Monza 100 is born, the app of the Formula 1 Pirelli Italian Grand Prix 2022

The service, active from today, will improve the experience of fans inside the racetrack with technology by providing all useful information on traffic conditions, initiatives for the public and on-track activities.

All the information on the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix of Italy 2022 in a single smartphone application. Monza 100 , the official app of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, is active from today, which will allow fans to stay constantly updated on everything there is to know about track activities, entertainment initiatives for the public, points of interest. within the Circuit and external roads. The public will not miss any appointment of the rich parterre of initiatives planned for the most awaited race of the season, between 8 and 11 September 2022.

In the key year in the history of the Brianza Circuit , that of the centenary, another great news arrives for the fans. Thanks to the Monza 100 app, the public will have a single, user-friendly platform within their smartphone's reach, where they can find all the useful information to experience a weekend of motorsport and fun inside the Brianza circuit.

The app is available for Android and iOS devices and can be downloaded by connecting to the official website of the Monzanet.it Circuit or from Play and Apple Store. By installing it on your mobile phone, you can, for example, see on a map the exact location of the car parks outside the racetrack, the refreshment points, the water dispensers active for the weekend and the grandstands. By accessing the My Grandstand section, the application will instead show the best route to reach it from the entrances to the Autodrome.

Thanks to the partnership with Monza Mobilità, from the Monza 100 app it will be possible to book your parking space in all the outdoor parking spaces created for the event and buy the ticket for the shuttle buses that take you to the Circuit. Fans, in addition to the News section with all the latest news relating to the Temple of Speed, will also always have the complete event calendar of the weekend at their fingertips, with the opportunity to set a push notification 30 minutes before each initiative scheduled on the track and not. .

It will therefore be possible to monitor the timetable of all the sessions of the drivers of Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula 3 and Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, as well as receive a constant update on all the activities designed for the entertainment of the public between Friday 9 and Sunday 11. September.

Finally, by accessing the Points of Interest section, you can find out about the exact positioning of the most important services set up specifically for the weekend, discovering the fastest routes to reach them. Further updates will be available on the monzanet.it website and on the Circuit's social networks.


Autodromo Nazionale Monza launches the first Meta Challenge and the first Monza Token that can be used in the Metaverse

The Monza Tokens will allow you to live virtual experiences in the Monza Meta Circuit as the first Centenary Race competition. The official launch on Tuesday 6 September.

On the occasion of its hundredth year of activity, Autodromo Nazionale Monza enters the web 3.0 conquering a new, exciting record: Monza Meta Circuit will in fact be the first virtual racetrack in the Metaverse in the world.

The Circuit and its main structures have been faithfully reproduced in the virtual world of The Nemesis, entertainment platform for the creation of Metaversi, offering enthusiasts an unprecedented and extraordinary opportunity: it will be possible to visit the complex with your Avatar at any time, for free and in total freedom, by accessing the Monza Meta Circuit with your own devices from every part of the world.

The experience offered to users will be unique and totally immersive. Furthermore, on the occasion of the next Italian Grand Prix, the Monza Meta Circuit will host the first Meta-Challenge in history. Users will be able to test themselves by competing on the virtual circuit aboard their cars, experiencing the adrenaline-pumping emotions of the race as protagonists and entering, in fact, into the legend.

Access to the Centenary Race , the first Monza Meta-Challenge scheduled for 11 September from 18:00 to 20:00, will be reserved for Monza Token owners, who will thus have the opportunity to become the first winners of the virtual race of Monza.

Monza Fan Token and Monza Vip Token are the exclusive limited edition NFTs that will allow holders to enjoy exclusive benefits, both in the virtual and in the real world. By purchasing one of the 1,000 Fan Tokens or one of the exclusive 200 Vip Tokens, the user will enter the new era of Autodromo Nazionale Monza as an absolute privilege.

