Lirim Zendeli

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Lirim Zendeli
FIA Porsche Supercup Austria 2024 Nr. 19 Zendeli.jpg
Zendeli at the Red Bull Ring in 2024
Nationality Flag of Albania.svg Albanian
Flag of Germany.svg German [lower-alpha 1]
Born (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 24)
Bochum, Germany
USF Pro 2000 Championship career
Debut season 2023
Current teamTJ Speed Motorsports
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number10
Starts17 (17 entries)
Wins1
Podiums4
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish5th in 2023
Previous series
2021-2022
2020
2019-2020, 2022
2019
2017
2016-18 		FIA Formula 2 Championship
Toyota Racing Series
FIA Formula 3 Championship
FR European Championship
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Championship titles
2018 ADAC Formula 4

Lirim Zendeli (born 18 October 1999 in Bochum) is a German-born racing driver of Macedonian-Albanian descent. [2] [3] He currently competes in Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Italy for Ombra Racing, having previously made his way up the racing ladder, from taking the ADAC Formula 4 title in 2018 to winning in FIA Formula 3 and racing in Formula 2. [4]

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Racing career

Karting

Zendeli began his motorsport career in karting in 2010. In his home country, he finished third in the KF3 class of the ADAC Kart Masters in 2013 and won the KFJ class of the series in 2014. [5] [6] That year he also made the switch to European championships and competed in the CIK-FIA World Championship in the KF Junior class, among other categories. In 2015, he concluded his karting career in the KF class of the South Garda Winter Cup, where he finished 11th. [7]

ADAC Formula 4

2016

2016 was Zendeli's first season in single-seaters, racing in ADAC Formula 4 with ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg. [8] He failed to score points in the opening two rounds, but after that, regularly finished in the top 10. He even achieved a podium finish with a second position in the penultimate race weekend at Zandvoort. [9] With 74 points he finished in 13th place in the championship, whilst he ended up fifth in the rookie class.

2017

The following year Zendeli contested a double programme in both the ADAC and Italian Formula 4 championships, again with ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg. [10] In the German series, Zendeli took his maiden single-seater win at Oschersleben. [11] However, his title challenge was derailed when he suffered two retirements and two non-scoring finishes in the next three rounds. Despite this, he would win again in the Nürburgring and during the penultimate race at the Hockenheimring. [12] [13] The German classified fourth in the standings with 164 points, he also had a further two podiums. [14] In the Italian championship, the German scored two podium finishes, but was not included in the final standings as he did not take part in the final race weekend at Monza.

2018

Zendeli racing in the 2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Lirim Zendeli, ADAC Formel 4, Nurburgring 2018.jpg
Zendeli racing in the 2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship

For 2018, Zendeli moved to the US Racing-CHRS team, partnering David Schumacher, Mick Wishofer and Tom Beckhäuser, for a year that would prove to be his breakout. [15] Zendeli dominated throughout the campaign, winning four of the first six races. [16] [17] Amazingly, Zendeli won at every round, and this allowed him to claim the title during the penultimate round at the Nürburgring. [18] Zendeli rounded the season with two wins. [19] [20] He dominated the season by taking eight pole positions of a possible 14, winning 10 races out of 21 and finishing over 100 points ahead of nearest rival Liam Lawson. [21] [22]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2019

Zendeli progressed to Formula 3 in 2019, continuing with Charouz and alongside Fabio Scherer and Raoul Hyman. [23] Zendeli's only points came at the Red Bull Ring, finishing eighth and seventh place. In the latter result, Zendeli had started on reverse pole but lost out to the faster cars. [24] He was set for another strong result in Monza, but suffered a puncture while battling for the lead. [25] He missed the final round, [26] and ended 18th in the championship with six points. [27]

Following the season, Zendeli made a one-off appearance in the 2019 Formula Regional European Championship. [28] He claimed two second places and ended 14th in the standings. [29]

2020

During 2020 pre-season, he competed in the Toyota Racing Series with Giles Motorsport. [30] Zendeli took four podiums but no wins, and managed to end up eighth in the standings. [31]

