6 Hours of Monza

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The 6 Hours of Monza (formerly the 1,000 Kilometres of Monza and known after 1966 as the Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo) is an endurance race, mainly for sports cars, which is held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Italy.

Overview

File:1973 Monza 1000 - Ickx's Ferrari 312 PB and Cevert's Matra-Simca MS670B.jpg
Jacky Ickx seated inside a Ferrari during the 1973 edition: the most winning driver, team and manufacturer in Monza's endurance race.

Despite its title, the race has been run at shorter lengths (most notably in the late 1970s and early 1990s, before the demise of the World Sportscar Championship in 1992). The Coppa Intereuropa was first held in 1949[1] on a Template:Convert circuit. The race length was expanded to 1,000 km in 1954; in 1956, it was held on a Template:Convert circuit. The race was shortened and returned to the 6.3-km track the following year. In 1960 and 1961, it was part of the FIA GT Cup.Template:Fact

In 1963, the race was held as a three-hour event for production-based cars in the World Sportscar Championship before its expansion to 1,000 km in 1965. Until 1969, the full Monza circuit (including the banked oval) was used. To slow the cars, chicanes were installed in 1965 at the beginning of the second bank (the south curve) and in 1966 at the beginning of the other bank. A lap was Template:Convert long, for a total distance of 1,010 km (100 laps). From 1970, the shorter Template:Convert Grand Prix circuit has been used occasionally.Template:Fact.

Up until 1970, drivers waited at their starting grids until the Italian tricolour flag waved and drove away, a standing start. Since 1971, a rolling start began the race. Cars do one formation lap around the course; when the safety car returns to the pits, the starter waves the Italian flag to start it.

History

  • 1976 – the World Sportscar Championship was split into two series. The first, for production-based cars, was called the World Championship for Makes. The second, for prototype cars, was called the World Sports Car Championship. The Monza race was eligible for the latter in 1976 and 1977.
  • 1978 – the World Sports Car Championship was cancelled and the race was reconfigured for 320 km, making it eligible for the European Sportscar Championship.
  • 1979 – after the European Championship was cancelled, the race was eligible for the Italian championship.
  • 1980 – the race again became eligible for the World Sportscar Championship.
  • 1989 – it was cancelled due to financial problems with the Automobile Club of Milan and for the rebuilding of boxes and paddock facilities.
  • 1992 – the race was used on and off by various series, including the BPR Global GT Series, the Italian GT Championship, and the Challenge Endurance Italia series in 1997 and 1998. The FIA Sportscar Championship hosted the 1,000 km in 2001.
  • 1995 and 1996 – the race was valid for the BPR Global GT Series, reserved for GT cars with the four-hour format.
  • 1998 – did not qualify for an international championship. It returned to the 1,000-kilometre distance, and was re-opened to sports cars.
  • 1999 – the distance was reduced to 500 km, and it again became eligible for the international SportsRacing World Cup championship.
  • 2000 – although the race was run at 500 km, it was called "1,000 km" because another 500-km race (for the FIA GT Championship) was held that morning.
  • 2001 – returning to the 1,000 km distance, the race was eligible for the FIA Sportscar Championship.
  • 2003 – after a year off, the race returned to the 500-kilometre distance.
  • 2004 – the race was resumed as part of the Le Mans Series.
  • 2006 – the race, part of the Le Mans Series, was cancelled due to protests about noise pollution.[2]
  • 2007 – agreements were reached to allow the event to return to the Le Mans Series.

The race was not held from 2009 to 2020, after which a six-hour race was scheduled as part of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Three races were held between 2021 and 2023, with the Italian round of WEC moving to Imola in 2024.

