Rachel's Diary: The magic of Monza

Sky Sports' Rachel Brookes on the magic of the Italian GP, a family affair with Monza, and chasing that all-important shot of the week...

I love the Italian Grand Prix, my waistline might not be so enamoured though!

I was covering it for Sky Sports News HQ and it was my fourth visit to the race at Monza. We arrived on Tuesday and after a quick visit to the circuit to find out the latest on the Lotus/Renault situation and film some shots we went back to our hotel via a special restaurant. In 2012 Daniel Ricciardo told me about a pizza place that he said made the best pizzas in the world. As someone with Italian heritage I took him at his word and my cameraman and I made our way there one evening. He was right. The pizzas were amazing. So this year with a different cameraman and a producer we stopped off on our way back to our hotel. Luckily they managed to squeeze us in - even on a Tuesday night the place is packed. It didn't disappoint and started off the week in great fashion.