Marco Mapelli

Marco Mapelli
Marco Mapelli
	Blancpain Endurance Series 2016
Nationality	Italian
Born	1 August 1987; Seregno, Italy
GT World Challenge career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Lamborghini Squadra Corse
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2016); FIA Gold (2017–2021); FIA Platinum (2022–)
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.^[2]^[3]

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, Mapelli 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7]

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

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	Alan Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	36th
2006	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	RP Motorsport	9	0	0	0	0	0	34th
2007	Australian Formula 3 Championship	Team BRM	14	1	0	4	3	114	5th
2007	International Formula Master	Bicar Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	34th
2010	Superstars GTSprint Series	Vittoria Competizioni	4	0	0	0	1	16	19th
2010	Italian GT Championship - GT Cup	Vittoria Competizioni							1st
2011	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	Ebimotors	12	2	2	2	6	126	2nd
	Porsche Supercup	Ebimotors	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7	Dörr Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2012	International GT Open - GTS	Autorlando Sport
2013	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Antonelli Motorsport	14	1			5	108	7th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	SMG Challenge	1	0	0	0	0	1	76th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Prospeed Competition	1	0	0	0	0	1	76th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	GDL Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	19th
2014	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Audi Sport Italia	14	2	0	0	6	128	3rd
2015	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Audi Sport Italia	14	2	0	0	5	116	2nd
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	1	0	0	0	1	18	18th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Proton Competition	2	0	0	0	1	30	11th
2016	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am	Barwell Motorsport	5	0	0	0	1	20	15th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Attempto Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	GRT Grasser Racing Team	2	0	0	0	1	0	NC
	GT Asia Series	FFF Racing Team by ACM	2	1	0	0	1
2017	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	11	79th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Attempto Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Attempto Racing	6	0	1	0	0	7	20th
	ADAC GT Masters	HB Racing WDS Bau	13	0	0	0	0	22	25th
	International GT Open	Imperiale Racing	6	1	0	0	3	56	9th
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	GRT Grasser Racing Team	4	0	0	0	0	8	39th
	ADAC GT Masters	GRT Grasser Racing Team	4	1	1	1	1	25	22th
	Super GT Series - GT300	JLOC	7	0	2	1	0	28	13th
	Blancpain GT Series Asia - Pro-Am	FFF Racing Team by ACM	12	3	1	1	8	186	1st
2019	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	1	0	0	0	0	21	53rd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Orange1 FFF Racing Team	5	1	0	0	3	74	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe	Orange1 FFF Racing Team	10	2	0	2	6	92.5	1st
	ADAC GT Masters	Orange1 by GRT Grasser	12	0	0	0	1	60	18th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2020	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	GRT Magnus	1	0	0	0	1	32	40th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Orange1 FFF Racing Team	4	0	0	0	1	37	9th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	GRT Grasser Racing Team	2	0	0	0	1	160	74th
	ADAC GT Masters	GRT Grasser Racing Team	6	1	1	0	1	51	19th
	ADAC GT Masters	T3 Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	51	19th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Orange1 FFF Racing Team	5	1	4	0	2	73	4th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Hankook FFF Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	TR3 Racing	2	0	1	0	1	577	17th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Orange 1 K-PAX Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	ADAC GT Masters	T3 Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	106	11th
	ADAC GT Masters	Paul Motorsport	8	0	0	0	4	106	11th
	GT World Challenge America - Pro	K-PAX Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Leipert Motorsport	4	0	1	0	2	31	5th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Forte Racing powered by US RaceTronics	1	0	0	0	0	257	54th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	K-PAX Racing	5	0	0	0	0	2	26th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	VSR	4	0	0	0	0	9.5	14th
	ADAC GT Masters	GRT Grasser Racing Team	12	2	4	0	3	157	4th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	ABT Sportsline	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Leipert Motorsport	5	0	0	0	1	34	7th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GRT Grasser Racing Team	5	1	1	2	2	63	2nd
	GT World Challenge Asia - Pro-Am	VSR	6	0	0	0	1	38	22th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Red Bull Team ABT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2025	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Pfaff Motorsports	9	0	0	0	1	2325	11th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	VSR	3	0	0	0	0	7	22th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	ABT Sportsline	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2026	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Team ABT Sportsline

† As Mapelli was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2011	Dörr Motorsport	Christian Gebhardt Markus Grossmann Timo Kluck	Porsche 997 Cup	SP7	96	DNF	DNF
2013	GDL Racing	Roberto Feccio Dario Paletto Paul Stubber	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	SP9	?	29th	19th
2017	Konrad Motorsport	Christian Engelhart Dominik Farnbacher Hendrik Still	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	SP9	17	DNF	DNF
2019	Konrad Motorsport	Michael Lyons Axcil Jefferies Michele Di Martino	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	SP9	126	DNF	DNF
2020	Konrad Motorsport	Axcil Jefferies Michele Di Martino Franck Perera	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	SP9 Pro	15	DNF	DNF
2021	Hankook FFF Racing Team	Giacomo Altoè Mirko Bortolotti Franck Perera	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	SP9 Pro	31	DNF	DNF
2023	Abt Sportsline	Kelvin van der Linde Jordan Pepper Nicki Thiim	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	SP9 Pro	160	9th	7th
2024	Red Bull Team Abt	Kelvin van der Linde Jordan Pepper	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	SP9 Pro	50	5th	5th
2025	Abt Sportsline	Christian Engelhart Luca Engstler	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	SP9 Pro	140	5th	4th

