Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez have won the Six Hours of Monza after a chaotic, incident-filled race.
The race in Hypercar was one of attrition and mechanical issue. While the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid led from the start, its #8 sister car of Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley ran into a pair of separate issues.
It first developed a fuel pressure issue, while also suffering an unknown front left issue. The car went into the garage multiple times.
The race then looked to be set for the #7 Toyota before it too ran into issues, first coming out onto a halt on track before suffering a puncture. It only managed to make its way back into the lead when the #709 Glickenhaus 007 LMH of Romain Dumas, Franck Mailleux and Richard Westbrook had to have its front brakes replaced.
The #708 Glickenhaus was not a factor at the front of the field, as it first suffered a spark plug issue before it was retired with a gearbox issue.
The race was ultimately decided in Toyota’s favor when a broken kerb forced race control to institute a late full course yellow, allowing Conway to make a crucial final stop for fuel and remain in the lead.
It marks the first win for the trio since Bahrain 2020, and their first win in the Hypercar era. Andre Negrao, Nicolas Lapierre and Matthieu Vaxiviere finished second in the #36 Alpine A480-Gibson.
In LMP2, United Autosports defeated Team WRT to take victory in a hard-fought contest. The Anglo-American squad started in second place behind their Belgian rivals, but Phil Hanson took the race lead early on aboard the #22 ORECA 07-Gibson.
The team then briefly lost the lead before it swung back in its favor when Ferdinand Habsburg pitted the #31 ORECA 07-Gibson shortly before a safety car brought out when Ben Keating suffered a spectacular puncture in the #33 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR, which allowed United to retake the lead in class.
It was then able to hold on to the lead for the remainder of the race, allowing Albuquerque, Hanson and Fabio Scherer to take the team’s second win of the season and, notably, complete the overall podium as the #709 Glickenhaus came home in fifth overall.
Habsburg, Charles Milesi and Robin Frijns finished second, with the #29 Racing Team Nederland ORECA of Nyck de Vries, Paul-Loup Chatin and Frits van Eerd in third place. Alex Brundle, Kuba Smiechowski and Renger van der Zande took fourth in the #34 Inter Europol Competiton ORECA.
JOTA, coming into the race as points leaders, had a race to forget. The #28 ORECA of Stoffel Vandoorne, Tom Blomqvist and Sean Gelael finished fifth.
The championship leaders, meanwhile, were hampered by electrical issues for the #38 ORECA of Antonio Felix da Costa, Anthony Davidson and Roberto Gonzalez.
In GTE Pro, Porsche denied Ferrari a home victory as Kevin Estre and Neel Jani celebrated their second win of the season.
The #92 Porsche 911 RSR-19 started the race from pole position and were engaged in a tight race all afternoon, with Ferrari seizing the lead of the race after the halfway point before Estre ultimately took it back.
Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado finished second in the #51 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, with the Gianmaria Bruni and Richard Lietz third in the #91 Porsche 911 RSR-19.
The class was rounded out by the #52 Ferrari of Miguel Molina and Daniel Serra.
In GTE Am, AF Corse did celebrate a home win with a strong last-to-first drive for the #83 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo of Francois Perrodo, Nicklas Nielsen and Alessio Rovera.
After starting last following a qualifying infringement, the team charged up the field thanks in no small part to a strong opening stint from Rovera.
They were aided by a spectacular puncture for polesitter Ben Keating in the #33 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage AMR, whose front left exploded on the run down to Ascari.
The #98 NorthWest AMR Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR of Paul Dalla Lana, Augusto Farfus and Marcos Gomes finished second, with Satoshi Hoshino, Tomonobu Fujii and Andrew Watson completing the podium in the #777 D’Station Racing AMR Aston Martin.
Farfus took second away from Fujii in a terrific battle that went all the way to the final lap.
| # | Drivers | Car | Class | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Jose Maria Lopez | Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | HYPERCAR | |
| 2 | Andre Negrao Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxiviere | Alpine A480 | HYPERCAR | 1’00.908 |
| 3 | Philip Hanson Fabio Scherer Filipe Albuquerque | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | |
| 4 | Romain Dumas Franck Mailleux Richard Westbrook | Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | 4 Laps |
| 5 | Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 4 Laps |
| 6 | Frits van Eerd Paul-Loup Chatin Nyck de Vries | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 4 Laps |
| 7 | Jakub Smiechowski Renger van der Zande Alex Brundle | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | |
| 8 | Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne Tom Blomqvist | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 5 Laps |
| 9 | Henrik Hedman Juan Pablo Montoya Ben Hanley | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 5 Laps |
| 10 | Esteban Garcia Loic Duval Norman Nato | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | |
| 11 | Tatiana Calderon Sophia Flörsch | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 6 Laps |
| 12 | Jan Magnussen Anders Fjordbach Dennis Andersen | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | |
| 13 | Ryan Cullen Oliver Jarvis Felipe Nasr | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | |
| 14 | Miro Konopka Oliver Webb Matej Konopka | Ligier JSP 217 | LMP2 | |
| 15 | Kevin Estre Neel Jani | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE PRO | |
| 16 | Alessandro Pier Guidi James Calado | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 14 Laps |
| 17 | Gianmaria Bruni Richard Lietz | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE PRO | 14 Laps |
| 18 | Daniel Serra Miguel Molina | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE PRO | 14 Laps |
| 19 | François Perrodo Nicklas Nielsen Alessio Rovera | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | |
| 20 | Paul Dalla Lana Augusto Farfus Marcos Gomes | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 17 Laps |
| 21 | Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Andrew Watson | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | 17 Laps |
| 22 | Egidio Perfetti Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE AM | 17 Laps |
| 23 | Christian Ried Jaxon Evans Matt Campbell | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE AM | |
| 24 | Andrew Haryanto Marco Seefried Alessio Picariello | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE AM | 18 Laps |
| 25 | Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 18 Laps |
| 26 | Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | |
| 27 | Michael Wainwright Benjamin Barker Tom Gamble | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE AM | 19 Laps |
| 28 | Christoph Ulrich Simon Mann Toni Vilander | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 19 Laps |
| 29 | Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto Antonio Fuoco | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | |
| 30 | Pierre Ehret Christian Hook Jeroen Bleekemolen | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM | 20 Laps |
| 31 | Dennis Olsen Anders Buchardt Maxwell Root | Porsche 911 RSR – 19 | LMGTE AM | |
| 32 | Ben Keating Dylan Pereira Felipe Fraga | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | LMGTE AM | |
| 33 | Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Brendon Hartley | Toyota GR010 – Hybrid | HYPERCAR | |
| 34 | Roberto Gonzalez Antonio Felix da Costa Anthony Davidson | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | |
| 35 | Pipo Derani Gustavo Menezes Olivier Pla | Glickenhaus 007 LMH | HYPERCAR | |
| 36 | Claudio Schiavoni Andrea Piccini Matteo Cressoni | Ferrari 488 GTE EVO | LMGTE AM |
