Lorenzo Bontempelli

Lorenzo Bontempelli (born 31 October 1965) is an Italian dentist and racing driver who competes in the Italian GT Championship for Master Service. A long-term Ferrari gentleman driver, he won International GT Open in 2011 and was a race winner in FIA GT3 for Kessel Racing.

Personal life Alongside his racing career, Bontempelli works as a dentist at Naturlife Dental Mendrisio and the Studio Dentistico Dr. Bontempelli at Correzzana.

Career Bontempelli began his racing career in 1993 in the Formula Junior Monza series, and primarily dabbled between entry-level junior formulae and one-make Renault championships until 2002. During 2002, Bontempelli made his sportscar debut in Ferrari Challenge Italy, a series in which he raced in for the next five seasons, winning the 360 Challenge in 2006 in both the Italian series and the World Finals.

After finishing third in the Trofeo Pirelli standings in 2007, Bontempelli switched to Racing Team Edil Cris and International GT Open for 2008, taking three GTA podiums and 12th in points. In 2009, Bontempelli joined Kessel Racing for a varied programme with the Ferrari 430 Scuderia in Europe, in which he secured the GT3 title in the Italian GT Championship with Stefano Livio, as well as a win at Zolder in the FIA GT3 European Championship with Stefano Gattuso. Remaining with the Swiss team for 2010, Bontempelli most notably finished third in International GT Open's GTS standings alongside Livio, with three wins and five other podiums to their name.

The following year, Bontempelli clinched International GT Open's GTS title with Gattuso and the team, as well as the Ferrari Challenge World Finals in Trofeo Pirelli and runner-up honours in the Italian series. After finishing eighth in the GTS standings for Ombra Racing in 2012, Bontempelli returned to Kessel for 2013, taking an outright win at Spa and five other podiums to finish runner-up in GTS. Following a part-time campaign in GT Open split between three teams in 2014, which included a GTS win at Jerez for Nissan-affiliated Nova Race, Bontempelli had a varied 2015 campaign, which was headlined by finishing fourth overall at the 6 Hours of Vallelunga for Oregon Team.

Bontempelli driving a Ferrari 488 GT3 for AF Corse at Monza in 2016.

In 2016, Bontempelli joined AF Corse to compete in the Pro-Am class of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, sharing a Ferrari 488 GT3 with Giancarlo Fisichella and Motoaki Ishikawa as he took a lone podium at Monza and topped qualifying at Le Castellet. Towards the end of the year, Bontempelli made a one-off return to International GT Open for Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, driving their SCG 003 alongside Beniamino Caccia. Another season in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup which saw Olivier Beretta replace Fisichella ensued in 2017, but Bontempelli found more success in a part-time campaign in Italian GT for Ferrari-fielding MP1 Corse, in which he scored two wins and ended the season seventh in points.

Switching to one-make Lamborghini competition for 2018, Bontempelli drove for Iron Lynx in Super Trofeo Europe alongside Emanuele Zonzini in Pro-Am, finishing runner-up in both the European series and the World Finals. During 2018, Bontempelli also raced on a part-time basis in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup for AF Corse–run cars, most notably taking a Pro-Am podium at Barcelona. In 2019, Bontempelli ventured over to LMP3 competition, joining Oregon Team to compete in the European Le Mans Series alongside Damiano Fioravanti and Gustas Grinbergas. After that, Bontempelli continued with the team to race in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe the following year, as well as making a one-off appearance in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for AF Corse at Le Castellet.

Another part-time campaign for Bontempelli in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for AF Corse then followed in 2021, in a year in which he also made a surprise debut in the WRC3 Championship for PA Racing at the ACI Rally Monza. In 2022, Bontempelli returned to Italian GT in GT Cup machinery, racing part-time for Tsunami RT in the Sprint Cup and SR&R in the Endurance Cup, most notably taking an Am class win in the latter at Mugello. After making his WRC2 debut in early 2023 at Montecarlo, Bontempelli joined DL Racing to compete in the GT Cup Am class of the Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup for the rest of the year.

In 2024, Bontempelli returned to GT3 machinery, competing in the majority of the Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup for Ferrari-aligned Easy Race alongside Enzo Trulli, most notably taking a Pro-Am podium on his return at Imola. Continuing with Easy Race for 2025, Bontempelli stepped back to GT Cup machinery to contest the Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup in the GT Cup Division 2 Pro-Am class. In his first season in the category, Bontempelli took a lone win at Monza and finished fourth in points. Towards the end of the year, Bontempelli made a one-off appearance in GT Cup Open Europe for the same team at Monza, winning race two outright after starting 22nd. In 2026, Bontempelli switched to the Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup but remained in the class, driving for Porsche-fielding PS Performance at Imola, before switching to Ferrari customer team Master Service for Vallelunga.

Racing record Racing career summary Season still in progress. † As Bontempelli was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA GT3 European Championship results Year Team Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points 2006 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Lamborghini 5.0 L V10 SIL1 SIL2 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 DIJ1 DIJ2 MUG1 MUG2 21st 6 2009 Kessel Racing Ferrari 430 GT3 Scuderia Ferrari 4.3 L V8 SIL1 SIL2 ADR1 ADR2 OSC1 OSC2 ALG1 ALG2 LEC1 LEC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 8th 24

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)

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Points 2019 Oregon Team LMP3 Norma M30 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 LEC MNZ CAT SIL SPA ALG 12th 20