Suleiman Zanfari

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Suleiman Zanfari
Suleiman Zanfari.jpg
Zanfari in June 2019.
Nationality Flag of Morocco.svg Moroccan
Born (2005-07-11) 11 July 2005 (age 18)
El Jadida, Morocco
Eurocup-3 career
Debut season 2023
Current team Campos Racing
Car numberTBA
Starts15 (16 entries)
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish9th in 2023
Previous series
2022
2021
2020–2022
2019 		Formula 4 UAE Championship
Italian F4 Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Ginetta Junior Championship

Suleiman Zanfari (born 11 July 2005 in El Jadida) is a Moroccan racing driver who is currently racing in the 2024 Eurocup-3 season with Campos Racing.

Contents

Career

Karting

Zanfari started karting competitively in Italy at the age of eight. [1] [2] At the age of ten he started training with the Campos Academy. [2] In 2018 he finished fourth in the OK Junior category of the Italian Karting Championship and seventh in the Karting Academy Trophy. [3] [4] [5] [6] In 2019 he became the OK Junior champion of the Swedish Karting Championship. [3] [6] [7] [8] [9] Following his success in the Swedish Championship he also competed in the Karting World Championship. [8]

Ginetta Junior Championship

In 2019 Zanfari made his car racing debut in the Ginetta Junior Championship by competing in the final two rounds with Elite Motorpsort. [10]

Formula 4

2020

In 2020 Zanfari made his single-seater racing debut in the F4 Spanish Championship for Global Racing Service. [10] He finished the season in seventeenth after scoring his maiden pole at Circuito de Jerez. [3]

2021

In 2021 he joined MP Motorsport in the F4 Spanish Championship. [5] [11] He finished the season in eleventh. He also joined Cram Motorsport to compete in the opening round of the Italian F4 Championship. [12]

2022

In 2022 he remained with MP Motorsport. [3] In addition to competing in the F4 Spanish Championship he also competed in the Formula 4 UAE Championship. [13] In the Formula 4 UAE Championship he finished seventeenth in the drivers' standings. [14] In the opening round of F4 Spanish Championship at Algarve International Circuit he claimed his first podium in the series. At the end of the season he was seventh in the drivers' stanfings after having to withdraw from the final two rounds due to medical reasons. [14] [15]

Eurocup-3

2023

In 2023 he joined Campos Racing to compete in the inaugural Eurocup-3 season. [9] [14] [16]

2024

Zanfari remained with Campos Racing for the 2024 Eurocup-3 season. [17]

Sports car racing

In 2023 Zanfari also made his debut in sports car racing, competing for MMi Motorsport in the Prototype Cup Germany. Together with Enzo Scionti he contested the round at Circuit Zandvoort as a guest driver. [18]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF. LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2019 Ginetta Junior Championship Elite Motorsport600002827th
2020 F4 Spanish Championship Global Racing Service2101001917th
2021 F4 Spanish Championship MP Motorsport 2100005211th
Italian F4 Championship Cram Motorsport 30000044th
2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship MP Motorsport 2000002617th
F4 Spanish Championship 150001707th
2023 Eurocup-3 Campos Racing 150001459th
Prototype Cup Germany MMi Motorsport200000NC†
F4 Saudi Arabian Championship - Trophy Event Altawkilat Meritus.GP 41212N/ANC
2024 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship Altawkilat Meritus.GP 2032241494th
Eurocup-3 Campos Racing 1000010*5th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021DCPoints
2020 Global Racing Service NAV
1
14		 NAV
2
16		 NAV
3
13		 LEC
1
12		 LEC
2
19†		 LEC
3
9		 JER
1
DSQ		 JER
2
DSQ		 JER
3
9		 CRT
1
16		 CRT
2
5		 CRT
3
19		 ARA
1
11		 ARA
2
13		 ARA
3
7		 JAR
1
12		 JAR
2
6		 JAR
3
10		 CAT
1
15		 CAT
2
12		 CAT
3
16		16th22
2021 MP Motorsport SPA
1
12		 SPA
2
12		 SPA
3
Ret		 NAV
1
10		 NAV
2
8		 NAV
3
15		 ALG
1
20		 ALG
2
10		 ALG
3
9		 ARA
1
11		 ARA
2
14		 ARA
3
15		 CRT
1
4		 CRT
2
14		 CRT
3
6		 JER
1
7		 JER
2
8		 JER
3
4		 CAT
1
21		 CAT
2
8		 CAT
3
6		11th52
2022 MP Motorsports ALG
1
5		 ALG
2
3		 ALG
3
6		 JER
1
14		 JER
2
15		 JER
3
4		 CRT
1
6		 CRT
2
6		 CRT
3
17		 SPA
1
10		 SPA
2
13		 SPA
3
5		 ARA
1
Ret		 ARA
2
8		 ARA
3
7		 NAV
1 		NAV
2 		NAV
3 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		CAT
3 		7th70

Complete Eurocup-3 results

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

YearTeam12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2023 Campos Racing SPA
1
3		 SPA
2
11		 ARA
1
7		 ARA
2
5		 MNZ
1
12		 MNZ
2
13		 ZAN
1
7		 ZAN
2
11		 JER
1
DNS		 JER
2
12		 EST
1
12		 EST
2
12		 CRT
1
7		 CRT
2
Ret		 CAT
1
9		 CAT
2
Ret		9th45
2024 Campos Racing SPA
1
5		 SPA
2
C		 RBR
1
RBR
2
POR
1
POR
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ARA
1
ARA
2
JER
1
JER
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
5th*10*

* Season still in progress.

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