David Fumanelli

David Fumanelli
David Fumanelli at Brands Hatch
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1992-04-21) 21 April 1992 (age 32) Milan, Italy
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2022) FIA Gold (2023–)
Wins	15
Podiums	38
Poles	15
Fastest laps	8

David Cleto Fumanelli (21 April 1992, Milan) is an Italian racing driver and racing coach.

Single Seater Career

Formula Renault 2.0

Fumanelli, after just two years of national karting races, made his single-seater debut in 2008 in his native Italian Formula Renault 2.0 series, driving for RP Motorsport.

Formula 3

In September 2008, Fumanelli made his Formula 3 debut in the Spanish Formula 3 series, competing for last 2 rounds of the championship. During the last event in Valencia he was involved in a violent airborne accident with Spanish driver Carmen Jordá, which resulted in a vertebra trauma which forced him to a 6 months stop.

Fumanelli remained in the series for 2009, the first of three full seasons in the category with RP Motorsport. He finished his first full-season in eighth place and "Best Rookie" after recording two late-season victories at Jerez and Barcelona.

In 2010, he took three race wins to finish the year 3rd overall, showing an impressive progression and speed.

In 2011 Fumanelli finished as F3 European Open Vice - Champion. After a slow start to the season, which saw just one podium finish in the first eight races, he took four race victories in the final eight races, to finish eight points behind the Swiss driver Alex Fontana.

GP3 Series

Following a successful test at Jerez in December 2011, Fumanelli graduated to the GP3 Series in 2012, racing for MW Arden Team. ^[1]

His rookie season was very strong, many top-5 qualifyings brought him to a podium finish at the European GP in Valencia Street Circuit and a 4th place in Monaco Gran Prix.

He was forced to miss the Silverstone round due to family matters and he finished the season 11th overall in the championship.

In 2013 he continued in the series with the Italian Team Trident Racing. Despite some very strong winter tests, the Italian duo struggled with performance during the season and they decided to split up one round to the end of the championship.

Best result of the season was in the first round at the Spanish Gran Prix with a 7th place. He finished the season 19th overall.

GT career

Blancpain GT Series

In 2014 Fumanelli switched to GT racing and made his debut in the Blancpain GT Sprint Series with Roal Motorsport with a BMW Z4 GT3, sharing the box with the great Alex Zanardi. He finished the season as Silver Cup Vice-Champion with his mate Stefano Colombo.

In 2016 he was called to compete in the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps by Scuderia Praha with the new Ferrari 488 GT3.

In 2017 Fumanelli was selected by McLaren GT as Junior Driver to race for the factory team Strakka Racing with a McLaren 650S GT3. He competed in the Endurance series, plus some spot races in the Sprint Series alongside Lewis Williamson.

He was forced to leave McLaren at the end of the year due to a company restructuring.

Strakka Racing decided to keep Fumanelli for his 2018 campaign, where they switched from McLaren to Mercedes AMG. They debuted together at Bathurst 12 hours, first round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge with a Mercedes AMG GT3 finishing 3rd in Pro Am class. He was involved in both Intercontinental GT Challenge and Blancpain GT Endurance races, where he was selected to race in the Mercedes AMG factory car for the Silverstone round, alongside the two german aces Max Buhk and Maximilian Goetz.

The highlights of the year, together with Bathurst podium, were the 2nd place in Pro Am class at the 24 hours of Spa-Francorchamps and 1st place in Pro Am in the California 8 hours, Laguna Seca.

In 2019 he did two races for Strakka Racing, finishing 3rd in Pro Am at the 24 hours of Spa-Francorchamps alongside Christina Nielsen, Richard Heidstand and Jack Hawksworth.

He raced for Mercedes Black Falcon Team in the last round of Blancpain GT Endurance, finishing 2nd in Silver class and 7th overall.

Ferrari Challenge Europe

In 2017 Fumanelli won the Ferrari Master Show race during Bologna Motor Show, with a Ferrari 488 Challenge with Rossocorsa Racing.

In 2018 he did three races in Ferrari Challenge Europe with Rossocorsa Racing, finishing second in the World Finals at Monza.

Renault Sport Trophy

Between 2015 and 2016 Fumanelli competed for Oregon Team in the Renault Sport Trophy, a one-make sports-car series made by Renault Sport.

