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Poster reading 19th grid slot of the 2026 winner, every Italian Grand Prix since 2000 measured, Monza usually goes to the front row and in 2026 Antonelli won his home race from nineteenth, with 16 of 27 races won from pole, 5 Monza wins for Hamilton, and 10th Gasly's grid slot when he won in 2020.

Every Italian Grand Prix winner since 2000, measured: Monza belongs to the front row, except when it does not

Twenty-seven Italian Grands Prix have been held at Monza since 2000, and pole won sixteen. The exceptions are some of the strangest wins of the era: Gasly from tenth in 2020, and Kimi Antonelli from nineteenth at his home race in 2026. Every winner, grid slot, safety car and red flag, measured.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 19, 2026

Poster titled Nineteenth To First showing Kimi Antonelli's black and teal Mercedes number 12 at Monza, with 19th on the grid, 14.3 seconds behind with 24 laps to go, 0.70s a lap quicker and a 1:23.504 fastest lap.

Antonelli wins the Italian Grand Prix from 19th on the grid

He restarted twelfth after the red flag, made one more pit stop than the man he was chasing, and still had enough left to set the fastest lap of the race on the road to the flag.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 6, 2026