Toni Vilander

Toni Vilander
Born	(1980-07-25) July 25, 1980 Kankaanpää, Finland
Occupation	Professional racing driver
Years active	2001–present
Known for	GT racing, FIA World Endurance Championship, 24 Hours of Le Mans victories

Toni Markus Vilander (born 25 July 1980) is a professional racing driver from Finland who currently races for the Risi Competizione Ferrari outfit across several sports car racing disciplines.

After advancing to the GP2 Series in 2005, Vilander shifted focus to GT racing, where he achieved numerous victories with AF Corse. His career highlights feature triumphs in the LMGTE Pro category at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning the FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers in 2014, as well as securing the GT2 class championships in the FIA GT Championship during 2007 and 2008.

Career

Originating from Kankaanpää, Vilander started karting at age five and claimed the Finnish Junior A title in 1995, followed by German and Oceanic championships in 1999. By 2001, he had progressed into open-wheel racing, competing in Italian Formula 3 with Coloni Motorsport by 2004, and then moving on to Italian Formula 3000 and the Italian GT series in 2005.

In mid-2005, after a conflict resulted in lead driver Gianmaria Bruni departing Coloni's GP2 team, Vilander stepped in temporarily for the Italian and Belgian rounds. He consistently finished around mid-field but was replaced before the Bahrain finale. Although he did not score points in GP2, Vilander excelled by finishing fourth overall in Italian Formula 3000 and clinching the Italian GT2 championship alongside co-driver Alessandro Pier Guidi.

January 2006 saw Vilander, Pier Guidi, and Giambattista Giannoccaro win the GT2 category at Mil Milhas Brasil piloting a Ferrari 360. That same year, Vilander captured titles in both GT2 (with Ferrari) and GT1 (teaming with Giannoccaro in a Maserati MC12) within the Italian GT Championship. He also made a guest appearance in the FIA GT Championship during that season.

Vilander sustained his success by winning the FIA GT Championship GT2 class twice: first in 2007 with Dirk Müller and then again in 2008 alongside Gianmaria Bruni. Additionally, he competed in the American Le Mans Series for Risi Competizione, driving a Ferrari 458 Italia GTC with Jaime Melo.

Beginning in 2008, Vilander has contested six editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with AF Corse behind the wheel of Ferraris. After retiring on debut, he showed steady improvement: placing fourth in GT2 (2010), runner-up in GTE-Pro (2011), and ultimately winning the LMGTE Pro class twice (2012 and 2014). Remarkably, his 2012 victory was achieved despite starting from last place due to a crash that necessitated extensive repairs. In 2013, he secured fifth place in GTE-Pro.

Vilander entered the FIA GT1 World Championship for the first time in 2012 with AF Corse alongside Filip Salaquarda. Together they earned two wins and finished ninth overall despite missing the final event. He did not return to this series as his commitments increased within the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Since the FIA World Endurance Championship began in 2012, Vilander has been a full-time competitor. That year he helped AF Corse claim the LMGTE Pro Trophy with wins at Le Mans and Bahrain. In 2013, he raced with Kamui Kobayashi and Olivier Beretta before rejoining AF Corse’s lead car at Bahrain to assist in securing another class title ahead of Aston Martin Racing. In 2014, paired again with Bruni (and Fisichella at Le Mans), Vilander won races at Spa-Francorchamps and Le Mans, leading both manufacturers’ and GTE drivers’ standings after three events.

In 2016, Vilander teamed up with Giancarlo Fisichella for competition in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

On 5 February 2017, Vilander claimed victory at the esteemed Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour held at Mount Panorama Circuit driving for Australian outfit Maranello Motorsport. Sharing a Ferrari 488 GT3 with multiple Bathurst champions Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup, he became only the second Finnish driver to win this event following Mika Salo’s triumph in 2014. Despite it being his Bathurst debut, Vilander secured pole position (earning the Allan Simonsen Trophy) and set the fastest lap during race conditions.

Full Formula Renault 2.0 Italia results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position) (Races in italics represent fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final Position	Points
2002	RP Motorsport	VLL	PER 9	PER 10	SPA 11	MAG 2	MNZ 4	VAR 7	IMO 10	MIS 4	MUG 2			5th	96
2003	RP Motorsport	VLL 2	VLL 26	MAG 13	SPA 8	SPA 8	A1R 2	A1R 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	VAR 3	ADR 2	MNZ 3	3rd	205

Full Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps are in italics)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final Standing	Points

|- | 2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup#2002 ! nowrap | RP Motorsport

| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours#MAG
| Silverstone Circuit#SIL
| Circuito del Jarama#JAR
| Scandinavian Raceway#AND
| Motorsport Arena Oschersleben#OSC
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps#SPA
| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | Imola Circuit#IMO

| Donington Park#DON
| Autódromo do Estoril#EST
! 66th 
! 0 

|- | 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Masters#2003

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|[[Motorsport Arena Oschersleben#OSC
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Full Italian Formula Three Championship results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole positions) (Entries in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Position	Points
2003	RP Motorsport	Dallara F302	Renault	MIS	BIN	MAG	IMO	PER	MUG 2	VAR	MNZ	VLL DNS						12th	16
2004	Coloni Motorsport	Lola-Dome F106	Spiess-Opel	ADR	MAG	PER	MUG 1	MUG 1	IMO 1	IMO 1	VAR 1	MNZ Ret	MNZ 4	VLL Ret	VLL 1	MIS Ret	MIS 8	1st	146