The certificate of ownership of the Tokens in limited series is collectable and resalable, a real celebratory memorabilia 3.0, destined to become an "object" of desire. In addition, the Tokens will allow holders to take part in a series of events, challenges and exclusive gaming activities within the Monza Meta Circuit for the 2022-2024 season. The VIP Tokens will also guarantee access to a series of special benefits and events of the Monza Meta Circuit partners.

From tomorrow, Tuesday 6 September, users can guarantee themselves one of the prestigious Monza Meta Circuit limited series tokens by accessing the page http://metacircuit.monzanet.it and following the instructions for the purchase that can be made in Ethereum currency through the connection with the main cryptocurrency wallets. The tokens will be transferable and resalable also on the Opensea platform. Tomorrow morning the press conference for the presentation of the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix of Italy 2022 will also be broadcast in the Metaverse, accessible from the same site.

The Monza Meta Circuit project and the Monza Tokens are created and managed by Nfactory , an Italian startup specialized in the creation of Web 3.0 products and technologies dedicated to large companies.


MILAN, ACI AND M5: A SPECIAL TRAIN FOR THE 100 YEARS OF THE MONZA AUTODROMO. TOGETHER TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY

Milan, 30 August 2022 - The 100-year journey of the Monza National Circuit aboard Line 5 of the Metro, the one that will one day connect Milan to the Brianza capital. The initiative of ACI Milano and M5 was presented today with the graphic design at 360 degrees of a convoy that left the platform of the Bignami station to celebrate the centenary of the Temple of Speed wanted, designed and built by the Automobile Club Milano in 1922. . For a month the colors of the Autodrome will “dress” a lilac train and the Bignami stop.

 

At the press conference, with the president of ACI Milano Geronimo La Russa and the managing director of Metro 5 Serafino Lo Piano, the councilor for transport infrastructures and sustainable mobility of the Lombardy Region, Claudia Terzi, the councilor for safety of the Municipality of Milan Marco Granelli, the councilor for the Environment, Energy and Mobility Giada Turato of the Municipality of Monza and the president of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza Giuseppe Redaelli.

"With this initiative we want to underline our institutional role as a promoter of motor sport, but also of the most diverse and advanced forms of mobility, by signing a collaboration with M5, the light and fully automated metro line whose expansion will allow us to connect, in the near future, important areas of the city of Monza - and the Autodrome - to the city of Milan ”, he said Geronimo La Russa , president of Automobile Club Milano.

"I am convinced that all the subjects involved in various capacities in the theme of urban and local mobility have the task of making innovative and technologically advanced proposals to combine in the best possible way the mobility needs of citizens, individual autonomy, respect for environment and the programming of the flows of movers ”concluded La Russa according to which“ the extension of the lilac will further increase the usability of a facility that represents the history and future of national and international motorsport ”.

"We have enthusiastically entered into this new collaboration with Automobile Club Milano on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Monza racetrack", declared the managing director of Metro 5 Serafino Lo Piano, “Metro 5 has in its DNA the focus on everything that represents movement, dynamics and energy, concepts that sport makes the most of. For us it is a source of pride to aim for the excellence of the territory and to support sport, which also has a leading role in the tourism of our country ".

“The centenary of the racetrack”, highlighted the Councilor for Transport Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility of the Lombardy Region Claudia Terzi , “is an opportunity to underline the value of this Lombard excellence. With this in mind, the extension of the M5 from Bignami to Monza will create a new "road" for sport, an important project for which the Lombardy Region has allocated around 283 million euros. Great attention to the territory by the Region which through the Lombardy Plan has provided for an additional 20 million for the compatibility of the M5 intervention with the main interchange nodes between the railway station, the bus station and the Monza institutional hub. The goal is to facilitate mobility in the name of rail-road intermodality and sustainable transport ".

“I really like that there is a tangible sign of the link between the Lilla metro and the Monza racetrack in the year of its centenary”, underlined the Councilor for Safety of the Municipality of Milan Marco Granelli . "With the construction of the extension of the M5 it will be possible to go to the racetrack by public transport, an important goal on which we are working to continue on the edge of modernity and innovation that the Autodrome itself has always represented".

