6 Hours of Vallelunga explained

The 6 Hours of Vallelunga (6 Ore di Vallelunga in Italian), also called 6 Hours of Rome (6 Ore di Roma in Italian), is an endurance sports car racing event held annually at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit in Vallelunga, Italy.

First established in 1973, the six-hour race was initially held as a round of the World Championship for Makes until 1980, when it was no longer included in the World Championship calendar.[1] It was not until 1994 that a six-hour race returned to Vallelunga, briefly part of the Italian GT Championship calendar in 1995 and later in 1999. It was also part of the brief Italian Endurance Challenge in 1997 and 1998. The Vallelunga Circuit was extended in 2005 from 3.2km (02miles) to 4.1km (02.5miles).

The event, currently organized by Peroni Promotion, now runs as a non-championship endurance held as a double weekend in the late autumn and is attended by several international teams.

Winners

YearDateDriversTeamCarChampionship
1973March 25 Henri Pescarolo
Gérard Larrousse
François Cevert
Equipe Matra-SimcaMatra-Simca MS670BWorld Championship for Makes
1974

1975
not held
1976April 4 Jacky Ickx
Jochen Mass
Martini RacingPorsche 935World Championship for Makes
1977October 23 Luigi Moreschi
"Dino"
Scuderia VesuvioPorsche 935World Championship for Makes
1978September 3 Henri Pescarolo
Bob Wollek
Porsche Kremer RacingPorsche 935/77AWorld Championship for Makes
1979September 16 Giorgio Francia
Lella Lombardi
Enzo OsellaOsella PA7-BMWWorld Championship for Makes
1980September 7 Giorgio Franchi
Roberto Marazzi
Giorgio FranchiOsella PA8-BMWWorld Championship for Makes
1981

1993
not held
1994October 31 Luciano della Noce
Anders Olofsson
Strandell TotipFerrari F40 GTENon-Championship
1995November 19 Luciano della Noce
Anders Olofsson
Ennea RacingFerrari F40 GTECoppa GT
1996November 17 Luciano della Noce
Mimmo Schiattarella
Euro RacingFerrari F40 GTENon-Championship
1997November 16 Thomas Bscher
John Nielsen
GTC CompetitionMcLaren F1 GTRChallenge Endurance Italia
1998November 15 Fabio Mancini
Denny Zardo
Tampolli RacingTampolli RTA98-Alfa RomeoChallenge Endurance Italia
1999November 21 Denny Zardo
Angelo Lancelotti
Denny ZardoTampolli RTA98-Alfa RomeoGT Italian Challenge
2000November 12 Denny Zardo
Angelo Lancelotti
Tampolli EngineeringTampolli RTA98-Alfa RomeoNon-Championship
2001November 11 Massimo Saccomanno
Ernesto Saccomanno
Audisio & BenvenutoLucchini SR2001-Alfa RomeoNon-Championship
2002November 10 Gianmaria Bruni
Michele Rugolo
Leonardo Maddalena
Automotive DurangoGMS Durango 01-JuddNon-Championship
2003November 9 Filippo Vita
Luigi de Luca
Team SiliprandiLucchini SR2002-Alfa RomeoNon-Championship
2004November 13 Stefano Zonca
Angelo Lancelotti
Lister RacingLister Storm LMP-ChevroletNon-Championship
2005November 13 Davide Mastracci
Leonardo Maddalena
Michele Rugolo
Racing Box SRLMaserati MC12 GT1Non-Championship
2006November 19 Pedro Lamy
Marco Cioci
Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Racing Box SRLMaserati MC12 GT1Non-Championship
2007November 18 Franco Ghiotto
Marco Didaio
Davide Uboldi
WRCNorma M20-BMWNon-Championship
2008November 22 Marco Cioci
Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Maurizio Mediani
Advanced EngineeringFerrari F430 GTCNon-Championship
2009November 22 Thomas Biagi
Filippo Francioni
Edoardo Piscopo
Racing Box SRLLola B08/80-JuddNon-Championship
2010November 21 Alessandro Garofano
Luca Rangoni
Marco Mapelli
AF CorseFerrari F430 GTCNon-Championship
2011November 20 Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Gianmaria Bruni
Marco Cioci
AF CorseFerrari F430 GTCEndurance Champions Cup
2012November 25 Aleksandr Skryabin
Alessandro Balzan
Alessandro Pier Guidi
EstamotorsportFerrari 458 Italia GT3Dunlop Endurance Champions Cup
2013November 17 Andrea Bertolini
Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci
AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Non-championship
2014November 16 Giancarlo Fisichella
Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Marco Cioci
AF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT3Non-championship
2015November 15 Ivan Bellarosa
Guglielmo Belotti
Avelon FormulaWolf GB08-HondaNon-championship
2016November 13 Giorgio Mondini
Andrea Dromedari
Davide Uboldi
EurointernationalLigier JS P3-NissanNon-championship
2017November 12 Marco Cioci
Mikkel Jensen
Piergiuseppe Perazzini
AF CorseLigier JS P3-NissanNon-championship
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Six hours of Vallelunga pre-race notes. Motorsport.com. 4 November 2005. 16 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Vallelunga - List of Races . June 26, 2014 . Racing Sports Cars.