Toni Vilander

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Toni Vilander
Toni Vilander 2016.jpg
Vilander in 2016
Nationality Flag of Finland.svg Finnish
Born (1980-07-25) 25 July 1980 (age 43)
Kankaanpää, Finland
Racing licence FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2008, 2010
Teams AF Corse
Risi Competizione
Best finish13th (2011)
Class wins2 (2012, 2014)

Toni Markus Vilander (born 25 July 1980) is a Finnish professional racing driver who currently drives for the Risi Competizione Ferrari team in various categories of sports car racing.

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After a single-seater career which reached the level of the GP2 Series in 2005, Vilander switched to GT racing. He has had numerous successes with AF Corse, winning the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans races in the LMGTE Pro class, as well as the FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers in 2014 and also the GT2 class championship of the FIA GT Championship in 2007 and 2008.

Career

Born in Kankaanpää, Vilander started racing karts at the age of five, winning the Junior A class of the Finnish Karting Championship in 1995, and both the German and Oceanic championships in 1999. He then upgraded to open-wheel cars in 2001. By 2004, he was competing in Italian Formula 3 with the Coloni team, and upgraded to Italian Formula 3000 in 2005, as well as competing in the Italian GT series.

However, trouble was brewing in the Coloni GP2 team, as lead driver Gianmaria Bruni had a row and left mid-season. Vilander got the call-up from Coloni to be Bruni's temporary substitute and competed in the Italian and Belgian rounds of the championship. He proved a competent midfield runner, finishing 15th, 8th, 14th and 13th in the four races in which he took part. For the season-closing double-header in Bahrain, Coloni chose to replace Vilander with Ferdinando Monfardini, and Toni went back to his normal drives. Vilander finished 25th overall in the series' inaugural year with no points, but was more successful in Italian Formula 3000, where he finished fourth with 23 points, and more successful still in Italian GT2, where he was crowned champion with his co-driver Alessandro Pier Guidi, scoring a total of 182 points.

In January 2006, Vilander, Pier Guidi and Giambattista Giannoccaro won the GT2 class of the Mil Milhas Brasil race and were placed fourth overall, driving a Ferrari 360. Using that same car, he went on to win that year's GT2 class of the Italian GT Championship. He also won the GT1 class of the 2006 Italian GT Championship with Giannoccaro, driving a Maserati MC12. For one race, he made a guest appearance in the FIA GT Championship.

Continuing his sportscar success, Vilander won the GT2 class of the 2007 FIA GT Championship with teammate Dirk Müller. In 2008 he teamed up with Gianmaria Bruni and retained his title. He also competed in the American Le Mans Series alongside Jaime Melo in a Ferrari 458 Italia GTC for Risi Competizione.

Vilander shared this AF Corse-run Ferrari 458 Italia to win the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans with Gianmaria Bruni and Giancarlo Fisichella. Ferrari 458 GTC AF Corse Le Mans 2012.jpg
Vilander shared this AF Corse-run Ferrari 458 Italia to win the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans with Gianmaria Bruni and Giancarlo Fisichella.

Vilander has competed in six Le Mans 24 Hours races from 2008 onwards, driving Ferraris for the AF Corse team. In 2008, he shared a Ferrari 430 with Thomas Biagi and Christian Montanari in the GT2 class but failed to finish. Two years later, he returned to La Sarthe to drive a Ferrari 458 Italia with Jean Alesi and Giancarlo Fisichella, finishing 16th overall and fourth in the GT2 class. In 2011 he again drove a 458 with Fisichella and Gianmaria Bruni in the new GTE-Pro category, improving to 13th overall and second in class having held the class lead for much of the 24 hours. For the 2012 race, the trio returned and won the class convincingly (finishing 17th overall) despite the car having to be completely rebuilt for the race following Fisichella's crash in practice, missing qualifying and starting from the back of the grid as a result. [1] In 2013, he again drove a 458 for AF Corse, this time with Kamui Kobayashi and Olivier Beretta, finishing fifth in the GTE-Pro class. He was reunited with Bruni and Fisichella once more for the 2014 race, and the trio took another class victory.

Vilander made his début in the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2012, again driving a Ferrari 458 Italia for AF Corse alongside Filip Salaquarda. The duo took two victories—one at the Slovakiaring and the other at the Nürburgring—and Vilander finished ninth in the drivers' standings after missing the final round of the season. He did not return to the series in 2013 due to his increased World Endurance Championship commitments for the team.

Vilander has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship since the series was launched in 2012, having made sporadic appearances in the interim Intercontinental Le Mans Cup series which preceded it. In 2012 he shared a Ferrari 458 Italia with Bruni and Fisichella in AF Corse's lead entry for three of the championship's eight rounds, winning at Le Mans and in Bahrain, assisting the team to win the LMGTE Pro Trophy. For the 2013 season, he was switched to the team's second entry full-time, with Kamui Kobayashi and Olivier Beretta. For the final race in Bahrain, he was swapped with Fisichella in the lead entry due to the latter's disappointing performances, and duly won the class with Bruni to narrowly retain AF Corse's class championship over the works Aston Martin Racing team. With Kobayashi returning to Formula One, Vilander remains with the lead AF Corse team in 2014 with Bruni, and has won the races at Spa-Francorchamps and Le Mans (the latter also with Fisichella) to lead the GTE manufacturers' championship and the newly introduced GTE drivers' championship after three races.

