The Italian Grand Prix is a classic event on the international motorsport calendar. The Monza circuit is legendary and has hosted the Italian Grand Prix every year since 1950, except for in 1980 when the race went to Imola. Before the Formula 1 World Championship, the circuit hosted the Italian Grand Prix from 1922. Monza was traditionally all about slipstreaming: the art of getting a tow from the car in front in order to slingshot past. With no chicanes until 1972, the races frequently featured epic slipstreaming battles. It wasn’t enough to simply slipstream past a car and work your way up to the front. After passing a car, you would have someone behind you–and in your own slipstream.So, there was a real strategy to consider a...

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The Italian Grand Prix is a classic event on the international motorsport calendar. The Monza circuit is legendary and has hosted the Italian Grand Prix every year since 1950, except for in 1980 when the race went to Imola. Before the Formula 1 World Championship, the circuit hosted the Italian Grand Prix from 1922. Monza was traditionally all about slipstreaming: the art of getting a tow from the car in front in order to slingshot past. With no chicanes until 1972, the races frequently featured epic slipstreaming battles. It wasn’t enough to simply slipstream past a car and work your way up to the front. After passing a car, you would have someone behind you–and in your own slipstream.So, there was a real strategy to consider a...

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