Fabio Scherer

Fabio Luca Scherer (born 13 June 1999) is a racing driver from Switzerland, currently competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for HRT Ford Racing.

Scherer started his single-seater career in 2016, staying in Formula 4 series for two seasons. In 2018, he moved to 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, racing for Motopark Academy. Scherer then competed for Charouz Racing System in the new FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2019.

Since 2021, Scherer competes in the endurance racing, taking on the FIA World Endurance Championship including 24 Hours of Le Mans, European Le Mans Series and IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Sportscar career

2020: DTM debut For the 2020 season, Scherer would migrate to sportscar racing, driving an Audi RS5 Turbo DTM for the Audi Sport Team WRT in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He experienced a challenging campaign, only breaking through to score points at the Zolder Circuit, where he finished fifth on two occasions. Scherer ended up 16th in the standings, last of all full-time competitors.

2021: Switch to LMP2 Scherer moved to prototypes in 2021, driving in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Driving alongside Filipe Albuquerque and Phil Hanson at United Autosports, Scherer began the year with a win during his debut at Spa-Francorchamps before having to miss the next round due to COVID-19. The trio took another win at Monza, though they would only finish the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 18th thanks to a mid-race alternator failure. Scherer ended the year fifth in the standings.

Scherer also drove for Fach Auto Tech in the Porsche Supercup the same year, taking a best finish of eleventh at the Red Bull Ring.

2022: ELMS campaign Having joined Inter Europol Competition ahead of the 2022 season, Scherer made a one-off appearance in the WEC to replace a COVID-stricken Alex Brundle before embarking on a campaign in the ELMS, where he would be partnered by Pietro Fittipaldi and David Heinemeier Hansson. Together, the squad scored a podium at Spa on their way to eighth in the teams' championship. They also took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 14th.

In addition, Scherer drove for High Class Racing in five races of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, where he too made a lone rostrum appearance at Road America.

2023: Le Mans glory Scherer remained at Inter Europol the following year, returning to the WEC on a full-time basis alongside Albert Costa and Jakub Śmiechowski. The trio scored points in all seven races, even taking a podium at Spa, though the highlight of the season, as well as a personal success story for Scherer, turned out to come at Le Mans: during Scherer's first pit stop the Corvette Racing car drove over his left foot after he had exited the car, resulting in an incomplete fracture and ligament damage. In spite of the pain, Scherer continued driving throughout the 24-hour event, even passing the WRT of Robert Kubica during the morning and holding on against a late charge from Louis Delétraz to cross the line first despite radio issues inside the final hour. This result moved IEC into second in the standings, a position they would defend until the end of the campaign.

2024: United return Scherer returned to the ELMS in 2024, partnering Paul di Resta and Bijoy Garg at United Autosports. The trio scored a best finish of sixth place in three races and finished 11th in the standings. Scherer also drove for Nielsen Racing at Le Mans, where an overnight collision caused by teammate Heinemeier Hansson caused the team to drop down the field; they went on to finish 11th in class.

2025: Ford DTM drive

Going into 2025, Scherer was announced as a GT3 junior driver at Ford, as part of which he re-entered the DTM with the Haupt Racing Team. His comeback, at the wheel of the Ford Mustang GT3, ended with finishes of 19th and 18th at Oschersleben. Scherer retired from the first race at the Lausitzring with an ABS failure, having previously drawn the ire of Jordan Pepper with an aggressive manoeuvre at the start. Having benefitted from chaos at the start of race 2 to progress from 22nd to ninth, Scherer was forced to retire again later on after a clash with Nicolas Baert. Scherer scored his first points at a rainy Zandvoort with 11th in race 1, but could not start race 2 due to a drive shaft failure. He then damaged his suspension with a crash in qualifying ahead of the Saturday race at the Norisring; it could not be repaired in time and Scherer missed out on the start. Sunday's race ended prematurely after Scherer's Ford lost a wheel on lap 19. Chaos continued at the Nürburgring, where Scherer spun in avoidance of Mirko Bortolotti on lap 1. He finished both races in the lower positions.

Scherer achieved his best result of the season at the Sachsenring: having gained time and places during the pit stop phase, Scherer finished race 1 in eighth. More points followed in race 2 with an 11th place. A third points finish in succession followed in Spielberg, as Scherer started and finished 14th in race 1. A drive shaft issue prematurely ended his Sunday race. Two finishes in the lower midfield at Hockenheim consigned Scherer to a 23rd-place finish in the drivers' standings.

During 2025, Scherer also made his GT3 Nürburgring Nordschleife debut, coming second in NLS9 alongside Jann Mardenborough and Dennis Fetzer. He took part in NLS10 two weeks later, where he set a new NLS qualifying lap record with a time of 7:48.717. Scherer and Patrick Assenheimer finished the race fourth overall and first in the SP9 Pro-Am class.

Racing record Career summary † As Scherer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 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 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Points 2016 Jenzer Motorsport OSC11 OSC12 OSC13 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 OSC21 OSC22 OSC23 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 17th 26 2017 US Racing OSC11 OSC12 OSC13 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 OSC21 OSC22 OSC23 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 5th 154.5

Complete Italian F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points 2018 Motopark Volkswagen PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 14th 64 ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2019 Sauber Junior Team by Charouz CATFEA CATSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR 17th 7

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points 2020 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi RS5 Turbo DTM SPA1 SPA2 LAU1 LAU2 LAU1 LAU2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 16th 20 2025 HRT Ford Performance Ford Mustang GT3 OSC1 OSC2 LAU1 LAU2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 23rd 20 † Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Porsche Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points 2021 Fach Auto Racing MON RBR RBR HUN SPA ZND MNZ MNZ NC† 0 † As Scherer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2021 United Autosports USA Phil Hanson Filipe Albuquerque Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 328 40th 18th 2022 Inter Europol Competition Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 364 18th 14th 2023 Inter Europol Competition Albert Costa Jakub Śmiechowski Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 328 9th 1st 2024 Nielsen Racing David Heinemeier Hansson Kyffin Simpson Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 291 25th 11th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2021 United Autosports USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR 5th 84 2022 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 29th 0 2023 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB ALG SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 2nd 114 † Non World Endurance Championship entries are ineligible to score points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2022 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC IMO MNZ CAT SPA ALG 10th 32 2024 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 11th 27

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 Points 2022 High Class Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY SEB LGA MDO WGL ELK ATL 10th 1225 † Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress