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WEC: 6 Hours of Monza sees 38 cars on the first entry list

Posted by AR1 staff

The provisional entry list for round three of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the inaugural 6 Hours of  Monza (16 – 18 July), sees a healthy line-up of 38 cars across the WEC’s four classes.

Built in 1922, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza is the true temple of speed – unmatched around the globe for its history and passion, as well as the legendary Tifosi. The championship staged the WEC Prologue at Monza in April 2017 but Season 9 marks the first time that a full WEC race has been held there. ELMS has staged the 4 Hours of Monza since 2016 – each year proving itself as a fantastic spectacle for endurance racing fans worldwide.

A total of five cars will battle it out in the top-tier Hypercar category including two entries from Glickenhaus Racing. The American team is set to make its debut in Portimão next week with one of its Glickenhaus 007 LMH cars.

Glickenhaus is yet to confirm the six drivers who are set to race with the team at Monza but there’s no denying they will face stiff competition from reigning World Champions Toyota Gazoo Racing (No. 7 and No. 8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID) plus the Alpine A480 entry from Alpine Elf Matmut.

LMGTE Pro will see another Porsche v Ferrari battle as both manufacturers have two entries each. Both AF Corse Ferrari and the Porsche GT Team will be gaining valuable data ahead of the all-important 24 Hours of Le Mans which takes place on its rescheduled date the following month (21- 22 August).

The LMP2 category features 12 entries for the first-ever WEC race at Monza. Joining the fray as preparation for Le Mans will be the No. 82 Risi Competizione entry with Felipe Nasr (Brazil), Ryan Cullen (UK) and Oliver Jarvis (UK) driving the wheel of the Oreca 07 Gibson. The American-run Risi Competizione outfit has competed at Le Mans with 17 entries over the years from 1998-2020 and celebrated three victories and seven podiums.

Meanwhile, LMGTE Am sees a whopping 17 cars that will take to the track. Joining the full-season entrants will be the No. 57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE Evo with its trio of drivers Takeshi Kimura (Japan), Mikkel Jensen (Denmark) and David Fumanelli (Italy). The team will also contest next week’s race in Portimão.

The No. 71 Inception Racing entry will also be competing at Monza, with Brendan Iribe (USA), Ollie Millroy (UK) and Ben Barnicoat (UK) – the trio sharing driving duties in the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo. Another Ferrari entry will be the No. 388 Rinaldi Racing which will be driven by Pierre Ehret (Germany), Christian Hook (Germany) and Jeroen Bleekemolen (Netherlands). Finally, the No. 61 AF Corse will also compete in Monza – the AF Corse run Ferrari 488 GTE Evo driven by Christophe Ulrich (Switzerland), Simon Mann (USA) and one other driver yet to be named.

There will be a total of 11 Ferraris competing on home soil – two in GTE Pro and nine in LMGTE Am.

Monza is a fast-flowing circuit, with tight, technical corners separated by the lengthy straights. A six-hour race in the Italian summer sunshine will provide a fascinating insight into the new-for-2021 Hypercars, as negotiating the slower GT traffic on the narrow stretches of road will be a real challenge for the drivers.

2021 FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP – 6 HOURS OF MONZA ENTRY LIST

No.

HYPERCAR

NAT

CARS

MISC

DRIVER 1

DRIVER 2

DRIVER 3

5

7

TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

JPN

Toyota GR010 – Hybrid*

Hybrid

Mike Conway (GBR)

P

Kamui Kobayashi (JPN)

P

Jose Maria Lopez (ARG)

P

8

TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

JPN

Toyota GR010 – Hybrid*

Hybrid

Sébastien Buemi (CHE)

P

Kazuki Nakajima (JPN)

P

Brendon Hartley (NZL)

P

36

ALPINE ELF MATMUT

FRA

Alpine A480 – Gibson

André Negrão (BRA)

G

Nicolas Lapierre (FRA)

P

Matthieu Vaxivière (FRA)

G

708

GLICKENHAUS RACING

USA

Glickenhaus 007 LMH*

TBA

TBA

TBA

709

GLICKENHAUS RACING

USA

Glickenhaus 007 LMH*

TBA

TBA

TBA

N°

LMP2

NAT

CARS

MISC

DRIVER 1

DRIVER 2

DRIVER 3

12

1

RICHARD MILLE RACING TEAM

FRA

Oreca 07 – Gibson

Tatiana Calderon (COL)

S

Sophia Floersch (DEU)

S

–

20

HIGH CLASS RACING

DNK

Oreca 07 – Gibson

Pro/Am

Jan Magnussen (DNK)

P

Anders Fjordbach (DNK)

S

Dennis Andersen (DNK)

B

21

DRAGONSPEED USA

USA

Oreca 07 – Gibson

Pro/Am

Henrik Hedman (SWE)

B

Juan Pablo Montoya (COL)

P

Ben Hanley (GBR)

G

22

UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA

USA

Oreca 07 – Gibson

Philip Hanson (GBR)

G

Fabio Scherer (CHE)

S

Filipe Albuquerque (PRT)

P

28

JOTA

GBR

Oreca 07 – Gibson

Sean Gelael (IDN)

S

Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL)

