Ferrari's Schumacher-inspired livery, F1 leader to cop penalty in Italy

Ferrari will be running one-off livery at the Italian Grand Prix as a tribute to Michael Schumacher.

F1 drivers' championship leader Kimi Antonelli will take a grid penalty this weekend as Mercedes changes power unit components on his car.

ABC Sport will have a live blog of the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix from 9pm AEST on Sunday, September 6.

Ferrari will be celebrating the legacy of Michael Schumacher this weekend at its home race, with a special livery dedicated to the seven-time Formula 1 world champion.

This year marks 30 years since Schumacher joined the Scuderia, and 20 years since his final F1 victory in the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix.

With Schumacher at the wheel, Ferrari rose to the top of F1 after years spent without championships.

Ferrari's constructors' championship win in 1999 ended a 16-year wait in the teams' competition, while Schumacher's drivers' championship triumph in 2000 made him the first Ferrari race to become world champion since Jody Scheckter in 1979.

Schumacher won five of his seven drivers' championships with Ferrari, from 2000-2004.

This weekend at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, a race Schumacher won five times with Ferrari, the Scuderia has a one-off livery which pays tribute to the F1 champion.

Among the features are seven stars on the nose of the car, representing Schumacher's world titles, and drivers Lewis Hamilton — the sport's other seven-time world champion — and Charles Leclerc will wear racing suits that also feature the seven stars and Schumacher's logo.

Kimi Antonelli has celebrated his 20th birthday as the Formula 1 drivers' championship leader, and heads into his home grand prix with a significant 59-point advantage over his two nearest rivals.

But the youngest-ever leader of the F1 championship heads into this weekend's race at Monza knowing he has work to do to be near the front of the grid.

Mercedes announced during the previous race weekend in the Netherlands that Antonelli will take an engine penalty this weekend.

F1 teams have an allocation of power unit components they can use in a season. When a driver is fitted with a power unit component that exceeds the allocation, they are handed a penalty at the first event that new part is used.