Lorenzo Bertelli

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Lorenzo Bertelli
Rajd Polski 2015 Lorenzo Bertelli 3.JPG
Lorenzo Bertelli competing at the 2015 Rally Poland.
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (1988-05-10) 10 May 1988 (age 35)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2011–2017, 2019, 2021-present
TeamsFWRT s.r.l.
Rallies63
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points15
First rally 2011 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
Last rally 2024 Rally Sweden

Lorenzo Bertelli (born 10 May 1988) is an Italian businessman in the fashion industry and a rally driver. He is the son of Prada majority owners, fashion designer Miuccia Prada and her husband, the businessman Patrizio Bertelli.

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Bertelli has been an executive director of Prada since May 2021, having previously held roles at the company as Head of Digital Communication, Group Marketing Director and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility. [1] [2]

In rally he occasionally competes as a privateer in the World Rally Championship and made his series debut during the 2011 season at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna. [3]

In May 2013, he took the wheel of the Ford Fiesta RRC [4] , with which he secured his first victory in the WRC-2 at the 2014 Rally Sardegna.

In 2014, he finished third in the WRC-2 World Championship, clinching his first career victory and collecting a total of 4 podiums. That same year, he also scored his first points in the WRC World Championship during the Rally Sardegna. In 2015, he made his debut in the WRC. During the 2016 season, he competed again in the WRC World Championship, finishing 22nd overall with 5 points earned, in Mexico and Australia.

In 2017, he competed in the Rally Sweden with an old Fiesta RS WRC, retiring, and switched to the new Fiesta WRC in the Rally Mexico, finishing 16th. He also competed in the Rally Argentina, retiring due to gearbox problems. In 2018, he did not compete in the World Championship.

In 2019, he returned to the WRC on the Fiesta WRC of the M-Sport Ford WRT team, finishing the Rally Sweden in 20th position and the Rally Chile in 13th position. He then skipped 2020 to return in 2021, still with the M-Sport Fiesta. He competed in the Arctic Rally Finland finishing only 51st and the Safari Rally Kenya finishing 11th.

In 2022, he competed in the Rally New Zealand with the new Ford Puma Rally1 of M-Sport, finishing in 7th position, his best result ever, earning 6 points and finishing 25th in the championship.

Career results

WRC results

YearEntrantCar1234567891011121314Pos.Points
2011 Lorenzo Bertelli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX SWE MEX POR JOR ITA
26		 ARG GRE FIN GER AUS FRA ESP
26		 GBR
20		NC0
2012 Lorenzo Bertelli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON
Ret		 SWE MEX ARG
23		NC0
Subaru Impreza STi N15 POR
Ret		 GRE
24		 NZL
Ret		 FIN GER ITA
Ret		 ESP
29
Subaru Impreza STi GBR
22		 FRA
2013 Lorenzo Bertelli Subaru Impreza STi N15 MON
Ret		 SWE
20		 MEX
Ret		 POR
Ret		 ARG
Ret		NC0
Ford Fiesta RRC GRE
Ret		 ITA
12		 FIN
Ret		 GER AUS FRA
Ford Fiesta R5 ESP
Ret		 GBR
38
2014 FWRT s.r.l. Ford Fiesta R5 MON
12		 SWE
18		 POR
30		 FIN
Ret		 GER
50		 ESP
Ret		 GBR
12		23rd2
Lorenzo Bertelli Ford Fiesta RRC MEX
13
FWRT s.r.l. ARG
13		 ITA
9		 POL AUS
14		 FRA
2015 FWRT s.r.l. Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON
68		 SWE
Ret		 MEX
Ret		 ARG
18		 POR
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 POL
16		 FIN
10		 GER
DNS		 AUS
18		 FRA
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 GBR
10		29th2
2016 FWRT s.r.l. Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON
Ret		 SWE
Ret		 MEX
8		 ARG
13		 POR
WD		 ITA
Ret		 POL
12		 FIN
Ret		 GER
WD		 CHN
C		 FRA
17		 ESP
11		 GBR
15		 AUS
10		22nd5
2017 FWRT s.r.l. Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE
Ret		NC0
M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC MEX
16		 FRA ARG
Ret		 POR ITA POL FIN GER ESP GBR AUS
2018 FWRT s.r.l. Ford Fiesta WRC MON SWE
WD		 MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS NC0
2019 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MON SWE
20		 MEX FRA ARG CHL
13		 POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS
C		NC0
2021 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MON ARC
51		 CRO POR ITA KEN
11		 EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ NC0
2022 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 MON SWE
WD		 CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL
7		 ESP JPN 25th6
2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE
14		 MEX CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN NC*0*

* Season still in progress.

PWRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678Pos.Points
2012 Lorenzo Bertelli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MON
Ret		 MEX ARG
8		10th24
Subaru Impreza STi N15 GRE
5		 NZL
Ret		 GER ITA
Ret		 ESP
5

WRC-2 results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213Pos.Points
2013 Lorenzo Bertelli Subaru Impreza STi N15 MON
Ret		 SWE MEX
Ret		 POR ARG
Ret		21st15
Ford Fiesta RRC GRE
Ret		 ITA
3		 FIN GER AUS FRA
Ford Fiesta R5 ESP
Ret		 GBR
11
2014 FWRT s.r.l. Ford Fiesta R5 MON
2		 SWE
6		 GBR
2		3rd103
Lorenzo Bertelli Ford Fiesta RRC MEX
2		 POR
FWRT s.r.l. ARG
4		 ITA
1		 POL FIN GER AUS
4		 FRA ESP

WRC-Trophy results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213Pos.Points
2017 FWRT s.r.l. Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE
Ret		 MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER ESP GBR AUS NC0

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References

  1. ↑ "Board of Directors". Prada Group.
  2. ↑ "Lorenzo Bertelli is part of the BoF 500". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  3. ↑ Shacki. "Lorenzo Bertelli - rally profile eWRC-results.com". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  4. ↑ "Bertelli lascia la Subaru e passa alla Ford Fiesta RRC".
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