“Our city is preparing to experience the festive atmosphere of the Grand Prix and to celebrate the prestigious milestone of the Autodrome's centenary”, added Giada Turato , Councilor for Mobility of the Municipality of Monza. “In this context, it is essential to confirm the commitment to promote increasingly innovative forms of mobility, capable of offering more and more sustainable mobility and transport opportunities. The extension project of MM5 up to Monza goes in this direction which, with its seven city stops - one of which is right at the gates of the Park - will mark the turning point in the offer of public transport with the latest generation means ".

In conclusion, the president of the Monza National Circuit Giuseppe Redaelli he underlined how “the choice to customize one of the trains of the M5 line on the occasion of the centenary of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza allows us to communicate how important it is that the circuit is connected to the capital. The Temple of Speed is one of the most interesting points of Monza and the arrival of the public will be facilitated with the extension of the line. The intermediate stops can become the places of a sort of Fuorisalone for each event hosted by the Autodrome, offering an additional experience to the race weekend ".


A celebratory concert by the Band of the Guardia di Finanza for the centenary of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza

On the evening of Saturday, September 3, the stable complex of the Body will perform on the starting grid with classical and modern pieces. An hour and a half performance open to the public

The band of the Guardia di Finanza will celebrate the centenary of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza by playing on the starting grid of the Circuit on 3 September. Exactly one hundred years after the day on which the Temple of Speed hosted its first race in 1922, the building complex of the Corps will perform an hour and a half concert on the starting line which, the following week, will be trodden. from Formula 1 single-seaters.

The musical performance will begin at 7 pm and will be open for free to the public who will be able to access the Circuit from the entrance of Viale Vedano 5 in Monza and follow the concert from the central grandstand. The repertoire will range from classical to contemporary music with particular attention to Italian music pieces.

The band of the Guardia di Finanza played the Mameli anthem for the 2021 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix at the Autodrome last year. The stable artistic complex was born in 1926 and is made up of 102 performers, titled by the various national conservatories. The performances of the band are receiving more and more public acclaim, so much so that this year they were asked to open the final evening of the Sanremo Festival live.

More information on the celebratory initiative at the racetrack and detailed directions for attending the concert on Saturday 3 September are available on the website www.monzanet.it


The Monza National Circuit enters the Metaverse

The Temple of Speed will be recreated in virtual reality in the year of its centenary.

Autodromo Nazionale Monza is the first circuit to enter the Metaverse . In the year of its centenary, the Temple of Speed will in fact be recreated in the virtual universe and will thus be usable by fans to remotely attend events, visit the track and the structures reproduced in three dimensions and participate in contests related to motorsport.

The announcement was made today by Alessandra Zinno , General Manager of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, at the Giffoni Film Festival . The official launch of the Monza Meta Circuit , the land of the Circuit in the Metaverse, will take place in September on the occasion of the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix of Italy 2022.

The racetrack can be visited for free by fans in the Italian Metaverse The Nemesis . Through their computer or smartphone, users can choose an avatar and access the virtual and interactive world, taking part in immersive experiences and meeting other enthusiasts.

During a panel at the children's film festival, Alessandra Zinno explained: «Last year we were the first to launch the NFTs of the Circuit and from September we will be present in the Metaverse, once again setting a record. The Monza Meta Circuit will provide new opportunities for interaction not only with the public, but also with customers and sponsors ».

«With reality, we will combine experiences in the virtual world that will allow us to involve viewers in events designed specifically for the Metaverse and at the same time provide a new visibility opportunity for brands. In the coming weeks we will illustrate all the possibilities that we will offer to our fans », he concludes.

