Răzvan Umbrărescu

Petru Umbrărescu
Umbrărescu at the 2025 6 Hours of São Paulo
Nationality Romanian
Full nameRăzvan Petru Umbrărescu
Born (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993
Bacău, Romania
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2025
Current teamAkkodis ASP Team
Racing licence FIA Silver (until 2024)
FIA Bronze (2025–)
Car number87
Starts8 (8 entries)
Wins2
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish3rd in 2025

Răzvan Petru Umbrărescu (born 30 June 1993) is a Romanian racing driver who is currently competing in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship with Akkodis ASP Team.[1]

Career

Umbrărescu started his car racing career in 2016 by competing some races of the Renault Clio Cup for the Certainty Racing Team.[2]

In 2017, Umbrărescu joined the German RN Vision STS team to compete in the GT4 European Series Northern Cup with Gabriele Piana and Hendrik Still as his teammates.[3] He took four class victories and became vice-champion in the Pro-Am classification.

In 2018, Umbrărescu remained with the team to contest the GT4 European Series with Piana as his teammate again. He took his first overall win in the series at the Misano World Circuit. The pair of Piana and Umbrărescu finished the season as seventh in the Silver Cup. That year, he also joined Leipert Motorsport to compete in a few selected races of the 24H GT Series and Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe. At the 24 Hours of Portimão he took second place in the SPX class together with Piana, John-Louis Jasper and Pavel Lefterov.[4]

In 2019, Umbrărescu only competed in the opening round of the International GT Open for Petri Corse with Jules Gounon as his teammate.[5]

In 2020, Umbrărescu joined Team Lazarus to compete in the International GT Open with Stefano Coletti. He only competed in the first two rounds without finishing a single race. He also joined Classic & Modern Racing to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Pierre-Alexandre Jean and Seb Morris.[2] Ahead of the second round at the Nürburgring he was switched to from No. 108 car to the No. 107 car which he shared with Romano Ricci and Stephane Tribaudini.[6]

In 2021, Umbrărescu joined the AKKA ASP Team to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with Jules Gounon.[7] After scoring two podiums, the pair finished the season in seventh. He also joined Thomas Drouet, Simon Gachet and Konstantin Tereshchenko as the fourth driver at the 24 Hours of Spa.[8]

In 2022, Umbrărescu remained in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with the same team. His teammate was Igor Waliłko.[9] The pair finished the season as tenth in the Silver Cup.

In 2023, Umbrărescu joined the Haupt Racing Team to compete in the ADAC GT Masters.[1] Together with his teammate Arjun Maini he took a second place in the opening round at the Hockenheimring.[10] Ahead of the second round, it was announced that Maximilian Götz would be his teammate for the rest of season.[11] He got three more podiums by the end of the season – two third places at the first race of the fourth and fifth round at the Sachsenring (which he partnered up with Philip Ellis) and the Red Bull Ring – including matching his best finish with a second place in the final race of the final round at the Hockenheimring. Umbrărescu finished the drivers championship in sixth position with one pole position, one fastest lap, four podiums and 142 points.[12]

Umbrărescu's only event of the 2024 season was the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, where he entered in two events in the gold cup with James Jakes driving for Comtoyou Racing.[13] He only competed in the two races of the third round of the series at the Hockenheimring, where he got his only point. Umbrărescu entered the fifth and final round of the season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but withdrew for health reasons, leaving Jakes to drive the pair of races alone.[14]

FIA World Endurance Championship

Umbrărescu became the first Romanian, also the first Balkans, driver to win a race in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He was also the second Romanian to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship after Filip Ugran, when he was announced for Akkodis ASP Team's lineup in the LMGT3 class of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship alongside Clemens Schmid and Finn Gehrsitz. [15][1][16] Just before the season, Gehrsitz would migrate to the #87 Akkodis ASP Team instead of the No. 97 one that he was originally a part of and José María López would replace him. [17] Umbrărescu won the fifth round of WEC for the LMGT3 category, at the 2025 6 Hours of São Paulo, marking his debut win. After the victory at Interlagos (Brazil), the season's final race held on the Bahrain International Circuit, Umbrărescu scored his second victory of the season, consolidating his position in the standings. He ended the year in third place in the LMGT3 class, just a fraction behind second place — an exceptional result for a rookie in the prestigious World Endurance Championship.

