Matteo Cairoli
Matteo Cairoli | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | Como, Italy | 1 June 1996
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Current team | Team Project 1 |
Car number | 56 |
Former teams | Dempsey-Proton Racing |
Starts | 24 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 9 |
Poles | 6 |
Previous series | |
2016–2019 2014–2016 | European Le Mans Series Porsche Supercup |
Championship titles | |
2014 | Porsche Carrera Cup Italy |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career | |
Debut season | 2020 |
Current team | Dinamic Motorsport |
Car number | 54 |
Starts | 5 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 3 |
Matteo Cairoli (born 1 June 1996) is an Italian racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship.[1]
Career[]
Junior formula[]
Cairoli began his single-seater racing career in 2012, competing in the Italian Formula Renault Championship. He would finish the season 13th in points after competing in the final four races, scoring one podium. After a 2013 season in which he competed in the German Formula Three Championship, Cairoli joined GSK Grand Prix for the 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series season.[2] However, he would only compete in the first round at Imola before leaving the team.
Sports cars[]
After competing in junior formula competition, Cairoli moved to sports cars in 2014, taking part in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia with Antonelli Motorsport. It was a successful first season, as Cairoli took the series title by 70 points, winning six of the fourteen races.[3] As a result, he was invited to compete for the Porsche International Cup Scholarship, which he won, receiving €200,000 and Porsche Junior driver status for 2015.[3] As part of the 2015 Porsche Junior driver class, Cairoli was awarded a seat in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for that season, signing with Project 1 Motorsport in both series.[4] At the end of 2016, following a second-placed points finish in the 2016 Porsche Supercup, Cairoli was further promoted in the Porsche system to "Young Professional" status.[5]
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In 2017, Cairoli stepped up to compete for Dempsey-Proton Racing in the LMGTE Am class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.[6][7] The opportunity provided Cairoli with his first appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the team finished sixth in class.[8] In his first season with the team, the team finished second in the LMGTE Am class, winning twice at the Nürburgring and in Mexico City. Cairoli also competed with Dempsey-Proton in the European Le Mans Series for 2017,[9] scoring a class victory at Portimão as the team finished third in points. Ahead of the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, Cairoli returned to Team Project 1.
In February 2020, Cairoli signed with Dinamic Motorsport to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.[10] The following season, Cairoli featured as part of the Manthey Racing team that claimed overall victory at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, driving alongside Kévin Estre and Michael Christensen.[11]
Racing record[]
Career summary[]
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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2017 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | SIL 3 |
SPA 2 |
LMS 3 |
NÜR 1 |
MEX 1 |
COA 4 |
FUJ 3 |
SHA 3 |
BHR 4 |
2nd | 168 |
2018–19 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | SPA 6 |
LMS Ret |
SIL 8 |
FUJ DSQ |
SHA 3 |
SEB 7 |
SPA 9 |
LMS Ret |
16th | 26 | |
2019–20 | Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | SIL 6 |
FUJ 7 |
SHA 5 |
BHR 9 |
COA 3 |
SPA 4 |
LMS 4 |
BHR | 10th | 80 | |
2021 | Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | SPA DNS |
POR 2 |
MON | LMS | FUJ | BHR | 4th* | 28* |
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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2017 | Manthey Racing | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | DAY 26 |
SEB | LBH | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 84th | 5 |
2018 | Manthey Racing | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | DAY 20 |
SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 64th | 11 | |
2019 | Black Swan Racing | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | DAY 14 |
SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 62nd | 17 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2017 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE Am | 329 | 34th | 6th |
2018 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE Am | 225 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE Am | 79 | DNF | DNF |
2020 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 RSR | LMGTE Am | 339 | 27th | 4th |
2021 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 RSR-19 | LMGTE Am | 84 | DNF | DNF |
References[]
- ^ "Matteo Cairoli - FIA World Endurance Championship". fiawec.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "GSK sign Matteo Cairoli for Alps campaign". formulascout.com. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Matteo Cairoli Wins the Porsche International Cup Scholarship". flatsixes.com. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Meet the 2015 Porsche Juniors". flatsixes.com. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Promotion for successful Porsche juniors". newsroom.porsche.com. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Cairoli Set for GTE-Am Effort With Dempsey Proton". sportscar365.com. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Cairoli & Dienst Score Dempsey Proton Drive". dailysportscar.com. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Porsche defeats LMP2 cars to win 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours". autosport.com. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Cairoli Embracing a "New and Different World" in WEC Debut". sportscar365.com. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Matteo Cairoli joins Dinamic Motorsport for full GT World Challenge Europe Program". planetporsche.org. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (6 June 2021). "Manthey Porsche Wins Shortest-Ever Nürburgring 24". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
External links[]
- Matteo Cairoli at the Porsche Newsroom
- Matteo Cairoli at Motorsport.com
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Italian racing drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers
- Porsche Supercup drivers
- Italian F4 Championship drivers
- 24H Series drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- ADAC GT Masters drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- Blancpain Endurance Series drivers