Ricardo Feller

Ricardo Feller
Feller in 2023
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 (age 24) Aarau, Switzerland
ADAC GT Masters career
Debut season	2017
Current team	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	29
Former teams	BWT Mücke Motorsport Audi Sport Racing Academy
Starts	78
Wins	5
Podiums	11
Poles	3
Fastest laps	5
Previous series
2018–2019 2016 2016	24H Series ADAC Formula 4 Italian F4 Championship
Championship titles
2023 2021 2021	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver Cup ADAC GT Masters

Ricardo Feller (born 1 June 2000) is a Swiss racing driver who currently competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and GT World Challenge Europe. ^[1]

Career

Early career

Feller began karting in 2011, competing in the Supermini class of the Switzerland-based Bridgestone Cup. ^[2] The following year, he expanded his karting program, taking second overall in the Supermini class of the 2012 Swiss Karting Championship. In 2016, at the age of 15, Feller stepped into single-seater formula cars for the first time in his career, joining Mücke Motorsport (branded as ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg) for the 2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship season. ^[3]

Sports car racing

For 2017, Feller made the transition to sports car racing, competing in the 2017 ADAC GT Masters alongside teammate Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky with the new-for-2017 Audi Sport Racing Academy team. ^[4] With his appearance in the opening round, Feller became the youngest driver in series history. ^[5] Although the duo failed to score a point in 2017, Feller rejoined Mücke Motorsport for the 2018 season, sharing his Audi R8 LMS with Audi factory driver Christopher Haase. ^[5] Later that year, Feller made his debut in the GT World Challenge Europe, taking part in the Sprint Cup for Belgian Audi Club Team WRT. ^[6] He and co-driver Adrien de Leener would score their first and only victory of the season at the Nürburgring in September.

To begin 2019, Feller made his debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona, driving for Land Motorsport. ^[7] This opportunity grew into a full Michelin Endurance Cup campaign for himself and co-drivers Christopher Mies and Daniel Morad. They recorded a best finish of second in the season finale at Road Atlanta. Later that year, Feller scored his first race victory in the ADAC GT Masters at Zandvoort. ^[8] For 2020, Feller joined Emil Frey Racing, competing in the Pro class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. ^[9]

After competing with Mücke Motorsport during the 2020 season, Feller returned to Land Motorsport for the 2021 ADAC GT Masters season. ^[10] Reunited with co-driver Mies, the two claimed three race victories en route to the overall championship, with Feller also taking the Junior categorization title as well. ^[11] With Emil Frey Racing, Feller scored the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Silver class title, driving alongside Alex Fontana and Rolf Ineichen. ^[12] The trio scored two class victories and three podiums from five races en route to their title.

For 2022, Feller joined Audi Sport's factory roster, taking part in the DTM with Team Abt Sportsline. ^[13] He had reportedly received multiple offers ahead of the 2022 season, ^[14] but elected to sign a factory contract with Audi. At Imola in June, he claimed his first career DTM pole. ^[15] He would go on to win that race, in the process scoring his first series victory. ^[16] Feller would score one additional podium in 2022, finishing 15th in the championship. Following his rookie season, Feller stated he was pleased with the year, and believed that the team had potential in the near future to challenge more frequently for race victories. ^[17] Outside of his DTM commitments, Feller competed part-time in the ADAC GT Masters, driving for Land-Motorsport alongside Jusuf Owega when DTM and GT Masters dates didn't clash. ^[18] His Audi factory driver duties also saw him take part in several one-off endurance events, including the Bathurst 12 Hour with The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline, ^[19] the 24 Hours of Spa with Attempto Racing, ^[20] and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring with Team Phoenix. ^[21] For the final round of the 2022 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, he deputized for Team WRT's Kelvin van der Linde, who was unwell. ^[22]

Feller's DTM Audi at the Red Bull Ring in 2023.

