6H Monza: Toyota victorious overall and United Autosports dominate thrilling race in LMP2

The pole-sitting #7 Toyota charged to victory after six hours of thrilling action at the 6 Hours of Monza, Round 3 of FIA WEC Season 9.

2H REPORT – 6H Monza: Bittersweet for Toyota with race lead and troubles into 2-hour mark

4H REPORT – 6H Monza: Hypercar drama as United Autosports assert LMP2 dominance at fourth hour

Glickenhaus Racing performed an eight-minute-long front brake change to return them back amongst the LMP2 field, but they would go on to assert already-proven pace for the rest of the race.

The #22 United Autosports was being held well at the lead of the LMP2 field, as Fabio Scherer completed a strong double-stint.

He handed the car to Filipe Albuquerque to take the car home with a double-stint run.

A recurring battle for the final spot on the GTE-Am podium created a thrilling spectacle.

Matteo Cairoli in his #56 Porsche and Augusto Farfus’s #98 Aston Martin dueled intensely, but Farfus came out on top on a charge for D’station Racing.

The #83 AF Corse which started last at the beginning was leading the GTE-Am category in-front of their home spectators.

Into the final hour of the race, the leading #36 Alpine Elf Matmut of Matthieu Vaxiviere was being chased by a rapid Mike Conway who was on pole position until the Alpine pitted with 40 minutes left.

The race’s second Full-Course-Yellow was deployed for seven minutes to repair a damaged curb at the Ascari chicane.

Toyota was under a close call for their final pit stop for an infringement, but were given a warning.

It was a 25-minute sprint to the end of the race and both GTE classes were in the main frame of action.

Home hero Alessandro Pier Guidi put on a fight to the end in pursuit to claim a victory off the Kevin Estre in the #92, and this fight ran right to the final two minutes until they needed to make a quick pitstop for the extra lap at the end of the race.

Meanwhile, the GTE-Am fight for P2 lasted for the final 20 minutes and to the last lap.

Augusto Farfus asserted strong pace to battle side-by-side and then overtook the #777 of Tobonano Fujii for P2 in the category, on the final lap of the six-hour race.

It was a home victory in GTE-Am with the #83 taking victory from the last spot on the grid six hours ago.

In GTE-Pro, it was the #92 that sought victory after their ongoing battles with Ferrari.

The LMP2 category presented a close fight between the #31 and the #22 until the three-hour mark when United Autosports build a momentous gap to dominate in the class.

This is their eighth consecutive FIA WEC podium appearance, and a fourth time for the championship to have an LMP2 on the overall podium (the first for United).

Toyota GAZOO Racing’s #7 pole-sitter went on take victory with four out of the five Hypercars experiencing dramas throughout.

Glickenhaus finished fourth overall in the #709, and the #708 retired due to a gearbox issue earlier on.