6 Hours of Monza

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 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.
• 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	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	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 (Diesel)	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

External links

• Racing Sports Cars: Monza archive