Raffaele Marciello

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Not to be confused with Raffaele Marcellino.

Raffaele Marciello
Raffaele Marciello.jpg
NationalityItaly Italian
Switzerland Swiss
via dual nationality
Born (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 27)
Zürich, Switzerland
Blancpain GT Series career
Debut season2014
Current team
Car number9
Former teamsRacing Engineering
Trident
Russian Time
Prema Powerteam
Starts45
Wins5
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Best finish3rd in
Previous series
2012–13
2012
2012
2011
2010		FIA European F3 Championship
Formula 3 Euro Series
Toyota Racing Series
Italian Formula Three
Formula Abarth
Championship titles
2018
2018
2013		Blancpain GT Series
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
FIA Formula 3 European Championship

Raffaele "Lello" Marciello (Italian pronunciation: [raffaˈɛːle marˈtʃɛllo];[1] born 17 December 1994) is a Swiss-born Italian professional racing driver and current champion of the Blancpain GT Series. A former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, he was the 2013 European Formula Three Champion, a reserve and test driver for the Sauber Formula One team in 2015, and spent three seasons competing in the GP2 Series. He switched to GT racing in 2017 and became a works Mercedes-AMG driver ahead of the 2018 campaign.

Career[]

Karting[]

Marciello debuted in karting in 2005 and raced in various European championships, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF2 category by 2010.

Formula Abarth[]

In 2010, Marciello graduated to single-seaters, racing in the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy for JD Motorsport. He won opening race at Misano and race at Varano and amassed another two podiums it brought him third place in standings.[2] Also he and fellow Formula Abarth champion Brandon Maïsano became members of the Ferrari Driver Academy.[3]

Formula Three[]

Marciello (center) after winning the 2012 Pau Grand Prix

Marciello stepped up to Italian Formula Three Championship in 2011 and joined Prema Powerteam. He claimed wins at Misano and Adria and another four podiums, finishing third and losing rookie title to Michael Lewis, but overcoming Maïsano by seven points.[4]

In 2012 Marciello continued his collaboration with Prema Powerteam into Formula 3 Euro Series.[5] and the revived FIA European Formula Three Championship. In FIA F3 he finished 2nd in the championship, with nine podiums including seven wins. In Euro Series he finished 3rd with ten podiums and six wins. In both championships he scored more wins than anybody else.

He remained in F3 for 2013, and emerged as a pre-season favourite following his impressive results in the previous year and dominant performances in pre-season testing.[6]

Toyota Racing Series[]

During the 2012 off-season Marciello competed in New Zealand-based Toyota Racing Series, taking ninth place in the championship with a win at Hampton Downs.[7]

GP2 Series[]

Marciello had been looking to be driving in the GP2 Series or World Series by Renault for 2014 after testing both cars in Catalunya in October 2013.[8]

On 20 January 2014, the Ferrari Driver Academy announced Marciello would be racing in GP2 in 2014. However, they did not confirm the team he would be competing with.[9] On 18 February, it was announced he would be driving for the Racing Engineering team.[10]

Marciello achieved his first GP2 victory in the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps after an intense fight with McLaren junior driver Stoffel Vandoorne in the closing stages.

He joined Trident Racing for 2015,[11] but struggled to capitalize on his 2015 debut, finishing seventh overall.

Marciello raced with Russian Time, replacing the Campos-bound Mitch Evans, in the 2016 season.

Formula One[]

Marciello during free practice for the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix

On 26 November 2014, Marciello made his Formula One debut behind the wheel of the Ferrari F14 T, during that day's post-season test at the Yas Marina Circuit. He set the second fastest time of the session, half a second adrift of Pascal Wehrlein in the Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid.[12] On 31 December 2014 it was announced that Marciello had signed as test and reserve driver for the Sauber Formula One team for 2015.[13][14] In January 2016, it was announced that Marciello had been dropped by Sauber[15] and had split with the Ferrari Driver Academy for personal reasons.[16]

Racing record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season Series Team Position
2005 Swiss Championship — Super Mini 1st
Bridgestone Cup Switzerland — Super Mini 2nd
2006 Swiss Championship — Super Mini KC Ticino 2nd
Champions Cup — Super Mini 1st
2007 Swiss Championship — KF3 KC Ticino 2nd
Bridgestone Cup Europe — KF3 2nd
Bridgestone Cup Switzerland — KF3 4th
2008 South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 Spirit 11th
WSK International Series — KF3 Tony Kart Junior RT 14th
Italian Open Masters — KF3 Spirit 7th
Torneo Industrie — KF3 Claudio Marciello 3rd
Spanish Championship — KF3 31st
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF3 Tony Kart Junior RT 17th
Bridgestone Cup Europe — KF3 33rd
Copa Campeones Trophy — KF3 Claudio Marciello 1st
2009 South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 Intrepid Junior Team 2nd
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KF3 Intrepid Junior Team 3rd
WSK International Series — KF3 Intrepid Junior Team 4th
CIK-FIA Monaco Kart Cup — KF3 Morsicani 14th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF3 Intrepid Junior Team 4th
CIK-FIA World Cup — KF3 Intrepid Junior Team 19th[17]
2010 Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KF2 24th

