Lirim Zendeli

Lirim Zendeli
Lirim Zendeli
	Zendeli in 2019
Nationality	German
Born	18 October 1999 (age 21); Bochum, Germany
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	MP Motorsport
Car number	12
Starts	7 (7 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	TBA in 2021
Previous series
2020; 2016-18	Toyota Racing Series; ADAC Formula 4
Championship titles
2018	ADAC Formula 4

Lirim Zendeli (born 18 October 1999 in Bochum) is a German racing driver, with albanian parents from North Macedonia who is currently competing for MP Motorsport in the 2021 Formula 2 Championship. He competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Charouz Racing System in 2019 as the reigning German Formula 4 champion.^[1] After the 2019 F3 season, Zendeli competed in the 2020 Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand before joining Trident for the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, where he won a race at Spa.

Racing career[]

ADAC Formula 4[]

2016 was Zendeli's first season in ADAC Formula 4. His only podium of the year came at Zandvoort and he finished 13th in the standings. The following season would see Zendeli improve his results by winning three races and finishing in 4th position. 2018 was his breakout year; Zendeli moved to the US Racing-CHRS team and secured the ADAC F4 title, taking eight pole positions of a possible 14, winning 10 races out of 21 and finishing over 100 points ahead of nearest rival Liam Lawson.^[2]^[3]

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

Zendeli progressed to Formula 3 in 2019, continuing with Charouz and alongside Fabio Scherer and Raoul Hyman. The team finished eighth of ten teams in the championship and Zendeli scored six points, one less than Scherer but ahead of Hyman. Zendeli's best race result was seventh place at the Red Bull Ring and he finished 18th in the drivers' championship.

Zendeli signed for Trident Racing to partner David Beckmann and Olli Caldwell in the 2020 season. He scored his first Formula 3 podium finish at the rain-shortened first race of the second Red Bull Ring round. At the final Silverstone race, Zendeli led for most of the race but battled for the win with Bent Viscaal on the final lap. Zendeli crossed the finish line second, only 0.189 seconds behind Viscaal.^[4] Zendeli took his first Formula 3 pole position at Spa-Francorchamps and led every lap to take his first victory.^[5] He took a second pole position at the season finale at Mugello, but fell to fourth place in the first race before being eliminated on the opening lap of the second race after colliding with Logan Sargeant.^[6] Zendeli ended the season eighth in the championship with 104 points – behind Beckmann but considerably ahead of Caldwell – and helped his Trident team to achieve second place in the teams' championship.

FIA Formula 2 Championship[]

In December 2020 it was announced that Zendeli would graduate to the FIA Formula 2 Championship for the 2021 season, driving for MP Motorsport alongside Richard Verschoor.^[7] He scored his first points in his first race, thanks to a fastest lap.

Karting record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Position
2011	DMV Kart Championship — KF3		39th
2011	Ciao Thomas Knopper Memorial — KF3		14th
2012	Euro Wintercup — KF3	KSM Motorsport	11th
	Bridgestone Cup Europe — KF3		5th
	ADAC Kart Masters — KF3		11th
	German Karting Championship — Junior		42nd
	DMV Kart Championship — KF3		10th
2013	ADAC Kart Masters — KF3	KSM Racing Team	3rd
	WSK Euro Series — KFJ		24th
	German Karting Championship — Junior		5th
	WSK Final Cup — KFJ		NC
2014	South Garda Winter Cup — KF3	KSM Racing Team	21st
	Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KFJ		6th
	German Karting Championship — Junior		8th
	ADAC Kart Masters — KFJ		1st
	CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ		27th
2015	South Garda Winter Cup — KF	KSM Racing Team	11th

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	24	0	0	2	1	84	13th
2017	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	21	3	3	1	5	164	4th
2017	Italian F4 Championship	BWT Mücke Motorsport	18	0	0	1	2	114	NC†
2018	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	US Racing - CHRS	21	10	7	8	13	348	1st
2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	14	0	0	0	0	6	18th
2019	Formula Regional European Championship	US Racing	3	0	0	0	2	42	14th
2020	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Trident	18	1	2	1	3	104	8th
2020	Toyota Racing Series	Giles Motorsport	15	0	0	0	4	200	8th
2021	FIA Formula 2 Championship	MP Motorsport	12	0	0	1	0	7	17th*