P

Tom Blomqvist (GBR)

P

29

RACING TEAM NEDERLAND

NLD

Oreca 07 – Gibson

Pro/Am

Frits Van Eerd (NLD)

B

Giedo Van Der Garde (NLD)

P

Job Van Uitert (NLD)

G

31

TEAM WRT

BEL

Oreca 07 – Gibson

Robin Frijns (NLD)

P

Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen (AUT)

G

Charles Milesi (FRA)

S

34

INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION

POL

Oreca 07 – Gibson

Jakub Smiechowski (POL)

S

Renger Van der Zande (NLD)

G

Alex Brundle (GBR)

G

38

JOTA

GBR

Oreca 07 – Gibson

Roberto Gonzalez (MEX)

S

Antonio Felix Da Costa (PRT)

P

Anthony Davidson (GBR)

P

44

ARC BRATISLAVA

SVK

Ligier JSP217 – Gibson

Pro/Am

Miroslav Konopka (SVK)

B

Oliver Webb (GBR)

G

TBA

70

REALTEAM RACING

CHE

Oreca 07 – Gibson

Pro/Am

Esteban Garcia (CHE)

B

Loic Duval (FRA)

P

Norman Nato (FRA)

G

82

RISI COMPETIZIONE

USA

Oreca 07 – Gibson

Ryan Cullen (GBR)°

S

Oliver Jarvis (GBR)

P

Felipe Nasr (BRA)

P

N°

LMGTE Pro

NAT

CARS

MISC

DRIVER 1

DRIVER 2

DRIVER 3

4

51

AF CORSE

ITA

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

Alessandro Pier Guidi (ITA)

P

James Calado (GBR)

P

–

52

AF CORSE

ITA

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

Daniel Serra (BRA)

P

Miguel Molina (ESP)

P

–

91

PORSCHE GT TEAM

DEU

Porsche 911 RSR – 19

Gianmaria Bruni (ITA)

P

Richard Lietz (AUT)

P

–

92

PORSCHE GT TEAM

DEU

Porsche 911 RSR – 19

Kevin Estre (FRA)

P

Neel Jani (CHE)

P

–

N°

LMGTE Am

NAT

CARS

MISC

DRIVER 1

DRIVER 2

DRIVER 3

17

33

TF SPORT

GBR

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

Ben Keating (USA)

B

Dylan Pereira (LUX)

S

Felipe Fraga (BRA)

G

46

TEAM PROJECT 1

DEU

Porsche 911 RSR – 19

Dennis Olsen (NOR)

G

Anders Buchardt (NOR)

B

Axcil Jefferies (GBR)

S

47

CETILAR RACING

ITA

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

Roberto Lacorte (ITA)

B

Giorgio Sernagiotto (ITA)

S

Antonio Fuoco (ITA)

G

54

AF CORSE

ITA

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

Thomas Flohr (CHE)

B

Francesco Castellacci (ITA)

S

Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA)

P

56

TEAM PROJECT 1

DEU

Porsche 911 RSR – 19

Egidio Perfetti (NOR)

B

Matteo Cairoli (ITA)

G

Riccardo Pera (ITA)

S

57

KESSEL RACING

CHE

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

Takeshi Kimura (JPN)

B

Mikkel Jensen (DNK)

G

David Fumanelli (ITA)

S

60

IRON LYNX

ITA

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

Claudio Schiavoni (ITA)

B

Andrea Piccini (ITA)

G

Matteo Cressoni (ITA)

S

61

AF CORSE

ITA

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

Christoph Ulrich (CHE)

B

Simon Mann (USA)°

S

TBA

71

INCEPTION RACING

GBR

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

Brendan Iribe (USA)°

B

Ollie Millroy (GBR)°

S

Ben Barnicoat (GBR)°

G

77

DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING

DEU

Porsche 911 RSR – 19

Christian Ried (DEU)

B

Jaxon Evans (NZL)

S

Matt Campbell (AUS)

G

83

AF CORSE

ITA

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

François Perrodo (FRA)

B

Nicklas Nielsen (DNK)

G

Alessio Rovera (ITA)

S

85

IRON LYNX

ITA

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

Rahel Frey (CHE)

S

Katherine Legge (GBR)

G

Manuela Gostner (ITA)

B

86

GR RACING

GBR

Porsche 911 RSR – 19

Michael Wainwright (GBR)

B

Benjamin Barker (GBR)

G

Tom Gamble (GBR)

S

88

DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING

DEU

Porsche 911 RSR – 19

Andrew Haryanto (IDN)

B

Marco Seefried (DEU)

S

Alessio Picariello (BEL)

G

98

ASTON MARTIN RACING

GBR

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

Paul Dalla Lana (CAN)

B

Augusto Farfus (BRA)

P

Marcos Gomes (BRA)

S

388

RINALDI RACING

DEU

Ferrari 488 GTE EVO

Pierre Ehret (DEU)

B

Christian Hook (DEU)

B

Jeroen Bleekemolen (NLD)

G

777

D’ STATION RACING

JPN

Aston Martin Vantage AMR

Satoshi Hoshino (JPN)

B

Tomonobu Fujii (JPN)

G

Andrew Watson (GBR)

S

38