2022 6 Hours of Monza: WEC Report and Ramblings
Our resident motorsport correspondent, Nick van der Meulen, experienced a occupied Sunday. In among seeing F1 (read through his report right here) and the 2022 6 Hrs of Monza, he also took the time to have a rapid braai. You know what they say: you can get the boy out of South Africa…
The Globe Endurance Championship paddock returned to Monza for the 2022 6 Several hours of Monza. This was the 2nd time this event was hosted at this venue.
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New Entry
Past 12 months there was a press meeting involving the unveiling of the new Peugeot Hypercar. At the 2022 6 Several hours of Monza the device make its debut, with combined effects. The Peugeot staff entered two machines (#93 and #94) for the Monza event. Regretably, #93 had a torrid weekend, with electrical gremlins ruining its runs in free of charge apply and qualifying. Mikkel Jensen struggled with the machine in the opening phases of the race. He inevitably ground to a halt on the back again straight within the 1st 20 minutes of the endurance race.
They ended up forced to commence from 16th placement pursuing their qualifying woes and Jensen quickly carved his way into sixth situation prior to his woes started. The #94 lasted a number of hours more time, prior to a similar destiny befell the sister automobile. They managed to get heading once more, getting the chequered flag and gaining worthwhile knowledge with their new device.
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Pole Person
The Hypercar class saw Romain Dumas (#908, Glickenhaus) consider a 2nd consecutive pole situation. The workforce ran in blue livery as a substitute of its more traditional red. Dumas ran strongly in the lead for his first stint, the staff top for the initially fifty percent of the race. Just past 50 % distance, #908 experienced to provide a travel-via penalty for a yellow flag infringement. A fairytale victory for Glickenhaus was not to be, sadly. The outfit retired from the race entirely shortly later on immediately after the turbocharger of the machine unsuccessful.
The #36 Alpine battled fiercely for the guide in opposition to the two Toyotas (#8 and #7, last year’s winner). The three leaders were being nose to tail with 90 minutes remaining. Ryo Hirakawa (Toyota #8) and Matthieu Vaxiviere (Alpine #36) have been almost buying and selling paint for place when scything as a result of slower website traffic, while Toyota was hoping to switch Hirakawa and Kamui Kobayashi (#7) for the direct.
Drama struck with an hour and 13 minutes remaining. Kobayashi and Vaxiviere tangled on the main straight. The Japanese driver carefully tagged by the Frenchman on the appropriate rear, immediately delaminating the Toyota’s rear tyre. This resulted in a comprehensive system yellow. The Alpine driver managed to blast away at the restart. Inspite of Hirakawa’s greatest intentions, staved him off to consider a great victory. The Alpine trio Lapierre/Negrao/Vaxivierre, improved their world championship direct over the Toyotas, as a outcome.
LMP2
The LMP2 class saw the United Autosport #22 wrest the lead from the #9 Prema Orlen equipment on the opening lap. The JOTA #28 (that includes Jonathan Aberdein, ZA) and Vector Sports #10 (featuring Nico Müller, CH) vied for the insignificant positions in the opening two several hours. The United Autosport #22 was unfortunate to retire from the direct with throttle problems, whilst WRT #41 took the lead that it would dispute with JOTA #28.
In the race’s closing phases, on the other hand, #28, with Aberdein guiding the wheel, clashed with GTEPro Porsche #92 at the exit of Lesmo. It resulted in the LMP2 racer being removed from the race with 40 minutes remaining. Its sister vehicle, JOTA #38, concluded a fantastic second forward of Vector Sporting activities #10 (the team’s maiden podium finish).
American Winners
The GTEPro class, as at any time, was hotly contested. The AF Corse Ferraris (#51 and 52), the Corvette Racing #64 and two operates Porsches (#91 and 92) have been in the hunt. Inevitably, the #52 AF Corse Ferrari snatched the guide from the #64 Corvette. In the meantime the #51 Ferrari scrapped for 3rd location in class with Porsche #92. The #92 Porsche, with Kevin Estre driving the wheel, repeatedly bumped Ferrari #51, in advance of pushing him off the circuit at the Roggia chicane, ensuing in a push-by way of penalty.
The stewards also decreed he was liable for the make contact with with JOTA #28 in the LMP2 class. It is obvious that the penalty was comfortable, as the Porsche was just 13 seconds at the rear of its Ferrari rival minutes later on. There was additional drama when the top Ferrari pitted for a late “splash-and-dash”, handing victory to Corvette Racing #64. The two Ferraris concluded next (52) and 3rd (51), respectively.
Breathtaking Exit
The #21 AF Corse Ferrari (Christoph Ulrich, CH) ran in the best four of GTAm class, in advance of touching a LMP2 device. That induced it to spin off at the exit of the second Lesmo and brought out a comprehensive class yellow just before the 2-hour mark. Race leaders, Aston Martin #33 (Hendrique Chaves) activated the initially safety automobile of the race adhering to a impressive accident at the exit of Roggia chicane.
The device strike the outside kerb, flipped above and slid down the road on its roof at the midway mark of the function. This allowed the #77 Dempsey Porsche to just take course victory ahead of the Iron Dames Ferrari #85. The all-females crew designed history by acquiring a lady (Sarah Bovy) consider pole position of a course in earth stamina racing.
The penultimate spherical of the 2022 WEC, the 6 Hours of Fuji, will consider location in Japan on 11 September.