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2023 6 Hours of Monza

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Italy 2023 6 Hours of Monza
Event information
Round 5 of 7 in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship
Date10 July 2023
LocationMonza
VenueAutodromo Nazionale di Monza
Duration6 Hours
Results
Laps completed200
Distance (km)1158.6
Distance (miles)720
Hypercar
Pole position
Time1:35.358
TeamJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing
Winners
TeamJapan Toyota Gazoo Racing
DriversUnited Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
LMP2
Winners
TeamUnited Kingdom Jota
DriversBrazil Pietro Fittipaldi
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Denmark Oliver Rasmussen
LMGTE Am
Winners
TeamGermany Dempsey-Proton Racing
DriversFrance Julien Andlauer
Germany Christian Ried
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen

The 2023 6 Hours of Monza was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy on 9 July 2023. It was the fifth round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the third running of the event as part of the championship.

Background

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The provisional calendar for the season was revealed in September 2022. The Monza event returned to the calendar for the third consecutive year.[1]

Entry list

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The entry list was revealed on 28 June 2023. The entry list consists of 13 Hypercar entries, 11 LMP2 entries, and 12 LMGTE Am entries. In Hypercar, the No. 99 Proton Competition Porsche 963 entered with their customer car for the first team this season, bringing the total customer teams up to two. In the No. 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team entry, João Paulo de Oliveira replaced Tom Dillmann.[2] Furthermore, Nathanaël Berthon replaced Ryan Briscoe in the No. 708 Glickenhaus Racing entry.[3]
In LMP2, Andrea Caldarelli returned to the No. 9 Prema Racing team after missing Le Mans. Furthermore, Mathias Beche replaced Mirko Bortolotti at the No. 63 Prema Racing team. At United Autosports, Ben Hanley and Giedo van der Garde replaced Filipe Albuquerque and Tom Blomqvist at the No. 22 and No. 23 cars, respectively, due to Albuquerque and Blomqvist driving at the IMSA race this weekend.[3]
In LMGTE Am, the No. 88 Proton Competition and No. 98 NorthWest AMR machines were absent. Furthermore, Efrin Castro made his debut in the WEC with Team Project 1.[4] Kei Cozzolino replaced Daniel Serra at the No. 57 Kessel Racing team.[3]

Schedule

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Date Time (local: CEST) Event
Friday, 7 July 11:30 Free Practice 1
16:40 Free Practice 2
Saturday, 8 July 10:45 Free Practice 3
14:40 Qualifying - LMGTE Am
15:05 Qualifying - LMP2
15:30 Qualifying - Hypercar
Sunday, 9 July 12:30 Race
Source:[5]

Free practice

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  • Only the fastest car in each class is shown.
Free Practice 1 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 1:37.533
LMP2 41 Belgium Team WRT Poland Robert Kubica 1:40.356
LMGTE Am 54 Switzerland AF Corse Italy Davide Rigon 1:47.538
Free Practice 2 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Japan Kamui Kobayashi 1:36.363
LMP2 41 Belgium Team WRT Poland Robert Kubica 1:39.955
LMGTE Am 60 Italy Iron Lynx Belgium Alessio Picariello 1:46.973
Free Practice 3 Class No. Entrant Driver Time
Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies France Jean-Éric Vergne 1:35.878
LMP2 28 United Kingdom Jota Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi 1:39.621
LMGTE Am 56 Germany Project 1 – AO Italy Matteo Cairoli 1:46.762
Source:[6][7][8]

