Riccardo Pera | |
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![]() Pera at the Red Bull Ring in 2023 | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Lucca, Italy | 4 July 1999
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2018–19 |
Current team | GR Racing |
Racing licence | ![]() |
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]
† As Pera was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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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 |
Source: [8] |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
(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 |
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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] |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2020 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 339 | 25th | 2nd |
2021 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 84 | DNF | DNF |
2022 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 340 | 37th | 4th |
2023 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 312 | 29th | 3rd |
2024 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 296 GT3 | LMGT3 | 278 | 39th | 12th |
Sources: [8] [10] |
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