F1 24 Monza Setups

Monza in Italy is an incredibly high-speed circuit that allows us to run one of the lowest aerodynamic setups of any track. You will have extremely high average speeds throughout a lap and a race of Monza, which means that you should focus on top speed in your car setup.

The Italian track is one of the easiest to drive in F1 24. However, it still presents a challenge, especially in testing your braking accuracy and consistency. There are a few really important heavy braking zones. Ensuring that you get your braking distance right will result in the perfect line through the tricky chicanes. Braking a little too late can result in you missing the corner and losing a lot of time.

You may want to play about with your brake bias throughout a lap of Monza to find a suitable brake setup that you feel comfortable with. Moving your brake bias further forward can result in shorter braking distances. However, a more forward brake bias can increase the chances of locking a wheel under braking.

Moving your brake bias further rearward will reduce the risk of locking a front wheel. However, if your brake is set too far rearward, you run the risk of locking a rear brake, which can be worse than locking a front wheel.

Locking your rear brakes feels like someone has pulled the handbrake on, and the rear of your car can become very unstable. I would recommend running a more forward brake bias around Monza and try to manage front wheel locking by modulating the brake pressure.

How to create the best Italy car setup in F1 24?

Monza relies so heavily on top speed that a low downforce car setup is the best approach. You will want to remove as much front and rear aerodynamics as possible before the car becomes too hard to drive through the fast corner segments.

This will result in the lowest aerodynamic setup of any track, and both front and rear wing angles will be close to their minimum. Running such a low downforce car setup can make the car feel twitchy through some of the faster corners, such as turns 9 and 11.

Setting your front suspension and anti-roll bar quite stiff can help with front-end responsiveness. This goes towards compensating for the lack of front downforce and can make your car more willing to turn into these fast corners.

Thanks to the very long straights and small number of corners, tyre wear isn’t too much of an issue around Monza. This means we can set the tyre pressures much higher than at other tracks in F1 24. This will also help make the car more responsive on corner entry and under direction changes.

Italy race strategy

The Italian Grand Prix doesn’t lend itself too much to alternative strategies being used throughout the grid. A one-stop strategy is often the best option, and thanks to the low tyre wear this is easily achievable.

Opting to start the Italian race on medium tyres before switching to hard tyres for the final stint is often the best option. I recommend increasing the fuel you put in the car at the start of the race. This will let you use higher engine modes more often throughout the race, which can be very important for overtaking and defending down the long straights of Monza.