^† As Zendeli had not competed in the required number of rounds he was ineligible for a championship position.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 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	23	24	Pos	Points
2016	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	OSC1 1 Ret	OSC1 2 16	OSC1 3 Ret	SAC 1 18	SAC 2 11	SAC 3 11	LAU 1 21	LAU 2 6	LAU 3 5	OSC2 1 25	OSC2 2 5	OSC2 3 13	RBR 1 27	RBR 2 10	RBR 3 14	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 12	NÜR 3 31	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 2	ZAN 3 7	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 5	HOC 3 24	13th	74
2017	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	OSC1 1 7	OSC1 2 9	OSC1 3 1	LAU 1 7	LAU 2 9	LAU 3 Ret	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 5	OSC2 1 11	OSC2 2 11	OSC2 3 7	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 2	NÜR 3 6	SAC 1 20	SAC 2 6	SAC 3 8	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 1	HOC 3 Ret				4th	164
2018	US Racing - CHRS	OSC 1 1	OSC 2 1	OSC 3 Ret	HOC1 1 1	HOC1 2 1	HOC1 3 3	LAU 1 11	LAU 2 1	LAU 3 4	RBR 1 4	RBR 2 1	RBR 3 5	HOC2 1 3	HOC2 2 1	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 2	NÜR 3 5	HOC3 1 7	HOC3 2 1	HOC3 3 1					1st	348

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2019	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	CAT FEA 14	CAT SPR 11	LEC FEA Ret	LEC SPR 16	RBR FEA 8	RBR SPR 7	SIL FEA 15	SIL SPR 9	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 20	SPA FEA 22	SPA SPR 22†	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 18	SOC FEA WD	SOC SPR WD			18th	6
2020	Trident	RBR FEA 5	RBR SPR 5	RBR FEA 2‡	RBR SPR 10	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 16	SIL FEA 13	SIL SPR 11	SIL FEA 9	SIL SPR 2	CAT FEA 12	CAT SPR 16	SPA FEA 1	SPA SPR 8	MNZ FEA 7	MNZ SPR 4	MUG FEA 4	MUG SPR Ret	8th	104

^† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Toyota Racing Series 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	DC	Points
2020	Giles Motorsport	HIG 1 3	HIG 2 3	HIG 3 8	TER 1 7	TER 2 2	TER 3 12	HMP 1 10	HMP 2 7	HMP 3 5	PUK 1 12	PUK 2 Ret	PUK 3 3	MAN 1 13	MAN 2 15	MAN 3 13	8th	200

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2021	MP Motorsport	BHR SP1 9	BHR SP2 Ret	BHR FEA 18	MCO SP1 15	MCO SP2 7	MCO FEA Ret	BAK SP1 13	BAK SP2 Ret	BAK FEA 10	SIL SP1 11	SIL SP2 9	SIL FEA 9	MNZ SP1	MNZ SP2	MNZ FEA	SOC SP1	SOC SP2	SOC FEA	JED SP1	JED SP2	JED FEA	YMC SP1	YMC SP2	YMC FEA	17th*	7*

^* Season still in progress.

Personal life[]

In addition to Albanian, Zendeli also speaks German and English.^{[citation needed]} His father Jauni founded a drywall works company in Bochum.^[8]

References[]

^ "Charouz reveal 2019 line-up". FIA F3. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
^ Waring, Bethonie (2018-08-05). "Zendeli secures ADAC Formula 4 title at the Nurburgring, Krutten wins race three". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
^ Waring, Bethonie (2018-09-23). "Lirim Zendeli ends ADAC F4 season with 10th win at Hockenheim". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
^ Waring, Bethonie (9 August 2020). "Viscaal beats Zendeli in thrilling Silverstone FIA F3 finish". formulascout.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Suttill, Josh (29 August 2020). "Spa-Francorchamps F3: Zendeli takes maiden win as Sargeant loses points lead". autosport.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Suttill, Josh (13 September 2020). "Mugello F3: Piastri wins 2020 title as Lawson dominates season finale". autosport.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ "Lirim Zendeli steps up to FIA Formula 2 with MP Motorsport". MP Motorsport. 16 December 2020.
^ "Zendeli Trockenbau - Willkommen". www.zendeli-trockenbau-bochum.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-04.

External links[]

Lirim Zendeli career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] "Charouz reveal 2019 line-up". FIA F3. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

[2] Waring, Bethonie (2018-08-05). "Zendeli secures ADAC Formula 4 title at the Nurburgring, Krutten wins race three". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-04.

[3] Waring, Bethonie (2018-09-23). "Lirim Zendeli ends ADAC F4 season with 10th win at Hockenheim". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-04.

[4] Waring, Bethonie (9 August 2020). "Viscaal beats Zendeli in thrilling Silverstone FIA F3 finish". formulascout.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[5] Suttill, Josh (29 August 2020). "Spa-Francorchamps F3: Zendeli takes maiden win as Sargeant loses points lead". autosport.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[6] Suttill, Josh (13 September 2020). "Mugello F3: Piastri wins 2020 title as Lawson dominates season finale". autosport.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[7] "Lirim Zendeli steps up to FIA Formula 2 with MP Motorsport". MP Motorsport. 16 December 2020.

[8] "Zendeli Trockenbau - Willkommen". www.zendeli-trockenbau-bochum.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-04.

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