Marco Mapelli

Marco Mapelli
Marco Mapelli
	Blancpain Endurance Series 2016
Nationality	Italian
Born	1 August 1987 (age 37); Seregno, Italy
GT World Challenge career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Lamborghini Squadra Corse
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	63
Fastest laps	Lamborghini Aventador SVJ: 6:44.97 Nürburgring Lap Record (2018)
Previous series
2013–14; 2013–14; 2012; 2011; 2010; 2009; 2008; 2007; 2006	Italian GT Championship; Italian GT Championship; International GTOpen; Porsche Carrera Cup Italia; Italian GT Champion; Italian Ferrari Challenge; Italian Ferrari Challenge; Australian Formula 3 Championship; Italian Formula Renault 2000 Championship

Marco Mapelli (born 1 August 1987 in Seregno, Italy) is an Italian racing driver. He is part of the Lamborghini factory stable, with whom he has won the overall 2019 Blancpain GT Series title.^[1]^[2]

After spending numerous years in Italian and Australian lower formulae, Mapelli made a gradual switch to the GT racing scene at the end of the 2000s, eventually taking part in and winning the Italian GT Sprint Championship's GTC class in 2010. Following a runner-up finish in the 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, the Italian made a permanent move towards GT3 competition, spending two seasons in the International GT Open and four years in Italian GT, where he finished second in the standing on two occasions.

In 2017, Mapelli was added to the Lamborghini works driver lineup.^[3] Two irregular seasons followed, with the highlight being a race win in the ADAC GT Masters and multiple podiums in the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia, before Mapelli joined FFF Racing Team for the 2019 season.^[4] He and teammate Andrea Caldarelli experienced a successful campaign, winning both the GT World Challenge Europe and Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup titles to be crowned Blancpain GT Series champions.^[5]^[6]

Since 2020, Mapelli has continued driving for Lamborghini-fielding teams in GT3 series, winning races in the GTWC Endurance Cup, ADAC GT Masters, and Asian Le Mans Series.

Career

Statistics
Race Entered	351
Wins	28
Podiums	91
Pole Positions	18
Race Win Percentage	8%

Racing record

Complete Blancpain GT Series and GT World Challenge Europe results

Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
2016	Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro-Am	MNZ 42	SIL Ret	LEC 12	SPA 6H 36	SPA 12H 32	SPA 24H 25	NÜR 24	15th	29
2017	Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro	MNZ DNS	SIL 19	LEC Ret	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	CAT	NC	0
2018	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro	MNZ Ret	SIL	LEC 17	SPA 6H 19	SPA 12H 19	SPA 24H 14	CAT 6	39th	8
2019	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Pro	MNZ 2	SIL 6	LEC 3	SPA 6H 33	SPA 12H 21	SPA 24H 8	CAT 1	1st	74
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2020	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Pro	IMO Ret	NÜR 16	SPA 6H 2	SPA 12H 2	SPA 24H 38	LEC 3		9th	37
2021	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Pro	MNZ 24	LEC 3	SPA 6H 2	SPA 12H 10	SPA 24H 8	NÜR 1	CAT 4	4th	73
2022	Orange 1 K-PAX Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Pro	IMO	LEC	SPA 6H 31	SPA 12H 22	SPA 24H 11	HOC	CAT	NC	0
2023	K-Pax Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	MNZ Ret	LEC 11	SPA 6H 17	SPA 12H 11	SPA 24H 29	NÜR 9	CAT 44	26th	2
2024	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	LEC 11	SPA 6H 17	SPA 12H 8	SPA 24H 5	NÜR 1	MNZ	JED	3rd*	38*

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Barwell Motorsport	Marco Attard Tom Kimber-Smith Leo Machitski	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	GT3 Pro-Am	517	25th	8th
2018	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Raffaele Giammaria Ezequiel Pérez Companc	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	GT3 Pro	506	14th	14th
2019	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	Andrea Caldarelli Dennis Lind	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019)	GT3 Pro	362	8th	8th
2020	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	Andrea Caldarelli Dennis Lind	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	GT3 Pro	371	DNF	DNF
2021	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	GT3 Pro	554	8th	8th
2022	Orange1 K-Pax Racing	Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	GT3 Pro	534	11th	11th
2023	K-Pax Racing	Sandy Mitchell Franck Perera	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	GT3 Pro	530	29th	14th

Complete WeatherTech 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	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2017	Konrad Motorsport	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 20	SEB	LBH	AUS	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	79th	11
2019	Magnus Racing	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 10	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		53rd	21
2020	GRT Magnus	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 2	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB		40th	32
2022	TR3 Racing	GTD Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 12	SEB 2	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET			17th	577
2023	US RaceTronics	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 7	SEB	LBH	MON	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		54th	257

References

^ "Orange1 FFF Lamborghini Squad Take World Challenge Europe Title". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ Kilshaw, Jake (2019-09-29). "Caldarelli, Mapelli Take Triple Crown With Barcelona Win – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ Dagys, John (2017-03-13). "Caldarelli, Mapelli, Engelhart Added to Lamborghini Factory Driver Lineup – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ "FFF Racing reveals full three-car line-up for 2019 Blancpain GT Series assault". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
^ Kilshaw, Jake (2019-09-08). "Caldarelli, Mapelli Win Title as AKKA ASP Sweeps Weekend – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ Bosch, Miguel (2019-10-03). "Marco Mapelli: "My brain thought 'try it' and I tried; I was lucky to do it"". GT REPORT. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Raffaele Marciello Michael Meadows (GT Series Sprint Cup)	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe Champion 2019 With: Andrea Caldarelli	Succeeded by Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts (GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup)
Preceded by Yelmer Buurman Maro Engel Luca Stolz	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Champion 2019 With: Andrea Caldarelli	Succeeded by Alessandro Pier Guidi (GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup)
Preceded by Raffaele Marciello	Blancpain GT Series Champion 2019 With: Andrea Caldarelli	Succeeded by Timur Boguslavskiy (GT World Challenge Europe)

[1] "Orange1 FFF Lamborghini Squad Take World Challenge Europe Title". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[2] Kilshaw, Jake (2019-09-29). "Caldarelli, Mapelli Take Triple Crown With Barcelona Win – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[3] Dagys, John (2017-03-13). "Caldarelli, Mapelli, Engelhart Added to Lamborghini Factory Driver Lineup – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[FFF-4] "FFF Racing reveals full three-car line-up for 2019 Blancpain GT Series assault". blancpain-gt-series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

[5] Kilshaw, Jake (2019-09-08). "Caldarelli, Mapelli Win Title as AKKA ASP Sweeps Weekend – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[6] Bosch, Miguel (2019-10-03). "Marco Mapelli: "My brain thought 'try it' and I tried; I was lucky to do it"". GT REPORT. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

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