4 Hours of Monza – Facts and Figures

Here are a few facts and figures to get to know this famous track:

• Track Length: 5.793km /3.6 miles
• Corners: 10
• Circuit Opened: 15 May 1922
• Entries: 36 (12 LMP2 / 17 LMP3 / 7 LMGTE)
• 28 Teams and 103 drivers will take part in the 4 Hours of Monza representing 21 different nations
• 2008 LMP1 Winners – Pedro Lamy / Stephane Sarrazin – Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP

          2008 LMP2 Winners – John Nielsen / Casper Elgaard – Porsche RS Spyder

          2008 LMGT1 Winners – Tomas Enge / Antonio Garcia – Aston Martin DBR9

          2008 LMGT2 Winners – Richard Lietz / Raymond Narac – Porsche 997 GT3 RSR

• Monza is the world’s third purpose built race track after Brooklands (UK) and Indianapolis (USA).
• The fastest lap record by an LMP2 car at the recent preseason test was 1m36.461 (no28 IDEC Sport Racing Ligier JPS217-Gibson).  This compares to the fastest race lap of 1m37.625 set by the Porsche RS Spyder on the 27 April 2008
• Top Speed during the official test in March: 314.9 km/h by the n°40 of Graff. 

The start of the 4 Hours of Monza will be given on the 14th May at 13:30.