In 2016 Vilander will team up with Giancarlo Fisichella in WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. [2]

On 5 February 2017, Vilander won the 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia for Australian team Maranello Motorsport driving with multiple Bathurst 1000 winners Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup in a Ferrari 488 GT3 to become the second Finnish driver to win the Bathurst 12 Hour after Mika Salo had won the event in 2014. Despite it being his first drive at Bathurst, Vilander impressed when claimed the Allan Simonsen Trophy for pole position and in a brilliant drive also set the fastest lap of the race. [3]

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2004 Coloni Motorsport Lola F106/03/009 Mugen HOC
1

15
HOC
2

12
EST
1

Ret
EST
2

16
ADR
1
ADR
1
PAU
1
PAU
2
NOR
1
NOR
1
MAG
1
MAG
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
BRN
1
BRN
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
26th0

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920212223DCPoints
2005 Coloni Motorsport IMO
FEA
IMO
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
MNZ
FEA

15
MNZ
SPR

8
SPA
FEA

14
SPA
SPR

13
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
25th0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2008 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Biagi
Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg Christian Montanari
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2111DNFDNF
2010 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella
Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT232316th4th
2011 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella
Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Pro
31413th2nd
2012 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella
Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Pro
33617th1st
2013 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi
Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Pro
31220th5th
2014 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Pro
33913th1st
2015 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Pro
33025th3rd
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Malucelli
Ferrari 488 GTE GTE
Pro
34020th2nd
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Kaffer
Ferrari 488 GTE GTE
Pro
72DNFDNF
2018 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani
Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Pro
34120th5th
2019 Flag of the United States.svg WeatherTech Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Smith
Ferrari 488 GTE GTE
Am
33333rd3rd
2020 Flag of the United States.svg WeatherTech Racing Flag of the United States.svg Cooper MacNeil
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Segal
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Pro
185DNFDNF
2022 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Flag of the United States.svg Simon Mann
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christoph Ulrich
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am
33941st8th

Complete FIA GT Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassis12345678910111213PointsRank
2006 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse GT2 Ferrari F430 GTC SIL
BRN
OSC
SPA
6H

SPA
12H

SPA
24H

PRI
DIJ
MUG
BUD
ADR
DUB
2
817th
2007 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse Motorola GT2 Ferrari F430 GTC ZHU
1
SIL
1
BUC
1
MON
2
OSC
4
SPA
6H

Ret
SPA
12H

Ret
SPA
24H

Ret
ADR
1
BRN
1
NOG
Ret
ZOL
1
731st
2008 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse GT2 Ferrari F430 GTC SIL
1
MON
2
ADR
1
OSC
1
SPA
6H

2
SPA
12H

3
SPA
24H

3
BUC
R1

2
BUC
R2

2
BRN
1
NOG
3
ZOL
1
SAN
2
931st
2009 Flag of Italy.svg AF Corse GT2 Ferrari F430 GTC SIL
11
ADR
2
OSC
1
SPA
1
BUD
2
ALG
6
PAU
1
ZOL
4
542nd

Complete GT1 World Championship results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2012 AF Corse Ferrari NOG
QR

5
NOG
CR

6
ZOL
QR

13
ZOL
CR

3
NAV
QR

10
NAV
QR

9
SVK
QR

1
SVK
CR

4
ALG
QR

12
ALG
CR

Ret
SVK
QR

7
SVK
CR

6
MOS
QR

9
MOS
CR

Ret
NUR
QR

8
NUR
CR

1
DON
QR
DON
CR
9th80

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456789RankPoints
2012 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5L V8 SEB
EX
SPA LMS
1
SIL SÃO BHR
1
FUJ SHA 75th1.5
2013 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5L V8 SIL
2
SPA
3
LMS
4
SÃO
Ret
COA
3
FUJ
9
SHA
5
BHR
1
5th108
2014 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL
4
SPA
1
LMS
1
COA
3
FUJ
1
SHA
Ret
BHR
1
SÃO
4
1st168
2015 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL
1
SPA
4
LMS
4
NÜR
14
COA
7
FUJ
1
SHA
2
BHR
2
2nd131.5
2017 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR
11
MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 25th0.5
2022 AF Corse LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SEB
7
SPA
11
LMS
7
MNZ
7
FUJ
10
BHR
11
17th28

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

YearCar#TeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2017 88 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maranello Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes
Ferrari 488 GT3 AP2901st1st

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamNo.ClassMakeEngine123456789101112Pos.Points
2015 AF Corse 51GTLM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5L V8 DAY
10
SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR COA 20th49
Risi Competizione 62 PET
5
2016 Risi Competizione 62GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
6
SEB
4
LBH
3
LGA
5
WGL
6
MOS
7
LIM
4
ELK
5
VIR
7
COA
8
PET
1
5th305
2017 Risi Competizione 62GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
3
SEB
3
LBH
9
COA
9
WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR
3
LGA
2
PET
3
9th199
2018 Risi Competizione 62GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
5
SEB
5
LBH MDO WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET
9
14th74
2019 Scuderia Corsa 63GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
23
SEB
3
MDO
7
DET
12
WGL
3
MOS
9
LIM
11
ELK
7
VIR
3
LGA
2
PET
5
5th246
2020 Scuderia Corsa 63GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
7
DAY
5
SEB
2
ELK
4
VIR
13
ATL
9
MDO CLT PET LGA SEB 22nd119
2022 AF Corse 21GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
4
SEB
3
LBH LGA MDO DET WGL
8
MOS LIM ELK VIR PET
8
20th1119

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series
Champion

2002
Succeeded by
Preceded by Italian GT Championship
Champion

2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers
2014
With: Gianmaria Bruni
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour
2017
With: Craig Lowndes & Jamie Whincup
Succeeded by
Preceded by SprintX GT Championship Series
champion

2018
With: Miguel Molina
Succeeded by
Incumbent