Forza Italia

In LMP2 the all Italian team of Cetilar Villorba Corsa will be hoping to build on the firm foundations the team built during the first race at Silverstone.  Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto and Andrea Belicchi will be looking for a podium finish on their home track, bettering the 6^th place finish they made on their LMP2 debut last month with the Dallara P217.

Andrea Roda is the fourth Italian driver on the LMP2 grid and will be racing for Portuguese team Algarve Pro Racing.

The LMP2 grid will also feature three Dallara P217 to take on the French manufacturers Ligier and Oreca.  In addition to the car run by Cetilar Villorba Corse, Dutch team Racing Team Nederland also use the Dallara chassis. The Italian manufacturer scored a podium finish in England when Danish team High Class Racing finished third.

The highly competitive LMP3 grid will feature one Italian team and six drivers amongst the 17 strong entry. Oregon Team are based just 50km from Monza in Cremosano and will run one of the two Nissan powered Norma M30 chassis for Italian drivers Davide Roda and Dario Capitanio.

American team Eurointernational will feature three Italian drivers in their two Ligier JS P3s with Giorgio Mondini and Davide Uboldi in the no11 car and Andrea Dromedari making up one third of the no12 crew.

Maurizio Mediani is the sixth and final Italian on the LMP3 grid, racing for Austrian team AT Racing who have moved up from the LMGTE class where they were regular podium finishers.

While there are no Italian teams on the LMGTE grid there are four drivers and, of course, Ferrari is well represented. 

Swiss team Spirit of Race are running two F488s with the no51 featuring an all Italian crew.  Former FIA GT1 World Champion and 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Andrea Bertolini will race with father and son duo Gianluca and Giorgio Roda.  The third Ferrari is the all British JMW Motorsport F458 Italia.

The no77 Proton Competition Porsche 911 will feature talented Porsche Young Driver Matteo Cairoli and the team will be looking to better their second place at Silverstone last month.

The 4 Hours of Monza will take place on the 12-14 May with the race taking place on Sunday 14 May.  The weekend will also feature the opening round of the Michelin Le Mans Cup and races for the World Series Formula V8 3.5 and the TCR International Series, giving fans a great mix of single seaters, touring cars and endurance.