verstappen's Red Bull at pit lane entry, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel gets out of his Ferrari after qualifying 3rd, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen with Stefania Arrivabene (former Bocci), press delegate of Ferrari, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, beeing pushed back to the pits during qualifying session at Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Photographer's hand, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Both Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Raikkonen, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Behind Ecclestone Donald MacKenzie, founder of CVC Capital Partners, leader of a consortium that sold Delta Topco (owner of the Formula One Group) to Liberty Media, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg with his press officer Georg Nolte, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Giancarlo Minardi, founder of the now-defunct Minardi F1 Team, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel consoled the tifosi with third place for Ferrari, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Stunning air show before the start, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Esteban Ocon, Manor driver

Ricciardo at the Red Bull pit wall, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg on top at the podium, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, 2016, virtually unchallenged

Colourful sky, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Former F1 driver of the 1990's, Aguri Suzuki

Bernie Ecclestone, the 85 years old British business magnate, chief executive of the Formula 1 Group, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Now in 2nd place: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, drives out of his pits

Niki Lauda

Lewis Hamilton fans at Monza

Early race laps with leader Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, both Ferraris of Vettel and Raikkonen, and Bottas' Williams, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, driving his Ferrari through the Parabolica bend, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Bernie Ecclestone in the paddock

Kevin Magnussen, Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, qualifying 6th for the race, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Brasilian Fabiana Flosi, since 2012 'Mrs Ecclestone', Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton after a supreme pole position lap, his 3rd in a row at Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Qualifying session is over for Jenson Button, McLaren, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari driver

Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman and until 2009 manager of the Renault F1 Team, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Dutch Max Verstappen on the starting grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Maurizio Arrivabene, current team principal of the Scuderia Ferrari, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Daniel Ricciardo in his Red Bull

Jenson Button

Felipe Massa, in his Williams cockpit

Fernando Alonso's rear tyre explodes.

Media dinner organized by Credit Suisse.

Michael Schumacher's car arriving at its grid position, already surrounded by waiting photographers

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli lifting two wheels

Williams driver Nico Rosberg at the pitwall command center

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Red Bull Racing technical director Adrian Newey

All photographers and TV crews waiting for Michael Schumacher's arrival on Thursday afternoon

Pole position for Kimi Raikkonen

Brief autograph session at paddock entrance on Sunday morning

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipa Massa exiting first chicane

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel

Panasonic Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher

Sunnyboy Alexander Wurz

Nick Heidfeld emitting some words of wisdom to Kai Ebel of RTL

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Williams technical director Sam Michael with his chief engineer Frank Dernie

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Robert Kubica taking place in his cockpit

Ex-Mercedes ILMOR engine supplier Mario Illien now working as freelancer again

Masses of fans after podium ceremony

Austrian and test driver Alex Wurz achieves the second Williams seat in 2007 besides Nico Rosberg

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld

Still-world-champion Fernando Alonso arriving at the paddoch turnstiles on Sunday morning

Media dinner organized by Credit Suisse.

The Italian UNAs arriving for a relaxed group photo at the Red Bull motorhome

Michael Schumacher

GP2 Monza winner Lewis Hamilton

Jenson Button, Honda

BMW Sauber racer Nick Heidfeld prepaing his ear phones for the race

Toyota mechanics work on Trulli's car at grid place

Kimi Raikkonen's race engineer Chris Dyer

Nico Rosberg climbs into his car seat

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo watches qualifying with Stefano Domenicali and Jean Todt from pit wall command center

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

McLaren principal Ron Dennis in a confident mood

Red Bull Racing team advisor Dr. Helmut Marko with driver David Coulthard

Nico Rosberg concentrates before the race

Michael Schumacher follows qualifying from Ferrari command center

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Giancarlo Fisichella, ING Renault

Honda's Rubens Barrichello

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo pays a visit to Michael Schumacher, Stefano Domenicali and Jean Todt at pit wall command center

Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato

Felipe Massa concentrated

Still new Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel

Rubens Barrichello behind Honda team mate Button

Niki Lauda tests various seating angles for optimal interview position

Lewis Hamilton returns from honory lap through crowds of fans

Renault's Heikki Kovalainen

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Fisichella's damaged Ferrari is being returned to pits after his adaption of the unfamiliar seat under pression results in a crash during the Saturday morning practice

Fernando Alonso is being interviewed before the race

A thoughtful new Ferrari driver Giancarlo Fisichella in pits

Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, Renault F1

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Michael Schumacher at Ferrari pits

Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari

Ferrari practises a pit stop during the public pitlane walkabout on Thursday afternoon

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Felipe Massa's fans support his fast recovery

Legendary engineer Mario Illien speaks with caterer Zimmermann

The very happy Adrian Sutil gains a phenomenal second grid position for the Force India team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Liuzzi's predecessor at Force India, Giancarlo Fisichella, moved on to Ferrari and gives inerviews to the international media

Michael Schumacher is being interrogated on the grid by RTL TV presenter Kai Ebel

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India

The numbers at the pitwall help the drivers find their position on the grid

Romain Grosjean, Renault F1's rookie driver

Force India reanimated their former test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi

Michael Schumacher leaves the paddock in civvies

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Jenson Button, Honda

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Thoughtful Nick Heidfeld in BMW Sauber pits

Heavy rain embraces Ferrari pit wall command center

Williams pit crew

Sebastian Vettel rings up his boss Dietrich Mateschitz

Water from a heavy downpour floods the garages during Friday morning practice.