Feller began his 2023 campaign at the Bathurst 12 Hour, ^[23] finishing second in the Pro-Am class where he shared his Audi with Yasser Shahin and Christopher Mies. He returned to his factory driver duties at the Kyalami 9 Hours, where he finished third overall alongside co-drivers Mattia Drudi and Patric Niederhauser. ^[24] His partnership with Drudi continued throughout the 2023 season, where the two shared Tresor Orange1's Audi for the full GT World Challenge Europe campaign. Fellow factory driver Dennis Marschall joined the entry for the Endurance Cup. ^[25] In Sprint Cup competition, Feller and Drudi claimed four race victories, including a sweep of the season finale weekend at Zandvoort, claiming the overall title by 19 points over Raffaele Marciello and Timur Boguslavskiy. ^[26] The Endurance Cup saw Feller claim one podium finish, finishing fifth in the championship. In late February, Feller's return to DTM for a second season was confirmed, where he would again drive for Abt Sportsline. ^[27] Feller claimed a single race victory, ^[28] adding two further podium finishes en route to a third-place championship finish.

In 2024, Feller formed part of the Scherer Sport PHX team that won the shortest Nürburgring 24H in history, after over half of the race was red-flagged due to fog. ^[29]

Formula E

In May 2024, Feller would make his Formula E debut in the Berlin rookie test, driving for ABT CUPRA. ^[30]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	15	0	0	0	0	0	39th
	Italian F4 Championship	Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	0	45th
2017	ADAC GT Masters	Audi Sport Racing Academy	14	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Saintéloc Racing	6	0	0	0	0	1	26th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Silver Cup		6	1	0	0	2	47	6th
	ADAC GT Masters	BWT Mücke Motorsport	14	0	0	1	0	45	13th
	24H GT Series - A6		1	0	0	0	0	?	?
2019	ADAC GT Masters	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	14	1	0	0	3	117	5th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		4	0	0	0	1	92	28th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H GT Series - A6	BWT Mücke Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	?	?
2020	ADAC GT Masters	BWT Mücke Motorsport	13	0	0	0	0	32	25th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Emil Frey Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		3	0	1	2	2	24.5	12th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver Cup		3	1	1	3	3	43.5	8th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	ADAC GT Masters	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	14	3	3	4	6	199	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Emil Frey Racing	5	0	0	0	1	19	14th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup		5	2	2	2	3	91	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	1	1	1	3	45.5	4th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver Cup		8	2	2	5	3	75	5th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - VT3	Team Mathol Racing	2	2	2	0	2	?	?
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - V6		1	0	0	0	1	?	?
2022	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Team Abt Sportsline	16	1	1	0	2	63	15th
	ADAC GT Masters	Montaplast by Land Motorsport	9	1	0	1	2	96	15th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Audi Sport Team Attempto	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline	1	0	0	0	0	10	17th
		Audi Sport Team Attempto	1	0	0	0	0
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Scherer Sport Team Phoenix	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	16	1	2	2	3	179	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Tresor Orange1	5	0	0	0	1	47	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	4	1	1	7	109.5	1st
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Scherer Sport PHX	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
2023-24	Middle East Trophy - GT3	Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2024	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	8	0	0	1	2	73*	7th*
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Tresor Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	8*	6th*
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Scherer Sport PHX	2	0	0	1	1	*	*
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st

Complete ADAC Formula 4 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	22	23	24	Pos	Points
2016	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	OSC1 1 27	OSC1 2 26	OSC1 3 26	SAC 1 22	SAC 2 23	SAC 3 15	LAU 1 22	LAU 2 18	LAU 3 26	OSC2 1 20	OSC2 2 25	OSC2 3 Ret	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 20	HOC 3 25	39th	0

