The 4 Hours of Monza was an endurance race for sports cars held at Monza Circuit in Monza, Italy.
History The 4 Hours of Monza was added to the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) calendar for the first time in 2017, replacing the previous Italian race at Imola Circuit. The last time the ELMS ran at Monza was in 2008, as part of the Le Mans Series as the 1000 km of Monza.
The inaugural event was won by Memo Rojas, Léo Roussel and Ryo Hirakawa driving for G-Drive Racing. G-Drive claimed top honors the following two years with five different drivers, only Roman Rusinov repeating as winner in both races. The 2019 edition was the first victory for the rebanded Oreca 07, Aurus 01.
The 2020 race was dominated by United Autosports drivers Filipe Albuquerque and Phil Hanson, who also claimed the ELMS title at this round. Panis Racing took its first victory in the ELMS at the 2021 edition with James Allen, Julien Canal and Will Stevens. The most recent edition in 2022 saw IDEC Sport take top spoils for the first time in three years with Paul-Loup Chatin, Paul Lafargue and Patrick Pilet, overcoming a 20 second penalty.
Results +YearOverall winner(s)EntrantCarDurationRace titleChampionshipReportRef2017 Memo Rojas Léo Roussel Ryo Hirakawa G-Drive RacingOreca 074:01:43.6284 Hours of MonzaEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport2018 Andrea Pizzitola Roman Rusinov Jean-Éric Vergne G-Drive RacingOreca 074:01:02.6074 Hours of MonzaEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport2019 Norman Nato Roman Rusinov Job van Uitert G-Drive RacingAurus 014:01:40.6624 Hours of MonzaEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport2020 Filipe Albuquerque Phil Hanson United AutosportsOreca 074:00:07.9634 Hours of MonzaEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport2021 James Allen Julien Canal Will Stevens Panis RacingOreca 074:00:56.9244 Hours of MonzaEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport2022 Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Patrick Pilet IDEC SportOreca 074:00:54.4764 Hours of MonzaEuropean Le Mans Seriesreport
Records
Wins by constructor +RankConstructorWinsYears1 Oreca52017–2018, 2020–20222 Aurus12019
Wins by engine manufacturer RankConstructorWinsYears1 Gibson62027–2022
Drivers with multiple wins RankDriverWinsYears1 Roman Rusinov22018–2019
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