Ex-F1 and DTM racer Jean Alesi amongst other VIPs in passock

Nick Heidfeld is armed with his own umbrella

Jenson Button, Honda

David Coulthard enjoys his last european race weekend

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Toro Rosso team co-owner Gerhard Berger

Sebastian Vettel

The two McLaren drivers Kovalainen and Hamilton stroll through paddock

Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz with Flavio Briatore

Raikkonen's race engineer Chris Dyer runs through the rain to Ferrari pits

Celebrated polesitter Sebastian Vettel strollst calmly through the paddock to drivers parade

Ferrari team principal Stefano Dmenicali in front of a screen at Ferrari's pit wall command center

The Ecclestone daughters with their boy friends

Renault mechanics try to keep the water masses away from pits

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer at Ferrari pit wall command center

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Slavica Ecclestone on grid with a VIP

Even heavy rain does not spoil the joy of watching

Red lights indicate stopped practice due to weather conditions 'raining cats and dogs'

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Sir Frank Williams

Red Bull president Dieter Mateschitz

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, before the race

Sebastian Vettel speaks to Red Bull Racing engineer Rocquelin

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes GP car on ninth grid position

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Podium ceremony after the Italian Grand Prix with race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in the middle

The race car drive a lap to their grid position

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet to show his sympathy for the victims of a plane crash in Russia

After the start accident caused by Vitantonio Liuzzi of HRT, the race has ended for Vitaly Petrov and Nico Rosberg, too

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet to show his sympathy for the victims of a plane crash in Russia

Bernie Ecclestone waits in the door of his motorhome for a photoshooting with VIPs

Michael Schumacher's race mechanics prepare the Mercedes car on the eighth grid position

Sebastian Vettel sticks a smilie for each of his victories in the cockpit of 'Kinky Kylie' ...

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Bernie Ecclestone

The safety car on track inspection

Red Bull Racing advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

Michael Schumacher arrives in the paddock on his pedelec

Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari in parc ferme after the race

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, takes his helmet off in parc ferme after the race

Red Bull president Dieter Mateschitz

Fans behind the fence

Mark Webber does stretching exercises before the race

The Ferrari motorhomes at night

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, on the grid before the race

A grid girl holds the Australian national banner

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Racing pits

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Felipe Massa of Ferrari

The McLaren motorhome at night, with visible interiour

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lotus Racing principal Tony Fernandes shows his appreciation about the best qualifying position of his team so far

Robert Kubica, Renault

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

The Sauber motorhome, empty at night

Mark Webber does stretching exercises on the grid before the race

The McLaren motorhome in the evening

Fabio Capello, Italian football manager

Fabio Capello, Italian football manager

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing's chief designer, listens to Vettel's explanations

John Jacob Philip 'Jaki' Elkann, Chairman of FIAT and grandson of Gianni Agnelli

The start field enters turn one

FIA stewart and Double Formula One World Champion of 1972 and 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Fabio Capello, Italian football manager

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali between two of his trucks

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Formula One promoter Bernie Ecclestone in front of his mobile office

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Schumacher's fans motivate their idol

FIAT boss Luca di Montezemolo in Ferrari pits with Lapo Elkann, Italian entrepreneur and designer, brother of John Jacob Philip Elkann and grand son of Gianni Agnelli

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

The start field squezzes through turn one, Vettel takes a short cut without advantage

Esteban Gutierrez, 2010 GP3 champion

Sir Frank Williams and his physiotherapist arrive in the paddock

Fabio Capello, Italian football manager

Lotus Racing principal Tony Fernandes

Lotus Racing principal Tony Fernandes

Jim Clark with Willy Mairesse at Monza beach :) Notice Colin Chapman in the background

Joakim Bonnier in the Porsche 804

Dan Gurney on grid in the Porsche 804

Lotus driver Jim Clark with team boss Colin Chapman during practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza 1966.

Enzo Ferrari sitting on the Monza pitwall during practice

Race winner John Surtees takes his trophy over on the podium after the Italian GP, Monza 1967

A happy race winner John Surtees waves from the podium after the Italian GP, Monza 1967

Chris Amon, Ferrari 312, Italian GP 1967

Jim Clark and one of the Lotus mechanics

Jacky Ickx

The engine of a Ferrari 312

Race winner John Surtees takes his trophy on the podium after the Italian GP, Monza 1967

Italian fans occupy Agip's advertising billboard as a temporary grandstand, Italian GP Monza 1968

Jo Siffert puts his gloves on in the cockpit of a Lotus-Cosworth 49B

Vic Elford, Monza 1968

Jackie Stewart, Monza 1968

A Champion engineer inspects a spark plug

Chris Amon in a Ferrari 312

Jackie Oliver in a Lotus-Cosworth 49B

Taped driving shoes

John Miles retires later with the Lotus-Cosworth 63

BRM mechanics work on John Surtees' BRM P139

Ken Tyrrell bows to Jackie Stewart

The second placed Porsche 908 LH #025 (No. 7) of Porsche System Engineering, driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D)