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2017	Audi Sport racing academy	Audi R8 LMS	OSC 1 17	OSC 2 23	LAU 1 20	LAU 2 20	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 17	ZAN 1 21	ZAN 2 13	NÜR 1 22	NÜR 2 17	SAC 1 18	SAC 2 16	HOC 1 18	HOC 2 12	NC	0
2018	BWT Mücke Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	OSC 1 11	OSC 2 10	MST 1 Ret	MST 2 7	RBR 1 10	RBR 2 14	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 4	ZAN 1 10	ZAN 2 6	SAC 1 7	SAC 2 23	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 12	13th	45
2019	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo	OSC 1 4	OSC 2 2	MST 1 15	MST 2 10	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 23	ZAN 1 11	ZAN 2 1	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 18	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 2	SAC 1 12	SAC 2 24	5th	117
2020	BWT Mücke Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo	LAU1 1 17	LAU1 2 22	NÜR 1 25	NÜR 2 Ret	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 21	SAC 1 17	SAC 2 Ret	RBR 1 19	RBR 2 11	LAU2 1 9	LAU2 2 17	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 10	25th	32
2021	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo	OSC 1 3	OSC 2 5	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 7	ZAN 1 1	ZAN 2 Ret	LAU 1 1	LAU 2 6	SAC 1 3	SAC 2 5	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 7	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 10	1st	199
2022	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	OSC 1 1	OSC 2 6	RBR 1	RBR 2	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 DNS	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 17	LAU 1 7	LAU 2 13	SAC 1	SAC 2	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 2	15th	96

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
2019	Montaplast by Land Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Pro	MON	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H 24	SPA 12H 15	SPA 24H 14	CAT	NC	0
2020	Emil Frey Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Pro	IMO 11	NÜR Ret	SPA 6H 39	SPA 12H 31	SPA 24H 16	LEC 11		NC	0
2021	Emil Frey Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Silver	MON 3	LEC 13	SPA 6H 14	SPA 12H 38	SPA 24H 31	NÜR 8	CAT 20	1st	91
2022	Audi Sport Team Attempto	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	IMO	LEC	SPA 6H 36	SPA 12H 26	SPA 24H 12			NC	0
	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT								HOC	BAR 4
2023	Tresor Orange1	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	MNZ 5	LEC Ret	SPA 6H 6	SPA 12H 1	SPA 24H 7	NÜR 3	CAT Ret	5th	47
2024	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	LEC 6	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	MNZ	SAU	6th*	8*

^*Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2018	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	Silver	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1 10	MIS 2 13	HUN 1 14	HUN 2 10	NÜR 1 13	NÜR 2 Ret	6th	47
2020	Emil Frey Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Silver	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	MAG 1	MAG 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 8	CAT 3 3	8th	43.5
2021	Emil Frey Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Silver	MAG 1	MAG 2	ZAN 1 1	ZAN 2 2	MIS 1 8	MIS 2 11	BRH 1 14	BRH 2 8	VAL 1 17	VAL 2 12	5th	75
2023	Tresor Orange1	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	BRH 1 2	BRH 2 1	MIS 1 10	MIS 2 Ret	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 4	VAL 1 3	VAL 2 2	ZAN 1 1	ZAN 2 1	1st	109.5
2024	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	BRH 1 4	BRH 2 4	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 26	HOC 1	HOC 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	7th*	15*

^*Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2019	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	GTD	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Audi 5.2 L V10	DAY 22	SEB 4	MDO	DET	WGL 8	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 2	28th	92

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2022	Team Abt Sportsline	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	ALG 1 6	ALG 2 9	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 7	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 11	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 Ret	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 Ret	SPA 1 18	SPA 2 13	RBR 1 15	RBR 2 22	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 12	15th	63
2023	Abt Sportsline	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	OSC 1 4	OSC 2 7	ZAN 1 15	ZAN 2 11	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 14	NÜR 1 43	NÜR 2 61	LAU 1 7	LAU 2 22	SAC 1 4	SAC 2 6	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 15	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 9	3rd	179
2024	Red Bull – Team ABT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	OSC 1 3	OSC 2 9	LAU 1 5	LAU 2 3	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 11	NOR 1 13	NOR 2 12	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	7th*	73*

^* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Ricardo Feller at Motorsport.com
• Ricardo Feller at W Racing Team

Sporting positions
Preceded by Patrick Kujala Alex MacDowall Frederik Schandorff	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Silver Cup Champion 2021 With: Alex Fontana & Rolf Ineichen	Succeeded by Benjamin Goethe Thomas Neubauer Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
Preceded by Michael Ammermüller Christian Engelhart	ADAC GT Masters Champion 2021 With: Christopher Mies	Succeeded by Raffaele Marciello