Marco Mapelli

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Marco Mapelli
Marco blancpain 2016.jpg
Blancpain Endurance Series 2016
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 36)
Seregno, Italy
GT World Challenge career
Debut season 2010
Current team Lamborghini Squadra Corse
Racing licence FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum
Car number63
Fastest lapsLamborghini Aventador SVJ: 6:44.97 Nürburgring Lap Record (2018)
Previous series
2013–14
201314
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Italian GT Championship
Italian GT Championship
International GTOpen
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
Italian GT Champion
Italian Ferrari Challenge
Italian Ferrari Challenge
Australian Formula 3 Championship
Italian Formula Renault 2000 Championship

Marco Mapelli (born 1 August 1987 in Seregno, Italy) is an Italian racing driver. He is part of the Lamborghini factory stable, with whom he has won the overall 2019 Blancpain GT Series title. [1] [2]

Contents

After spending numerous years in Italian and Australian lower formulae, Mapelli made a gradual switch to the GT racing scene at the end of the 2000s, eventually taking part in and winning the Italian GT Sprint Championship's GTC class in 2010. Following a runner-up finish in the 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, the Italian made a permanent move towards GT3 competition, spending two seasons in the International GT Open and four years in Italian GT, where he finished second in the standing on two occasions.

In 2017, Mapelli was added to the Lamborghini works driver lineup. [3] Two irregular seasons followed, with the highlight being a race win in the ADAC GT Masters and multiple podiums in the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia, before Mapelli joined FFF Racing Team for the 2019 season. [4] He and teammate Andrea Caldarelli experienced a successful campaign, winning both the GT World Challenge Europe and Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup titles to be crowned Blancpain GT Series champions. [5] [6]

Since 2020, Mapelli has continued driving for Lamborghini-fielding teams in GT3 series, winning races in the GTWC Endurance Cup, ADAC GT Masters, and Asian Le Mans Series.

Career

Statistics
Race Entered351
Wins28
Podiums91
Pole Positions18
Race Win Percentage8%

Racing record

Complete Blancpain GT Series and GT World Challenge Europe results

Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

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

YearTeamCarClass1234567Pos.Points
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
2016 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Pro-Am MNZ
42
SIL
Ret
LEC
12
SPA
6H

36
SPA
12H

32
SPA
24H

25
NÜR
24
15th29
2017 Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Pro MNZ
DNS
SIL
19
LEC
Ret
SPA
6H
SPA
12H
SPA
24H
CAT NC0
2018 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Pro MNZ
Ret
SIL LEC
17
SPA
6H

19
SPA
12H

19
SPA
24H

14
CAT
6
39th8
2019 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Pro MNZ
2
SIL
6
LEC
3
SPA
6H

33
SPA
12H

21
SPA
24H

8
CAT
1
1st74
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2020 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Pro IMO
Ret
NÜR
16
SPA
6H

2
SPA
12H

2
SPA
24H

38
LEC
3
9th37
2021 Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Pro MNZ
24
LEC
3
SPA
6H

2
SPA
12H

10
SPA
24H

8
NÜR
1
CAT
4
4th73
2022 Orange 1 K-PAX Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Pro IMO LEC SPA
6H

31
SPA
12H

22
SPA
24H

11
HOC CAT NC0
2023 K-Pax Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Pro MNZ
Ret
LEC
11
SPA
6H

17
SPA
12H

11
SPA
24H

29
NÜR
9
CAT
44
26th2
2024 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Pro LEC
11
SPA
6H

17
SPA
12H

8
SPA
24H

5
NÜR
1
MNZ
JED
3rd*38*

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barwell Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marco Attard
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Kimber-Smith
Flag of Russia.svg Leo Machitski
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GT3 Pro-Am51725th8th
2018 Flag of Austria.svg GRT Grasser Racing Team Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Giammaria
Flag of Argentina.svg Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GT3 Pro50614th14th
2019 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli
Flag of Denmark.svg Dennis Lind
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) GT3 Pro3628th8th
2020 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli
Flag of Denmark.svg Dennis Lind
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo GT3 Pro371DNFDNF
2021 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Orange 1 FFF Racing Team Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli
Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Bortolotti
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo GT3 Pro5548th8th
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Orange1 K-Pax Racing Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Caldarelli
Flag of South Africa.svg Jordan Pepper
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo GT3 Pro53411th11th
2023 Flag of the United States.svg K-Pax Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sandy Mitchell
Flag of France.svg Franck Perera
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2GT3 Pro53029th14th

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112Pos.Points
2017 Konrad Motorsport GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
20
SEB
LBH
AUS
BEL
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
79th11
2019 Magnus Racing GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
10
SEB
MDO
DET
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
53rd21
2020 GRT Magnus GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
2
DAY
SEB
ELK
VIR
ATL
MDO
CLT
PET
LGA
SEB
40th32
2022 TR3 Racing GTD Pro Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
12
SEB
2
LBH
LGA
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
PET
17th577
2023 US RaceTronics GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
7
SEB
LBH
MON
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
IMS
PET
54th257

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Raffaele Marciello
Michael Meadows
(GT Series Sprint Cup)
Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe
Champion

2019
With: Andrea Caldarelli
Succeeded by
Dries Vanthoor
Charles Weerts
(GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup)
Preceded by Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Champion

2019
With: Andrea Caldarelli
Succeeded by
Alessandro Pier Guidi
(GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup)
Preceded by Blancpain GT Series
Champion

2019
With: Andrea Caldarelli
Succeeded by
Timur Boguslavskiy
(GT World Challenge Europe)