Toni Vilander
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Toni Markus Vilander (born 25 July 1980) is a Finnish professional racing driver who currently drives for the Risi Competizione Ferrari team in various categories of sports car racing.
After a single-seater career which reached the level of the GP2 Series in 2005, Vilander switched to GT racing. He has had numerous successes with AF Corse, winning the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans races in the LMGTE Pro class, as well as the FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers in 2014 and also the GT2 class championship of the FIA GT Championship in 2007 and 2008.
Career
Born in Kankaanpää, Vilander started racing karts at the age of five, winning the Junior A class of the Finnish Karting Championship in 1995, and both the German and Oceanic championships in 1999. He then upgraded to open-wheel cars in 2001. By 2004, he was competing in Italian Formula 3 with the Coloni team, and upgraded to Italian Formula 3000 in 2005, as well as competing in the Italian GT series.
However, trouble was brewing in the Coloni GP2 team, as lead driver Gianmaria Bruni had a row and left mid-season. Vilander got the call-up from Coloni to be Bruni's temporary substitute and competed in the Italian and Belgian rounds of the championship. He proved a competent midfield runner, finishing 15th, 8th, 14th and 13th in the four races in which he took part. For the season-closing double-header in Bahrain, Coloni chose to replace Vilander with Ferdinando Monfardini, and Toni went back to his normal drives. Vilander finished 25th overall in the series' inaugural year with no points, but was more successful in Italian Formula 3000, where he finished fourth with 23 points, and more successful still in Italian GT2, where he was crowned champion with his co-driver Alessandro Pier Guidi, scoring a total of 182 points.
In January 2006, Vilander, Pier Guidi and Giambattista Giannoccaro won the GT2 class of the Mil Milhas Brasil race and were placed fourth overall, driving a Ferrari 360. Using that same car, he went on to win that year's GT2 class of the Italian GT Championship. He also won the GT1 class of the 2006 Italian GT Championship with Giannoccaro, driving a Maserati MC12. For one race, he made a guest appearance in the FIA GT Championship.
Continuing his sportscar success, Vilander won the GT2 class of the 2007 FIA GT Championship with teammate Dirk Müller. In 2008 he teamed up with Gianmaria Bruni and retained his title. He also competed in the American Le Mans Series alongside Jaime Melo in a Ferrari 458 Italia GTC for Risi Competizione.
Vilander has competed in six Le Mans 24 Hours races from 2008 onwards, driving Ferraris for the AF Corse team. In 2008, he shared a Ferrari 430 with Thomas Biagi and Christian Montanari in the GT2 class but failed to finish. Two years later, he returned to La Sarthe to drive a Ferrari 458 Italia with Jean Alesi and Giancarlo Fisichella, finishing 16th overall and fourth in the GT2 class. In 2011 he again drove a 458 with Fisichella and Gianmaria Bruni in the new GTE-Pro category, improving to 13th overall and second in class having held the class lead for much of the 24 hours. For the 2012 race, the trio returned and won the class convincingly (finishing 17th overall) despite the car having to be completely rebuilt for the race following Fisichella's crash in practice, missing qualifying and starting from the back of the grid as a result.[1] In 2013, he again drove a 458 for AF Corse, this time with Kamui Kobayashi and Olivier Beretta, finishing fifth in the GTE-Pro class. He was reunited with Bruni and Fisichella once more for the 2014 race, and the trio took another class victory.
Vilander made his début in the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2012, again driving a Ferrari 458 Italia for AF Corse alongside Filip Salaquarda. The duo took two victories—one at the Slovakiaring and the other at the Nürburgring—and Vilander finished ninth in the drivers' standings after missing the final round of the season. He did not return to the series in 2013 due to his increased World Endurance Championship commitments for the team.
Vilander has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship since the series was launched in 2012, having made sporadic appearances in the interim Intercontinental Le Mans Cup series which preceded it. In 2012 he shared a Ferrari 458 Italia with Bruni and Fisichella in AF Corse's lead entry for three of the championship's eight rounds, winning at Le Mans and in Bahrain, assisting the team to win the LMGTE Pro Trophy. For the 2013 season, he was switched to the team's second entry full-time, with Kamui Kobayashi and Olivier Beretta. For the final race in Bahrain, he was swapped with Fisichella in the lead entry due to the latter's disappointing performances, and duly won the class with Bruni to narrowly retain AF Corse's class championship over the works Aston Martin Racing team. With Kobayashi returning to Formula One, Vilander remains with the lead AF Corse team in 2014 with Bruni, and has won the races at Spa-Francorchamps and Le Mans (the latter also with Fisichella) to lead the GTE manufacturers' championship and the newly introduced GTE drivers' championship after three races.
