Italian Grand Prix: Mercedes previews Monza 3 September, 2013 The Italian Grand Prix takes place at the historic Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, north of Milan, on Sunday 8 September. The Italian Grand Prix has been won from pole position eight times in the past ten years On a total lap of 5.793 km, the engines spend 4.461 km at full throttle – 77% of the lap distance The cars exceed 330 km/h on four occasions around the lap, before turns one, four, eight and 11 Under braking for turn one, the cars decelerate by 260 km/h in the space of 185 metres Nico Rosberg: 'Monza is always one of my favourite races and I love driving the track with its unique high-speed and low-downforce layout....
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