Lorenzo Ferrari

Lorenzo Ferrari (born 22 October 2002) is an Italian racing driver. He is the champion of the 2022 European Le Mans Series in the LMGTE class with Proton Competition.

Early career He raced in international and national karting from 2014 to 2018

Lower formulae Ferrari began his car racing career in 2019, competing for Antonelli Motorsport in the Italian F4 Championship. With a sole podium coming at Mugello, the Italian finished 17th in the standings.

Near the end of the year, Ferrari made a guest appearance in the Euroformula Open Championship with RP Motorsport.

Sportscar career

2020: Debut in GT3 For the 2020 season, Ferrari switched to GT3 machinery, remaining with the renamed AKM Motorsport outfit for the Italian GT Championship. Aboard a Mercedes-AMG GT3, he ended up fifth in the Sprint standings, having taken a pair of victories.

2021: National glory Ferrari remained in the Italian GT Championship the following year, teaming up with Audi Sport Italia and partnering Riccardo Agostini and Audi factory driver Mattia Drudi. He would claim both the Sprint and Endurance titles, winning four and three times respectively.

2022: ELMS title A step to the international scene came in 2022, where Ferrari switched allegiance to Porsche and raced for Proton Competition in the European Le Mans Series, pairing up with works driver Gianmaria Bruni and team owner Christian Ried. The year began with a podium at Le Castellet, with teammate Bruni losing out on victory by a mere tenth of a second. During the second round in Imola however, contact on the opening lap would force the squad out of the race. This setback would be rectified at Monza, as, with Ried having taken pole position, the team ended up with another second place. At round four, Ferrari would help his team to take their only win of the season, winning in Barcelona to grab the championship lead. A pair of top-five finishes in the remaining two races meant that Ferrari, Bruni and Ried were crowned champions of the LMGTE category.

Ferrari combined his ELMS exploits with a GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup programme in Winward Racing's Gold Cup effort, sharing a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo with Lucas Auer and gentleman driver Jens Liebhauser. Despite getting class pole at the season opener in Imola, the trio struggled to find success and finished tenth in the Gold Cup standings with 31 points. They had achieved their first win at the Barcelona round, but a post-race penalty for Auer spinning Arjun Maini round on the final lap demoted them to sixth place. Ferrari's performances in the 2022 season earned him an upgrade to gold status in the FIA's driver categorisation for 2023.

Racing record

Racing career summary † As Ferrari was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 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 Pos Points 2019 Antonelli Motorsport VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 IMO4 MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 17th 25

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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

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

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2024 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 12th 16 Gold HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 CAT1 CAT2 4th 75.5

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Points 2026 Kessel Racing GT3 Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo BAR LEC LMS SPA SIL POR 8th* 12* Season still in progress.