It's time for the regular We Race As One - F1's initiative to promote equality.

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Parabolica's name change is in honour of Michele Alboreto, who joined Ferrari in the 1984 season and spent five years with the Italian team.

The tribute is to mark the 20th anniversary of Alboreto's death in 2001 at the age of 44.

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Names of turns

1-2. 1 Variante

3. Curva Grande

4-5. 2 Variante

6-7 Curve di Lesmo

8-10 Variante Ascari

11. Curva Parabolica (now known as Curva Alboreto)

It will be a huge task for Lewis Hamilton to pull off a race victory today but if he does, he will leapfrog Michael Schumacher as the King of Monza.

The pair of seven-time world champions are level on five wins each at the historic circuit.

Brazilian Nelson Piquet, who has three titles in his trophy cabinet, is next on the list with four victories.

Six drivers are tied on three Italian Grand Prix wins, including Aston Martin driver - and former Ferrari favourite - Sebastian Vettel.

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Mick Schumacher has been chatting about his dad Michael this week.

The Netflix documentary 'Schumacher' is released on 15 September and the Haas driver says the seven-time world champion is best-ever driver in the sport.

"My dad is the greatest driver there ever was," said Schumacher, 22.

"But he is not only the best driver, he is also the best dad in the world."

Schumacher senior, 52, was injured in a skiing accident in December 2013 and placed into a medically-induced coma after a severe brain injury.

His family have kept his condition private as they say those would be his wishes.

Schumacher junior said in a BBC Radio 5 Live interview to be broadcast on Sunday: "I think he deserves every documentary that is made and if we can also share our experience it makes it more personal and credible.

"Everyone will get a better understanding for what he has done in Formula 1."

Stephen Taylor: Have a feeling we could be seeing a British winner either way at Monza this afternoon. This means either Lewis taking his 100th win or Lando taking his 1st F1 win.

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"I can't race like this, I can do one more lap if you want, but I can't race like this."

Gasly gained an incredible win here last year. He might not even start the grand prix in 2021.

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Lewis Hamilton leads the pack of Italian Grand Prix winners since 2007, with the seven-time world champion's first victory at the Temple of Speed coming during his McLaren days.

Sebastian Vettel never celebrated a Monza win as a Ferrari driver, however, he did take the chequered flag in front of the Tifosi for Toro Rosso and Red Bull.

• 5. Lewis Hamilton (2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)
• 3. Sebastian Vettel (2008, 2011, 2013)
• 2. Fernando Alonso (2007, 2010)
• 1. Rubens Barrichello (2009)
• 1. Nico Rosberg (2016)
• 1. Charles Leclerc (2019)
• 1. Pierre Gasly (2020)

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There's something missing about this visit to Monza.

Ah, that's it... the faint whiff of Hamilton's dust as everyone is burned off and his charge to another title begins to take shape.

Traditionally, the Italian Grand Prix sits in a run of late-summer grands prix where Hamilton's race craft is peerless. Hunting down Raikkonen in 2018 springs to mind.

Not in 2021, though, and maybe that's what is informing the seven-time champion's mindset: "We can’t afford days like these, especially when it is this close in the championships", he said after yesterday's uncharacteristic error at the start of the sprint.

"You saw the pace of Red Bull - it should be easy win for [Verstappen]. They've got more pace, and from what I understand they bring upgrades to every race."

To be fair, Hamilton has always said he wants competition when fighting for the title. It just feels like he doesn't believe he has the ability to do so here.

And there's bad news coming from the team radio of Pierre Gasly, who tells his team "we can't race like this".

They've got 30 minutes to get his car good for action.

Last year's race winner will start from the pit lane today following his first lap crash in yesterday's sprint race.

Pirelli say those on the mediums will be looking to change tyres between the lap 27 and 33 mark. If you're on the softs, get rid of them between laps 15 and 20.

The Finn's had a very successful weekend so far but how far can he climb up the order today?

JJ: I don’t want to jinx it but SURELY one of the McLarens has to be on the podium - with Bottas potentially out of contention, things should be very interesting.

I R O: I'll spice up the predictions : P1 - Ham P2 - Norris P3 - Bottas Verstappen & Ricciardo- DNF, crash in first lap.

Forty minutes to go and the track is now open as the cars head out for their first experience of The Temple of Speed today.

We've got 50% capacity in the stands so it won't look as amazing as 70,000 did at Zandvoort last week, but it'll still be an incredible day.

If you're lucky enough to be there, you can always tweet us some pictures using #bbcf1.

On that occasion in Mexico three years ago, Daniel Ricciardo was on pole with then team-mate Max Verstappen second.

Ricciardo was unable to finish, retiring on lap 61, with Verstappen winning the race, but all the headlines went to Lewis Hamilton as his fourth-placed finish secured him his fifth world title.

It's the first time the ex-Red Bull teammates will line-up on the front row since Mexico 2018.

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You can always rely on Daniel Ricciardo to bring the fun to proceedings.

After securing his front-row spot next to old buddy Max Verstappen, he joked to Sky Sports:

"Max has won a few too many races this year so he said, because of my Italian heritage as well, he's not going to fight too hard.

"He said, 'If you get the start, I'll just defend the rest for you!'"

Lewis Hamilton has been speaking to Sky Sports about fellow British athlete Emma Raducanu's US Open victory and said: "It was incredible to see her rise, the sheer focus that she has and her determination - she's such a sweet person as well.

"The UK has someone to be really proud of and I'm super proud of her as well.

"I can take inspiration from her today and I will try to do the country proud like she did last night."