Record #00504Sports archive
Juan Pablo Montoya reached 372.6 km/h in his McLaren MP4-20 during the 4 September 2005 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. FIA records identify this as the highest official F1 race speed.
Current Record
372.6km/h
Current record value
Monza's long straights and low-drag car setups make it particularly suitable for high speed. The 2005 season featured the final 3.0-litre V10 Formula One engine regulations.
A peak race speed-trap result differs from lap-average or race-average speed, and from modified F1 cars tested away from grands prix. Higher unofficial telemetry numbers in practice are not equivalent to the officially recorded race mark.
The record conclusion has sufficient verification support.
Basis: direct confirmation by an authority
The FIA's 2014 Italian Grand Prix preview explicitly lists Montoya's 372.6 km/h in the 2005 race as Formula One's highest race speed; specialist 2026 reporting still cites the official mark. Practice telemetry, qualifying and modified off-event speed runs are excluded.
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