Riccardo Pera

Riccardo Pera
Pera in 2023
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 25) Lucca, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2018–19
Current team	GR Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	86
Starts	33 (34 entries)
Wins	1
Podiums	10
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	4th in 2021

Riccardo Pera (born 4 July 1999) is an Italian racing driver who most recently competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with GR Racing. ^[1] He previously finished as runner-up of the 2019 European Le Mans Series in the GTE class and the 2021 champion of the Italian GT Sprint Championship in the GT4 Pro-Am category. ^{[2] [3]}

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	EbiMotors	14	5	2	3	10	174	2nd
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	EbiMotors	6	1	1	2	4	58.5	7th
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Dempsey-Proton Racing	2	1	0	0	2	40	14th
2019	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Dempsey-Proton Racing [4]	6	1	0	0	3	76	2nd
	Le Mans Cup - GT3	EbiMotors	1	0	0	0	1	18	11th
	Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT4		2	1	0	0	2	32	9th
	Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT4		2	1	1	1	2	32	5th
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Dempsey-Proton Racing	8	0	0	0	2	107.5	5th
2020	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	EbiMotors	2	0	0	0	1	13	12th
	Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3		3	0	0	0	0	5	18th
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Team Project 1 [5]	5	0	0	0	3	78	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT4 Pro-Am	EbiMotors	6	6	3	3	6	120	1st
	GT4 European Series - Pro-Am		1	0	1	0	0	1	23rd
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	GR Racing [6] [7]	5	0	0	0	0	50	10th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT Cup	EbiMotors	6	2	1	1	3	0	NC†
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	GR Racing	7	0	0	0	2	64	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	Porsche Supercup	Ombra Racing	2	0	0	0	0	8	21st
	Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT Cup Pro-Am		3	0	1	1	2	0	NC†
2023–24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	GR Racing	4	0	0	1	0	6	25th
2024	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	GR Racing	6	0	0	0	2	64	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2024-25	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Manthey EMA

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2018	EbiMotors	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC 3	MNZ 3	RBR 3	SIL Ret	SPA 1‡	ALG Ret	8th	58.5
2019	Dempsey-Proton Racing	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	LEC 3	MNZ 1	CAT 6	SIL 7	SPA 2	ALG Ret	2nd	76
2024	GR Racing	LMGT3	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	CAT 2	LEC 5	IMO 7	SPA 2	MUG 8	ALG 6	5th	64
Source: [8]

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(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	Rank	Points
2018–19	Dempsey-Proton Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SPA	LMS	SIL	FUJ	SHA 3	SEB	SPA 1	LMS	14th	40
2019–20	Dempsey-Proton Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 5	FUJ 5	SHA 11	BHR 6	COA 5	SPA 2	LMS 2	BHR 7	5th	107.5
2021	Team Project 1	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SPA DNS	ALG 2	MNZ 4	LMS Ret	BHR 3	BHR 3			4th	78
2022	GR Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEB	SPA 6	LMS 3	MNZ 12	FUJ 12	BHR 6			10th	50
2023	GR Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEB 7	PRT 11	SPA 12	LMS 3	MNZ 3	FUJ 8	BHR 8		6th	64
Sources: [8] [9]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Matt Campbell Christian Ried	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	339	25th	2nd
2021	Team Project 1	Matteo Cairoli Egidio Perfetti	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	84	DNF	DNF
2022	GR Racing	Ben Barker Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	340	37th	4th
2023	GR Racing	Ben Barker Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	312	29th	3rd
2024	GR Racing	Daniel Serra Michael Wainwright	Ferrari 296 GT3	LMGT3	278	39th	12th
Sources: [8] [10]

References

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