Toni Vilander

Toni Markus Vilander (born 25 July 1980 in Kankaanpää, Satakunta, Finland) is a Finnish racing driver, who competed in the FIA GP2 Series in 2005. Vilander would compete in four GP2 Series races for Coloni Motorsport during his short time in GP2, before establishing himself as a factory Ferrari driver in GT racing.

Background
Vilander began his racing career at the age of five in his native Finland, battling through the karting scene to win the Finnish, German and Oceanic titles before the end of the second millennium. In 2002 Vilander moved into single-seaters, claiming fifth in the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 series, before finishing second in the winter edition of the same series. In 2003 Vilander would claim third in Italian Formula Renault, while also making his debut in the Formula 3 Italy championship.

Changing Dreams: 2004 - 2005
In 2004 Vilander competed in the Italian F3 series, finishing second in the championship alongside a handful of appearances in the Formula 3 Euro Series. For 2005 Vilander would initially enter the Formula 3000 Italy series, before switching to the Italian GT Championship within which the Finn would win the GT2 title with eight victories alongside Alessandro Pier Guidi.

GP2 Series History
Vilander was signed by Coloni Motorsport midway through the inaugural 2005 FIA GP2 Series, with the Finn replacing Gianmaria Bruni after the Italian driver left the team. Vilander made his debut at the 2005 Monza Feature Race, and would go on to finish fifteenth after slowly getting up to speed having never sat in a GP2 car before. Indeed, Vilander would improve further during the Monza Sprint, battling to eighth after starting from fifteenth in a race long slipstream fight in the midfield.

Vilander was less noticeable at his second GP2 meeting in Spa, with the Finn claiming fourteenth and thirteenth in the two races after failing to threaten the points. However, despite proving to be a competent midfielder Coloni would drop Vilander ahead of the finale in Bahrain, replacing him with Ferdinando Monfardini.

Post GP2 Series Career
Vilander ended his single-seater career at the end of the 2005 season, signing up to drive a Maserati in the Italian GT Championship in the GT1 class. Winning the title, Vilander would secure a full factory Ferrari drive for the 2007 season, with the Italian manufacturer placing the Finn in their FIA GT Championship programme. The Finn went on to win the 2007 title for AF Corse, a title he would defend in 2008 when he was reunited with Bruni for the season.

Vilander Value: 2009 - 2020
Vilander would finish second with Bruni in the FIA GT2 Championship in 2009, before he was moved to the Le Mans Series for 2010, finishing second. 2011 saw the Finn fall to fourth after a change to the GTE Pro class in the Le Mans Series, while also competing in the American Le Mans Series for the Italian marque's American affiliate Risi Competizione. For 2012 Vilander would bounce between series, notably claiming victory in the GTE Pro class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with his main focus being the GT1 World Championship for Ferrari.

2013 saw Vilander become a factory driver in Ferrari's FIA World Endurance Championship squad, racing to fifth in the WEC Cup for GT Drivers with AF Corse. In 2014 Vilander would claim his second class victory at Le Mans, while also claiming the LMGTE Pro title for AF Corse in the WEC. 2015 saw the Finn just fall shy of defending his title in the LMGTE Pro class, before being redeployed to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship by Ferrari.

Fifth in the IMSA championship would result, with Vilander remaining based in the US for 2017. In 2018 Vilander would drop down to the Pirelli World Challenge alongside the endurance rounds of the IMSA series, before a move to the American Blancpain championship for 2019.

Full GP2 Series Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining 's career in the GP2 Series in statistical form.

GP2 Series Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for during their GP2 career:

Career Results
Below is a table showing 's full GP2 Series record.


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