Winners

Year Drivers Team Car Time Distance Championship
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1949 Template:Flagicon Bruno Sterzi Template:Flagicon Bruno Sterzi Ferrari 166 S Template:Convert Non-championship
1950 Template:Flagicon Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sperimentale 2:00:00.000 Template:Convert Non-championship
1951 Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi Template:Flagicon Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 212 MM 2:00:00.000 Template:Convert Non-championship
1952 Template:Flagicon Bruno Sterzi Template:Flagicon Bruno Sterzi Ferrari 225 S 2:00:00.000 Template:Convert Non-championship
1953 Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi Template:Flagicon Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 MM Berlinetta 2:30:49.700 Template:Convert Non-championship
1954 Template:Flagicon Mike Hawthorn
Template:Flagicon Umberto Maglioli
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 735 S 6:13:28.600 Template:Convert Non-championship
1955 Template:Flagicon Jean Behra
Template:Flagicon Luigi Musso
Template:Flagicon Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 300S 5:41:41.200 Template:Convert Non-championship
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1956 Template:Flagicon Mike Hawthorn
Template:Flagicon Peter Collins
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 TR 5:07:13.900 Template:Convert Non-championship
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1957 Template:Flagicon Camillo Luglio Template:Flagicon Cornelia Vassali Ferrari 250 GT Template:Convert Non-championship
1958 Template:Flagicon Luigi Taramazzo Ferrari 250 GT Non-championship
1959 Template:Flagicon Alfonso Thiele Ferrari 250 GT Template:Convert Non-championship
1960 Template:Flagicon Carlo Mario Abate Template:Flagicon Scuderia Serenissima Ferrari 250 GT SWB Template:Convert FIA GT Cup
1961 Template:Flagicon Pierre Noblet Pierre Noblet Ferrari 250 GT SWB 3:00:00.000 Template:Convert FIA GT Cup
1962 No race
1963 Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori Template:Flagicon David Brown Aston Martin DP214 3:00:00.000 Template:Convert International Championship for GT Manufacturers
1964 Template:Flagicon Rob Slotemaker Template:Flagicon Ben Pon Porsche 904 GTS 3:00:00.000 Template:Convert International Championship for GT Manufacturers
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1965 Template:Flagicon Jean Guichet
Template:Flagicon Mike Parkes
Template:Flagicon SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 275 P2 4:56.08.000 Template:Convert International Championship for GT Manufacturers
1966 Template:Flagicon John Surtees
Template:Flagicon Mike Parkes
Template:Flagicon SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 330 P3 6:05:11.600 Template:Convert International Manufacturers' Championship
1967 Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Bandini
Template:Flagicon Chris Amon
Template:Flagicon SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 330 P4 5:07:43.000 Template:Convert International Manufacturers' Championship
1968 Template:Flagicon David Hobbs
Template:Flagicon Paul Hawkins
Template:Flagicon J.W. Automotive Engineering Ford GT40 Mk.I 5:18:23.400 Template:Convert International Championship for Makes
1969 Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert
Template:Flagicon Brian Redman
Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Porsche 908LH 4:53:41.200 Template:Convert International Championship for Makes
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1970 Template:Flagicon Pedro Rodríguez
Template:Flagicon Leo Kinnunen
Template:Flagicon J.W. Automotive Engineering Porsche 917K 4:18:01.700 Template:Convert International Championship for Makes
1971 Template:Flagicon Pedro Rodríguez
Template:Flagicon Jackie Oliver
Template:Flagicon J.W. Automotive Engineering Porsche 917K 4:14:32.600 Template:Convert International Championship for Makes
1972 Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx
Template:Flagicon Clay Regazzoni
Template:Flagicon SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 312 PB 5:52:05.600 Template:Convert World Championship for Makes
1973 Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx
Template:Flagicon Brian Redman
Template:Flagicon SpA Ferrari SEFAC Ferrari 312 PB 4:04:34.400 Template:Convert World Championship for Makes
1974 Template:Flagicon Arturo Merzario
Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti
Template:Flagicon Autodelta SpA Alfa Romeo 33TT12 4:45:57:400 Template:Convert World Championship for Makes
1975 Template:Flagicon Arturo Merzario
Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite
Template:Flagicon Willi Kauhsen Racing Team Alfa Romeo 33TT12 4:43:21.800 Template:Convert World Championship for Makes
1976 Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx
Template:Flagicon Jochen Mass
Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Porsche 936 4:00:54.400 Template:Convert World Sportscar Championship
1977 Template:Flagicon Vittorio Brambilla Template:Flagicon Autodelta SpA Alfa Romeo 33SC12 2:40:06.000 Template:Convert World Sportscar Championship
1978[3] Template:Flagicon Reinhold Joest Template:Flagicon Joest Racing-Liquymoly- Porsche 908/3 1:51:17.300 Template:Convert European Sportscar Championship
1979 Template:Flagicon Renzo Zorzi
Template:Flagicon Marco Capoferri
Lola T286-Ford 5:47:26.000 Template:Convert Italian Group 6 Championship
1980 Template:Flagicon Alain de Cadenet
Template:Flagicon Desiré Wilson
Alain de Cadenet De Cadenet-Ford 6:01:08.880 Template:NoteTag Template:Convert[4] World Championship for Makes
Italian Group 6 Championship