Jean-Pierre Hanrioud (F) and Dominique Martin (CH), Ford GT40 #1033, Racing Team Zitro

Matra mechanics prepare the Matra Four-wheel-drive

Steering wheel removal tools in Jack Stewart's Matra-Cosworth MS80

Bernard Cahier conducts the annual IRPA (International Racing Press Association) meeting in Monza

Regazzoni's Ferrari 312B is being refueled

Clay Regazzoni, winner of the Italian GP Monza 1970

Nina Rindt - Jochen's wife - in the Lotus pits during Saturday's qualifying.

Clay Regazzoni on the grid prior to the Italian GP Monza 1970

Later race winner Clay Regazzoni on Ferrari 312B starts from third grid position, Italian GP Monza 1970

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Fourth placed Ferrari 512 S 1026 of Chris Amon (NZ) and Arturo Merzario (I) is being pushed through pitlane to parc ferme

Belgian Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx at ease before the Italian Grand Prix 1970

Hailwood beside Cevert

Vic Elford in his helmet

Race winner Peter Gethin celebrates on the podium

Vic Elford (GB) in the cockpit of a Porsche 917K 020

Chris Amon in his Matra Simca-Matra MS120B

Jacky Ickx (B) sits in pits

Arturo Merzario (I) on Ferrari 312 PB #0884 during a rainy practice session

Emerson Fittipaldi's wife Hlena keeps the times, Italian GP Monza 1972

Jacky Ickx descends the Ferrari 312B2, retiring with battery problems after 46 laps

The start of the Italian GP Monza 1972

John Surtees' wife keeps his times at pits

A easy-going group of British fans watching the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1972

Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi

Race winner Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus-Cosworth 72D, Italian GP Monza 1972

The Abarth 2000 of Scuderia Brescia Corse did not start

Niki Lauda on BRM P160E

Rikky von Opel on Ensign-Cosworth N173, Italian GP 1973

Denny Hulme's McLaren-Cosworth M23 slides sideways and retires after 53 laps of the Italian GP Monza 1973

Hollowed out gigantic Agip wall advertising panel

Ronnie Peterson

James Hunt, Monza 1975

Ian Ashley besides his Hesketh-Cosworth in pits, Italian GP Monza 1977

Mario Andretti wins the Italian GP 1977

Elio de Angelis

A Nelson Piquet fan, Monza, 1984

Elio de Angelis, Lotus-Renault

TGC4

Williams-Honda driver and 1986 championship contender Nigel Mansell

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso of Renault sticking at Michaels rear wing

All drivers on their way to a rainy parade

Benetton driver Nelson Piquet. Behind him you can see Michael Schumacher, Piquet's new team-mate.

Michael Schumacher

Andrea de Cesaris

Ross Brawn, technical director of the Benetton F1 team

TGC4

Jean Alesi on Ferrari gains pole position before the Italian GP 1994

Ferrari driver Jean Alesi has just gained pole position

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Eddie Irvine, Jordan-Peugeot 195

Jean Christophe Boullion

Italian GP 1996

Ferrari tifosi infront of the podium, waiting for winner Michael Schumacher.

The tifosi are delighted after Michael Schumachers victory, Ferrari's 1st triumph in Monza since 1988

Berger's mark at the wall from an accident during practice

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Johnny Herbert

Frankfurt's gourmet chef Mario visits Jean and Kumiko Alesi

Frankfurt's gourmet chef Mario visits Jean and Kumiko Alesi

Italian GP1997

Johnny Herbert

Gridgils at Michael Schumachers gridposition

Johnny Herbert

Michael Schumacher showers with champagne on the podium in Monza 1998

Marc Gené

Mika Häkkinen

Jean Todt

Michael Schumacher

Rubens Barrichello

A waving sea of arms welcome winner Michael Schumacher at parc ferme (where they quickly hide the Ferrari;)

Hot Ferrari news whispered into Bernie's discreet ear?

Driver hats

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher

Montoya after his win

Montoya

Montoya after his win

Mika and David

Montoya

Enge

Ralf Schumacher, grandstand

Montoya

Michael Schumacher

Montoya

Irvine, zoom

Enge in troubble

Michael Schumacher on his grid place

Alesi and the girls

Jarno

Montoya

Montoya

Montoya

Ferrari fan Silvio Ferri, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2001

Williams and BMW crew at work

Michael Schumacher

Alesi in the Jordan

Montoya

Jean Todt

Montoya

Montoya in his Williams

Hakkinen retires

Montoya and his girlfriend

Montoya after his win

Italian GP 2001

Montoya

Montoya

Villeneuve and Button

Jacques hard on brakes

Ralf Schumacher

Montoya in front of Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher's car with a black nose cone and without sponsor liveries - in memory of the victims of 9/11 WTC attack a few days before.

