The 24 Hours of Le Mans have their own idiosyncrasies, but once the queen event of the WEC is over, the championship has returned to action in Monza. A scenario in which the Peugeot 9X8 have debuted and in which the Toyota GR010 Hybrid were called to be protagonists, but in which the pole has been for Glickenhaus and the final victory for Alpine after a nice duel full of controversy. The resolution in LMGTE-Pro was also fast-paced with a strategy-packed win for Corvette.
The 6 Hours of Monza have given us a series of very interesting alternatives. The Glickenhaus team took pole and the #708 dominated the first third of the race until a breakdown caused it to fall from grace. Since then, the duel between Alpine and Toyota was the ‘leitmotif’ of the race, while Peugeot experienced a ‘classic’ heads and tails in its debut with the 9X8. The #94 managed to avoid the problems and finish the race, while the #93 suffered a breakdown 25 minutes after the start That left you out of the equation.
With everything, the duel for victory was marked by the unnecessary touch between the #36 Alpine and the #7 Toyotain a maneuver with shared blame, but in which Kamui Kobayashi was a little more aggressive in ‘strangling’ the French firm’s LMP1 prototype. The #7 ended with a puncture and the #36 managed not to suffer too much damage, escaping to victory. For its part, Toyota achieved a double on the podium without major opposition, although without being the result that could be expected within the Japanese firm.
In LMP2 the victory went to ORECA #41 of the RealTeam team, a structure managed by WRT. Ferdinand Habsburg, Norman Nato and Rui Andrade debuted their winners together this season after a race in which the team’s final stop was key. Something very similar to what happened in LMGTE-Pro, since Ferrari had everything in their hands to achieve victory, but a final stop to refuel ruined the Italian firm’s options and the win went to the #64 Corvette for avoiding this final pit stop.
Sarah Bovy’s historic pole position in LMGTE-Am, the first by a woman in the class, failed to turn into a victory for the Iron Dames team. All in all, the Ferrari #85 of the 100% female structure achieved its best result in the WEC after finishing in second position, trailing only the #77 Dempsey-Proton Competition Porsche. This GTE closed the list of winners of some 6 Hours of Monza, an event that already has its highlights that you can always enjoy at Motor.es.
Photos: Alpine Endurance Team