6 Hours of Monza explained

Race Title:	6 Hours of Monza
Track Map:	Monza track map.svg
Series Long:	FIA World Endurance Championship
Series Short:	WEC
Venue:	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
First Race:	1949
First Series Race:	2021
Last Race:	2023
Duration:	6 hours
Previous Names:	Coppa Inter-Europa Supercortemaggiore 1000 km of Monza
Most Wins Driver:	Jacky Ickx (3)
Most Wins Team:	Scuderia Ferrari (9)
Most Wins Manufacturer:	Ferrari (18)

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

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 6.3km (03.9miles) circuit. The race length was expanded to 1,000 km in 1954; in 1956, it was held on a 10km (10miles) 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.

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 10.1km (06.3miles) long, for a total distance of 1,010 km (100 laps). From 1970, the shorter 5.793km (03.6miles) Grand Prix circuit has been used occasionally..

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
6.3km (03.9miles) circuit
1949	Bruno Sterzi	Bruno Sterzi	Ferrari 166 S		392.867km (244.116miles)	Non-championship
1950	Consalvo Sanesi		Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sperimentale	2:00:00.000	294.867km (183.222miles)	Non-championship
1951	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 212 MM	2:00:00.000	286.94km (178.3miles)	Non-championship
1952	Bruno Sterzi	Bruno Sterzi	Ferrari 225 S	2:00:00.000	305.46km (189.8miles)	Non-championship
1953	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250 MM Berlinetta	2:30:49.700	441km (274miles)	Non-championship
1954	Mike Hawthorn Umberto Maglioli	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 735 S	6:13:28.600	1000km (1,000miles)	Non-championship
1955	Jean Behra Luigi Musso	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 300S	5:41:41.200	1000km (1,000miles)	Non-championship
10.1km (06.3miles) circuit
1956	Mike Hawthorn Peter Collins	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 TR	5:07:13.900	1000km (1,000miles)	Non-championship
5.8km (03.6miles) circuit
1957	Camillo Luglio	Cornelia Vassali	Ferrari 250 GT		166.796km (103.642miles)	Non-championship
1958	Luigi Taramazzo		Ferrari 250 GT			Non-championship
1959	Alfonso Thiele		Ferrari 250 GT		173.863km (108.033miles)	Non-championship
1960	Carlo Mario Abate	Scuderia Serenissima	Ferrari 250 GT SWB		518.055km (321.904miles)	FIA GT Cup
1961	Pierre Noblet	Pierre Noblet	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	3:00:00.000	533.327km (331.394miles)	FIA GT Cup
1962	No race
1963	Roy Salvadori	David Brown	Aston Martin DP214	3:00:00.000	580.437km (360.667miles)	International Championship for GT Manufacturers
1964	Rob Slotemaker	Ben Pon	Porsche 904 GTS	3:00:00.000	550.094km (341.813miles)	International Championship for GT Manufacturers
10.1km (06.3miles) circuit
1965	Jean Guichet Mike Parkes	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 275 P2	4:56.08.000	1000km (1,000miles)	International Championship for GT Manufacturers
1966	John Surtees Mike Parkes	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 330 P3	6:05:11.600	1000km (1,000miles)	International Manufacturers' Championship
1967	Lorenzo Bandini Chris Amon	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 330 P4	5:07:43.000	1000km (1,000miles)	International Manufacturers' Championship
1968	David Hobbs Paul Hawkins	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Ford GT40 Mk.I	5:18:23.400	1000km (1,000miles)	International Championship for Makes
1969	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 908LH	4:53:41.200	1000km (1,000miles)	International Championship for Makes
5.8km (03.6miles) circuit
1970	Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Porsche 917K	4:18:01.700	1000km (1,000miles)	International Championship for Makes
1971	Pedro Rodríguez Jackie Oliver	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Porsche 917K	4:14:32.600	1000km (1,000miles)	International Championship for Makes
1972	Jacky Ickx Clay Regazzoni	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 312PB	5:52:05.600	1000km (1,000miles)	World Championship for Makes
1973	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 312PB	4:04:34.400	1000km (1,000miles)	World Championship for Makes
1974	Arturo Merzario Mario Andretti	Autodelta SpA	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	4:45:57:400	1000km (1,000miles)	World Championship for Makes
