Hypercar @ 6 Hours of Monza 2021

The Race

First win this season for Toyota #7’s Mike Conway, Jose Maria Lopez and Kamui Kobayashi in front of Alpine #36 (Matthieu Vaxiviere, Nicolas Lapierre and Andre Negrao) and #22 United Autosports (Filipe Albuquerque, Phil Hanson and Fabio Scherer, also winners of the LMP2 class).

Glickenhaus #709 got the lead 2 hours before the end thanks to an electrical issue on leading Toyota #7. That P1 lasted 1/2 lap as Romain Dumas had to pit in that same lap. After fueling, mechanics got the car in the garage to change brakes.

Glickenhaus #708 had to get in box after 29’, a second time after 58’ and finally gave up after 2:50:59, losing oil from the gearbox.

Difficult times for Brendon Hartley, who had to get in box after one lap for 4’. Five laps later, frightening moment (at 1:42 pm) when a brake issue forced him to escape in the grass at turn one. He managed to get back in box for a 14’ repair. Back in the box again at 2:37:21 for almost 5’ and again at 3:08:24 and again at 3:25:44, this time for a long box repair of more than 48’. All those box times cost the team 43 laps to the leaders.

Qualifications

Toyota GR010 Hybrid #7 dominated all the sessions these two days, to end up with pole thanks to Jose Maria Lopez. Brendon Hartley with Toyota #8 finished 2nd and Nicolas Lapierre with Alpine #36 3rd. Pipo Derani was the fastest of the 2 Glickenhaus, still close to a second slower than the pole Toyota.

Free Practice 3 best times

FP3 Hypercar best time by Jose Maria Lopez (Toyota GR010 Hybrid #7).

Free Practice 2 Best times per class

FP2 Hypercar best time by Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota GR010 Hybrid #7).

New line-ups

📷 15 July 2021 Photo Copyright 2021 Tim Hearn/AdrenalMedia.com

A second Glickenhaus at Monza in preparation of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. 

The #708 will be driven by L. Derani, G. Menezes and O. Pla. 

Luis Felipe Derani won the 6 Hours of Silverstone 2017 with A. Priaulx and H. Tincknell on Ford GT #67 and 2 full seasons in LMP2, in 2015 with G-Drive and in 2016 with Extreme Speed Motorsport. He is currently driving a Cadillac prototype for Action Express Racing in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA).

Gustavo Menezes won the FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers as well as the 24 Hours of Lemans with SIgnatech Alpine in 2016, and achieved P3 of FIA World Endurance LMP Drivers’ Championship with Rebellion in the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons.