Race Preview 2013 06 – 08 SEPTEMBER 2013

Round 12 of the 2013 World CIRCUIT DATA Championship marks the sport’s final race of the AUTODROMO DI season in Europe and, as has become traditional, Length of lap: 5.793km it takes place at one of F1’s great venues – ’s Lap record: 1:21.046 . (, , 2004) F1’s original temple of speed, La Pista Magica, as it is Start/finish line offset: known, is now out on its own in modern F1 as a true 0.309km low-downforce, high-speed circuit, with just a handful Total number of race laps: 53 of fast bends and to get in the way of drivers Total race distance: 306.720km clocking the highest average lap speed of any track on Pitlane speed limits: the current calendar – around 245kmh. 80km/h throughout the entire event weekend. The presence of slow chicanes breaking the high- speed straights means that suspension settings are CHANGES TO THE crucial, as to secure a good lap time drivers need CIRCUIT SINCE 2012 to be able to ride the kerbs hard. The flat out nature ►The leading edges of the of the track also means that engines take more kerbs at the apex of Turn 1 punishment than at most circuits with up to 70 per and 4 will be longer, to avoid the possibility of a car being cent of a lap being run at full throttle. The final effect launched when crossing them. of all that speed is that tyres are subjected to heavy ►The kerb at the exit of Turn longitudinal forces under braking and blistering can be 6 will be extended by 20m in an issue. Therefore, tyre supplier Pirelli has allocated order to prevent damage to its hard and medium compounds for this weekend. the grass verge.

►At the exit of Turn 10, the kerb After taking a comfortable win at the last round and artificial grass will be in Belgium, Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel extended by 50m. has extended his drivers’ championship lead over ►The section of guardrail just to 46 points, with before the opening on the third, 12 points further back. However, following the driver’s left at Turn 1 will be race, Vettel acknowledged his team’s relatively poor replaced by a wall. record at Monza, saying, “we don’t expect, maybe, to DRS ZONES be that strong” in Italy. That will offer Alonso hope that he can reassert himself in the title fight. ►There will be a two DRS zones. The detection point of the first will be just before Turn In the constructors’ battle, meanwhile, Red Bull Racing, 7 with activation just after Turn with 312 points, hold a commanding 77-point lead 7. The second detection point over nearest rival Mercedes, with Ferrari third on 218 will be just before Turn 11. points. The activation point will be just after the start/finish line. ROUND 12 START TIME 14:00 Local - 12:00 GMT

RACE DATE: 08 SEP 2013 CIRCUIT LENGTH: 5.783KM

CIRCUIT NAME: AUTODROMO DI MONZA RACE DISTANCE: 306.720KM

NUMBER OF LAPS: 53 LAP RECORD: 1:21.046 - R Barrichello [2004]

170 DRS 270 4 DETECTION 1 6 0.2 1.5

7 6

DRS ACTIVATION 1

5 115 T2 3 4 -1.0 27.8

T1 330 DRS DETECTION 2 7 335 26.8 0.1 7 200 335 185 0.1 9 4 7 4 1.2 0.1 -1.5 8 10

3 2 1 Pit Lane 11 290 6 -0.6

80 335 DRS ACTIVATION 2 T3 2 7 -1.5 0.1 27.3 1:21.9

Timing Speed Braking Sector Sector 1 Circuit Start Finish Kmh T3 150 Sector Safety Medical Lateral 27.3 Time Sector 2 Car Car Marshals 3 G-force Gear -1.0 1:21.9 Lap Time Light Run-off Gravel Sector 3 Panels Areas Traps