He won the Endurance title in 2015 with his team mate Dario Capitanio and finished 3rd in Pro class standings.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Italian Formula Renault 2.0	RP Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	14	25th
	Spanish Formula 3 Championship		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2009	European F3 Open	RP Motorsport	16	2	0	0	2	43	8th
	Italian Formula 3 Championship		4	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
2010	European F3 Open	RP Motorsport	16	3	3	2	5	112	3rd
	Italian Formula 3 Championship		2	0	0	0	0	2	20th
2011	European F3 Open	RP Motorsport	16	4	4	4	7	115	2nd
	Italian Formula 3 Championship		2	0	0	0	0	1	18th
2012	GP3 Series	MW Arden	16	0	0	0	1	47	11th
2013	GP3 Series	Trident Racing	14	0	0	0	0	6	19th
2014	Blancpain Sprint Series	ROAL Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	3	26th
	Blancpain Sprint Series - Silver Cup		14	4	4	0	10	154	2nd
2015	Renault Sport Trophy - Elite Class	Oregon Team	9	1	2	0	2	103	3rd
	Renault Sport Endurance Trophy		6	1	1	0	6	115	1st
2016	Renault Sport Trophy - Pro Class	Oregon Team	9	0	1	0	4	95	4th
	Renault Sport Endurance Trophy		6	0	0	0	0	27	11th
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	Automobile Tricolore	2	0	1	1	1	15	15th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Scuderia Praha	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am Cup		1	0	0	0	0	13	30th
2017	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Strakka Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Silver Cup		4	3	2	2	3	55	5th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am Cup		1	0	0	0	0	12	32nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Strakka Racing	4	0	0	0	0	14	30th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am Cup		1	0	0	0	1	42	10th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		4	0	0	0	0	6	22nd
	Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro)	Rossocorsa	6	1	1	0	2	51	6th
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silver Cup	Black Falcon	1	0	0	0	1	18	19th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	6	29th
		Strakka Racing	2	0	0	0	0
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am Cup		1	0	0	0	1	27	13th
	GT Cup Open Europe	Scuderia San Marino	2	0	0	?	0	0	NC†
2019-20	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	ACE1 Villorba Corse	3	1	0	1	2	50	4th
2020	Porsche Carrera Cup Italy	Team Q8 Hi Performance	12	2	2	2	6	138	2nd
	Le Mans Cup - GT3	Kessel Racing	1	0	0	0	0	6	15th
2021	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Kessel Racing	6	3	1	2	5	84	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am Cup		1	0	0	0	0	2	37th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	International GT Open	Kessel Racing	13	0	4	1	1	47	8th
	International GT Open - Pro-Am		13	0	5	1	6	54	4th
	Asian Le Mans Series - GT		2	0	0	0	0	2	14th
	24H GT Series - GT3		2	0	0	1	0	12	NC†
2023	International GT Open	Kessel Racing	11	0	1	1	0	6	27th
	International GT Open - Pro-Am		11	0	1	1	3	22	9th
	Asian Le Mans Series - GT		2	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
	Le Mans Cup - GT3		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24H GT Series - GT3		3	2	0	0	2	90	7th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Kessel Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Le Mans Cup - GT3		7	1	0	1	2	64.5	5th
	24H Series - GT3	Boem by Kessel Racing	2	0	1	0	0	24	26th
	International GT Open	racing one	4	0	0	1	0	2	34th
2025	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Inception Racing	1	0	0	0	0	143	19th*

^† As Fumanelli was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	D.C.	Points
2012	MW Arden	CAT FEA 9	CAT SPR 17	MON FEA 4	MON SPR 5	VAL FEA 3	VAL SPR 16	SIL FEA DNS	SIL SPR DNS	HOC FEA 12	HOC SPR 10	HUN FEA 8	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA 20	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 6	MNZ SPR 13	11th	47
2013	Trident Racing	CAT FEA 7	CAT SPR 17	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR Ret	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 20	NÜR FEA 17	NÜR SPR 20	HUN FEA 16	HUN SPR 18	SPA FEA 15	SPA SPR 14	MNZ FEA 15	MNZ SPR 18	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	19th	6

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2014	ROAL Motorsport	BMW Z4 GT3	Silver	NOG QR 15	NOG CR 11	BRH QR 11	BRH CR 10	ZAN QR 15	ZAN CR 12	SVK QR 5	SVK CR 13	ALG QR Ret	ALG CR 15	ZOL QR 12	ZOL CR 17	BAK QR Ret	BAK CR 14	2nd	154
2017	Strakka Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	Silver	MIS QR	MIS CR	BRH QR 14	BRH CR 11	ZOL QR 11	ZOL CR 25	HUN QR	HUN CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR					5th	55

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points
2019–20	ACE1 Villorba Corse	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	SHA	BEN 3	SEP 5	BUR 1	4th	50
2022	Kessel Racing	GT	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DUB 1 DNS	DUB 2 DNS	ABU 1 10	ABU 2 10	14th	2
2023	Kessel Racing	GT	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DUB 1 NC	DUB 2 13	ABU 1 DNS	ABU 2 WD	22nd	0

^* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2025	Inception Racing	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6	DAY 19	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET	19th*	143*

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. "David Fumanelli joins MW Arden for 2012 GP3 season". GP3 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

External links

• Official website (in Italian)
• David Fumanelli career summary at DriverDB.com
• David Fumanelli on Twitter

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural	Renault Sport Endurance Trophy Champion 2015 With: Dario Capitanio	Succeeded by Markus Palttala Fabian Schiller