Alessandro Latif

Alessandro Guido Latif (born 11 April 1996 in London, England) is a retired British-Italian racing driver. Latif is the youngest race winner of a V de V Proto Endurance Challenge race. In 2014, he competed in the Blancpain Sprint Series driving for Phoenix Racing, the Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours driving an Audi R8 LMS for Flying Lizard Motorsports. Latif's early career involved an upbringing in karts and Formula Renault 2.0.

Early life Latif was born on 11 April 1996 in London, England. His father is Pakistani born and mother is Italian, both whom currently reside in London, England. Latif started in karting at aged 11.

Racing career

Karts

Latif's karting career began in 2007 where he rose up the ranks to race in the international scene. As well as developing his race craft he achieved notable success in British and European events, as well as in World Karting.

Single Seaters In 2012, Latif moved to Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps driving for Atech Grand Prix completing eight races.

Sports car racing Latif signed with Avelon Formula to drive a CN2 (per the Group CN classification) Sports prototype in the V de V Proto Endurance Challenge for the remainder of the 2012 season, where he won his inaugural race in the 4 Heures du Castellet.

In 2013, Latif remained with Avelon Formula in the V de V Proto Endurance Challenge, while also competing in the opening rounds of the SPEED Euroseries. Latif won the 6 Hours of Mugello with teammate Ivan Bellarosa in front of the team's home crowd. They later went on to win the opening rounds of the Speed Euroseries at the Hungaroring.

In 2014, Latif signed with Flying Lizard Motorsports to race at the Daytona 24 Hours in the number 35 Audi R8 LMS, where they finished fifth in the GTD class.

Latif competed in the 2014 12 Hours Sebring in Florida on 12–15 March, where they finished eighth in the GTD class.

Latif joined Phoenix Racing for Blancpain Sprint Series alongside Marc Basseng.

Latif was set to race a Nissan Zytec in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race on 14–15 June with the Greaves Motorsport Team. However, after starting 26th on the 54-car grid, the team achieved a top-ten position before their efforts were thwarted after a blameless collision by a co-driver on lap 31 ended the race for them.

Karting record

Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2009 Kartmasters British GP - Mini Max 25th Super One Series - Mini Max 21st Super One Series - Rotax Junior 46th Shenington Kart Club - Rotax Mini Max 11th 2010 Rotax Max Wintercup - Junior Max 31st Super One Series - Rotax Junior 29th Rotax International Open - Junior 4th Kartmasters British GP - Rotax Junior 30th 2011 Euro Wintercup - Rotax Max Junior 15th Rotax Max Wintercup - Junior Max Protrain Racing 4th Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Junior Max 28th CIK-FIA U18 World Championship 27th WSK Final Cup - KF2 19th Super One Series - Rotax Junior 24th BNL Karting Series - Rotax Max Junior 24th Kartmasters British GP - Rotax Junior 31st

Racing record

Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Positions2012 Speed EuroSeries G-Cat Racing 4 0 0 0 0 25 23rd Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Atech Reid GP 6 0 0 0 0 0 43rd Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 4 0 0 0 0 0 43rd 2013 V de V Michelin Endurance Series - Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme V de V Avalon Formula 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Gulf 12 Hours - CN2 BF Motorsport 1 0 1 0 0 0 NC Speed EuroSeries Avelon Formula 2 2 0 0 2 34 4thV de V Challenge Endurance - Proto - Scratch 5 1 0 0 1 52.5 16th 2014Blancpain Sprint Series - Pro-Am Trophy Phoenix Racing 10 8 0 0 10 1621stLe Mans 24h - LMP2 Greaves Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 DNFBlancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Phoenix Racing 12 0 0 0 0 14 18thIMSA SportsCar Championship - GTDFlying Lizard Motorsports 3 0 0 0 0 71 35th 2015Formula Car Challenge - West Coast Region - FormulaSPEED2.0 ? 2 0 1 1 1 44 9th Pro Mazda Championship World Speed Motorsports 16 0 0 0 0 140 13thCooper Tires Winterfest - Pro Mazda M1 Autosport 5 0 0 0 0 67 10thBathurst 12 Hours Jamec Pen Racing ? ? ? ? ? 0 13thBathurst 12 Hour Race - Class A: GT3 Am 1 0 0 0 0 0 5th 2016Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain GT Marques 16 0 0 0 0 83 10th

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series 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 Pos Points 2012 Atech Reid GP MNZ1 MNZ2 PAU1 PAU2 IMO1 IMO2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 MUG1 MUG2 CAT1 CAT2 43rd 0

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2014 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR BAKCR 18th 14 Pro-Am Trophy BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR BAKCR 1st 162

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2014 Greaves Motorsport Michael Munemann James Winslow Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 31 DNF DNF

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Points 2014 Flying Lizard Motorsports GTD Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi 5.2 L V10 V10 DAY SEB LGA BEL WGL MOS IMS ROA VIR COTA ATL 35th 71

Compete Pro Mazda 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 14151617 Rank Points 2015 World Speed Motorsports STP9 STP17 LOU10 LOUC BAR12 BAR12 IMS13 IMS14 IMS14 LOR10 TOR9 TOR13 IOW13 MOH14 MOH11 LAG12 LAG15 13th 140

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 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 DC Points 2016 GT Marques BHI1 BHI2 SILGP1 SILGP2 OUL1 OUL2 CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 KNO1 KNO2 SILN1 SILN2 BHGP1 BHGP2 10th 83