Luigi Ferrara

Luigi Ferrara (born 12 May 1982) is an Italian racing driver from Bari.

Career

Ferrara began his career in feeder formula series such as the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Italian Formula Three and International Formula Master. He was the champion of the 2005 Italian Formula Three Championship with team Corbetta Competizioni.

Ferrara switched to sports car in 2008, and won the Porsche Carrera Cup Italy. In 2009, he raced part-time at the Porsche Supercup.

In 2010, Ferrara joined the Superstars Series with the CAAL team. Driving a Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG, he collected four wins and ten podiums in 20 races, placing second in the International Series and third in the Italian Championship.

At the 2011 Superstars Series, Ferrara had one win and eight podiums in 18 races. He again placed second in the International Series and third in the Italian Championship.

Ferrara only competed in two rounds of the 2012 season: Spa-Francorchamps with CAAL and Pergusa with Roma, in both cases with a Mercedes-Benz. He finished second and fourth out of four races, and placed 16th in the International Series.

Ferrara returned full-time to the Superstars Series for the 2013, remaining in Roma.

Racing record

Complete TCR International Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2016 Top Run Motorsport Subaru Impreza STi TCR BHR1 BHR2 EST1 EST2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 SAL1 SAL2 OSC1 OSC2 SOC1 SOC2 CHA1 CHA2 MRN1 MRN2 SEP1 SEP2 MAC1 MAC2 26th 4 2017 Top Run Motorsport Subaru Impreza STi TCR RIM1 RIM2 BHR1 BHR2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 SAL1 SAL2 HUN1 HUN2 OSC1 OSC2 CHA1 CHA2 ZHE1 ZHE2 DUB1 DUB2 NC 0

Complete World Touring Car Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 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 Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR MAR1 MAR2 MAR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 GER1 GER2 GER3 NED1 NED2 NED3 POR1 POR2 POR3 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 CHN1 CHN2 CHN3 WUH1 WUH2 WUH3 JPN1 JPN2 JPN3 MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 29th 8 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO (key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained) NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2019 42 Racing by FS Motorsport 42 Ford VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH MOS MOS VEN HOC HOC ZOL ZOL 38th 46 2020 Shadow Racing Cars by 42 Racing ITA ITA ZOL ZOL MOS MOS VAL VAL ESP ESP 23rd 97 2021 42 Racing Shadow DNM8 ESP ESP GBR GBR CZE CZE CRO CRO BEL BEL ITA ITA 35th 44