Montoya

Luca

Rubens Barrichello over the curbs

mtp

Michael Schumacher

The actor Laurence Fishburne poses for the press with a BMW Williams car

Race fans cheer before the race

Red Bull chefs prepare a delicious lunch in the Energy Station

Red Bull chefs prepare a delicious lunch in four courses

German race fans comfortably sit behind the fence

The grid girls wait in line for the drives

The grid girls stand in line and hold their GP2 panels

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Triple Formula One World Champion of 1969, 1971 and 1973 Sir Jackie Stewart

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

50 jahre mclaren

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Max Chilton, Marussia

Michael Schumacher.

Jules Bianchi, Marussia

sa. nachm. nach q.

webbers abschied als f1-fahrer von den europäischen gps

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

FIAT chairman and Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo gives an interview after an unsatisying qualifying on Saturday afternoon in Monza

vor hulk

Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso jokes around with Lotus team boss Eric Boullier

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

FIA President Jean Todt visits the grid before the race

mit ronaldo

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Sergio Perez, McLaren

RBR's Sebastian Vettel wins the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 2013 and celebrates his achievement on the rostrum after the race

FIAT chairman and Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo gives an interview after an unsatisying qualifying on Saturday afternoon in Monza

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

FIA President Jean Todt gives an interview at the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel gives an interview to Eddie Jordan on the grid

FIAT chairman and Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo gives an interview after an unsatisying qualifying on Saturday afternoon in Monza

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, wins the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 2013 and celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

A happy polesitter Vettel jumps out of his race car after qualifying in parc ferme - Hamilton snatched the last five pole positions in a row

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Paul di Resta

The mechanics have prepared the Red Bull race car on the grid

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

mit jenson und lewis

pole, lewis hatte die letzten 5 in folge

streckenabnahme vor trainingsbeginn

"neue" fotografen, vettel

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes, leads Massa and Hamilton, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso-Renault, has returned to the pits from a lap during Friday's morning practice session, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Williams driver Brazilian Felipe Massa

Nico Rosberg prepares himself for the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Stefano Domenicalli, formerly the team principal of the Ferrari F1 Team, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

Nico Rosberg on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, drives through the 1st chicane

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Renault

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes

Sauber Team owner Peter Sauber and his driver Adrian Sutil in the pits during Friday morning practice session, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Former Ferrari drivers Jean Alesi and Niki Lauda on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton is also the 1st of the truck after the parade lap, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault driver, starts from P8 on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes, at Parabolica

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Start to the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014, with Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead

Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton

Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone, the chief executive of the Formula One Group, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Grand stand at the start/finish straight, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leads Vettel through turn one, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Nico Rosberg on his way to the drivers parade

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Matteo Renzi, Bernie Ecclestone and Sergio Marchionne ahead of the race on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Champagne for the winners, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

2nd on the grid: Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Four-time drivers F1 World Champion, Sebastian Vettel

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, stays in front at the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Lewis Hamilton just arriving at his grid position, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, under pressure from Rosberg's Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Start for the Italian Grand Prix, 2015, with Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, in the lead ahead of Vettel and Massa

The field at the 1st chicane: Leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, followed by Vettel in the Ferrari, both Williams' of Massa and Bottas, Perez in the Force India and Rosberg in the 2nd Mercedes, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars saga, on the grid

Felipe Massa as 3rd on the podium, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Pit lane opens for grid formation: Valtteri Botas, Williams, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

While Raikkonen, Ferrari, finds himself at the back of the field, Nico Rosberg in the 2nd Mercedes, tries to put his car next to Perez' Force India, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso

Kimi's Ferrari on grid position 2, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, 2nd at Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2015

Truly very happy with his 2nd place: Sebastin Vettel, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2015

Romain Grosjean, Haas-Ferrari

Jackie Stewart, Gianluca di Tondo (head of marketing at Heineken) and David Coulthard, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

German Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel and his fans at Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Austrian Gerhard Berger, successfull F1 driver during the 1980's and '90s for Ferrari and McLaren, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel gave the tifosi some cheer by standing third on the podium, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton's title advantage is now just two points, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, leads the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, 2016, right away from the start after a slow get away by his team-mate and pole setter Hamilton

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, at 1st chicane, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, leads Vettel in the first Ferrari, Raikkonen takes 3rd position ahead of Bottas, Ricciardo and Hamilton, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Jenson Button, the non-racing McLaren driver for 2017, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton at paddock entrance, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

A little bit pushy but passionate and dedicated Lewis Hamilton fans on Sunday morning, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari

Strong pace for Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg wins the Italian Grand Prix for the first time, Monza, 2016

Front row sitter Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Call for autographs: Ferrai fans and their driver Sebastian Vettel, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Daniel Ricciardo gets out of his Red Bull car on the Monza grid, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Out as fast as you can: Lewis Hamilton takes care of his iPhone after the drivers parade lap, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Max Verstappen

Dutch brewery Heineken announcing it's new partership with Formula 1, supported by former British F1 drivers David Coulthard and Jackie Stewart, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton in relaxed mode for race day, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Romain Grosjean, Haas-Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, out for his qualifying pole position lap, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, in front of Ricciardo, Red Bull, and Hamilton, Mercedes, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Frenchman Esteban Ocon in his 2nd race for the Manor-Mercedes Team, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Friday morning practice session is about to start, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, in the lead ahead of Vettel, Raikkonen, Bottas, Ricciardo and the slow starting Hamilton, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, wins to cut team-mate Hamilton's title lead, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren, trials the cockpit safety device "Halo" for the first time, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel slips into his Ferrari, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, pushed to his grid position four, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari driver

Sebastian Vettel with his new sponsored eyewear, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel in racing mode before the start, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Valtteri Bottas, Williams driver

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Moko's hand, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda in front of Hulkenberg's Force Inda and Verstappen in the second Red Bull, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso driver

Fernando Alonso on his way back to the pits after the drivers parade, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, beeing pushed to his position on the grid, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Lewis Hamilton's bad start hands victory to his team-mate Rosberg, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 2016

Martini girls posing for a quick evening shot in the paddock before rushing back to the Paddock Club hospitality

Michael Schumacher arriving at the Monza paddock, being chased by everybody

Sebastian Vettel, BMW Sauber test driver

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Tiago Monteiro, Midland F1 (Thanks for the T's again!:)

Ralf Schumacher glidinig through 'Parabolica'

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Fans and their banners on main grandstand

Ferrari chief designer Rory Byrne will also leave the team at the end of season

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren-Mercedes

Ex-McLaren star designer Adrian Newey, now Red Bull technical director since season start 2006

Felipe Massa in the Ferrari pits

Williams' Nico Rosberg preparing for practice session

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Christijan Albers, Midland

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Giancarlo Fisichella on his way to drivers presentation

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo

McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen cooling down with half closed visor

Papa Massa

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Alonso overtaking Heidfeld through the grass

Italians friends together: Vitantonio Liuzzi and Jarno Trulli

Kimi Raikkonen arriving at his pole position

Felipe Massa getting his second service in lap 39, too

Alex Wurz, Williams test driver

Michael Schumacher entering pitlane after 54 laps

Michael Schumacher came to the track on his Harley, must have been a beautiful sunny ride though his fans...

mt. pitwall

Ferrari fans celebrating their idol's victory

Ferrari's Felipe Massa

Renault test driver Heikki Kovalainen was just announced as second driver and Fisichella's partner in 2007

Jenson Button in his pits

Michael Schumacher winning Ferrari's home Grand Prix

Ross Brawn and Luca di Montezemolo at Ferrari's pitwall

Michael Schumacher receving his second service in lap 39

Michael Schumacher concentrating before the start

Ferrari's Felipe Massa is being prepared

Honda driver Jenson Button

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi

Zoom of BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Ferrari team principal Jean Todt's communication device glows on his Friday's private clothes

Jenson Button, Honda

Nico Rosberg collects himself

Alonso greets his fans from podium

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo watches qualifying

Panasonic Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher

Panasonic Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica hunts Kimi Raikkonen

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Puppets of Kubica (obviously on right hand) and perhaps Alonso (indeed we are not very sure)

Nico Rosberg puts his helmet on

The start field from behind in front of first corner

Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Flavio Briatore's friend Elisabetta Gregoraci

Renault driver Heikki Kovalainen

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

McLaren Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari's Felipe Massa

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Who whispers words of wisdom into the ear of Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo?

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Legendary rocker Ken Hensley (who above 40 does not know Uriah Heap?) close to the action for the whole Monza GP weekend (visit www.ken-hensley.com)

Spyker driver Sakon Yamamoto

The grid formation shortly before the start

The distance between the cars grows after few laps

Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Il Presidente della Ferrari Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, at Variante Parabolica

The distance between the cars grows after few laps

Race winner Rubens Barrichello on the podium

The start of the Italian Grand Prix 2009

After the first few laps ...

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

The physiotherapists of the two German drivers Rosberg and Glock have a comfortable chat on Thursday afternoon

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton

Sir Jackie Stewart celebrates the 40th anniversary of winning the 1969 Italian Grand Prix at Monza with a large cake for the hungry press which he received from the Williams team

Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, approaches McLaren pits

Romain Grosjean, Renault F1

Jenson Button, Brawn Grand Prix

Sir Jackie Stewart celebrates the 40th anniversary with the 'Trofeo Lorenzo Bandini' he collected for winning the 1969 Italian Grand Prix at Monza in Williams' motorhome

Toyota Racing mechanic Bernd Schmitz leans on the jack in anticipation for a fast service

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

A rear view at the 12th grid place with Grosjean's Renault F1 car

A confident new Ferrari driver Giancarlo Fisichella gives interviews to the international press

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Rubens Barrichello in front of Webber and Buemi

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

A reflection in the building's windows shows Romain Grosjean of Renault F1

Michael Schumacher's communication tool

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

TV presenter Tamara Ecclestone speaks with her father Bernie

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The FIA's medical car does the track check at Ascari chicane entrance

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Sebastien Bourdais puts his helmet on with a scrutinising look to the sky

A BMW Sauber mechanic fights against the floods

Water from a heavy downpour floods the garages during Friday morning practice.