The Monza Meta Circuit will be built by the Italian start-up Rocket Dreams through Nfactory . The factory specializing in products for the Metaverse will follow the design of the virtual environments and experiences offered to users, supported by Wheelz Magazine for the brand strategy. (A.D)


MB Province and Monza National Circuit together to promote Brianza on the occasion of the 20 years of Ville Aperte in Brianza and the 100 years of the Circuit

Two important anniversaries for Brianza and its territory will be celebrated next September. In view of the pre-autumn events in which the twenty years of Ville Aperte in Brianza and the 100th anniversary of the Temple of Speed will be celebrated, the MB Province and Autodromo Nazionale Monza have signed an agreement to start the first synergistic communication network to enhance the excellence della Brianza promoting culture, tourism through events and experiential packages.

In this way, the Province and the Autodrome propose to promote a new formula of collaboration by combining culture and engines, two elements that appear distant and opposed but that can be put into dialogue to give emotions, experiences, creativity and transmit what is defined as "Italian style ". “Ville Aperte in Brianza is a format that has grown over time to make our historical heritage known, demonstrating that culture can truly be a marketing lever to promote the entire territory and all its excellences.

The Monza racetrack has already been included in the calendar of guided tours for some time: this year they wanted to give our collaboration an extra gear, joining forces on the occasion of our respective birthdays and demonstrating that different worlds can dialogue and tell about excellence. of a land where there is so much to discover. ”- explains the President of the MB Province Luca Santambrogio.

“The synergy between the Autodrome and the MB Province will make it possible to combine the high professionalism of two working groups at the service of promoting our territory. Ville Aperte in Brianza allows tens of thousands of people every year to get to know the most beautiful assets of Brianza, including our plant. The communicative power of the Circuit will now make it possible to support and expand the notoriety of the initiative, with the common goal of making the twenty-year edition of Ville Aperte, on the occasion of the centenary of the Autodrome, the most attended so far. " - explains the General Manager of the Monza National Circuit Alessandra Zinno.

The Monza National Autodrome has already participated in Ville Aperte in Brianza for several years and also on the occasion of the two anniversaries, it will offer guided tours in the exclusive places of the Circuit through a path that crosses the history of the place, in addition to the environments and the backstage of Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix and all the other motorsport events held within the Monza circuit. In addition to the confirmed program of guided tours, through the Convention, the Province and the Autodrome have undertaken to establish a synergistic relationship of collaboration in the promotion of the activities envisaged in the communication plans drawn up to celebrate the respective anniversaries with the aim of increasing the audience of visitors and offer a valid and attractive tourist-cultural offer in the area.


Monza Power Run, a charity run in the Temple of Speed

600 registered for an amateur obstacle test at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. The proceeds will be donated entirely to support the fight against leukemia.

The solidarity events continue at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. After the March LILT and the Handcycling GP Monza last June, tomorrow, Saturday 23 July, the Temple of Speed will welcome the participants of the Monza Power Run , a charitable and non-competitive race whose proceeds will be donated in its entirety to support the fight against leukemia. The event is organized by the LELE Forever ODV Association, which for over 20 years has supported the projects of the Adult Hematology Department of the S. Gerardo Hospital in Monza for over 20 years.

The 600 members, who during the test will have to try their hand at overcoming scenic obstacles, climbing, jumps and fords, after the start at 6 pm in Villasanta will stop at the Autodrome for the most intense of the two days, the one in which they will have to face a race of 12 Km. Once on the circuit, they will cover short stretches of the track, pass on the historic overpasses and on more treacherous terrain, such as the escape routes of the track and the parking areas.

The event, which will continue on Sunday 24 July with the Monza Sprint Run of 6 km between Villasanta and the Monza Park, is open to everyone, even without having a medical certificate and with the sole requirement of having completed 18 years. It is also possible to participate individually or together with your team, consisting of at least 4 competitors, with a minimum donation of 43 euros for the 12 km and 26 euros for the 6 km, and following all the registration procedures specified on the website www.monzapowerrun .it . (fm)


ITA AIRWAYS TITLE SPONSOR OF THE CENTENARY OF THE MONZA NATIONAL AUTODROME

ITA Airways will be Title Sponsor of the Centenary of the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. The meaning of this important partnership was illustrated this morning, at the ITA Airways lounge, Piazza di Spagna, at Terminal E of the Leonardo da Vinci airport in Fiumicino, in a press conference attended by the President of ACI, Angelo Sticchi Damiani, the President of CONI, Giovanni Malagò and the Executive President of ITA Airways, Alfredo Altavilla, the meeting with the media was preceded by the unveiling of the first ITA Airways aircraft with the logo for the 100th anniversary of Monza, a Airbus A330 new blue livery dedicated to Tazio Nuvolari, the "Flying Mantuan", universally considered one of the greatest pilots of all time.

