Riccardo Pera

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Riccardo Pera
FIA Porsche Supercup Austria 2023 Nr. 19.jpg
Pera at the Red Bull Ring in 2023
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 24)
Lucca, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season 2018–19
Current teamGR Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number86
Starts33 (34 entries)
Wins1
Podiums10
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish4th 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]

Contents

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2017Porsche Carrera Cup ItaliaEbiMotors14523101742nd
2018 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE EbiMotors6112458.57th
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing 210024014th
2019 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Dempsey-Proton Racing [4] 61003762nd
Le Mans Cup - GT3 EbiMotors100011811th
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT4 21002329th
Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT4 21112325th
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing 80002107.55th
2020 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing 10001N/A2nd
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia EbiMotors200011312th
Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 30000518th
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Team Project 1 [5] 50003784th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 10000N/ADNF
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT4 Pro-Am EbiMotors663361201st
GT4 European Series - Pro-Am 10100123rd
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am GR Racing [6] [7] 500005010th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 10000N/A4th
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT Cup EbiMotors621130NC†
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am GR Racing70002646th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 10001N/A3rd
Porsche Supercup Ombra Racing 20000821st
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT Cup Pro-Am 301120NC†
2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series - GT GR Racing40010625th
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMGT3 GR Racing

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2018 EbiMotorsLMGTE Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC
3
MNZ
3
RBR
3
SIL
Ret
SPA
1‡
ALG
Ret
8th58.5
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
2nd76

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)

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678RankPoints
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 14th40
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
5th107.5
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
4th78
2022 GR RacingLMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SEB SPA
6
LMS
3
MNZ
12
FUJ
12
BHR
6
10th50
2023 GR RacingLMGTE 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
6th64

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2020 Flag of Germany.svg Dempsey-Proton Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Campbell
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
33925th2nd
2021 Flag of Germany.svg Team Project 1 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Cairoli
Flag of Norway.svg Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am
84DNFDNF
2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GR Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Barker
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am
34037th4th
2023 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GR Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Barker
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am
31229th3rd

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