Grand prix F1
7 September 1997 in Monza’s park :
impact of the crowd on the environment.
Every year, on the first Sunday of September the Grand Prix of Italy takes place on the track of Monza. People come from all over Europe to watch this competition. The park in Monza is the biggest fenced park in Europe. It is about 7.5 millions square metres. The track was built in 1922, modified during the 70’s , it’s 5.8 km long. In 1995 a part of the track was changed to the pilots’ security.
on a project to observe the effects of a huge crowd of people on the enviroment during the Grand Prix. The work has been tutored by the teachers: G. Riva, C. Mignini, P. Barretta, M. Arcioni with about 20 students from differents classes of our school. The work has been done to check the environmental situation before, during and after the race, in order to find out a solution to this problem.

Wroking Programs

This year our school ( I.T.C.G. Mosè Bianchi ), with a school in Finland has worked

1st Day - Wednesday 3/9
Trip around the track and the park to check the environmental situation before the race. We took some videos and pictures.

2nd Day - Friday 5/9 (free practice)
Videos and interviews to the visitors.

3rd Day - Saturday 6/9 (qualification)
The same work as Friday

4th Day - Sunday 7/9 (Grand Prix).
Videos and photos about the situation inside and outside the track.

5th Day Monday 8/9 (the day after).
The same tour as Wednesday to check the effects and the situation of the park after the race.

Some information about the event 

People during the  event : Friday 5/9  free practice  =    50.000	visitors
                                       Saturday 6/9 qualify        	 =    70.000	     "
                                       Sunday  7/9 Race           	 =  120.000        "
Cars in the parking (inside the park)
Cars             :	12.500
Motor-bike   :	377
Bus              :	410
Cars in the parking (outside the park) 2000
Special transports: Trains 
Milano - Biassono   14  races  = 8.100,  9 races back = 4.400.
>From Winthertur, Arezzo, Imola e Padova  =1500.
Bus AMSA from Monza to Vedano, 321 races, =30.000
Bus	ATM from Milan = 4500

Camper and camping  =1767

Illegal fires  inside the park about 800-900
Suggestions ...
to limit the negative impact of the crowd during the Grand Prix:

The problem of traffic inside the park:

  • to forbid the entrance and parking of cars and coaches inside the park, to evoit to settle the stalls at least along Mirabello road in order to avoid the negative influence on the soil and on the roots of trees.
  • to extend the parking system of the external surrounding belt and link it by shuttles
  • to encourage the use of public transport.

    • Suggestions to collect the waste material:

  • to increase the quantity of litter containers spread around the area and collect them many times during the day.
  • to use special containers for recycling.

    • Improvement of the control system:


  • to forbid the illegal camping side in any area inside and outside the track kept to the parking .
  • to forbid the introduction of material for the construction of illegal booth
  • to fine people who do not respect the environment by cutting trees or lighting fires.

    Damages of the trees:

    Most damages have been noticed in the green areas without stands, where fans do whatever they want to get a better view of the race, building dangerous stands, using ladders and climbing trees. Our proposal is to discourage the entrance into these areas a employing a system of wires and panels along the track in order to cover the whole view of it. More disassembling stands could located in areas without trees.

    • The park in Monza:

    It was created as a hunting area for the royal family, but now it has a vital function as a green heart in one of the most populated and urbanized areas in Italy. It’s therefore absolutely necessary to preserve this estate and to avoid all the damages deriving from sport events.