In Formula 3, Zendeli signed for Trident Racing to partner David Beckmann and Olli Caldwell in the 2020 season. [32] Zendeli managed to qualify second in his first race at the Red Bull Ring, [33] but dropped to fifth at the flag despite momentarily being in the lead, and followed it up with fifth in Race 2. [34] He scored his first Formula 3 podium finish at the rain-shortened first race of the second Red Bull Ring round. The German made a brilliant start from sixth, soaring to second on the first lap and nearly snatching the lead from the Frederik Vesti. He remained in the position until the conclusion of the race. [35] The next two rounds went poorly for Zendeli, starting at the Hungaroring where he suffered collision damage in Race 1 and had to retire, with 16th place in the following race. In Silverstone, he had no pace and did not score. During the second Silverstone round in Race 2, Zendeli lined up on reverse pole and led for most of the race. On the final lap, he battled with Bent Viscaal and the Dutchman won out, and eventually Zendeli crossed the finish line second, only 0.189 seconds behind Viscaal. [36] [37]

After a scoreless weekend in Barcelona, Zendeli took his first Formula 3 pole position at Spa-Francorchamps. [38] He led every lap to take his first victory by four seconds. [39] He ended Race 2 in eighth place. In Monza, Zendeli qualified second but was given a ten-place grid penalty for dangerous offences. [40] [41] After a quiet Race 1 in eighth, he had a wild Race 2, taking the lead early but made a mistake and fell to seventh. He eventually worked his way to finish in fourth. [42] He took a second pole position at the season finale at Mugello. [43] He remained in the lead for seven laps and later fought with Jake Hughes but Zendeli would fall to fourth place at the finish. [44] Race 2 ended in disappointment as he was eliminated on the opening lap after colliding with Logan Sargeant. [45] Zendeli ended the season eighth in the championship with 104 points with one win, two poles and two podiums – behind Beckmann but considerably ahead of Caldwell – and helped his Trident team to achieve second place in the teams' championship. [46] [47]

2022

Zendeli returned to Charouz Racing System for a cameo appearance for the 2022 Barcelona Formula 3 round, taking over David Schumacher's seat. [48] Starting 22nd, in both races, Zendeli managed to progress up in both races, taking 20th and 15th in the sprint and feature races respectively. [49] Zendeli was replaced by Zdeněk Chovanec for the Silverstone onwards. [50] The German was ranked 31st in the standings. [51]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2021

In December 2020 it was announced that Zendeli would graduate to the FIA Formula 2 Championship for the 2021 season, driving for MP Motorsport alongside Richard Verschoor. [52] He scored his first points in his first race at Bahrain, thanks to a fastest lap by finishing ninth. That saw him line up for Sprint Race 2, and he was set for points when Christian Lundgaard made contact with his rear-right tyre, causing the German a puncture and his retirement. [53] In Monaco, Zendeli qualified in 17th, and in the second sprint race he would finish in seventh, scoring points due to others' misfortune. [54] In Baku, Zendeli had another incident in the second sprint but rescued a point with tenth in the feature race. [55] Silverstone would be successful, as he finished close to the points in the first two races, before claiming ninth in the feature race. [56] In Monza, Zendeli was on for a huge result in sprint race 1, but his race ended in the dying laps due to a engine issue. [57] In the feature race, he had a strong race, climbing his way to his joint-best seventh place. [58] In Sochi, he ended tenth in the sprint, and failed to score points. [59] Due to financial reasons Zendeli left the team in early November and was replaced by Clément Novalak. [60] Zendeli would finish 17th overall with 13 points, six places behind teammate Verschoor. [61]

2022

In 2022, Zendeli made a cameo deputisation at Spa-Francorchamps, replacing the banned Olli Caldwell at Campos Racing, which was his first F2 round since he left MP Motorsport in 2021. [62] He finished the sprint race in 20th and retired from the feature race, with Caldwell returning for the next round at Circuit Zandvoort. [63] His P20 finish meant Zendeli was classified 29th, last in the standings. [64]

Super Formula

At the end of 2022, Zendeli partook in a Super Formula test with B-Max Racing. [65]

USF Pro 2000 Championship

Zendeli returned to racing in 2023, and would contest the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship with TJ Speed Motorsports. [66] [ circular reference ] He would have a stellar debut, where he would get a fourth place at the second race in St. Petersburg, followed by a maiden podium at the next round in Sebring.

Zendeli got a maiden win a few races later at Road Atlanta, later followed by a double podium at Toronto and rounded of his season with a few more top five finishes, he came 6th in the championship with 258 points.


Porsche Supercup

Zendeli announced that he would compete in the Porsche Supercup for Ombra Racing in 2024. In his first weekend at Imola supporting the Formula One 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, He qualified 22nd and finished 17th after a safety car filled race, also finishing ahead of his teammate Risto Vukov. But he was beaten by his other teammate Keagan Masters who finished 8th.

