Lorenzo Patrese

Lorenzo Patrese
Lorenzo Patrese in racing in the 2021 Italian F4 Championship at the Red Bull Ring.
Nationality	Italian
Born	(2005-08-12) 12 August 2005 (age 18) Padua, Italy
Related to	Riccardo Patrese (father)
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2022
Current team	Tresor Attempto Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	99
Previous series
2020-2021	Italian F4 Championship

Lorenzo Patrese (born 12 August 2005) is an Italian racing driver and horse rider, currently competing in the GT World Challenge Europe with Tresor Attempto Racing. He participated in the 2021 and 2020 Italian F4 Championship. ^{[1] [2]}

Racing career

Karting

Patrese debuted in karts in 2016, when he was 11, and started making experience in lower karting categories. ^{[3] [4] [5]} In 2017 he placed second in the EasyKart Trophy Italy and third in the international final. ^{[4] [5] [6]} In 2018 he entered in the X30 Italian Championship obtaining pole positions, podiums and the eighth place in the final championship standing. ^[4] In 2019 he participated in the Skusa Winter Cup in Florida obtaining a tenth place in the final. ^[7] He also participated in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship and the Karting World Championship always qualifying for the final. In 2020 he participated in the European and World championship again, obtaining finals and one group pole position, which put him second overall. ^{[8] [9]}

Formula 4

In 2020 Patrese debuted in single seaters with AKM Motorsport, taking part in the races of Mugello and Monza of the 2020 Italian F4 Championship. ^{[1] [10] [11]}

In 2021 he entered the championship with AKM Motorsport once again. ^[2] He finished the season as third in the Rookies' championship and 12th in the overall Drivers' championship. ^{[12] [13]} In the final round of the season he secured all three overall pole positions. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

Italian GT Championship

Patrese was signed to participate in the first round of the 2022 Italian GT Championship in Pergusa, ^[17] but the car was retired at the start of qualifying.^{[ citation needed ]}

GT World Challenge Europe

Endurance Cup

Patrese racing in the 2022 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup at the Imola Circuit.

After a GT winter test in Valencia, Tresor Team Principal entered Lorenzo in the 2022 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup to participate in the 5 rounds of the Championship with an Audi R8 LMS. ^{[12] [13] [18]} He started the season with a silver Pole Position in Qualifying 1 ^[19] in Imola and in the event of Paul Ricard he completed his first double stint. He became the youngest ever participant at the 24 hours of Spa at the age of 16 years and eleven months.

In 2023 he joined Tresor Attempto Racing to compete in his second season of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Alex Aka and Pietro Delli Guanti being his teammates. ^[20]

Sprint Cup

He was called to substitute Luca Ghiotto in the Misano round of the 2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup. ^{[21] [22]} He qualified fourth overall in Qualifying 1 ^[23] and in the race he was sitting in P5 overall before a technical failure.

In 2023, Patrese competed in his first full season of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with Tresor Attempto Racing and Alex Aka as his teammate. ^[24] The pair would become vice-champions in the Silver Cup.

Show jumping career

Adding to his motorsport career, Lorenzo always rode horses for passion and show jumping was his main profession before starting his motorsport career. ^[3]

In 2017 and 2018 Lorenzo went around Europe competing for the Italian junior horse riding National Team, competing in many Nations Cup and winning in Austria.

In 2018 he took part in the European FEI Championship in Fontainebleau, France. He has lead of the FISE computer list for the Children category for one year in 2018.

In 2022 the main events he participated in were test events for the junior category in Gorla and Cattolica, CSIO in Gorla Minore, where he obtained one victory, CSIO in Lamprechtshausen, Austria, the Italian championships in Arezzo, where he placed himself in the top 20 and Regional Cup in Fieracavalli Verona, where he won the individual 130cm category. ^{[25] [26]}

Personal life

Lorenzo currently studies Economics and Business at LUISS University in Rome. ^[27] He is the son of Formula 1 driver Riccardo Patrese, who raced in Formula One from 1977 to 1993, and Francesca Accordi. ^{[3] [28] [29]} Lorenzo speaks fluent Italian, English and Spanish.

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2020	Italian F4 Championship	AKM Motorsport	5	0	0	0	0	0	39th
2021	Italian F4 Championship	AKM Motorsport	21	0	3	0	0	37	12th
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver	Tresor by Car Collection	5	0	0	0	0	6	25th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver	Tresor Attempto Racing	7	2	1	0	4	87	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver		10	5	2	4	7	118	2nd
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Tresor Attempto Racing

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(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	Pos	Points
2020	AKM Motorsport	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	IMO1 1	IMO1 2	IMO1 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	MUG 1 16	MUG 2 17	MUG 3 Ret	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 19	MNZ 3 DNS	IMO2 1	IMO2 2	IMO2 3	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	39th	0
2021	AKM Motorsport	LEC 1 Ret	LEC 2 10	LEC 3 27	MIS 1 11	MIS 2 14	MIS 3 10	VLL 1 11	VLL 2 Ret	VLL 3 22	IMO 1 11	IMO 2 16	IMO 3 7	RBR 1 11	RBR 2 10	RBR 3 6	MUG 1 13	MUG 2 9	MUG 3 26†	MNZ 1 27†	MNZ 2 7	MNZ 3 4	12th	37

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2022	Tresor by Car Collection	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	IMO 30	LEC 38	SPA 6H 21	SPA 12H Ret	SPA 24H Ret	HOC Ret	CAT 21	25th	6
2023	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	MNZ Ret	LEC 15	SPA 6H 21	SPA 12H 23	SPA 24H 47†	NÜR 18	CAT 28	3rd	87
2024	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Gold	LEC 40	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	MNZ	JED	5th*	10*

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2022	Tresor by Car Collection	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	BRH 1	BRH 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	MIS 1 11	MIS 2 21	VAL 1	VAL 2	NC	0
2023	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	BRH 1 10	BRH 2 21	MIS 1 18	MIS 2 12	HOC 1 33†	HOC 2 13	VAL 1 10	VAL 2 4	ZAN 1 13	ZAN 2 25†	2nd	118

References

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External links

• Official website
• Lorenzo Patrese career summary at DriverDB.com