Alonso and Massa on their way to press conference

Drivers meet before drivers parade - Bourdais, Massa and Fisichella

Renault F1 team principal Flavio Briatore speaks to BMW Motorsport director Dr Mario Theissen on the grid

Ron Dennis' mimics speaks volumes

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Water from a heavy downpour floods the garages during Friday morning practice.

Watered but joyful tifosi

Sebastian Vettel prepares to race

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Massa's pit board

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Water masses are being swept out of Ferrari pits

Jenson Button, Honda

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Toyota advisor Frank Dernie with manager Peter Collins

Victorious Sebastian Vettel expesses his joy about his success as youngest GP winner of all times

Happy race winner Sebastian Vettel runs on to podium

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, at Prima Variante

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Clean dryness at BMW Sauber pit wall command center

Sir Frank Williams and Sir Jackie Stewart sit close together in the Williams motorhome

Mark Webber, David Coultard and Jenson Button have a relaxed chat in Red Bull's energy station

Norbert Haug endows a souvenir photo of DC's first victory with former employer McLaren (1997 in Melbourne)

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

A BMW Sauber mechanic fights against the floods in Monza's pitlane

FIA president Max Mosley visits the grid

Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed by Austrian media

BMW Sauber drivers Kubica and Heidfeld walk to press conference

Double Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi and Triple Formula One World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart joke together for Rainer's lens

Sebastian Vettel greets fans from drivers parade truck

Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Even Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher seems to have no clue

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Always good for a joke - former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore shows his skills

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali and his drivers introduce the elephant 'Nello' as a new marketing instrument for charity purposes

Sergio Perez enjoys the walkover to drivers parade through the cheering grid girls

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet to show his sympathy for the victims of a plane crash in Russia

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Adrian Sutil walks to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, prepares for the race

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, wears a black helmet to show his sympathy for the victims of a plane crash in Russia

The drivers wait in the FIA garage for their call to drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel celebrates 150 years of Italian unity with a special helmet

Former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore chats with Mark Webber in the paddock

FIA employess who work in parc ferme are protected against KERS strikes

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Italian Grand Prix 2011

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg's bright yellow helmet

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, is prepared before the race

Former BRDC president and F1 World Champion of 1996, Damon Hill

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, and Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, walk together after the Italian GP

Bernie Ecclestone receives an honoury trophy from Brembo brakes chairman Alberto Bombassei

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Lotus Team boss Tony Fernandes

Michael Schumacher sits down in the Mercedes GP car

Kovalainen to Team Lotus pits

FIAT chairman Luca di Montezemolo

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone walks on the grid with American racer Nicky Hayden, Moto GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jarno Trulli climbs out of his Lotus car on the grid

Sir Jackie and Lady Helen Stewart arrive in the paddock

Triple F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart (1969, 1971 and 1973) signs an autograph

FIAT boss Luca di Montezemolo at Ferrari pit wall command centre

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Mexikan Esteban Gutierrez, new Champion of the new GP3 series in 2010, poses in front of the Sauber motorhome for the international media

FIAT boss Luca di Montezemolo enjoys the pole position of Alonso

Robert Kubica, Renault

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, puts his helmet on

The winners of a farewell Bridgestone Europe photography competition: Masakazu Miyata, Mark Sutton and Clive Mason with Hiroshi Yasukawa, Bridgestone Director of Motorsport

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid

Schumacher chats with Button, Glock and Webber before drivers parade

Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing's chief designer, listens to Vettel's explanations

Jarno Trulli on the drivers parade truck

Robert Kubica, Renault

Handshake of the Spaniards Alguersuari and Alonso before drivers parade

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg signs autographs for waiting fans

A fragile detail of a Red Bull front wing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Alonso's Ferrari

Fourth positioned Webber in parc ferme after qualifying

During Bridgestone's farewell party in the paddock club, Ferrari's Stefano Domenicali chats with Force India's Vijay Mallyah, McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh and Jenson Button

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Vettel's fans raised a banner at the paddock entrance

Fans cheer and wave their flags on the overcrowded track during the podium ceremony

The Red Bull 'Energy Station' at night

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Villeneuve's Ferrari car is prepared for the Italian GP Monza 1979

Frank Williams talks to his driver Alan Jones

Brabham-Alfa Romeo in pits

A McLaren mechanic stands behind a prepared John Watson

Dan Gurney prepares for racing

Jim Clark

Graham Hill (right hand) chats with Phil Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962

Jim Clark

Before the start to the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 1962, Jimmy receives practical advice from Lotus chief mechanic Jim Endruweit.

Bruce McLaren and Ken Tyrrell prepare for the Italian GP, Monza 1962

Graham Hill, Monza, 1962

Dan Gurney, Italian Grand Prix 1963, Monza

Ferrari mechanics push a Ferrari car

Jim Clark

Jim Clark and Mike Spence

Italian Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini

Newcomer Jacky Ickx at his first Grand Prix in a F1 car

'Cowboy' Jack Brabham

Whilst mechanics prepare his Honda RA300 car, later race winner John Surtees chats with Keith Duckworth

'Il Commendatore' Enzo Ferrari, Monza 1967. In the background Mauro Forghieri (left).

Two Italian fans in Monza's paddock 1967

Lotus drivers Jim Clark and Graham Hill speed through Parabolica curve at Monza 1967.