1981 Template:Flagicon Edgar Dören
Template:Flagicon Jürgen Lässig
Template:Flagicon Gerhard Holup
Template:Flagicon Weralit Racing Team Porsche 935 K3 6:33:48.000 Template:Convert World Endurance Championship
1982 Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo
Template:Flagicon Giorgio Francia
Template:Flagicon Automobiles Jean Rondeau Rondeau M382-Ford 5:33:56.200 Template:Convert World Endurance Championship
1983 Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek
Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen
Template:Flagicon Joest Racing Porsche 956 5:12:06.900 Template:Convert World Endurance Championship
1984 Template:Flagicon Stefan Bellof
Template:Flagicon Derek Bell
Template:Flagicon Rothmans Porsche Porsche 956 5:06:15.800 Template:Convert World Endurance Championship
1985 Template:Flagicon Manfred Winkelhock
Template:Flagicon Marc Surer
Template:Flagicon Kremer Racing-Porsche Porsche 962C 4:04:41.310 Template:ConvertTemplate:NoteTag World Endurance Championship
1986 Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck
Template:Flagicon Derek Bell
Template:Flagicon Rothmans Porsche Porsche 962C 1:48:40.290 Template:Convert World Sports Prototype Championship
1987 Template:Flagicon John Watson
Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers
Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-8 5:03:55.370 Template:Convert World Sports Prototype Championship
1988 Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle
Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever
Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-9 4:52:13.520 Template:Convert World Sports Prototype Championship
1989 Not held
1990 Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi
Template:Flagicon Jean-Louis Schlesser
Template:Flagicon Team Sauber Mercedes Mercedes-Benz C11 2:17:11.735 Template:Convert World Sports Prototype Championship
1991 Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle
Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick
Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-14 2:05:42.844 Template:Convert World Sportscar Championship
1992 Template:Flagicon Geoff Lees
Template:Flagicon Hitoshi Ogawa
Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Tom's Toyota TS010 2:16:42.659 Template:Convert World Sportscar Championship
1993–1994 Not held
1995 Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher
Template:Flagicon John Nielsen
Template:Flagicon West Competition McLaren F1 GTR 4:01:29.206 Template:Convert BPR Global GT Series
1996 Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher
Template:Flagicon John Nielsen
Template:Flagicon West Competition McLaren F1 GTR 4:01:31.046 Template:Convert BPR Global GT Series
1997 Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher
Template:Flagicon John Nielsen
Template:Flagicon Kremer Racing Kremer K8 Spyder-Porsche 5:33:44.800 Template:Convert Challenge Endurance Italia
1998 Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher
Template:Flagicon Geoff Lees
Template:Flagicon GTC Team Davidoff McLaren F1 GTR 5:08:55.952 Template:Convert Italian GT Championship
Challenge Endurance Italia
1999 Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard
Template:Flagicon Vincenzo Sospiri
Template:Flagicon JB Giesse Team Ferrari Ferrari 333 SP 2:29:31.944 Template:Convert SportsRacing World Cup
2000 Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi
Template:Flagicon Gary Formato
Template:Flagicon R & M Riley & Scott Mk III-Judd 2:42:31.807 Template:Convert SportsRacing World Cup
2001 Template:Flagicon Giovanni Lavaggi
Template:Flagicon Christian Vann
Template:Flagicon GLV Brums Ferrari 333 SP-Judd 5:17:08.756 Template:Convert FIA Sportscar Championship
2002 Not held
2003 Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers
Template:Flagicon John Bosch
Template:Flagicon Racing For Holland Dome S101-Judd 2:30:30.857 Template:Convert FIA Sportscar Championship
2004 Template:Flagicon Jamie Davies
Template:Flagicon Johnny Herbert
Template:Flagicon Audi Sport UK Veloqx Audi R8 5:05:52.043 Template:Convert Le Mans Endurance Series
2005 Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard
Template:Flagicon Jean-Christophe Boullion
Template:Flagicon Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo C60 Hybrid-Judd 5:02:32.220 Template:Convert Le Mans Endurance Series
2006 Not held
2007 Template:Flagicon Nicolas Minassian
Template:Flagicon Marc Gené
Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
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4:59:20.735 Template:Convert Le Mans Series
2008 Template:Flagicon Stéphane Sarrazin
Template:Flagicon Pedro Lamy
Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP
(Diesel)
4:59:07.955 Template:Convert Le Mans Series
2009–2020 Not held
2021 Template:Flagicon Mike Conway
Template:Flagicon Kamui Kobayashi
Template:Flagicon José María López
Template:Flagicon Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid 6:01:12.290 Template:Convert FIA World Endurance Championship
2022 Template:Flagicon Nicolas Lapierre
Template:Flagicon André Negrão
Template:Flagicon Matthieu Vaxivière
Template:Flagicon Alpine Elf Team Alpine A480 6:00:47.738 Template:Convert FIA World Endurance Championship
2023 Template:Flagicon Mike Conway
Template:Flagicon Kamui Kobayashi
Template:Flagicon José María López
Template:Flagicon Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid 6:00:31.922 Template:Convert FIA World Endurance Championship

Notes

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References

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External links

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