Known throughout the world as "The Temple of Speed", Autodromo Monza is the second oldest facility in the world still in operation - the only one where Formula 1 races are still held - and is considered the fastest track, besides than one of the most
spectacular and challenging, of the entire World Cup.

To celebrate this incredible century of great sport, three aircraft with the new blue livery of the ITA Airways fleet will wear the Autodrome Celebrations Logo: in addition to the Airbus A330 dedicated to Tazio Nuvolari, two other Airbus A319s bearing the name of Alberto will be in the fleet Ascari, two-time Formula 1 World Champion (1952 and '53, both in a Ferrari), Michele Alboreto (F1 vice-world champion in 1985, in a Ferrari).

The great news of ITA Airways will also be to dedicate the flagship of its fleet, the new Airbus A350, blue livery to the legendary Enzo Ferrari - "the Drake" - legendary founder and of the homonymous team, the most titled in the history of Formula 1, with 31 world titles (16 Manufacturers, 15 Drivers). It is the first time ever that the man who changed the history of world motoring has an airplane with his name, and only ITA could do it. Special thanks to the engineer Piero Ferrari and the Ferrari management who made this happen.

The airbus A350 of the ITA Airways fleet represents the maximum expression of technology, sustainability and innovation. It is the first time that the Company of the Flag has this aircraft in its fleet, moreover in no less than 6 units. The name Enzo Ferrari will be written on a red background, also a uniqueness, because red and Ferrari are one thing, like ITA Airways and blue, just as exclusive is this red detail among all the aircraft in the fleet. The marriage between Enzo Ferrari and ITA Airways is natural: just as Ferrari has innovated racing, ITA Airways wants to be a pioneer of innovation in air transport. And today ACI and the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, with the presence of Coni, have given the opportunity to make this link concrete. The four planes in the blue livery of ITA Airways with the celebratory logo of the Monza racetrack are part of the Company's strategy to be alongside sport. The “Enzo Ferrari” plane will be the ambassador in the world of the excellence of our country, and its first flight will be special. In fact, at the next Monza Grand Prix in September he will fly over the Monza circuit and greet the starting grid. It will be a unique moment and it will be an opportunity of great visibility for Italy on a world level. Furthermore, this flight will be powered by SAF, the most ecological jet fuel in the world, because innovation and sustainability go hand in hand.

"With extraordinary sporting feats, which have become legendary - declared Angelo Sticchi Damiani, President of the Automobile Club of Italy, the Italian Federation of Automotive Sports - Nuvolari, Ascari, Alboreto and, of course, Ferrari, have made people fly and meet generations of motorsport enthusiasts and fans from all over the world. And it is precisely this ideal twinning between emotions - those of motorsport and those of flight - together with the sharing of fundamental values, common to sport and aviation - maximum professionalism, strong competitiveness, continuous technological innovation, great attention to the sustainable future - the idea behind this important partnership between ACI and ITA Airways ".

“This year - concluded Sticchi Damiani - our pilots will fly together: the wish of all of us is that they will be able to lead ITA Airways and the Monza National Circuit towards an ever brighter and more fortunate future”.

"We are proud - declared Giovanni Malagò, President of CONI - that ACI, through this prestigious partnership, will strengthen the link between our movement and ITA Airways. The celebration of the Centenary of the Monza racetrack and the attribution of the naming of four aircraft to timeless figures and performers, capable of legendary feats, enhances the importance of the history of motoring and the fundamental activity promoted by the Federation for its development. The national airline - added Malagò - recognizes, once again, the value of Italian sport as an expression of the country's excellence, making it fly around the world in the sign of collective pride. A winning synergy to go further and further, ever higher ".

