Formula 1 fever to continue in Italy this weekend

ISTANBUL

Italian Grand Prix, Round 15 in this season’s Formula One World Championship, will take place on Sunday.

The race will be run at Italy’s Autodromo Nazionale Monza over 53 laps.

The qualifying laps of the Monza Circuit, which is approximately 5.7 kilometers (3.5 miles), will kick off on Saturday at 1400 GMT, with the race at 1300 GMT on Sunday.

Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen has 11 race wins to lead the 2023 Driver Standings.

Verstappen’s Mexican teammate Sergio Perez finished at the top of the podium twice. Following Perez, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso has 168 points.

In May, Formula One canceled the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the season’s sixth race, due to flooding in northern Italy.

Driver standings

1. Max Verstappen (Netherlands): 339 points

2. Sergio Perez (Mexico): 201

3. Fernando Alonso (Spain): 168

4. Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain): 156

5. Carlos Sainz (Spain): 102

Constructor Standings

1. Red Bull: 540

2. Mercedes: 255

3. Aston Martin: 215

4. Ferrari: 201

5. McLaren: 111

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