Giorgio Sernagiotto

Giorgio Sernagiotto (born 28 July 1981 in Caerano San Marco) is an Italian racing driver who last raced in the GTD class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Cetilar Racing. He is the 2006 Ferrari Challenge world champion, as well as a 12 Hours of Sebring class winner and FIA WEC race winner.

Early career Karting and junior formulae Starting his karting career in 1994, Sernagiotto was the best student at Henry Morrogh's driver school in 1999. Stepping up to single-seaters in 2000, Sernagiotto won that year's Formula Ford 1600 Italy championship and won Formula Ford 1800 Italy the following year.

Ferrari Challenge Having left single-seaters following 2004, Sernagiotto raced in Ferrari Challenge, where he won the 2006 World Finals and the 2009 Trofeo Pirelli in the Italian Series.

Trofeo Maserati Sernagiotto also competed in Trofeo Maserati World Series from 2012 to 2015, winning the last ever race of the series before it shut down.

Endurance racing Having met Roberto Lacorte while working as a coach for AF Corse, Sernagiotto received a call from the former, who aimed to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and felt Sernagiotto was the right person who could help him reach his goal.

LMP3 (2015–2016) After a brief spell in V de V Challenge Endurance where he drove with Lacorte and Enrique Bernoldi, Sernagiotto joined Villorba Corse to race in the LMP3 class of the 2015 European Le Mans Series to begin Lacorte's "Road to Le Mans" project. In their first season in the championship, the pair scored two second-place finishes, at the Red Bull Ring and Paul Ricard, ending the season seventh in the teams' standings.

The pair returned to Villorba Corse for the 2016 season as the team switched from Ginetta to Ligier. During a difficult season in ELMS, the pairing also competed in the first edition of the Road to Le Mans, where they finished 17th.

LMP2 and GT3 debut (2017–2020)

Sernagiotto stepped up to LMP2 for 2017 as Cetilar Villorba Corse fielded one of four Dallara P217s. Scoring two top-five finishes, he finished 14th in the drivers' standings. During 2017, Sernagiotto also made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut, where he finished ninth overall and seventh in LMP2.

In 2018, Sernagiotto stayed with Cetilar Villorba Corse in European Le Mans Series and made his second trip to Le Mans. In a difficult sophomore season where his team scored a best result of ninth in ELMS and 11th at Le Mans, Sernagiotto also made his Le Mans Cup debut, racing for Kessel Racing in the GT3 class alongside Manuela Gostner.

In early 2019 it was announced that Sernagiotto was going to make his full season debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship, staying with Cetilar Racing. In WEC's "superseason", they scored a best result of fifth twice and ended the season 12th in the standings. He also competed for Iron Lynx in the GT Light class of the Italian GT Endurance Championship, where he won the title after taking seven wins in eight races.

Switching focus to GT racing (2021–present)

Returning to WEC for the 2021 season, Sernagiotto took his first win in the championship at the 2021 8 Hours of Portimão and finished fifth in the LMGTE Am standings. Sernagiotto also raced for Iron Lynx in the European Le Mans Series. Paired up with Paolo Ruberti and Claudio Schiavoni, the trio finished eighth in the standings with a best finish of fifth, scored three times across the season.

At the start of 2022, Sernagiotto made his debut in the Gulf 12 Hours. Following various problems during the race, he finished fifth overall and fourth in class, commenting "There is no better way to start the season” in a post-race interview. Racing for Cetilar Racing in the Endurance rounds of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship, Sernagiotto won the 12 Hours of Sebring and finished fourth at Watkins Glen. At the end of the year, Sernagiotto returned to the Gulf 12 Hours, where he finished third in class.

After finishing tenth in the 2022 Petit Le Mans, Sernagiotto confirmed he would be returning to Cetilar Racing, racing in the Endurance rounds of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship. Scoring a best result of 13th at the Petit Le Mans, Sernagiotto finished 38th in the standings. In early 2023, Sernagiotto joined Alessandro Cozzi at AF Corse for the 2023 International GT Open season in the Am class. The duo won in their class at Algarve and Paul Ricard, finishing fifth in the Am standings at season's end.

On December 21, 2023 Cetilar Racing announced that Sernagiotto would rejoin Roberto Lacorte and Antonio Fuoco to compete in the Endurance Cup rounds of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship. Sernagiotto scored his second podium in IMSA by finishing second in the Sebring 12 Hours, ending the season tenth in the Endurance Cup. During 2024, Sernagiotto and Cozzi returned to International GT Open, as they were promoted to the Pro-Am class. The pair won at Algarve and finished tenth in the Pro-Am standings. The following year, Sernagiotto returned to Cetilar Racing to race in select rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in the GTD class, taking a best result of seventh at Watkins Glen.

Personal life Sernagiotto is the son of rally driver Renzo "Pippo" Sernagiotto (1943-2006), who founded Sernagiotto Auto in 1964 and also worked as a mechanic for Lancia in their development of the Delta HF. Sernagiotto is in a relationship with fellow racing driver Manuela Gostner.

Karting record Karting career summary

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GT4 European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year TeamCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points 2016 Villorba Corse Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 Pro MNZ1 MNZ2 PAU1 PAU2 SIL SPA HUN1 HUN2 ZAN1 ZAN2 11th 51

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2017 Cetilar Villorba Corse Andrea Belicchi Roberto Lacorte Dallara P217 LMP2 353 9th 7th 2018 Cetilar Villorba Corse Felipe Nasr Roberto Lacorte Dallara P217 LMP2 342 19th 11th 2019 Cetilar Racing Villorba Corse Andrea Belicchi Roberto Lacorte Dallara P217 LMP2 352 18th 13th 2020 Cetilar Racing Andrea Belicchi Roberto Lacorte Dallara P217 LMP2 363 14th 11th 2021 Cetilar Racing Antonio Fuoco Roberto Lacorte Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE Am 90 DNF DNFSource:

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2018 Kessel Racing GT3 Ferrari 488 GT3 LEC MNZ LMS1 LMS2 RBR SPA ALG 9th 12

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Complete International GT Open results