Qualifying

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Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Time Gap Grid
1 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:35.358 - 1
2 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:35.375 +0.017 2
3 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing 1:35.460 +0.102 3
4 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:35.662 +0.304 4
5 Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing 1:35.720 +0.362 5
6 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse 1:35.771 +0.413 6
7 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies 1:35.780 +0.422 7
8 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:35.973 +0.615 8
9 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota 1:36.188 +0.830 9
10 Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport 1:36.497 +1.139 10
11 Hypercar 708 United States Glickenhaus Racing 1:36.614 +1.256 11
12 Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition 1:36.668 +1.310 12
13 Hypercar 4 Austria Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 1:38.089 +2.731 13
14 LMP2 41 Belgium Team WRT 1:39.354 +3.996 14
15 LMP2 28 United Kingdom Jota 1:39.707 +4.349 15
16 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports 1:39.790 +4.432 16
17 LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport 1:39.887 +4.529 17
18 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition 1:39.894 +4.536 18
19 LMP2 31 Belgium Team WRT 1:39.957 +4.599 19
20 LMP2 63 Italy Prema Racing 1:39.976 +4.618 20
21 LMP2 35 France Alpine Elf Team 1:40.061 +4.703 21
22 LMP2 36 France Alpine Elf Team 1:40.214 +4.856 22
23 LMP2 9 Italy Prema Racing 1:40.340 +4.982 23
24 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports 1:40.379 +5.021 24
25 LMGTE Am 85 Italy Iron Dames 1:47.632 +12.274 25
26 LMGTE Am 25 Oman ORT by TF 1:48.058 +12.700 26
27 LMGTE Am 77 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 1:48.116 +12.758 27
28 LMGTE Am 83 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse 1:48.221 +12.863 28
29 LMGTE Am 86 United Kingdom GR Racing 1:48.464 +13.106 29
30 LMGTE Am 33 United States Corvette Racing 1:48.519 +13.161 30
31 LMGTE Am 54 Italy AF Corse 1:48.599 +13.241 31
32 LMGTE Am 21 Italy AF Corse 1:48.713 +13.355 32
33 LMGTE Am 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing 1:48.962 +13.604 33
34 LMGTE Am 56 Germany Project 1 – AO 1:49.232 +13.874 34
35 LMGTE Am 777 Japan D'Station Racing 1:49.509 +14.151 35
36 LMGTE Am 60 Italy Iron Lynx 1:49.883 +14.525 36
Source:[9]

Race

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The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 140 laps. Class winners are in bold and ‡.