Personal life

His father Jauni, who had fled from North Macedonia before settling in Germany, founded a drywall works company in Bochum. [67]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2011DMV Kart Championship — KF3 39th
Ciao Thomas Knopper Memorial — KF3 14th
2012Euro Wintercup — KF3 KSM Motorsport11th
Bridgestone Cup Europe — KF3 5th
ADAC Kart Masters — KF3 11th
German Karting Championship — Junior42nd
DMV Kart Championship — KF3 10th
2013ADAC Kart Masters — KF3 KSM Racing Team3rd
WSK Euro Series — KFJ 24th
German Karting Championship — Junior5th
WSK Final Cup — KFJ NC
2014South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 KSM Racing Team21st
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KFJ 6th
German Karting Championship — Junior8th
ADAC Kart Masters — KFJ 1st
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 27th
2015South Garda Winter Cup — KF KSM Racing Team11th

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 2400218413th
2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 2133151644th
Italian F4 Championship BWT Mücke Motorsport 180012114NC†
2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship US Racing – CHRS 211078133481st
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 140000618th
Formula Regional European Championship US Racing 300024214th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Trident 1812131048th
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport1500042008th
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 1700101317th
DTM Trophy T3 Motorsport200000NC‡
2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship Charouz Racing System 20000031st
FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing 20000029th
2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship TJ Speed Motorsports1710142586th
GT Winter SeriesEast Racing?????18.2557th
2024 Porsche Supercup Ombra Racing 400001412th*
Porsche Carrera Cup Italy 4000146*4th*

† As Zendeli had not competed in the required number of rounds he was ineligible for a championship position.
‡ As Zendeli was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021222324PosPoints
2016 ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. OSC1
1
Ret		 OSC1
2
16		 OSC1
3
Ret		 SAC
1
18		 SAC
2
11		 SAC
3
11		 LAU
1
21		 LAU
2
6		 LAU
3
5		 OSC2
1
25		 OSC2
2
5		 OSC2
3
13		 RBR
1
27		 RBR
2
10		 RBR
3
14		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
12		 NÜR
3
31		 ZAN
1
4		 ZAN
2
2		 ZAN
3
7		 HOC
1
4		 HOC
2
5		 HOC
3
24		13th74
2017 ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. OSC1
1
7		 OSC1
2
9		 OSC1
3
1		 LAU
1
7		 LAU
2
9		 LAU
3
Ret		 RBR
1
7		 RBR
2
Ret		 RBR
3
5		 OSC2
1
11		 OSC2
2
11		 OSC2
3
7		 NÜR
1
1		 NÜR
2
2		 NÜR
3
6		 SAC
1
20		 SAC
2
6		 SAC
3
8		 HOC
1
2		 HOC
2
1		 HOC
3
Ret		4th164
2018 US Racing – CHRS OSC
1
1		 OSC
2
1		 OSC
3
Ret		 HOC1
1
1		 HOC1
2
1		 HOC1
3
3		 LAU
1
11		 LAU
2
1		 LAU
3
4		 RBR
1
4		 RBR
2
1		 RBR
3
5		 HOC2
1
3		 HOC2
2
1		 NÜR
1
1		 NÜR
2
2		 NÜR
3
5		 HOC3
1
7		 HOC3
2
1		 HOC3
3
1		1st348

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021PosPoints
2017 BWT Mücke Motorsport MIS
1
21		 MIS
2
9		 MIS
3
8		 ADR
1
12		 ADR
2
3		 ADR
3
5		 VLL
1
8		 VLL
2
Ret		 VLL
3
9		 MUG1
1
7		 MUG1
2
5		 MUG1
3
12		 IMO
1
3		 IMO
2
6		 IMO
3
4		 MUG2
1
7		 MUG2
2
6		 MUG2
3
8		 MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MNZ
3 		NC†114

