Lorenzo Ferrari (racing driver)

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Lorenzo Ferrari
Italian GT 2024 Mugello Nr. 16 Bencivenni, Ferrari, Sandrucci.jpg
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (2002-10-22) 22 October 2002 (age 22)
Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season 2022
Current team Proton Competition
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number77
Co-driver Gianmaria Bruni, Christian Ried
Starts6 (6 entries)
Wins1
Podiums3
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish1st (LMGTE) in 2022
Previous series
2021
2020-2021
2019
2019 		International GT Open
Italian GT Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
Italian F4 Championship
Championship titles
2022
2021
2021 		ELMS - LMGTE
Italian GT - Sprint
Italian GT - Endurance

Lorenzo Ferrari (born 22 October 2002) is an Italian racing driver. [1] He is the champion of the 2022 European Le Mans Series in the LMGTE class with Proton Competition.

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Early career

Lower formulae

Ferrari began his car racing career in 2019, competing for Antonelli Motorsport in the Italian F4 Championship. [2] With a sole podium coming at Mugello, the Italian finished 17th in the standings.

Near the end of the year, Ferrari made a guest appearance in the Euroformula Open Championship with RP Motorsport. [3]

Sportscar career

2020: Debut in GT3

For the 2020 season, Ferrari switched to GT3 machinery, remaining with the renamed AKM Motorsport outfit for the Italian GT Championship. [4] Aboard a Mercedes-AMG GT3, he ended up fifth in the Sprint standings, having taken a pair of victories.

2021: National glory

Ferrari remained in the Italian GT Championship the following year, teaming up with Audi Sport Italia and partnering Riccardo Agostini and Audi factory driver Mattia Drudi. [5] He would claim both the Sprint and Endurance titles, winning four and three times respectively. [6] [7]

2022: ELMS title

A step to the international scene came in 2022, where Ferrari switched allegiance to Porsche and raced for Proton Competition in the European Le Mans Series, pairing up with works driver Gianmaria Bruni and team owner Christian Ried. [8] The year began with a podium at Le Castellet, with teammate Bruni losing out on victory by a mere tenth of a second. [9] During the second round in Imola however, contact on the opening lap would force the squad out of the race. [10] This setback would be rectified at Monza, as, with Ried having taken pole position, the team ended up with another second place. [11] [12] At round four, Ferrari would help his team to take their only win of the season, winning in Barcelona to grab the championship lead. [13] [14] A pair of top-five finishes in the remaining two races meant that Ferrari, Bruni and Ried were crowned champions of the LMGTE category. [15] [16]

Ferrari combined his ELMS exploits with a GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup programme in Winward Racing's Gold Cup effort, sharing a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo with Lucas Auer and gentleman driver Jens Liebhauser. [17] Despite getting class pole at the season opener in Imola, the trio struggled to find success and finished tenth in the Gold Cup standings with 31 points. They had achieved their first win at the Barcelona round, but a post-race penalty for Auer spinning Arjun Maini round on the final lap demoted them to sixth place. [18] Ferrari's performances in the 2022 season earned him an upgrade to gold status in the FIA's driver categorisation for 2023. [19]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2019 Italian F4 Championship Antonelli Motorsport1600012517th
Euroformula Open Championship RP Motorsport 200000NC†
2020 Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 AKM Motorsport30000716th
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 82002615th
2021 Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 Audi Sport Italia84105691st
Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 43103601st
International GT Open 200001014th
2022 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Proton Competition 61003821st
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Winward Racing [20] 500000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold 500003110th
ADAC GT Masters Mann-Filter Team Landgraf [21] 20000235th
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AKKodis ASP Team50000622nd
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Proton Competition 20000426th
Porsche Carrera Cup ItalyRaptor Engineering500003217th
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 Pro AKM Motorsport
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing100001223rd
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Tresor Attempto Racing
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 1000001612th
Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 Pro-Am AKM Motorsport31111427th

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

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

YearTeam12345678910111213141516171819202122PosPoints
2019 Antonelli Motorsport VLL
1
14		 VLL
2
9		 VLL
3
10		 MIS
1
29		 MIS
2
15		 MIS
3
C		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
DNS		 HUN
3
DNS		 RBR
1 		RBR
2 		RBR
3 		IMO
1
17		 IMO
2
14		 IMO
3
9		 IMO
4
23		 MUG
1
2		 MUG
2
13		 MUG
3
9		 MNZ
1
13		 MNZ
2
11		 MNZ
3
Ret		17th25

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2022 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 LEC
2		 IMO
Ret		 MNZ
2		 CAT
1		 SPA
9		 ALG
5		1st82

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