Giorgio Roda

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Giorgio Roda
2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 No.88 (DSC04264).jpg
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (1994-03-18) March 18, 1994 (age 30)
Como, Italy
Related to Gianluca Roda (father)
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 career
Debut season 2018–19
Current team Proton Competition
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze
Car number88
Starts12 (12 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish17th in 2024

Giorgio Roda (born 18 March 1994) is an Italian racing driver who currently competes in the LMGT3 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship with Proton Competition. He has attained multiple successes in GT racing, winning the 2014 International GT Open in the GTS class, taking the European Le Mans Series title in LMGTE in 2018 and winning the 2020 Italian GT Endurance Championship. [1] [2]

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His father Gianluca is also a racecar driver, as well as the owner of steel company Aceros Olarra. [3]

Career

Following a spell in karts, Roda made his car racing debut in 2011, driving for Cram Competition in the Formula Abarth Series. [4] His debut season proved to be challenging, as Roda scored a best finish of ninth at Imola and ended up 19th in the Italian standings, but he would return with Prema Powerteam the following year. [5] The Italian failed to score any podiums despite a smaller grid size, finishing ninth in both the Italian and European championships. For his third season in 2013 (a partial campaign) Roda returned to Cram, winning a race at Misano. [6]

Roda moved into GT racing in 2014, driving for AF Corse in the GTS class of the International GT Open alongside a revolving cast of teammates. [7] A successful season followed, with seven podiums, which included two class wins, earning Roda the GTS title. For 2015, the Italian moved to AF Corse's European Le Mans Series squad, partnering Marco Cioci and Ilya Melnikov. [8] The trio combined for a patchy season, failing to finish twice, though a win at the final round would bring them to fourth place in the standings. [9]

After a year out of racing, Roda returned to the ELMS in 2017, driving in the LMGTE category for Spirit of Race. [10] Despite scoring a victory at Spa, Roda and his teammates ended the season last of all full-time entrants. A move to Proton Competition followed, with whom Roda would race in both the ELMS and the 2018–19 WEC season. [11] [12] Racing alongside his father Gianluca and pro driver Matteo Cairoli in the former, Roda would be part of a lineup that finished five of the six races on the podium, coming out on top in a title battle against JMW Motorsport. [13] In the WEC "Super Season" however, a disqualification coupled with a points reset for the opening four rounds set the team back, as Roda ended his campaign 19th in the standings. During the pandemic-affected 2020 season, Roda raced in the Endurance category of the Italian GT series. Together with Ferrari drivers Alessio Rovera and Antonio Fuoco he would take two victories on their way to the championship. [14]

During the 2021 and 2022 seasons Roda moved into the SRO world, driving in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups. [15] [16] These two years yielded little success for the Italian, who was downgraded to an FIA Bronze rating ahead of 2023. [17] That year, Roda switched into prototype racing, driving for Proton in the ELMS's LMP2 Pro-Am category. [18] Having shown strong qualifying pace in the all-bronze sessions throughout the year, Roda took his maiden pole at Portimão. [19] Having finished second in the LMP2 class of the Asian Le Mans Series during the winter, Roda remained in the ELMS in 2024 whilst also moving into the LMGT3 category of the WEC, partnering Dennis Olsen and Mikkel O. Pedersen in a Proton-fielded Ford Mustang GT3. [20] [21] [22] [23]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2011 Formula Abarth European Series Cram Competition 120000027th
Formula Abarth Italian Series 140000419th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 200000NC†
2012 Formula Abarth European Series Prema Powerteam 210000729th
Formula Abarth Italian Series 150000469th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series Cram Competition 20000042nd
2013 Formula Abarth Series Cram Motorsport 91003736th
2014 International GT Open - GTS AF Corse 162007861st
2015 European Le Mans Series - GTC AF Corse 51002564th
International GT Open - Pro-Am 20000318th
2017 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Spirit of Race 61001706th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup GRT Grasser Racing Team [24] 100000NC
Gulf 12 Hours - GT Kessel Racing TP12 HubAuto10000N/A5th
2018 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Proton Competition 6100595.51st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing 10000N/ADNF
Gulf 12 Hours - GT3Attempto Racing10001N/A3rd
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing 700001119th
2019 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Team Project 1 [25] 200001615th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Dinamic Motorsport 200000NC
FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Team Italy 30000N/ADNF
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing 10000N/ADNF
2020 Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 AF Corse 42102471st
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 81002624th
2021 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Am Kessel Racing [26] 40004693rd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 500000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 0000928th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Sky - Tempesta Racing 800000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver 00001315th
Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 AF Corse 100000NC†
2022 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Dinamic Motorsport [27] 400005.513th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 500000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 00002116th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 1000000NC
2023 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am Proton Competition 601003311th
2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Proton Competition 50003712nd
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 Proton Competition 500013717th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT3 10001N/A3rd
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am 61504953rd
2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Proton Competition

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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314PosPoints
2012 Cram Competition MNZ
1
MNZ
2
PAU
1
PAU
2
IMO
1
IMO
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
MUG
1
MUG
2
CAT
1
24		 CAT
2
19		42nd0

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678RankPoints
2018–19 Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 SPA
6		 LMS
Ret		 SIL
8		 FUJ
DSQ		 SHA SEB
7		 SPA
9		 LMS
Ret		19th11
2024 Proton Competition LMGT3 Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 QAT
9		 IMO
Ret		 SPA
8		 LMS
3		 SÃO COA FUJ BHR
Ret		17th37

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

YearTeamClassCarEngine12345Pos.Points
2021 Kessel Racing GT Am Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DUB
1
3		 DUB
2
2		 ABU
1
2		 ABU
2
2		3rd71
2022 Dinamic Motorsport GT Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DUB
1
14		 DUB
2
13		 ABU
1
12		 ABU
2
8		13th5.5
2023–24 Proton Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEP
1
5		 SEP
2
3		 DUB
2		 ABU
1
5		 ABU
2
2		2nd71

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