1975	Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	4:43:21.800	1000km (1,000miles)	World Championship for Makes
1976	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Martini Racing	Porsche 936	4:00:54.400	882.81km (548.55miles)	World Sportscar Championship
1977	Vittorio Brambilla	Autodelta SpA	Alfa Romeo 33SC12	2:40:06.000	500km (300miles)	World Sportscar Championship
1978^[3]	Reinhold Joest	Joest Racing-Liquymoly-	Porsche 908/3	1:51:17.300	320km (200miles)	European Sportscar Championship
1979	Renzo Zorzi Marco Capoferri		Lola T286-Ford	5:47:26.000	1000km (1,000miles)	Italian Group 6 Championship
1980	Alain de Cadenet Desiré Wilson	Alain de Cadenet	De Cadenet-Ford	6:01:08.880	1061.4km (659.5miles)^[4]	World Championship for Makes Italian Group 6 Championship
1981	Edgar Dören Jürgen Lässig Gerhard Holup	Weralit Racing Team	Porsche 935 K3	6:33:48.000	1000km (1,000miles)	World Endurance Championship
1982	Henri Pescarolo Giorgio Francia	Automobiles Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M382-Ford	5:33:56.200	1000km (1,000miles)	World Endurance Championship
1983	Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen	Joest Racing	Porsche 956	5:12:06.900	1000km (1,000miles)	World Endurance Championship
1984	Stefan Bellof Derek Bell	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956	5:06:15.800	1000km (1,000miles)	World Endurance Championship
1985	Manfred Winkelhock Marc Surer	Kremer Racing-Porsche	Porsche 962C	4:04:41.310	800km (500miles)	World Endurance Championship
1986	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 962C	1:48:40.290	360km (220miles)	World Sports Prototype Championship
1987	John Watson Jan Lammers	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-8	5:03:55.370	1000km (1,000miles)	World Sports Prototype Championship
1988	Martin Brundle Eddie Cheever	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9	4:52:13.520	1000km (1,000miles)	World Sports Prototype Championship
1989	No race
1990	Mauro Baldi Jean-Louis Schlesser	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mercedes-Benz C11	2:17:11.735	480km (300miles)	World Sports Prototype Championship
1991	Martin Brundle Derek Warwick	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-14	2:05:42.844	430km (270miles)	World Sportscar Championship
1992	Geoff Lees Hitoshi Ogawa	Toyota Team Tom's	Toyota TS010	2:16:42.659	500km (300miles)	World Sportscar Championship
1993-1994	No race
1995	Thomas Bscher John Nielsen	West Competition	McLaren F1 GTR	4:01:29.206	725km (450miles)	BPR Global GT Series
1996	Thomas Bscher John Nielsen	West Competition	McLaren F1 GTR	4:01:31.046	736km (457miles)	BPR Global GT Series
1997	Thomas Bscher John Nielsen	Kremer Racing	Kremer K8 Spyder-Porsche	5:33:44.800	1000km (1,000miles)	Challenge Endurance Italia
1998	Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees	GTC Team Davidoff	McLaren F1 GTR	5:08:55.952	1000km (1,000miles)	Italian GT Championship Challenge Endurance Italia
1999	Emmanuel Collard Vincenzo Sospiri	JB Giesse Team Ferrari	Ferrari 333 SP	2:29:31.944	500km (300miles)	SportsRacing World Cup
2000	Mauro Baldi Gary Formato	R & M	Riley & Scott Mk III-Judd	2:42:31.807	500km (300miles)	SportsRacing World Cup
2001	Giovanni Lavaggi Christian Vann	GLV Brums	Ferrari 333 SP-Judd	5:17:08.756	1000km (1,000miles)	FIA Sportscar Championship
2002	No race
2003	Jan Lammers John Bosch	Racing For Holland	Dome S101-Judd	2:30:30.857	486.612km (302.367miles)	FIA Sportscar Championship
2004	Jamie Davies Johnny Herbert	Audi Sport UK Veloqx	Audi R8	5:05:52.043	1000km (1,000miles)	Le Mans Endurance Series
2005	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo C60 Hybrid-Judd	5:02:32.220	1000km (1,000miles)	Le Mans Endurance Series
2006	No race
2007	Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (Diesel)	4:59:20.735	1000km (1,000miles)	Le Mans Series
2008	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP (Diesel)	4:59:07.955	1000km (1,000miles)	Le Mans Series
2009 - 2020	No race
2021	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	6:01:12.290	1181.45km (734.12miles)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2022	Nicolas Lapierre André Negrão Matthieu Vaxivière	Alpine Elf Team	Alpine A480	6:00:47.738	1123.53km (698.13miles)	FIA World Endurance Championship
2023	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota GR010 Hybrid	6:00:31.922	1158.28km (719.72miles)	FIA World Endurance Championship