The 6 Hours of Imola, formerly 1000 km of Imola, is an endurance race for sports cars, held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy.
History The first 6 Hours race was held as the fourth round of the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and the third round of the 2011 Le Mans Series. The circuit was dropped from the newly founded FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series calendar in 2012. In 2013, the circuit returned to the 2013 European Le Mans Series calendar, however the race was held for 3 hours.
With the announcement of 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship calendar on 9 June 2023 at the Automobile Club de l'Ouest press conference, the race was revived again by replacing the 6 Hours of Monza. The Italian round of the World Endurance Championship, 6 Hours of Monza had been held at Monza in July between 2021 and 2023. However, to accommodate an extra non-European round of the championship the Italian race needed to be moved from July to April; with Monza undergoing upgrade works in April, the circuit was unable to host the race, so the Italian round was shifted to Imola instead of Monza. Despite the fact that the race was originally intended as a one-off race, it was announced on 14 June 2024 that Imola will continue to host FIA World Endurance Championship races until 2028 after signing a 4-year contract extension.
Results
Year Overall winner(s) Entrant Car Time Laps Distance/Duration Championship Report 1000 km distance 1974 Gérard Larrousse Henri Pescarolo Equipe Gitanes Matra-Simca MS670C 198 1001.880 km World Sportscar ChampionshipCampionato Italiano Sport report 1975–1982: Not held 1983 Teo Fabi Hans Heyer Martini Racing Lancia LC2 6 hours191 962.640 km European Endurance Championship report 1984 Stefan Bellof Brun Motorsport Porsche 956B5:54:56.32199 1002.960 km World Sportscar ChampionshipDeutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft report 1985–2010: Not held 6 Hour distance 2011 Anthony Davidson Sébastien Bourdais Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 6:01:01.623 220 1079.762 km Intercontinental Le Mans CupLe Mans Series Report 2012–2023: Not held 2024 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid 6:00:34.717 205 1006.127 km FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2025 James Calado Antonio Giovinazzi Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P 6:00:28.365 212 1040.490 km FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2026 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa Toyota Racing Toyota TR010 Hybrid 6:00:10.939 213 1045.617 km FIA World Endurance Championship Report
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