Vic Elford

Jack Brabham in the pits during practice.

Graham Hill

Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari

Bruce McLaren reads setup notes

Jack Brabham in the pits during practice.

Jack Brabham

Vic Elford

Graham Hill

Jo Siffert, Monza 1968

Dan Gurney, Monza 1968

BRM mechanics work on John Surtees' BRM P139

Mechanics attach a rear wheel to the Porsche 908 LH 027 of Udo Schütz (D) and Gerhard Mitter (D)

BRM mechanics work at the engine of John Surtees' BRM P139

Matra mechanics prepare the Matra Four-wheel-drive

The second placed Porsche 908 LH #025 (No. 7) of Porsche System Engineering, driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D)

Jean-Pierre Hanrioud (F) and Dominique Martin (CH) on Ford GT40 #1033, entered by Racing Team Zitro

The Porsche P908L 028 #6 of Vic Elford (GB) and Richard Attwood (GB) retires in an accident after 75 laps

The second placed Porsche 908 LH #025 (No. 7) of Porsche System Engineering, driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), 1000km Monza 1969

Jo Siffert's (CH) and Brian Redman's (GB) Porsche 908 LH 026 is being prepared in pits

Simone, Jo Siffert's wife

The Porsche 908 LH 027 of Udo Schütz (D) and Gerhard Mitter (D) is being prepared

Jo Siffert's (CH) and Brian Redman's (GB) Porsche 908 LH 026 is being prepared in pits

Italian Ferrari driver Ignazio Giunti

Car number 12 on the grid: Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a yellow Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Jacky Ickx listens to later race winner Clay Regazzoni, Italian GP Monza 1970

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 (entered by Racing Team AAW) close behind Teddy Pilette (B) and Gustave Gosselin (B) in the Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet SL76/146 entered by Racing Team VDS

Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F) and Jack Brabham (AUS) drive the Matra-Simca MS650

Clay Regazzoni, winner of the Italian GP Monza 1970

Belgian Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx

At Ferrari pits

Start, Amon on Pole

Seconds before the start

Brescia Corse's Porsche 908/2 #23, driven by Giacomo Maioli (I) and Oddone Sigala (I)

Jackie Stewart, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1971

Vic Elford, 1000km Monza 1971

Start, Amon on Pole

Toine Hezemans (NL) on Alfa Romeo T33/3

Race winner Peter Gethin celebrates his achievement on the podium

Winner Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) on Porsche 917K 034/013

Race winner Peter Gethin receives congratulations on the podium

Winner Helmut Marko (A) in the cockpit of the Porsche 917K 053

Jacky Ickx

Andre Wicky's Porsche 908/2 #21, driven by entrant Andre Wicky (CH), Ernesto Brambilla (I) and Peter Mattli (CH), becomes tenth placed in overall finishs, forth in prototype classification

Rolf Stommelen (D) during practice in the Alfa Romeo T33/3 75080-020

Derek Bell (GB) in the second placed Porsche 917K 004/017

Jackie Stewart cannot start as his Tyrrell-Cosworth 005 stalls in pitlane with clutch problems before formation lap

Jacky Ickx (B) in the Ferrari 312 PB #0882

Jacky Ickx (B) in the winning Ferrari 312PB #0882

Race winner Emerson Fittipaldi on Lotus-Cosworth 72D, Italian GP Monza 1972

Mario Andretti, Ferrari 312B2

The start of the Italian GP Monza 1972, Jacky Ickx on Ferrari 312B2 starts from pole position alongside Chris Amon's Matra Simca-Matra MS120D

Later winner Jacky Ickx (B) on the grid in his Ferrari 312PB #0882

Jackie Stewart explains a possible clutch problem to team boss Ken Tyrrell in Monza 1972

Brian Redman (GB) on the Ferrari 312 PB 0884

Third placed Ronnie Peterson (S) in the Ferrari 312 PB #0886

Ugo Locatelli (I) and "Pal Joe" (I) become first placed in the GT+2.0 group (fifth overall) with the De Tomaso Pantera 2342 entered by Valtellina Racing

Mario Casoni (I) and "Pooky" (I) become second placed in GT+2.0 group on the De Tomaso Pantera 2343

Brian Redman (GB)

Swiss BRM driver Clay Regazzoni

Race cars return after the 1973 Italian GP Monza

World Championship contender Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T2

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TGC4

TGC4

Alain Prost, McLaren TAG-Porsche

TGC4

TGC4

TGC4

Nelson Piquet in the Lotus-Honda

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

At the start Barrichello stays in the lead

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa

Two former Ferrari Word Champions together: Niki Lauda (1975 and 1977) and Phil Hill (1961)

Michael Schumacher fighting back through the places

"Wannabe" World Champions Kimi Raikkonen and 2005 teammate Juan Pablo Montoya still looking like good friends

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher comments on his soccer skills

Johnny Herbert, Lotus

Rubens Barrichello with his father Rubao during a driver's charity football match in Monza