Final race classification
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 Hypercar 7 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing United Kingdom Mike Conway
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 200 6:00:31.922‡
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
2 Hypercar 50 Italy Ferrari AF Corse Italy Antonio Fuoco
Spain Miguel Molina
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
Ferrari 499P M 200 +16.520
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
3 Hypercar 93 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Denmark Mikkel Jensen
United Kingdom Paul di Resta
France Jean-Éric Vergne
Peugeot 9X8 M 200 +1:18.179
Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6
4 Hypercar 5 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport United States Dane Cameron
Denmark Michael Christensen
France Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 963 M 199 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
5 Hypercar 51 Italy Ferrari AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Antonio Giovinazzi
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Ferrari 499P M 199 +1 Lap
Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6
6 Hypercar 8 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Japan Ryo Hirakawa
Toyota GR010 Hybrid M 199 +1 Lap
Toyota H8909 3.5 L Turbo V6
7 Hypercar 6 Germany Porsche Penske Motorsport France Kévin Estre
Germany André Lotterer
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 963 M 199 +1 Lap
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
8 Hypercar 708 United States Glickenhaus Racing France Nathanaël Berthon
France Romain Dumas
France Olivier Pla
Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH M 199 +1 Lap
Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8
9 Hypercar 38 United Kingdom Hertz Team Jota Portugal António Félix da Costa
United Kingdom Will Stevens
China Yifei Ye
Porsche 963 M 198 +2 Laps
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
10 Hypercar 2 United States Cadillac Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
United Kingdom Alex Lynn
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Cadillac V-Series.R M 198 +2 Laps
Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8
11 LMP2 28 United Kingdom Jota Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Denmark Oliver Rasmussen
Oreca 07 G 193 +7 Laps‡
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
12 LMP2 36 France Alpine Elf Team France Julien Canal
France Charles Milesi
France Matthieu Vaxivière
Oreca 07 G 192 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
13 LMP2 41 Belgium Team WRT Angola Rui Andrade
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Poland Robert Kubica
Oreca 07 G 192 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
14 LMP2 23 United Kingdom United Autosports Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United States Josh Pierson
Oreca 07 G 192 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
15 LMP2 34 Poland Inter Europol Competition Spain Albert Costa
Switzerland Fabio Scherer
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski
Oreca 07 G 192 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
16 LMP2 22 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Ben Hanley
United Kingdom Philip Hanson
United Kingdom Frederick Lubin
Oreca 07 G 192 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
17 LMP2 63 Italy Prema Racing Switzerland Mathias Beche
Daniil Kvyat
France Doriane Pin
Oreca 07 G 192 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
18 LMP2 35 France Alpine Elf Team United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
Brazil André Negrão
Mexico Memo Rojas
Oreca 07 G 192 +8 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
19 Hypercar 94 France Peugeot TotalEnergies France Loïc Duval
United States Gustavo Menezes
Switzerland Nico Müller
Peugeot 9X8 M 191 +9 Laps
Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6
20 Hypercar 4 Austria Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Argentina Esteban Guerrieri
Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira
France Tristan Vautier
Vanwall Vandervell 680 M 191 +9 Laps
Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
21 LMP2 9 Italy Prema Racing Italy Andrea Caldarelli
Romania Filip Ugran
Netherlands Bent Viscaal
Oreca 07 G 191 +9 Laps
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
22 LMGTE Am 77 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing France Julien Andlauer
Germany Christian Ried
Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 185 +15 Laps‡
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
23 LMGTE Am 60 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Matteo Cressoni
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Italy Claudio Schiavoni
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 185 +15 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
24 LMGTE Am 86 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Ben Barker
Italy Riccardo Pera
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 184 +16 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
25 LMGTE Am 33 United States Corvette Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
United States Ben Keating
Argentina Nicolás Varrone
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R M 184 +16 Laps
Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
26 LMGTE Am 85 Italy Iron Dames Belgium Sarah Bovy
Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 184 +16 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
27 LMGTE Am 83 Italy Richard Mille AF Corse Argentina Luis Pérez Companc
Italy Alessio Rovera
France Lilou Wadoux
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 183 +17 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
28 LMGTE Am 25 Oman ORT by TF Oman Ahmad Al Harthy
United States Michael Dinan
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 183 +17 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
29 LMGTE Am 56 Germany Project 1 – AO Italy Matteo Cairoli
Dominican Republic Efrin Castro
Portugal Guilherme Oliveira
Porsche 911 RSR-19 M 183 +17 Laps
Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6
30 LMGTE Am 21 Italy AF Corse United States Simon Mann
Belgium Ulysse de Pauw
France Julien Piguet
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 182 +18 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
31 LMGTE Am 54 Italy AF Corse Italy Francesco Castellacci
Switzerland Thomas Flohr
Italy Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 180 +20 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
NC LMP2 31 Belgium Team WRT Netherlands Robin Frijns
Indonesia Sean Gelael
Austria Ferdinand Habsburg
Oreca 07 G 179 Not classified
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
Ret Hypercar 99 Germany Proton Competition Italy Gianmaria Bruni
Switzerland Neel Jani
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell
Porsche 963 M 134 Retired
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8
Ret LMGTE Am 57 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Kei Cozzolino
United States Scott Huffaker
Japan Takeshi Kimura
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 70 Retired
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
Ret LMP2 10 United Kingdom Vector Sport France Gabriel Aubry
Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen
Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser
Oreca 07 G 66 Retired
Gibson GK428 V8 engine
Ret LMGTE Am 777 Japan D'Station Racing Japan Tomonobu Fujii
Japan Satoshi Hoshino
United Kingdom Casper Stevenson
Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 7 Retired
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
Source:[10]
Tyre manufacturers
Key
Symbol Tyre manufacturer
G Goodyear
M Michelin

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Watkins, Gary (29 September 2022). "WEC 2023 calendar expands to seven rounds, Portimao returns". motorsport.com. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. ^ Euwema, Davey (16 June 2023). "Dillmann, Vanwall Part Ways in "Mutual Agreement"". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Lloyd, Daniel (28 June 2023). "Heart of Racing to Skip Monza Amid IMSA Date Clash". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (4 July 2023). "Castro to Make GTE-Am Debut With Project 1-AO at Monza". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 Monza - FIA World Endurance Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 Monza FP1 results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 Monza FP2 results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  8. ^ "2023 Monza FP3 results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Monza Q results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  10. ^ "2023 Monza Race results - FIA World Endurance Championship" (PDF). FIA. Retrieved 14 September 2023.


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