"Monza is the Italian Grand Prix and there could not have been the Compagnia di Bandiera, with ACI it is a natural partnership, we are both ambassadors of the best Italy in the world." Said Alfredo Altavilla, Executive President of ITA Airways. “All the more so for the anniversary of the circuit's centenary. It is the first time that the airline is present at the Italian Grand Prix and this partnership, thanks to ACI, strengthens the bond between ITA Airways and sport. After the planes named after various sportsmen, here are those dedicated to four figures who have written the history of Italian motoring, with the exclusive aircraft named after Enzo Ferrari. As he innovated racing, we want to be pioneers of innovation in aviation. With conviction and determination we are changing paradigms that have long been consolidated in the sector, because we know that the greatest opportunities come precisely from the discontinuity that we must be able to make the most of. And that's what we're doing. "

"When we launched the Centenary logo at the Dubai Expo - underlined Ludovico Fois, ACI Communications Manager and Advisor for External and Institutional Relations - we set ourselves the goal of giving great international prominence to the history of the Circuit and, above all, to its future. The choice of ITA Airways as Title Sponsor of the Centenary is a fundamental piece of this path, made possible by the presence of strong shared values and the desire to transmit the passion for Italian sport and energy in the world. The chosen claim - “This year, our pilots will fly together” - perfectly embodies this ideal union, uniting our two worlds in an exciting shared narrative.


Vaxiviere-Lapierre-Negrão win the WEC 6 Hours of Monza 2022

The three Alpine drivers play an attacking race, take advantage of the problems of Glickenhaus and overtake both Toyota, which complete the overall podium. Splendid second place for the Iron Dames in LMGTE Am.

Matthieu Vaxiviere, Nicolas Lapierre and André Negrão triumph in the second edition of the 6 Hours of Monza of the World Endurance Championship , giving the Alpine ELF Team a valuable championship victory. The race is decided after an exciting fight with both Toyota and three cars to fight for the victory until the end, including overtaking, counter-overtaking and strategy games. The outcome of the race seemed already written after the first three hours, when the Glickenhaus of Olivier Pla, Romain Dumas and Luis Felipe Derani, dominant in qualifying on Saturday, had an advantage of almost a minute over all rivals and was in total control . But first a drive through and then a turbo problem forced the pilots of the Glickenhaus 007 LMH to abandon the race prematurely, opening the dance to a close fight for the conquest of the top step of the podium.

The three Alpine drivers had the merit of competing in a race that was always on the attack, in which they were often forced to chase the two cars of the Japanese team, without ever letting go of their exhausts. The decisive episodes occurred in the last third of the race, when Vaxiviere proved his strength by first overtaking the # 8 car of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa, who finished the 6 Hours in second place overall after an attempt comeback on the winners in the final, and then Kamui Kobayashi, at the wheel of the other Toyota GR010 - Hybrid together with Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez. In this second overtaking, there was a contact between Vaxiviere and Kobayashi, with the Japanese driver who was forced to stop in the pits for a puncture. Toyota # 7 thus finished in third place.

Bitter debut instead for Peugeot in the first real test bench in a competition for the two 9x8 Hypercars that the French team presented in the Temple of Speed. After having encountered technical problems already in qualifying, which ended in third from last place on the grid, the # 93 of Paul Di Resta, Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Eric Vergne crashed at the entrance to the pitlane after a few minutes and was forced to retire. The same fate also for teammates Loic Duval, Gustavo Menezes and James Rossiter, who at least managed to cover more than three and a half hours of racing and provide some chronometric data to the team for the next rounds, without ever being able to keep up with the pace. of the former.