Personal life

Umbrărescu was born in Bacău, Romania.[18] He is the son of Dorinel Umbrărescu, who founded the construction company Spedition UMB, of which he is a shareholder.[19][20]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 Renault Clio Cup Central Europe Certainty Racing Team 6 0 0 0 0 36 21st
Renault Clio Cup Italy 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2017 GT4 European Series Northern Cup - Pro-Am RN Vision STS 10 4 0 0 5 150 2nd
GT4 European Series Northern Cup - Silver 2 0 0 0 0 8 32nd
2018 24H GT Series - Championship of the Continents - SPX Leipert Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC
24H GT Series - European Championship - SPX 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Am 2 0 0 0 0 ? ?
GT4 European Series - Silver RN Vision STS 12 1 1 2 4 98 7th
2019 International GT Open Petri Corse 1 0 0 0 0 0 39th
2020 International GT Open Team Lazarus 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup CMR 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 4 25th
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup AKKA ASP Team 10 0 0 0 2 35.5 7th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 1 0 0 0 0 6 31st
2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup AKKodis ASP Team 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver 10 0 0 0 0 30.5 10th
2023 ADAC GT Masters Haupt Racing Team 12 0 1 1 4 142 6th
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Comtoyou Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Gold 2 0 0 0 0 4.5 10th
2025 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 Akkodis ASP Team 8 2 0 0 2 95 3rd

* Season still in progress.

Complete GT4 European Series results

(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 11 12 Pos Points
2018 RN Vision STS BMW M4 GT4 Silver ZOL
1
19 		ZOL
2
21 		BRH
1
32 		BRH
2
10 		MIS
1
1 		MIS
2
2 		SPA
1
8 		SPA
2
10 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
2 		NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
9 		7th 98

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

(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
2020 CMR Bentley Continental GT3 Pro IMO
37 		NÜR
29 		NC 0
Pro-Am NÜR
29 		SPA
6H
 SPA
12H
 SPA
24H
 LEC
 25th 4
2021 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver MON
 LEC
 SPA
6H
40 		SPA
12H
34 		SPA
24H
23 		NÜR
 CAT
 31st 6

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

(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
2021 AKKA ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro MAG
1
10 		MAG
2
24 		ZAN
1
13 		ZAN
2
6 		MIS
1
12 		MIS
2
7 		BRH
1
12 		BRH
2
3 		VAL
1
5 		VAL
2
2 		7th 35.5
2022 AKKodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver BRH
1
20 		BRH
2
15 		MAG
1
17 		MAG
2
19 		ZAN
1
21 		ZAN
2
12 		MIS
1
15 		MIS
2
22 		VAL
1
Ret 		VAL
2
18 		10th 30.5
2024 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Gold BRH
1 		BRH
2 		MIS
1 		MIS
2 		HOC
1
28 		HOC
2
Ret 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		CAT
1
WD 		CAT
2
WD 		10th 4.5

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 DC Points
2023 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
21 		NOR
1
6 		NOR
2
7 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
12 		SAC
1
3 		SAC
2
62 		RBR
1
6 		RBR
2
3 		HOC
1
8 		HOC
2
2 		4th 142

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(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 Rank Points
2025 Akkodis ASP Team LMGT3 Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 2UR-GSE 5.0 L V8 QAT
Ret 		IMO
4 		SPA
Ret 		LMS
5 		SÃO
1 		COA
NC 		FUJ
15 		BHR
1 		3rd 95

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2025 Akkodis ASP Team José María López
Clemens Schmid 		Lexus RC F GT3 LMGT3 340 37th 5th

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