Lorenzo Patrese | |
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![]() Patrese in 2024 | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Padua, Italy | 12 August 2005
Related to | Riccardo Patrese (father) |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career | |
Debut season | 2022 |
Current team | Tresor Attempto Racing |
Racing licence | ![]() |
Car number | 88 |
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]
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]
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]
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 ]
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]
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.
In addition to his motorsport career, Lorenzo has always ridden 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]
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.
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12th | ||
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Gold Cup | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 81.5 | 4th | ||
GT2 European Series - Pro-Am | Attempto Racing | ||||||||
2025 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | Cetilar Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 21st* |
Middle East Trophy - GT3 | Tresor Attempto Racing |
(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 |
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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 |
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
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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 48 | SPA 12H 46 | SPA 24H 30 | NÜR | MNZ | JED | 7th* | 34* |
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
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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 |
2024 | Tresor Attempto Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Gold | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | HOC 1 11 | HOC 2 7 | MAG 1 6 | MAG 2 4 | CAT 1 19 | CAT 2 9 | 4th | 81.5 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
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2025 | Cetilar Racing | GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 | DAY 21 | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 21st* | 112* |
* Season still in progress.
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