Editing Monza (section)

== Sport ==

=== Monza Circuit ===
Monza is internationally known for the {{Lang|it|[[Autodromo Nazionale di Monza]]|italic=no}} [[motor racing]] circuit, home to the [[Italian Grand Prix]] usually held in September, and previously to the [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] team. Meanwhile, the Golf Club Milano is a golf course that has hosted nine editions of the [[Italian Open (golf)|Italian Open]]. Both are located inside the [[Monza Park]], which comprises 688 ha.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Park of Monza|url=https://turismo.monza.it/en/things-to-do/1762-park-monza|website=Tourism Monza|access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>

The Italian Grand Prix has been hosted at the Monza circuit in every single year of [[Formula One]] history bar one (1980), and although no Italian has won the race since [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]] in [[1966 Italian Grand Prix|1966]], the local support is for the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] team, which has taken many historical wins on the circuit, especially with [[Michael Schumacher]] winning five times between 1996 and 2006. The event also saw [[Jody Scheckter]] secure the [[1979 Formula One season|1979]] title in [[1979 Italian Grand Prix|that event]] among other historical wins such as the Ferrari 1-2 finish against the odds in [[1988 Italian Grand Prix|1988]]. The Ferrari fans at Monza are known both in Italian and internationally as ''[[tifosi]]''. Aside from Ferrari, another Italian milestone at the venue was German 21-year old [[Sebastian Vettel]] taking his and Italian team [[Scuderia Toro Rosso]]'s first win in torrential rain in [[2008 Italian Grand Prix|2008]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.enterf1.com/italian-grand-prix/gp-history-and-memorable-moments|title=Italian Grand Prix History|access-date=27 August 2020|website = enterF1.com}}</ref>

The event has been marred by tragedy several times, involving driver fatalities such as [[Wolfgang von Trips]], [[Jochen Rindt]] and [[Ronnie Peterson]], but also a fatal accident involving a trackside marshal in [[2000 Italian Grand Prix|2000]], and multiple spectators being killed in von Trips' fatal accident in [[1961 Italian Grand Prix|1961]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12163674.monza-steward-killed-and-coulthard-inches-from-death-in-five-car-pile-up/|title=Steward killed at Monza F1 race|date=11 September 2000|access-date=27 August 2020|website=The Herald Scotland}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racefans.net/2011/09/10/1961-italian-grand-prix/|title=When Wolfgang Von Trips was killed at Monza|date=10 September 2011|access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> Monza is an extremely fast circuit that has been modified with three chicanes to curb speeds, but is still the fastest circuit on the Formula One calendar and is considered too fast to be considered to host [[MotoGP]] and no longer holds [[Superbike World Championship]] events either. When it hosted the [[Italian motorcycle Grand Prix]] it saw a double fatal accident for [[Jarno Saarinen]] and [[Renzo Pasolini]] in 1973 after a pile-up through the dauntingly fast ''Curva Grande'', that has since had significant runoff added to it. Italy's last Formula One champion [[Alberto Ascari]] also died at the Monza circuit in 1955, but it was during a test of a road car rather than during a race.

=== Other ===
[[File:Palazzetto monza.jpg|thumb|right|Monza Arena]]

Monza's professional [[association football|football]] club, [[AC Monza]], play at the [[Stadio Brianteo]]. They were promoted to the {{Italian football updater|Monza}}, the top flight of Italian football, in 2022. AC Monza's under-19 team also plays in the top youth division ([[Campionato Primavera 1|Primavera 1]]).

Monza-based [[Volley Milano]] plays in the [[Lega Pallavolo Serie A|Serie A1]], the top division for men's volleyball in Italy, since 2014. They play at the [[Monza Arena]]. Their [[Unione Sportiva Pro Victoria Pallavolo Monza|women's team]] also plays at the Monza Arena in the women's [[Italian Women's Volleyball League|Serie A1]].

In 2006 Monza hosted the [[World Cyber Games]] tournament.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} In 2005 and 2008, Monza hosted the "International Gran Galà Marching Show Bands" at Stadio Brianteo (with the USA band Blue Devils, 11 times WMSB Champion of the World).{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}

[[File:Stadio Brianteo 2014.jpg|thumb|right|Stadio Brianteo]]