David Fumanelli

David Cleto Fumanelli (21 April 1992, Milan) is an Italian racing driver and racing coach.

Single Seater Career

Formula Renault 2.0 Fumanelli, after just two years of national karting races, made his single-seater debut in 2008 in his native Italian Formula Renault 2.0 series, driving for RP Motorsport.

Formula 3 In September 2008, Fumanelli made his Formula 3 debut in the Spanish Formula 3 series, competing in the last two rounds of the championship. During the last event in Valencia, he was involved in a violent airborne accident with Spanish driver Carmen Jordá, which resulted in a vertebra trauma, which forced him to a six-month stop.

Fumanelli remained in the series for 2009, the first of three full seasons in the category with RP Motorsport. He finished his first full season in eighth place and "Best Rookie" after recording two late-season victories at Jerez and Barcelona.

In 2010, Fumanelli took three race wins to finish the year third overall, showing an impressive progression and speed.

In 2011, Fumanelli finished as F3 European Open Vice - Champion. After a slow start to the season, which saw just one podium finish in the first eight races, he took four race victories in the final eight races, to finish eight points behind the Swiss driver Alex Fontana.

GP3 Series Following a successful test at Jerez in December 2011, Fumanelli graduated to the GP3 Series in 2012, racing for MW Arden Team.

Fumanelli's rookie season was very strong; many top-five qualifying efforts brought him to a podium finish at the European GP in Valencia Street Circuit and a fourth place in the Monaco Grand Prix.

Fumanelli was forced to miss the Silverstone round due to family matters, and he finished the season 11th overall in the championship.

In 2013, Fumanelli continued in the series with the Italian team Trident. Despite some very strong winter tests, he struggled with performance during the season and left the championship before the final round. His best result of the season was seventh place in race 1 at the 2013 Catalunya GP3 Series round. He finished the season 19th overall.

GT career

Blancpain GT Series In 2014, Fumanelli switched to GT racing and made his debut in the Blancpain GT Sprint Series with Roal Motorsport with a BMW Z4 GT3, sharing the box with the great Alex Zanardi. He finished the season as Silver Cup Vice-Champion with his mate Stefano Colombo.

In 2016, Fumanelli was called to compete in the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps by Scuderia Praha with the new Ferrari 488 GT3.

In 2017, Fumanelli was selected by McLaren GT as Junior Driver to race for the factory team Strakka Racing with a McLaren 650S GT3. He competed in the Endurance series, plus some spot races in the Sprint Series alongside Lewis Williamson.

Fumanelli was forced to leave McLaren at the end of the year due to a company restructuring.

Strakka Racing decided to keep Fumanelli for his 2018 campaign, where they switched from McLaren to Mercedes AMG. They debuted together at Bathurst 12 hours, first round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge with a Mercedes AMG GT3 finishing third in Pro Am class. He was involved in both Intercontinental GT Challenge and Blancpain GT Endurance races, where he was selected to race in the Mercedes AMG factory car for the Silverstone round, alongside the two German aces Max Buhk and Maximilian Götz.

The highlights of the year, together with the Bathurst podium, were the second place in Pro Am class at the 24 hours of Spa-Francorchamps and first place in Pro Am in the California 8 hours, Laguna Seca.

In 2019, Fumanelli did two races for Strakka Racing, finishing third in Pro Am at the 24 hours of Spa-Francorchamps alongside Christina Nielsen, Richard Heidstand and Jack Hawksworth.

Fumanelli raced for Mercedes Black Falcon Team in the last round of Blancpain GT Endurance, finishing second in the Silver class and seventh overall.

Ferrari Challenge Europe In 2017, Fumanelli won the Ferrari Master Show race during the Bologna Motor Show, with a Ferrari 488 Challenge with Rossocorsa Racing.

In 2018, he did three races in Ferrari Challenge Europe with Rossocorsa Racing, finishing second in the World Finals at Monza.

Renault Sport Trophy

Between 2015 and 2016, Fumanelli competed for the Oregon Team in the Renault Sport Trophy, a one-make sports-car series made by Renault Sport.

Fumanelli won the Endurance title in 2015 with his teammate Dario Capitanio and finished third in Pro class standings.

Racing record

Career summary † As Fumanelli was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points. Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 2012 MW Arden CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 11th 47 2013 Trident Racing CATFEA CATSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 19th 6

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup (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 ROAL Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 Silver NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR BAKCR 2nd 154 2017 Strakka Racing McLaren 650S GT3 Silver MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR HUNQR HUNCR NÜRQR NÜRCR 5th 55 2026 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Bronze MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 8th* 11*

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap) †As Fumanelli was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points. Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.