In 2016 Vilander will team up with Giancarlo Fisichella in WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.[2]
On 5 February 2017, Vilander won the 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia for Australian team Maranello Motorsport driving with multiple Bathurst 1000 winners Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup in a Ferrari 488 GT3 to become the second Finnish driver to win the Bathurst 12 Hour after Mika Salo had won the event in 2014. Despite it being his first drive at Bathurst, Vilander impressed when claimed the Allan Simonsen Trophy for pole position and in a brilliant drive also set the fastest lap of the race.[3]
Racing record
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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| 2004 | Coloni Motorsport | Lola F106/03/009 | Mugen | HOC 1 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC 2 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
EST 1 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
EST 2 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ADR 1 |
ADR 1 |
PAU 1 |
PAU 2 |
NOR 1 |
NOR 1 |
MAG 1 |
MAG 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
BRN 1 |
BRN 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
26th | 0 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Coloni Motorsport | IMO FEA |
IMO SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
MAG FEA |
MAG SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
MNZ FEA 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MNZ SPR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA FEA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA SPR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
25th | 0 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete FIA GT Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | Rank |
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| 2006 | Template:Flagicon AF Corse | GT2 | Ferrari F430 GTC | SIL | BRN | OSC | SPA 6H |
SPA 12H |
SPA 24H |
PRI | DIJ | MUG | BUD | ADR | DUB 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8 | 17th | |
| 2007 | Template:Flagicon AF Corse Motorola | GT2 | Ferrari F430 GTC | ZHU 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SIL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BUC 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MON 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
OSC 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 6H RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 12H RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 24H RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ADR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRN 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NOG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZOL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
73 | 1st | |
| 2008 | Template:Flagicon AF Corse | GT2 | Ferrari F430 GTC | SIL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MON 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ADR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
OSC 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 6H 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 12H 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 24H 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BUC R1 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BUC R2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRN 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NOG 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZOL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SAN 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
93 | 1st |
| 2009 | Template:Flagicon AF Corse | GT2 | Ferrari F430 GTC | SIL 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ADR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
OSC 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BUD 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ALG 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PAU 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZOL 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
54 | 2nd |
Complete GT1 World Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | AF Corse | Ferrari | NOG QR 5 |
NOG CR 6 |
ZOL QR 13 |
ZOL CR 3 |
NAV QR 10 |
NAV QR 9 |
SVK QR 1 |
SVK CR 4 |
ALG QR 12 |
ALG CR Ret |
SVK QR 7 |
SVK CR 6 |
MOS QR 9 |
MOS CR Ret |
NUR QR 8 |
NUR CR 1 |
DON QR |
DON CR |
9th | 80 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5L V8 | SEB EXScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA | LMS 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SIL | SÃO | BHR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FUJ | SHA | 75th | 1.5 | |
| 2013 | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5L V8 | SIL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LMS 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SÃO RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
COA 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FUJ 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SHA 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BHR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5th | 108 | |
| 2014 | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LMS 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
COA 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FUJ 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SHA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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SÃO 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1st | 168 | |
| 2015 | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LMS 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
COA 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FUJ 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SHA 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BHR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2nd | 131.5 | |
| 2017 | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 25th | 0.5 |
| 2022 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SEB 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LMS 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MNZ 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FUJ 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BHR 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17th | 28 |
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
| Year | No. | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 88 | Template:Flagicon Maranello Motorsport | Template:Flagicon Jamie Whincup Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes |
Ferrari 488 GT3 | AP | 290 | 1st | 1st |
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | No. | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | AF Corse | 51 | GTLM | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5L V8 | DAY 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | COA | 20th | 49 | |||
| Risi Competizione | 62 | PET 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2016 | Risi Competizione | 62 | GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DAY 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SEB 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LBH 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LGA 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
WGL 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MOS 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LIM 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ELK 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VIR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
COA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PET 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5th | 305 | |
| 2017 | Risi Competizione | 62 | GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DAY 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SEB 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LBH 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
COA 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LGA 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PET 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9th | 199 | |
| 2018 | Risi Competizione | 62 | GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DAY 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SEB 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LBH | MDO | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14th | 74 | |
| 2019 | Scuderia Corsa | 63 | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DAY 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SEB 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MDO 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DET 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
WGL 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MOS 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LIM 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ELK 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VIR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LGA 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PET 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5th | 246 | |
| 2020 | Scuderia Corsa | 63 | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DAY 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DAY 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SEB 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ELK 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VIR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ATL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MDO | CLT | PET | LGA | SEB | 22nd | 119 | |
| 2022 | AF Corse | 21 | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DAY 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SEB 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LBH | LGA | MDO | DET | WGL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20th | 1119 |
References
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- ↑ http://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/imsa-toni-vilander-teams-up-with-giancarlo-fisichella-at-risi-ferrari-_2_2_1746_23116.html Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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External links
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