Racing career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2010 Formula Abarth JD Motorsport 13 2 0 2 4 91 3rd
2011 Italian Formula 3 Championship Prema Powerteam 14 2 1 2 6 123 3rd
FIA International Formula 3 Trophy 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC†
2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Prema Powerteam 20 7 4 6 9 228.5 2nd
Formula 3 Euro Series 24 6 2 6 4 219.5 3rd
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
Macau Grand Prix 2 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 1 0 1 2 535 9th
2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Prema Powerteam 30 13 12 8 19 489.5 1st
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 1 0 0 N/A DNF
2014 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 22 1 1 1 4 74 8th
2015 GP2 Series Trident 22 0 0 0 4 110 7th
Formula One Sauber Motorsport Test driver
2016 GP2 Series Russian Time 22 0 0 0 6 159 4th
2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup AKKA ASP 10 0 0 0 2 16 16th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 2 43 5th
Blancpain GT Series Asia GruppeM Racing Team 2 0 0 1 1 30 18th
Blancpain GT Series Asia - Pro-Am 2 1 0 1 2 43 11th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG 1 0 0 0 1 15 9th
FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 2 0 0 0 0 0 29th
2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series - GT FIST-Team AAI 1 0 1 0 1 19 9th
2018 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup AKKA ASP Team 10 2 2 3 6 98 1st
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP 5 0 0 0 2 66 2nd
Blancpain GT Series Asia GruppeM Racing Team 10 1 0 4 4 85 7th
Blancpain GT Series Asia - Pro-Am 10 3 0 6 6 155 3rd
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG 4 1 1 0 3 64 3rd
Pirelli World Challenge CRP Racing 2 0 1 1 0 25 32nd
SprintX GT Championship Series 2 0 1 1 0 25 18th
ADAC GT Masters AutoArenA Motorsport 4 0 0 0 1 18 26th
FIA GT World Cup Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe AKKA ASP Team 10 3 4 1 4 78.5 3rd
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP 5 0 0 0 0 9 25th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG 5 0 1 0 3 55 4th
FIA GT World Cup Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 1 1 1 0 1 N/A 1st
2020 ADAC GT Masters Knaus - Team HTP-Winward 14 1 1 1 2 112 6th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup AKKA ASP Team 8 2 2 1 5 75.5 3rd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 4 0 1 0 2 52 5th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG 2 0 1 0 0 10 16th
2021 ADAC GT Masters Mann-Filter Team Landgraf-HTP WWR 14 1 1 1 4 150 4th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup AKKA ASP Team 10 0 2 2 4 61.5 3rd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 5 1 1 0 3 79 2nd
Asian Le Mans Series - GT HubAuto Racing 4 0 2 0 0 28 7th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD SunEnergy1 Racing 2 0 0 0 1 341 44th
2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD SunEnergy1 1 0 0 0 0 128 21st*

† As Marciello was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results[]

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 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
2012 Prema Powerteam Mercedes HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
1 		HOC
3
17 		BRH
1
1 		BRH
2
7 		BRH
3
1 		RBR
1
1 		RBR
2
9 		RBR
3
8 		NOR
1
22† 		NOR
2
17 		NOR
3
1 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
2 		NÜR
3
Ret 		ZAN
1
4 		ZAN
2
13 		ZAN
3
Ret 		VAL
1
1 		VAL
2
Ret 		VAL
3
3 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
2 		HOC
3
8 		3rd 219.5

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[]

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 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
2012 Prema Powerteam Mercedes HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
17 		PAU
1
1 		PAU
2
1 		BRH
1
1 		BRH
2
1 		RBR
1
1 		RBR
2
8 		NOR
1
22† 		NOR
2
1 		SPA
1
11 		SPA
2
14 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
Ret 		ZAN
1
4 		ZAN
2
Ret 		VAL
1
1 		VAL
2
3 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
8 		2nd 228.5
2013 Prema Powerteam Mercedes MNZ
1
1 		MNZ
2
2 		MNZ
3
1 		SIL
1
6 		SIL
2
2 		SIL
3
1 		HOC
1
1 		HOC
2
1 		HOC
3
4 		BRH
1
2 		BRH
2
1 		BRH
3
DSQ 		RBR
1
4 		RBR
2
13 		RBR
3
6 		NOR
1
1 		NOR
2
3 		NOR
3
2 		NÜR
1
1 		NÜR
2
1 		NÜR
3
1 		ZAN
1
5 		ZAN
2
16 		ZAN
3
Ret 		VAL
1
1 		VAL
2
Ret 		VAL
3
1 		HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
4 		HOC
3
1 		1st 489.5

