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FIAWEC2021 6 Hours of Mon 2021 FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP - 6 HOURS OF MONZA ENTRY LIST N° HYPERCAR NAT T CARS MISC DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 5 7 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING JPN M Toyota GR010 - Hybrid Hybrid Mike Conway (GBR) P Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) P Jose Maria Lopez (ARG) P 8 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING JPN M Toyota GR010 - Hybrid Hybrid Sébastien Buemi (CHE) P Kazuki Nakajima (JPN) P Brendon Hartley (NZL) P 36 ALPINE ELF MATMUT FRA M Alpine A480 - Gibson André Negrão (BRA) G Nicolas Lapierre (FRA) P Matthieu Vaxivière (FRA) G 708 GLICKENHAUS RACING USA M Glickenhaus 007 LMH Luis Felipe Derani (BRA) P Gustavo Menezes (USA) G Olivier Pla (FRA) P 709 GLICKENHAUS RACING USA M Glickenhaus 007 LMH Romain Dumas (FRA) P Franck Mailleux (FRA) G Richard Westbrook (GBR) P N° LMP2 NAT T CARS MISC DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 12 1 RICHARD MILLE RACING TEAM FRA G Oreca 07 - Gibson Tatiana Calderon (COL) S Sophia Floersch (DEU) S - 20 HIGH CLASS RACING DNK G Oreca 07 - Gibson Pro/Am Jan Magnussen (DNK) P Anders Fjordbach (DNK) S Dennis Andersen (DNK) B 21 DRAGONSPEED USA USA G Oreca 07 - Gibson Pro/Am Henrik Hedman (SWE) B Juan Pablo Montoya (COL) P Ben Hanley (GBR) G 22 UNITED AUTOSPORTS USA USA G Oreca 07 - Gibson Philip Hanson (GBR) G Fabio Scherer (CHE) S Filipe Albuquerque (PRT) P 28 JOTA GBR G Oreca 07 - Gibson Sean Gelael (IDN) S Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL) P Tom Blomqvist (GBR) P 29 RACING TEAM NEDERLAND NLD G Oreca 07 - Gibson Pro/Am Frits Van Eerd (NLD) B Giedo Van Der Garde (NLD) P Nyck de Vries (NLD) P 31 TEAM WRT BEL G Oreca 07 - Gibson Robin Frijns (NLD) P Ferdinand Habsburg-Lothringen (AUT) G Charles Milesi (FRA) S 34 INTER EUROPOL COMPETITION POL G Oreca 07 - Gibson Jakub Smiechowski (POL) S Renger Van der Zande (NLD) G Alex Brundle (GBR) G 38 JOTA GBR G Oreca 07 - Gibson Roberto Gonzalez (MEX) S Antonio Felix Da Costa (PRT) P Anthony Davidson (GBR) P 44 ARC BRATISLAVA SVK G Ligier JSP217 - Gibson Pro/Am Miroslav Konopka (SVK) B Oliver Webb (GBR) G Matej Konopka (SVK) S 70 REALTEAM RACING CHE G Oreca 07 - Gibson Pro/Am Esteban Garcia (CHE) B Loic Duval (FRA) P Norman Nato (FRA) G 82 RISI COMPETIZIONE USA G Oreca 07 - Gibson Ryan Cullen (GBR) S Oliver Jarvis (GBR) P Felipe Nasr (BRA) P N° LMGTE Pro NAT T CARS MISC DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 4 51 AF CORSE ITA M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO Alessandro Pier Guidi (ITA) P James Calado (GBR) P - 52 AF CORSE ITA M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO Daniel Serra (BRA) P Miguel Molina (ESP) P - 91 PORSCHE GT TEAM DEU M Porsche 911 RSR - 19 Gianmaria Bruni (ITA) P Richard Lietz (AUT) P - 92 PORSCHE GT TEAM DEU M Porsche 911 RSR - 19 Kevin Estre (FRA) P Neel Jani (CHE) P - N° LMGTE Am NAT T CARS MISC DRIVER 1 DRIVER 2 DRIVER 3 16 33 TF SPORT GBR M Aston Martin Vantage AMR Ben Keating (USA) B Dylan Pereira (LUX) S Felipe Fraga (BRA) G 46 TEAM PROJECT 1 DEU M Porsche 911 RSR - 19 Dennis Olsen (NOR) G Anders Buchardt (NOR) B Maxwell Root (USA) S 47 CETILAR RACING ITA M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO Roberto Lacorte (ITA) B Giorgio Sernagiotto (ITA) S Antonio Fuoco (ITA) G 54 AF CORSE ITA M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO Thomas Flohr (CHE) B Francesco Castellacci (ITA) S Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) P 56 TEAM PROJECT 1 DEU M Porsche 911 RSR - 19 Egidio Perfetti (NOR) B Matteo Cairoli (ITA) G Riccardo Pera (ITA) S 60 IRON LYNX ITA M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO Claudio Schiavoni (ITA) B Andrea Piccini (ITA) G Matteo Cressoni (ITA) S 61 AF CORSE ITA M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO Christoph Ulrich (CHE) B Simon Mann (USA) S Toni Vilander (FIN) P 71 INCEPTION RACING GBR M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO Brendan Iribe (USA) B Ollie Millroy (GBR) S Ben Barnicoat (GBR) G 77 DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING DEU M Porsche 911 RSR - 19 Christian Ried (DEU) B Jaxon Evans (NZL) S Matt Campbell (AUS) G 83 AF CORSE ITA M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO François Perrodo (FRA) B Nicklas Nielsen (DNK) G Alessio Rovera (ITA) S 85 IRON LYNX ITA M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO Rahel Frey (CHE) S Michelle Gatting (DNK) S Sarah Bovy (BEL) B 86 GR RACING GBR M Porsche 911 RSR - 19 Michael Wainwright (GBR) B Benjamin Barker (GBR) G Tom Gamble (GBR) S 88 DEMPSEY-PROTON RACING DEU M Porsche 911 RSR - 19 Andrew Haryanto (IDN) B Marco Seefried (DEU) S Alessio Picariello (BEL) G 98 ASTON MARTIN RACING GBR M Aston Martin Vantage AMR Paul Dalla Lana (CAN) B Augusto Farfus (BRA) P Marcos Gomes (BRA) S 388 RINALDI RACING DEU M Ferrari 488 GTE EVO Pierre Ehret (DEU) B Christian Hook (DEU) B Jeroen Bleekemolen (NLD) G 777 D' STATION RACING JPN M Aston Martin Vantage AMR Satoshi Hoshino (JPN) B Tomonobu Fujii (JPN) G Andrew Watson (GBR) S 37 TYRES - M : MICHELIN / G : GOODYEAR CATEGORISATION - P : PLATINUM / G : GOLD / S : SILVER / B : BRONZE 14/7/219:19.
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