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Phoenix Racing	Laurens Vanthoor Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS ultra	AP	269	2nd	1st
2016	Jamec Pem Racing	Christopher Haase Christopher Mies	Audi R8 LMS	AP	50	DNF	DNF
2020	FFF Racing Team	Andrea Caldarelli Dennis Lind	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Pro	187	DNF	DNF
2026	Wall Racing	Tony D'Alberto Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Bronze	260	15th	5th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2015	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL	SPA	LMS	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR 2	18th	18

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2015	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL	IMO 2	RBR	LEC 4	EST	11th	30

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

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

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
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
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 10	JED 2	2nd	63
2025	VSR	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	LEC 14	MNZ	SPA 6H 3	SPA 12H 46	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 15	CAT	22th	7

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2016	Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro	MIS QR	MIS CR	BRH QR 28	BRH CR 28	NÜR QR	NÜR CR					NC	0
2016	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro							HUN QR 13	HUN CR Ret	CAT QR	CAT CR	NC	0
2017	Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro	MIS QR 23	MIS CR 27	BRH QR 9	BRH CR 13	ZOL QR 9	ZOL CR 7	HUN QR	HUN CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	20th	7
2019	Orange1 FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Pro	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 2	MIS 1 1	MIS 2 2	ZAN 1 3	ZAN 2 7	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 3	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 4	1st	92.5
2023	VSR	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	VAL 1 15	VAL 2 12	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 4	14th	9.5

Complete ADAC GT Masters Results

(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	Pos.	Points
2017	HB Racing WDS Bau	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	OSC 1 14	OSC 2 4	LAU 1 12	LAU 2 15	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 14	ZAN 1 23	ZAN 2 20	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 Ret	SAC 1 15	SAC 2 5	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS	25th	22
2018	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	OSC 1	OSC 2	MST 1	MST 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ZAN 1 1	ZAN 2 Ret	SAC 1 14	SAC 2 Ret	HOC 1	HOC 2	22th	25
2019	Orange1 by GRT Grasser	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	OSC 1 15	OSC 2 5	MST 1 18	MST 2 11	RBR 1 21	RBR 2 12	ZAN 1 3	ZAN 2 7	NÜR 1 22	NÜR 2 6	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 22	SAC 1	SAC 2	18th	60
2021	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	OSC 1	OSC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 19	LAU 1	LAU 2			HOC 1 1	HOC 2 19	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 4	19th	51
2021	T3 Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo									SAC 1 8	SAC 2 15					19th	51
2022	T3 Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	OSC 1 11	OSC 2 18	RBR 1 8	RBR 2 15	ZAN 1 7	ZAN 2 20†									11th	106
2022	Paul Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo							NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 10	LAU 1 3³	LAU 2 5	SAC 1 19†	SAC 2 3	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 3	11th	106
2023	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	HOC 1 8¹	HOC 2 7	NOR 1 5³	NOR 2 6	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 1¹	SAC 1 7²†	SAC 2 2¹	RBR 1 DSQ¹	RBR 2 8²	HOC 1 1¹	HOC 2 Ret²			4th	157

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
2021	GRT Grasser Racing Team	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 18	SEB	MDO	DET 2‡	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET	74th	160
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	Forte Racing powered by 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
2025	Pfaff Motorsports	GTD Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 13	SEB 10	LGA 4	DET 3	WGL	MOS 5	ELK 6	VIR 9	IMS 9	PET 10			11th	2325

^‡ Points count towards WeatherTech Sprint Cup championship only.

Complete Super GT 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	Pos.	Points
2018	JLOC	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	GT300	OKA 7	FUJ 9	SUZ 4	CHA	FUJ 6	SUG 5	AUT 13	MOT 27	13th	28

References

^ Goodwin, Graham (10 November 2021). "Updated 2022 Provisional FIA Driver Rankings Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
^ "Orange1 FFF Lamborghini Squad Take World Challenge Europe Title". www.dailysportscar.com. 8 September 2019. 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.

[1] Goodwin, Graham (10 November 2021). "Updated 2022 Provisional FIA Driver Rankings Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[2] "Orange1 FFF Lamborghini Squad Take World Challenge Europe Title". www.dailysportscar.com. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

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

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

[FFF-5] "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.

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

[7] 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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