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Series results[]

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2014 Racing Engineering BHR
FEA
18 		BHR
SPR
24 		CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
16 		MON
FEA
12 		MON
SPR
19 		RBR
FEA
3 		RBR
SPR
3 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		HOC
FEA
17 		HOC
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
19 		HUN
SPR
8 		SPA
FEA
1 		SPA
SPR
14 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
18 		SOC
FEA
3 		SOC
SPR
Ret 		YMC
FEA
11 		YMC
SPR
7 		8th 74
2015 Trident BHR
FEA
Ret 		BHR
SPR
20 		CAT
FEA
6 		CAT
SPR
17 		MON
FEA
8 		MON
SPR
2 		RBR
FEA
15 		RBR
SPR
10 		SIL
FEA
6 		SIL
SPR
2 		HUN
FEA
7 		HUN
SPR
4 		SPA
FEA
14 		SPA
SPR
12 		MNZ
FEA
15 		MNZ
SPR
7 		SOC
FEA
6 		SOC
SPR
3 		BHR
FEA
4 		BHR
SPR
5 		YMC
FEA
2 		YMC
SPR
C 		7th 110
2016 Russian Time CAT
FEA
8 		CAT
SPR
5 		MON
FEA
6 		MON
SPR
3 		BAK
FEA
3 		BAK
SPR
11 		RBR
FEA
3 		RBR
SPR
4 		SIL
FEA
9 		SIL
SPR
6 		HUN
FEA
4 		HUN
SPR
8 		HOC
FEA
3 		HOC
SPR
7 		SPA
FEA
4 		SPA
SPR
5 		MNZ
FEA
2 		MNZ
SPR
14 		SEP
FEA
6 		SEP
SPR
2 		YMC
FEA
10 		YMC
SPR
13 		4th 159

Complete Formula One participations[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points
2015 Sauber F1 Team Sauber C34 Ferrari 060 1.6 V6 t AUS MAL
TD 		CHN BHR ESP
TD 		MON CAN AUT GBR
TD 		HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN RUS USA
TD 		MEX BRA ABU  –  –

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results[]

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2017 AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro MIS
QR
3 		MIS
CR
16 		BRH
QR
8 		BRH
CR
7 		ZOL
QR
2 		ZOL
CR
23 		HUN
QR
9 		HUN
CR
12 		NÜR
QR
13 		NÜR
CR
14 		16th 16
2018 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro ZOL
1
8 		ZOL
2
2 		BRH
1
3 		BRH
2
4 		MIS
1
2 		MIS
2
10 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
1 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
1 		1st 98
2019 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro BRH
1
4 		BRH
2
19 		MIS
1
2 		MIS
2
15 		ZAN
1
1 		ZAN
2
6 		NÜR
1
9 		NÜR
2
Ret 		HUN
1
1 		HUN
2
1 		3rd 78.5
2020 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro MIS
1
8 		MIS
2
1 		MIS
3
6 		MAG
1
7 		MAG
2
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		CAT
1
3 		CAT
2
3 		CAT
3
1 		3rd 75.5
2021 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro MAG
1
5 		MAG
2
3 		ZAN
1
2 		ZAN
2
25 		MIS
1
5 		MIS
2
2 		BRH
1
17 		BRH
2
6 		VAL
1
3 		VAL
2
18 		3rd 61.5

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 DC Points
2017 Trident BHR
FEA 		BHR
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		MON
SPR 		BAK
FEA 		BAK
SPR 		RBR
FEA
19 		RBR
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		JER
FEA 		JER
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		29th 0

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results[]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2018 Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport
United States Team SunEnergy1 Racing 		Australia Kenny Habul
France Tristan Vautier
Australia Jamie Whincup 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 APP 271 2nd 2nd

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2021 SunEnergy1 Racing GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
2 		SEB MDO DET WGL WGL LIM
 LGA LBH VIR PET 44th 341
2022 SunEnergy1 GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
21
LBH
 LGA
 MDO
 DET
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
21st* 128*

* Season still in progress.

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