1000km Monza

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The 1000km Monza is an endurance race mainly for sports cars held at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy.

In the early 1960s, the race was originally held as a three hour event for production-based cars in the World Sportscar Championship before being expanded to a 1000 kilometer distance in 1965. Until 1969, the full Monza circuit which included the banked oval was used, although chicanes were used to slow cars down. A lap was 10.1 kilometers long, yielding a total distance of 1010 km after 100 laps. From 1970 and on, the shorter Grand Prix circuit (approximately 5.8 kilometers) has been used for 174 laps.

Although named the 1000km of Monza, the race has at times been run at shorter lengths, most notably in the late 1970s and early 1990s before the demise of the World Sportscar Championship in 1992. Every Monza endurance race had been run as part of the World Sportscar Championship, with the exception of 1979 which saw only the Italian sportscar championship running.

Since 1992, the race has been used on and off by various series, most notably the Italian GT Championship and Challenge Endurance Italia series in 1997 and 1998. The FIA Sportscar Championship also held a single running of the 1000km in 2001.

In 2004, the 1000km were resumed as a part of the Le Mans Series, which has held the event since then. A race for 2006 was planned by the Le Mans Series, but had to be cancelled due to protests over the noise pollution caused by the event. Agreements were later reached to allow the event to return in 2007.

[edit] Winners

Year	Drivers	Team	Car	Time	Championship
3 Hour distance, 10.1km circuit
1963	Roy Salvadori	David Brown	Aston Martin DP214	-	World Sportscar Championship
1964	Rob Slotemaker	Ben Pon	Porsche 904 GTS	-	World Sportscar Championship
1000km distance, 10.1km circuit
1965	Mike Parkes Jean Guichet	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 275P2	4:56.08.000	World Sportscar Championship
1966	John Surtees Mike Parkes	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 330P3	6:05:11.600	World Sportscar Championship
1967	Lorenzo Bandini Chris Amon	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 330P4	5:07:43.000	World Sportscar Championship
1968	David Hobbs Paul Hawkins	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Ford GT40 Mk.I	5:18:23.400	World Sportscar Championship
1969	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 908LH	4:53:41.200	World Sportscar Championship
1000km distance, 5.8km circuit
1970	Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Porsche 917K	4:18:01.700	World Sportscar Championship
1971	Pedro Rodríguez Jackie Oliver	J.W. Automotive Engineering	Porsche 917K	4:14:32.600	World Sportscar Championship
1972	Jacky Ickx Clay Regazzoni	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 312PB	5:52:05.600	World Sportscar Championship
1973	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Ferrari 312PB	4:04:34.400	World Sportscar Championship
1974	Arturo Merzario Mario Andretti	Autodelta SpA	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	4:45:57:400	World Sportscar Championship
1975	Arturo Merzario Jacques Lafitte	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	4:43:21.800	World Sportscar Championship
4 Hour distance, 5.8km circuit
1976	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Martini Racing	Porsche 936	4:00:54.400	World Sportscar Championship
500km distance, 5.8km circuit
1977	Vittorio Brambilla	Autodelta SpA	Alfa Romeo 33SC12	2:40:06.000	World Sportscar Championship
1978	No Race
1000km distance, 5.8km circuit
1979	Renzo Zorzi Marco Copaferri		Lola T286-Ford	5:47:26.000	Italian Group 6 Championship
1980	Alain de Cadenet Desiré Wilson	Alain de Cadenet	De Cadenet-Ford	6:01:08.880	World Sportscar Championship Italian Group 6 Championship
1981	Edgar Dören Jürgen Lässig Gerhard Holup	Weralit Racing Team	Porsche 935 K3	6:33:48.000	World Sportscar Championship
1982	Henri Pescarolo Giorgio Franca	Automobiles Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M382-Ford	5:33:56.200	World Sportscar Championship
1983	Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen	Joest Racing	Porsche 956	5:12:06.900	World Sportscar Championship
1984	Stefan Bellof Derek Bell	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956	5:06:15.800	World Sportscar Championship
1985	Manfred Winkelhock Marc Surer	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962C	4:04:41.310	World Sportscar Championship
360km distance, 5.8km circuit
1986	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 962C	1:48:40.290	World Sportscar Championship
1000km distance, 5.8km circuit
1987	John Watson Jan Lammers	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-8	5:03:55.370	World Sportscar Championship
1988	Martin Brundle Eddie Cheever	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9	4:52:13.520	World Sportscar Championship
1989	No Race
480km distance, 5.8km circuit
1990	Mauro Baldi Jean-Louis Schlesser	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mercedes-Benz C11	2:17:11.735	World Sportscar Championship
430km distance, 5.8km circuit
1991	Martin Brundle Derek Warwick	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-14	2:05:42.844	World Sportscar Championship
500km distance, 5.8km circuit
1992	Geoff Lees Hitoshi Ogawa	Toyota Team Tom's	Toyota TS010	2:16:42.659	World Sportscar Championship
1993	No Race
1994	No Race
1995	No Race
1996	No Race
1000km distance, 5.8km circuit
1997	Thomas Bscher John Nielsen	Kremer Racing	Kremer K8 Spyder-Porsche	5:33:44.800	Challenge Endurance Italia
1998	Thomas Bscher Geoff Lees	GTC Team Davidoff	McLaren F1 GTR	5:08:55.952	Italian GT Championship Challenge Endurance Italia
1999	No Race
2000	No Race
2001	Giovanni Lavaggi Christian Vann	GLV Brums	Ferrari 333 SP-Judd	5:17:08.756	FIA Sportscar Championship
2002	No Race
2003	No Race
2004	Jamie Davies Johnny Herbert	Audi Sport UK Veloqx	Audi R8	5:05:52.043	Le Mans Series
2005	Emmanuel Collard Jean-Christophe Boullion	Pescarolo Sport	Pescarolo C60-Judd	5:02:32.220	Le Mans Series
2006	No Race
2007	Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi (Diesel)	4:59:20.735	Le Mans Series
2008	Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 908 HDi (Diesel)	4:59:07.955	Le Mans Series