A result not at all obvious even among the LMP2 , a class in which several teams took the lead in several moments of the race. In the end, Rui Andrade, Norman Nato and Ferdinand Habsburg crossed the line in front of everyone on their Oreca 07 - Gibson of Realteam by WRT. Roberto Gonzalez, Antonio Felix da Costa and William Stevens (Jota), leader of the drivers' classification and who still played an extraordinary race, tried to take away from him the first place, recovering from the 38th and last position of the starting grid and coming one step away from category success. Vector Sport took the last place on the class podium with the # 10 car driven by Nico Müller, Ryan Cullen and Sebastien Bourdais.

The dispute between the LMGTE Pro was also resolved only two minutes from the end, and it was not a pleasant finish for Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina's Ferrari 488 GTE Evo. Leaders until then, when there were only a few kilometers to go to the checkered flag, the two were forced to refuel in the pit lane due to a mistake by the team, which had not correctly calculated the amount of fuel needed to reach the finish. To celebrate is Corvette Racing, with the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R of the Anglo-American duo formed by Nick Tandy and Tommy Milner, who see an unexpected success served on a silver platter. Third place for the other Ferrari competing in the category, that of Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado, fighting for victory as much as their team mates after starting in front of everyone in their class, but also penalized by an error to the low wall which cost him a penalty.

On the other hand, a superlative performance both in qualifying and in the race was not enough for the Iron Dames to win over all the competitors in the LMGTE Am class. After a surprising pole for Sarah Bovy and a first place confirmed for a large slice of the race also by Rahel Frey and Michelle Gatting, the girls behind the wheel of the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo saw a historic triumph blow in Monza from the Porsche 911 RSR - 19 of Dempsey-Proton Racing, driven by Christian Ried and Britons Sebastian Priaulx and Harry Tincknell. Crucial was a longer than expected pit stop for the Dames, who tried to mend the tear in the final without success and finishing second. Behind them were Mikkel Pedersen, Nicolas Leutwiler and the Italian Matteo Cairoli, in another of the five Porsches in the race.

For the Temple of Speed it was a breathtaking weekend not only on the track but also in support of the race, thanks to the many activations organized for the public who followed the event live. An excellent turnout of fans affected the stands, with the fans in the central grandstand privileged spectators of the pre-race musical performances of the Italian Bagutti Orchestra, which sang the Italian anthem just before the start of the race. The fans also entertained themselves in the Fan Area prepared for the race, with the presence of the famous TV presenter Diletta Leotta and the activations of Radio 105, which helped to give even more color to the three days.

After hosting the World Endurance Championship, which also saw the legendary Goodyear airship return to fly over the skies of Brianza exactly like last year, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza is preparing for the most important sporting event of the year. In fact, between 9 and 11 September it will be time for the Formula 1 Pirelli Italian Grand Prix 2022, with Ferrari hoping to achieve success in the Temple of Speed in front of the tide after today's victory at the Red Bull Ring. red that will finally return to invade the Monza circuit. (fm)


WEC 6 Hours of Monza, 38 cars on track in the Temple of Speed for the World Endurance Championship

Hypercar, LMP2, LMGTE Pro and Am will be at the start of the second endurance race in a few days at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Also on the grid are the two Peugeot 9x8 Hypercars, rookies in an official competition.

38 cars from 27 different teams, for a total of 109 drivers competing. This is the parterre with which the World Endurance Championship , now in its tenth season, lands in Italy for the 6 Hours of Monza, a new appointment with an endurance race for the Temple of Speed in a back to back of two consecutive weeks with the European Le Mans Series.

Between Friday 8 and Sunday 10 July, Hypercar, LMP2 and LMGTE are ready to roar on the straights and between the curbs of the Brianza Circuit, to offer a great show to the public in the stands and to make the Autodrome once again the cradle of international endurance. , after the debut of the World Championship in Italy last year with the Monza race.

In the entry list of the race Toyota, Alpine, Glickenhaus and Peugeot stand out, fielding the very fast Hypercars on the track and competing for the absolute podium. Toyota arrives at the appointment as leader in the world championship classification of teams, after having conquered the first two positions in the 24 Hours of Le Mans that preceded the Italian round. The Conway-Kobayashi-Lopez trio of the Japanese brand also won last season's 6 Hours of Monza.

