MONZA, Italy, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Ferrari ⁠will have a special livery and team kit at Monza this weekend ⁠to commemorate Michael Schumacher's first Italian Grand Prix win with the Formula ‌One team and his decade at Maranello from 1996 to 2006.

This year marks 30 years since the seven-times world champion, then with two titles to his name, joined Ferrari from Benetton.

The German's arrival ​transformed the team and started a golden period for ⁠Ferrari, with Schumacher going on to ⁠win five championships in a row and the team six successive constructors' titles.

Schumacher, now ⁠57, ‌has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in an accident while skiing in the French Alps in December ⁠2013.

Ferrari said the SF-26 cars of Charles Leclerc and ​Lewis Hamilton, also a ‌seven-times champion, would have a livery inspired by Schumacher's first Ferrari 310 -- predominantly ⁠red with ​some white on the wings and black as well as seven stars and the German's logo using the letters M and S.

There will also be three cars from Schumacher's Ferrari career ⁠on display -- the F310, the 248 from 2006 ​and the F2002 from one of the most dominant seasons ever.

The 2002 car will be driven by Schumacher's former teammate Rubens Barrichello on Saturday and four-times champion Sebastian Vettel ⁠on Sunday.

Schumacher's 1996 win at Monza was Ferrari's first at home since 1988 and they return this weekend with a good chance of another victory with Leclerc and Hamilton having each won once this season and the team second in the ​standings.

Ferrari last won at Monza in 2024 with Leclerc, who ⁠also won in 2019. Hamilton, who joined Ferrari last year, is a five-time winner ​at Monza with McLaren and Mercedes.

Italian Kimi Antonelli, ‌the championship leader for Mercedes, is set to ​start at the back of the grid due to penalties triggered by power unit changes.

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Ed Osmond)