Fabio Luca Scherer | |
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Nationality | Swiss |
Born | Aesch, Lucerne | 13 June 1999
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | Inter Europol Competition |
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
Car number | 34 |
Former teams | United Autosports USA |
Starts | 14 |
Wins | 3 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 2nd in 2023 |
Previous series | |
2022 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2016–17 2016–17 2016 | European Le Mans Series IMSA SportsCar Championship FIA World Endurance Championship Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters FIA Formula 3 Championship FIA Formula 3 European Championship ADAC Formula 4 Formula 4 UAE Championship Italian F4 Championship |
Fabio Luca Scherer (born 13 June 1999) is a racing driver from Switzerland, currently competing in the endurance racing, representing United Autosports in the European Le Mans Series.
Scherer started his single-seater career in 2016, staying in Formula 4 series for two seasons. [1] In 2018 he moved to 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, racing for Motopark Academy. [2] Scherer then competed for Charouz Racing System in the new FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2019. [3]
Since 2021 he competes in the endurance racing, taking on the FIA World Endurance Championship including 24 Hours of Le Mans, European Le Mans Series and IMSA SportsCar Championship. [4] [5] [6]
For the 2020 season, Scherer would migrate to sportscar racing, driving an Audi RS5 Turbo DTM for the Audi Sport Team WRT in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. [7] He experienced a challenging campaign, only breaking through to score points at the Zolder Circuit, where he finished fifth on two occasions. The Swiss driver ended up 16th in the standings, last of all full-time competitors.
Scherer moved to prototypes in 2021, driving in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. [8] Driving alongside Filipe Albuquerque and Phil Hanson at United Autosports, Scherer began the year with a win during his debut at Spa-Francorchamps before having to miss the next round due to COVID-19. [9] [10] The trio took another win at Monza, though they would only finish the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 18th thanks to a mid-race alternator failure. [11] [12] Scherer ended the year fifth in the standings.
He also drove for Fach Auto Racing in the Porsche Supercup the same year, taking a best finish of eleventh at the Red Bull Ring.
Having joined Inter Europol Competition ahead of the 2022 season, the Swiss driver made a one-off appearance in the WEC to replace a COVID-stricken Alex Brundle before embarking on a campaign in the ELMS, where he would be partnered by Pietro Fittipaldi and David Heinemeier Hansson. [13] [14] Together, the squad scored a podium at Spa on their way to eighth in the teams' championship. [15] They also took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 14th.
In addition, Scherer drove for High Class Racing in five races of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, where he too made a lone rostrum appearance at Road America. [16]
The Swiss driver remained at Inter Europol the following year, returning to the WEC on a full-time basis alongside Albert Costa and Jakub Śmiechowski. [17] The trio scored points in all seven races, even taking a podium at Spa, though the highlight of the season, as well as a personal success story for Scherer, turned out to come at Le Mans: during Scherer's first pit stop the Corvette Racing car drove over his left foot after he had exited the car, resulting in an incomplete fracture and ligament damage. [18] In spite of the pain, Scherer continued driving throughout the 24-hour event, even passing the WRT of Robert Kubica during the morning and holding on against a late charge from Louis Delétraz to cross the line first despite radio issues inside the final hour. [19] [20] [21] This result moved IEC into second in the standings, a position they would defend until the end of the campaign. [22] [23]
† As Scherer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.
(key) (Races 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 | 24 | Pos | Points |
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2016 | Jenzer Motorsport | OSC1 1 14 | OSC1 2 17 | OSC1 3 18 | SAC 1 21 | SAC 2 15 | SAC 3 22 | LAU 1 14 | LAU 2 10 | LAU 3 1 | OSC2 1 Ret | OSC2 2 16 | OSC2 3 14 | RBR 1 Ret | RBR 2 20 | RBR 3 15 | NÜR 1 21 | NÜR 2 16 | NÜR 3 16 | ZAN 1 17 | ZAN 2 16 | ZAN 3 16 | HOC 1 24 | HOC 2 Ret | HOC 3 33 | 17th | 26 |
2017 | US Racing | OSC1 1 4 | OSC1 2 3 | OSC1 3 8 | LAU 1 DSQ | LAU 2 DSQ | LAU 3 DSQ | RBR 1 Ret | RBR 2 9 | RBR 3 10 | OSC2 1 4 | OSC2 2 3 | OSC2 3 5 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 11 | NÜR 3 15 | SAC 1 2 | SAC 2 1 | SAC 3 5 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 Ret | HOC 3 11 | 5th | 154.5 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
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2018 | Motopark | Volkswagen | PAU 1 11 | PAU 2 Ret | PAU 3 4‡ | HUN 1 10 | HUN 2 11 | HUN 3 10 | NOR 1 19 | NOR 2 10 | NOR 3 16 | ZAN 1 13 | ZAN 2 9 | ZAN 3 5 | SPA 1 9 | SPA 2 2 | SPA 3 10 | SIL 1 10 | SIL 2 Ret | SIL 3 11 | MIS 1 14 | MIS 2 10 | MIS 3 8 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 11 | NÜR 3 14 | RBR 1 9 | RBR 2 7 | RBR 3 12 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 6 | HOC 3 11 | 14th | 64 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
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2019 | Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | CAT FEA 27 | CAT SPR Ret | LEC FEA 15 | LEC SPR Ret | RBR FEA Ret | RBR SPR 23 | SIL FEA 16 | SIL SPR 8 | HUN FEA 15 | HUN SPR 13 | SPA FEA 27 | SPA SPR 18 | MNZ FEA 8 | MNZ SPR 7 | SOC FEA Ret | SOC SPR Ret | 17th | 7 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
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2020 | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM | SPA 1 12 | SPA 2 12 | LAU 1 14 | LAU 2 11 | LAU 1 13 | LAU 2 15 | ASS 1 15 | ASS 2 Ret | NÜR 1 15 | NÜR 2 16† | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 14 | ZOL 1 13 | ZOL 2 5 | ZOL 1 5 | ZOL 2 Ret | HOC 1 13† | HOC 2 12 | 16th | 20 |
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2021 | United Autosports USA | Phil Hanson Filipe Albuquerque | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 328 | 40th | 18th |
2022 | Inter Europol Competition | Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 364 | 18th | 14th |
2023 | Inter Europol Competition | Albert Costa Jakub Śmiechowski | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 328 | 9th | 1st |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
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2021 | United Autosports USA | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA 1 | ALG WD | MNZ 1 | LMS 10 | BHR 4 | BHR 4 | 5th | 84 | |
2022 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB 14 | SPA | LMS 14† | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | 29th | 0 | |
2023 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB 3 | ALG 9 | SPA 3 | LMS 1 | MNZ 5 | FUJ 9 | BHR 6 | 2nd | 114 |
† Non World Endurance Championship entries are ineligible to score points.
(Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2022 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 11 | IMO 9 | MNZ 11 | CAT 16 | SPA 2 | ALG 4 | 10th | 32 |
2024 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 9 | LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 9th* | 2* |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
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2022 | High Class Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 V8 | DAY 9† | SEB 6 | LGA | MDO | WGL 4 | ELK 3 | ATL 4 | 10th | 1225 |
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
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2021 | Fach Auto Racing | MON | RBR 19 | RBR 11 | HUN 16 | SPA 22 | ZND 16 | MNZ 19 | MNZ 17 | NC† | 0 |
† As Scherer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
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