Full Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Entries in bold represent pole positions) (Entries in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final Standing	Points

|- | 2004

! nowrap | Coloni Motorsport
! nowrap | Lola F106/03/009 
! Mugen
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | HOC
1 
 
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | HOC
2 
 
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | EST
1 
 
|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | EST
2 
 
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!26th 
!0 

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Full Italian Formula 3000 Championship Results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics denote fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final Position	Points Scored
2005	Team Astromega	ADR Retired	VLL 1st	BRN Retired	IMO Retired	MUG Retired				4th overall	23 points
	GP Racing						MAG 2nd	MNZ 6th	MIS Retired

Complete GP2 Series Results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Final Standing	Points Total
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 15th	MNZ SPR 8th	SPA FEA 14th	SPA SPR 13th	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	25th overall	0 points

24 Hours of Le Mans Results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Laps Completed	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Thomas Biagi Template:Country data SMRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Christian Montanari	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	111	DNF	DNF
2010	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Giancarlo Fisichella Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jean Alesi	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	323	16th	4th
2011	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Giancarlo Fisichella Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	314	13th	2nd
2012	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Giancarlo Fisichella Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	336	17th	1st
2013	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kamui Kobayashi Template:Country data MONTemplate:Namespace detect showall Olivier Beretta	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	312	20th	5th
2014	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Gianmaria Bruni Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	339	13th	1st
2015	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Gianmaria Bruni Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	330	25th	3rd
2016	Risi Competizione	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Giancarlo Fisichella Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	340	20th	2nd

|- ! 2017

| align= "left" | Risi Competizione 
| align= "left" |Giancarlo Fisichella
Pierre Kaffer 
| align= "left" |Ferrari 488 GTE 
| GTE < br/> Pro 
|72 
| DNF 
| DNF 
|- !2018 
| align= "left" |AF Corse 
| align= "left" |Pipo Derani
Antonio Giovinazzi 
| align= "left" |Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 
| GTE < br/> Pro 
|341 
|20th 
|5th 
|- !2019 
| align= "left" nowrap |WeatherTech Racing 
| align= "left" nowrap |Cooper MacNeil
Robert Smith 
| align= "left" nowrap |Ferrari 488 GTE 
| GTE < br/> Am 
|333 
|33rd 
|style= "background:#FFDF9F;"|'3rd' 
|- !2020 
| align= "left" nowrap |WeatherTech Racing 
| align= "left" nowrap |Cooper MacNeil
Jeff Segal 
| align= "left" nowrap |Ferrari 488 GTE Evo 
| GTE < br/> Pro 
|185 
|DNF 
|DNF 
|- !2022 
| align= "left" nowrap >AF Corse  

  |   align= "left" nowrap >"Simon Mann"
Christoph Ulrich   |   align= "left" nowrap >Ferrari 488 GTE Evo   |  GTE < br >Am  | 339

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Full FIA GT Championship Outcomes

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Position
2006	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	GT2	Ferrari F430 GTC	SIL	BRN	OSC	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	PRI	DIJ	MUG	BUD	ADR	DUB 2		8	17th
2007	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall 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		73	1st
2008	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall 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	93	style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

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Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Results	Points	Position
2009	Template:Flagicon\ AF Corse	GT2	Ferrari F430 GTC	SIL:11, ADR:2, OSC:1, SPA:1, BUD:2, ALG:6, PAU:1, ZOL:4	54	2nd

Full GT1 World Championship Results

Year	Team	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final Position	Total Points
2012	AF Corse	Ferrari	NOG QR 5	NOG CR 6	ZOL QR 13	ZOL CR 3	NAV QR 10	NAV CR 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	9th	80

Complete Results in the FIA World Endurance Championship

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position; those in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team Entry	Category	Car Model	Engine Type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Overall Ranking	Points Accumulated
2012	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	SEB	SPA	LMS	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ	SHA		75th	1.5	-	2013	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR		5th	108

Bathurst 12 Hour Full Results

Year	Car No.	Team Name	Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Completed Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	88	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Maranello Motorsport	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jamie Whincup Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Craig Lowndes	Ferrari 488 GT3	AP	290	1st	1st

IMSA SportsCar Championship Complete Results

(legend) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position; results shown in italics represent fastest lap)

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Season	Team	Car No.	Division	Manufacturer	Engine Type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		Championship Points
2015	AF Corse	51	GTLM	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	COA				20th	49
	Risi Competizione	62													PET
2016	Risi Competizione	62	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbocharged V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET		5th place	305 points