2024 Italian Grand Prix

The 2024 Italian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d'Italia 2024) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 September 2024 at the Monza Circuit in Monza, Italy. It was the sixteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship.

The race featured the Grand Prix debut of Franco Colapinto, who drove for Williams until the end of the season. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri locked out the front row for McLaren, their first at Monza since 2012. The 53-lap race was won by Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, who utilised a one-stop strategy to take the team’s first win at Monza since 2019. Piastri and Norris rounded out the podium, the latter scoring the fastest lap.

The event was held at the Monza Circuit in Monza for the 74th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 30 August – 1 September. The Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 75th running of the Italian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. On 29 August, the safety car crashed off the track at turn 11. Driver Bernd Mayländer and passenger Richard Darker were not injured in the incident.

Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 295 points, 70 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 103 ahead of Charles Leclerc in third. Red Bull Racing, with 434 points, led the Constructors' Championship from McLaren and Ferrari, who are second and third with 404 and 370 points, respectively.

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with the exception of Franco Colapinto, who replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams from this Grand Prix onwards. Colapinto made his Formula One debut. Kimi Antonelli drove for Mercedes in place of George Russell during the first practice session, making his Formula One practice debut. Aston Martin were planning to have Felipe Drugovich drive in first practice in place of Fernando Alonso, before cancelling this plan in response to the track changes.

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (the three softest in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at this event.

Ahead of the event, Monza Circuit underwent significant changes. In addition to facility improvements, the entire track was resurfaced. The DRS zone leading in to turn 1 was extended by 103 metres (338 ft).

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 30 August 2024, at 13:30 local time (UTC+2), and was topped by Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing ahead of Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and Lando Norris of McLaren. Debutant Kimi Antonelli spun at turn 11, crashing into the wall and causing the session to be stopped temporarily. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped by Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes ahead of Norris and Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari. The third practice session was held on 31 August 2024, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Hamilton ahead of his teammate George Russell and Leclerc.