The Japanese manufacturer is chased in the general classification, 22 points behind, by Alpine ELF Team which, despite the défaillance on the Circuito de la Sarthe, instead commands the drivers' classification with the A480 - Gibson # 36 led by André Negrão, Nicolas Lapierre and Matthieu Vaxiviére, victorious in the 1000 Miglia of Sebring at the beginning of the season and second in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in May.

The two teams will have to contend with three other highly rated crews for the first place finish. Olivier Pla, Romain Dumas and Luis Felipe Derani will be driving the only car from Glickenhaus Racing, with a completely renewed light blue livery. There is great anticipation for the debut, just this weekend, of the two Peugeot 9x8 Hypercars from Peugeot TotalEnergies. One of the two will present at the wheel, together with the Danish Mikkel Jensen, the two former Formula 1 drivers Paul Di Resta and Jean-Eric Vergne, while the other will be shared by Loic Duval, Gustavo Menezes and James Rossiter.

Among the 14 LMP2 prototypes that will see the green flag fly on Sunday there will be a close fight between different teams, with a currently very short ranking and with Jota, United Autosports USA, Prema Orlen Team and WRT enclosed in just 24 points. Antonio Felix da Costa, Roberto Gonzalez and William Stevens (Jota), in first place among the drivers, will have to be good at managing an 11-point gap over Joshua Pierson and Olivier Jarvis (United Autosports USA), who will drive their Oreca 07 - Gibson along with Alexander Lynn.

For the class LMGTE Pro, 5 cars will compete for the category success on the track, of which 2 Porsche 911 RSR -19, a Chevrolet Corvette C8.R and two Prancing Horse cars, the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo driven respectively by the couples Alessandro Pier Guidi - James Calado and Miguel Molina - Antonio Fuoco. The Italian team races to Monza aware of having to recover 26 points on Porsche, which is currently at the top of the constructors' classification with 165 points, against Ferrari's 139.

Finally, 13 LMGTE Ams will also be part of the fray, including two Aston Martin Vantage AMRs who are fighting for the class title. Ben Keating and Marco Sorensen (TF Sport) will try to repeat the success obtained at Le Mans and extend the standings, well supported by the third driver present at the 6 Hours of Monza in car # 33, Henrique Chaves. Paul Dalla Lana, David Pittard and Nicki Thiim, currently 8 points from the top of the category ranking and lined up in Monza for the Northwest AMR team, will try to fight them.

It should be noted the large presence, especially among the LMGTE Pro and Am, of Italian drivers who will certainly be supported by the cheering of the public present in the stands. In addition to the aforementioned Pier Guidi and Fuoco, Gianmaria Bruni will take care of the Italian flag in a Porsche among the GTE Pros. At the start for the LMGTE Am, together with the all-tricolor crew of Iron Lynx Claudio Schiavoni - Matteo Cressoni - Giancarlo Fisichella in a Ferrari 488, there are Matteo Cairoli and Riccardo Pera at the wheel of the Porsche 911 and Francesco Castellacci always in a 488. Among the reds of the Cavallino, the presence of the female Iron Dames team, made up of Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy, should be highlighted.

The track program of the 6 Hours of Monza includes three free practice sessions, of which the first two of 90 minutes respectively at 15:30 on Friday and at 9 the following day. Also on Saturday there will also be the third one, of an exact hour, starting at 13:30. To decide the starting grid, two qualifying heats will be held, one dedicated to the LMGTEs at 17:30, and the other for the LMP2 and Hypercars immediately after, at 17:50.

The 6 Hours will be the main dish on Sunday, with the start at 12 which will be preceded by the opening of the pitlane for the public from 9.20 with an autograph session. The complete timetable and all other entertainment activities for the fans during the event are available on the dedicated page WEC - FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Monza where it is also possible to buy tickets for the event. (fm)