Italian GP Fast Facts ►The Italian Grand Prix has featured ►Of the current drivers, just three have ►Since 2000, the race has been on the calendar every year since won at Monza. Sebastian Vettel and won from pole 10 times from 13 the world championship’s inception Fernando Alonso are the only current events. Michael Schumacher won in 1950. The race has been held multiple winners, with two apiece, from second in 2006, while Rubens at Monza each time, save for 1980 while Lewis Hamilton won last year. Barrichello won from fourth in 2002 when the event was run at as ►Ferrari are by far the most successful and fifth in 2009. Monza was being refurbished. constructor with 18 victories. McLaren ►Only once has the race been won ►The 1980 race was won by Nelson have 10, while Williams have six. from further back than 10th on the Piquet for Brabham. The Brazilian ►At the 2008 race, Sebastian Vettel, grid. That was ’s famous thus became the first driver to win driving for Toro Rosso, became the 1971 win, when the top five finishers an Italian GP at two different venues sport’s youngest ever pole position were separated by just 0.61 seconds. since the pre-F1 era when Rudolf man and followed it up by driving ►Heinz-Harald Frentzen took the last Caracciola won for Mercedes at flawlessly in heavy rain to become of his three career victories here, Livorno in 1937, having also driven F1’s youngest race winner at just 21 for Jordan in 1999. With three races a Mercedes to victory in 1934 in years of age. Previous record holder remaining, the win put him firmly in partnership with . Fernando Alonso was 22 when he contention for the ’99 drivers’ title, but ►The most successful driver in F1 won the 2003 Hungarian GP. his hopes were largely dashed at the here is Michael Schumacher, with ►Vettel has, of course, gone on to win very next round, the European GP, five wins. All of the seven-time three world championship titles with where after securing pole position champion’s Italian GP victories were Red Bull Racing. Monza, though, has electrical failure saw him exit the race at the wheel of a Ferrari, beginning in been something of a ‘bogey’ circuit after 32 laps, while in the lead. his first season with the team, 1996. for the team. In 16 starts since its F1 ►Force India’s Adrian Sutil made the He also stood on the podium’s top debut in 2005, the team has recorded only front-row start of his career so step in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2006. just one podium finish - Vettel’s 2011 far at Monza in 2009. The German ►Piquet is the next most successful win. Beyond that, the German’s fourth qualified second behind Lewis driver, with four wins, in 1980, ’83, place in 2010 is the outfit’s next best Hamilton and raced to fourth. It’s his ’86 and 1987. result. only top-10 Italian GP finish so far. Italian GP Championship Standings (Drivers)

Australia Malaysia China Bahrain Spain Monaco Canada GB Germany Hungary Belgium Italy Singapore Korea Japan India Abu Dhabi USA Brazil POINTS

1. Sebastian Vettel 15 25 12 25 12 18 25 0 25 15 25 ------197

2. Fernando Alonso 18 0 25 4 25 6 18 15 12 10 18 ------151

3. Lewis Hamilton 10 15 15 10 0 12 15 12 10 25 15 ------139

4. Kimi Raikkonen 25 6 18 18 18 1 2 10 18 18 0 ------134

5. 8 18 0 6 10 15 12 18 6 12 10 ------115

6. Nico Rosberg 0 12 0 2 8 25 10 25 2 0 12 ------96

7. 12 10 8 0 15 0 4 8 0 4 6 ------67

8. 1 8 2 15 0 0 0 0 15 8 4 ------53

9. 2 0 10 1 4 8 0 0 8 6 8 ------47

10. 4 0 4 12 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 ------36

11. Adrian Sutil 6 0 0 0 0 10 1 6 0 0 2 ------25

12. Sergio Perez 0 2 0 8 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 ------18

13. Jean-Eric Vergne 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 0 ------13

14. Daniel Ricciardo 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 ------12

15. Nico Hulkenberg 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 ------7

16. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ------1

17. Valtteri Bottas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------0

18. Esteban Gutierrez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------0

19. Jules Bianchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------0

20. Charles Pic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------0

21. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------0

22. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------0 Italian GP Championship Standings (Constructors)

Australia Malaysia China Bahrain Spain Monaco Canada GB Germany Hungary Belgium Italy Singapore Korea Japan India Abu Dhabi USA Brazil POINTS

1. Infiniti Red Bull Racing 23 43 12 31 22 33 37 18 31 27 35 ------312

2. Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 10 27 15 12 8 37 25 37 12 25 27 ------235

3. 30 10 33 4 40 6 22 23 12 14 24 ------218

4. Lotus F1 Team 26 14 20 33 18 1 2 10 33 26 4 ------187

5. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2 2 10 9 6 8 0 0 12 8 8 ------65

6. Sahara Force India F1 Team 10 0 4 12 6 12 7 8 0 0 2 ------61

7. Scuderia Toro Rosso 0 1 6 0 1 4 8 4 0 0 1 ------25

8. Sauber F1 Team 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 ------7

9. Williams F1 Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ------1

10. Marussia F1 Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------0

11. Caterham F1 Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------0 Italian GP Formula One Timetable & FIA Media Schedule

THURSDAY Press conference 15.00

FRIDAY Practice session 1 10.00-11.30 Practice session 2 14.00-15.30 Press conference 16.00

SATURDAY Practice session 3 11.00-12.00 Qualifying 14.00-15.00 Followed by unilateral and press conference

SUNDAY Drivers’ Parade 12.30 Race 14.00 Followed by podium interviews and press conference

ADDITIONAL MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES

QUALIFYING All drivers eliminated in Q1 or Q2 are available for media interviews immediately after the end of each session, as are drivers who participated in Q3, but who are not required for the post- qualifying press conference. The TV pen is located close to the media centre entrance in the paddock.

RACE Any driver retiring before the end of the race is available at the team’s garage/hospitality. In addition, during the race every team will make available at least one senior spokesperson for interview by officially accredited TV crews. A list of those nominated will be made available in the media centre.

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