Johnny Herbert

Jean Todt with his Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger

Ayrton Senna, Italian GP 1993

Jean Alesi on Ferrari leads from the start and wins the Italian GP 1994

Mika Hakkinen meets his fans

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert

Jan Magnussen braking

Jacques Villeneuve

Italian GP 1998

Italian GP 1998

Italian GP 1998

Singer Eros Ramazzotti visits Jean Alesi

McLaren driver and polesetter Mika Hakkinen

Pedro Diniz

Rubens Barrichello

Kai Ebel, legendary F1 presenter of German TV station RTL

Michael Schumacher

Delighted Ferrari fans after Michael Schumacher's victory

Italian GP 2000

Italian GP 2000

Pedro Diniz

Mika Salo

BMW Williams pits: Dr. Mario Theissen and Gerhard Berger

Italian GP 2000

Michael Schumacher, on his way to podium ceremony, passes some maniac fans

Ralf Schumacher

Mika in his McLaren

Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

Michael Schumacher with a black-nosed Ferrari, displaying the team's deepest sympathy for the victims of the 9/11 tragedy

Hakkinen retires

Montoya

Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

Black ribbon on Michael Schumacher's Ferrari at Monza, the 1st Grand Prix after September 11th

Italian GP 2001

Ralf Schumacher in front of Montoya

Kimi, pan-shot

Ralf Schumacher

Barrichello and Montoya

Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

Michael Schumacher

Goeschel and Berger

Alesi too quick

Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

Ralf Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher, pan-shot

Pollock

New driver Enge with journalist

Montoya leading the two Ferraris

Ralf Schumacher, pan-shot

Michael Schumacher and Ralf

Kimi, pan-shot

Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher

Montoya in front of the grandstand

Olivier Panis, BAR-Honda

Michael Schumacher waiting in the Ferrari pits for his practice session appearance

Eddie Irvine

Montoya

Montoya

Nick Heidfeld

Felipe Massa

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Google exec wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

Google exec Benjamin Sloss wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

An Italian VIP lady shows the V sign

Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing's chief technical officer

Google exec Benjamin Sloss wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

Google exec Benjamin Sloss wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The tifosi-filled stand at turn one

Race cars rush through turn one a few laps after the start

The Formula One race drivers wave at the fans during drivers parade

On the grid with Sergio Marchionne, FIAT CEO and UBS vice president

The police shows off with a blue Lamborghini

Montoya's McLaren on the grid.

Jarno Trulli.

Giancarlo Fisichella.

Jackie Stewart celebrates his first Grand Prix victory at Monza 40 years ago

Michael Schumacher

Jenson Button, BAR Honda

Michael Schumacher of Ferrari.

A busy grid is cleared, the mechanics run to their pits

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Polesitter Vettel arrives after qualifying in parc ferme

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1

Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber

FIAT chairman and Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo gives an interview after an unsatisying qualifying on Saturday afternoon in Monza

At the start of the Italian Grand Prix, Red Bull's Mark Webber is chased by the two Ferraris

RBR's Sebastian Vettel wins the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 2013 and celebrates his achievement at the rostrum after the race

RBR's race winner Sebastian Vettel sprays champagne together with Ferrari's second placed Alonso during the podium ceremony after the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 2013

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone chats with Lotus team principal Eric Boullier before the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Count the buttons of a Toro Rosso steering wheel!

Sergio Perez, McLaren

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

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RBR's Sebastian Vettel wins the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 2013 and kisses his trophy at the rostrum during the podium ceremony after the event

FIAT chairman and Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo chats with Red Bull motorsport director and Le Mans winner Dr. Helmut Marko

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Bayern Muenchen chairman Franz Beckenbauer, to his fans known as 'Der Kaiser', visits the grid before the race

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Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes GP

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari presents his trophy at the rostrum during the podium ceremony following the Italian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel wins the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 2013 and celebrates his achievement in parc ferme with Red Bull Racing technical director Adrian Newey

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RBR's race winner Sebastian Vettel sprays champagne at Adrian Newey during the podium ceremony after the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 2013

Giedo van der Garde, Caterham

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50 jahre mclaren

Formula 1 World Champion of 1975, 1977 and 1984, Niki Lauda, proudly receives the 2013 'Bernie Ecclestone Award' during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Champagne showers after the Italian Grand Prix

Formula 1 World Champion of 1975, 1977 and 1984, Niki Lauda, proudly receives the 2013 'Bernie Ecclestone Award' during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

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Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone, his wife Fabiana and two grid-pass owners, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Nico Rosberg gives Mercedes another 1-2 on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, drives through the Parabolica

Fernando Alonso has to stop his Ferrari with a problem in the Energy Recovery Systems (ERS), Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

French Lotus-Renault driver Romain Grosjean on his way to his grid position on track, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, being pushed back to the pits

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, under pressure from Raikkonen, Bottas and Ricciardo, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg prepares himself for the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, has to retire with a problem in the Energy Recovery System (ERS) which form an integral part of an F1 car’s power unit in 2014, Italian Grand Prix, Monza

Fernando Alonso has to stop his Ferrari with a problem in the Energy Recovery Systems (ERS), Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Sebastian Vettel, beeing interviewed by Ebel from RTL TV, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sauber driver on Friday morning, Dutch Giedo van der Garde, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2014