† Zendeli did not compete in the required number of rounds to be eligible for a championship position.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2019 Sauber Junior Team by Charouz CAT
FEA
14		 CAT
SPR
11		 LEC
FEA
Ret		 LEC
SPR
16		 RBR
FEA
8		 RBR
SPR
7		 SIL
FEA
15		 SIL
SPR
9		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
20		 SPA
FEA
22		 SPA
SPR
22†		 MNZ
FEA
Ret		 MNZ
SPR
18		 SOC
FEA
WD		 SOC
SPR
WD		18th6
2020 Trident RBR
FEA
5		 RBR
SPR
5		 RBR
FEA
2‡		 RBR
SPR
10		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
16		 SIL
FEA
13		 SIL
SPR
11		 SIL
FEA
9		 SIL
SPR
2		 CAT
FEA
12		 CAT
SPR
16		 SPA
FEA
1		 SPA
SPR
8		 MNZ
FEA
7		 MNZ
SPR
4		 MUG
FEA
4		 MUG
SPR
Ret		8th104
2022 Charouz Racing System BHR
SPR 		BHR
FEA 		IMO
SPR 		IMO
FEA 		CAT
SPR
20		 CAT
FEA
15		 SIL
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		ZAN
SPR 		ZAN
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		MNZ
SPR 		31st0

† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122232425DCPoints
2019 US Racing LEC
1 		LEC
2 		LEC
3 		VLL
1 		VLL
2 		VLL
3 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		HUN
3 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		RBR
3 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		IMO
3 		IMO
4 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		CAT
3 		MUG
1
7		 MUG
2
2		 MUG
3
2		 MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MNZ
3 		14th42

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415DCPoints
2020 Giles Motorsport HIG
1
3		 HIG
2
3		 HIG
3
8		 TER
1
7		 TER
2
2		 TER
3
12		 HMP
1
10		 HMP
2
7		 HMP
3
5		 PUK
1
12		 PUK
2
Ret		 PUK
3
3		 MAN
1
13		 MAN
2
15		 MAN
3
13		8th200

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728DCPoints
2021 MP Motorsport BHR
SP1
9		 BHR
SP2
Ret		 BHR
FEA
18		 MCO
SP1
15		 MCO
SP2
7		 MCO
FEA
Ret		 BAK
SP1
13		 BAK
SP2
Ret		 BAK
FEA
10		 SIL
SP1
11		 SIL
SP2
9		 SIL
FEA
9		 MNZ
SP1
15†		 MNZ
SP2
12		 MNZ
FEA
7		 SOC
SP1
10		 SOC
SP2
C		 SOC
FEA
16		 JED
SP1 		JED
SP2 		JED
FEA 		YMC
SP1 		YMC
SP2 		YMC
FEA 		17th13
2022 Campos Racing BHR
SPR 		BHR
FEA 		JED
SPR 		JED
FEA 		IMO
SPR 		IMO
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		MCO
SPR 		MCO
FEA 		BAK
SPR 		BAK
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		LEC
SPR 		LEC
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		SPA
SPR
20		 SPA
FEA
21†		 ZAN
SPR 		ZAN
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		29th0

American open-wheel racing results

USF Pro 2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints
2023 TJ Speed Motorsports STP
1
16		 STP
2
4		 SEB
1
6		 SEB
2
2		 IMS
1
13		 IMS
2
10		 IRP ROA
1
19		 ROA
2
1*		 MOH
1
6		 MOH
2
10		 TOR
1
3		 TOR
2
2		 COTA
1
5		 COTA
1
4		 POR
1
11		 POR
2
4		 POR
3
18		6th258

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Italy results

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

YearTeam123456789101112DCPoints
2024 Ombra Racing MIS
1
8		 MIS
2
3		 IMO1
1
5		 IMO1
2
7		 MUG
1
3		 MUG
2
5		 IMO2
1 		IMO2
2 		VLL
1 		VLL
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		4th*75*

*Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

YearTeam12345678Pos.Points
2024 Ombra Racing IMO
17		 MON
11		 RBR
15		 SIL
8		 HUN
11		 SPA
ZND
MNZ
12th*20*

* Season still in progress.

Notes

  1. ↑ Zendeli competed under a German racing licence earlier in his career. He currently represents Albania. [1]

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The 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula 3 cars that was sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was the thirteenth season of Formula 3 racing and the fourth season run under the FIA Formula 3 Championship moniker. It was an open-wheel racing category that served as the third tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category was run in support of selected rounds of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PHM Racing</span> German auto racing team

PHM Racing is a German auto racing team. It started racing in 2022 after taking over Mücke Motorsport's Formula 4 assets. They later entered Formula Regional Middle East, FIA Formula 3 and FIA Formula 2, the latter two in collaboration with Charouz Racing System initially under the PHM Racing by Charouz banner. The F2 and F3 operations were again rebranded as AIX Racing in May 2024 after financial services firm AIX assumed ownership.

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