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Riccardo Pera

Riccardo Pera
Pera in 2023
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 25)
Lucca, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2018–19
Current teamGR Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number86
Starts33 (34 entries)
Wins1
Podiums10
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish4th in 2021

Riccardo Pera (born 4 July 1999) is an Italian racing driver who most recently competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with GR Racing.[1] He previously finished as runner-up of the 2019 European Le Mans Series in the GTE class and the 2021 champion of the Italian GT Sprint Championship in the GT4 Pro-Am category.[2][3]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia EbiMotors 14 5 2 3 10 174 2nd
2018 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE EbiMotors 6 1 1 2 4 58.5 7th
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing 2 1 0 0 2 40 14th
2019 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Dempsey-Proton Racing[4] 6 1 0 0 3 76 2nd
Le Mans Cup - GT3 EbiMotors 1 0 0 0 1 18 11th
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT4 2 1 0 0 2 32 9th
Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT4 2 1 1 1 2 32 5th
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing 8 0 0 0 2 107.5 5th
2020 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia EbiMotors 2 0 0 0 1 13 12th
Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 3 0 0 0 0 5 18th
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Team Project 1[5] 5 0 0 0 3 78 4th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT4 Pro-Am EbiMotors 6 6 3 3 6 120 1st
GT4 European Series - Pro-Am 1 0 1 0 0 1 23rd
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am GR Racing[6][7] 5 0 0 0 0 50 10th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT Cup EbiMotors 6 2 1 1 3 0 NC†
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am GR Racing 7 0 0 0 2 64 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Porsche Supercup Ombra Racing 2 0 0 0 0 8 21st
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT Cup Pro-Am 3 0 1 1 2 0 NC†
2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series - GT GR Racing 4 0 0 1 0 6 25th
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMGT3 GR Racing 6 0 0 0 2 64 5th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th

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


Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2018 EbiMotors LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC
3
MNZ
3
RBR
3
SIL
Ret
SPA
1‡
ALG
Ret
8th 58.5
2019 Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 LEC
3
MNZ
1
CAT
6
SIL
7
SPA
2
ALG
Ret
2nd 76
2024 GR Racing LMGT3 Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 CAT
2
LEC
5
IMO
7
SPA
2
MUG
8
ALG
6
5th 64
Source:[8]

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

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 Rank Points
2018–19 Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA
3
SEB SPA
1
LMS 14th 40
2019–20 Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
5
FUJ
5
SHA
11
BHR
6
COA
5
SPA
2
LMS
2
BHR
7
5th 107.5
2021 Team Project 1 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SPA
DNS
ALG
2
MNZ
4
LMS
Ret
BHR
3
BHR
3
4th 78
2022 GR Racing LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SEB SPA
6
LMS
3
MNZ
12
FUJ
12
BHR
6
10th 50
2023 GR Racing LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SEB
7
PRT
11
SPA
12
LMS
3
MNZ
3
FUJ
8
BHR
8
6th 64
Sources:[8][9]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2020 Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing Australia Matt Campbell
Germany Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
339 25th 2nd
2021 Germany Team Project 1 Italy Matteo Cairoli
Norway Egidio Perfetti
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am
84 DNF DNF
2022 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Ben Barker
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am
340 37th 4th
2023 United Kingdom GR Racing United Kingdom Ben Barker
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am
312 29th 3rd
2024 United Kingdom GR Racing Brazil Daniel Serra
United Kingdom Michael Wainwright
Ferrari 296 GT3 LMGT3 278 39th 12th
Sources:[8][10]

References

  1. ^ Goodwin, Graham (11 January 2023). "FIA WEC Reveal 38 Car Full Season Entry – 13 Hypercars For Breakthrough Season". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ Rodriguez, Christian (2021-10-13). "Italian GT Mugello: Ferrari and Agostini claim Sprint championship". GT REPORT. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  3. ^ "ELMS". www.europeanlemansseries.com. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  4. ^ "2019 European Le Mans Series — 4 Hours of Le Castellet Provisional Entry List" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Pera Joins Perfetti And Cairoli In #56 Project 1 Porsche". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  6. ^ Plümer, Jonas (9 February 2022). "FIA WEC: GR Racing präsentiert 2022er Aufgebot". GT-Place.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  7. ^ "Looped crew at GR Racing". endurance-info.com (in French). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  8. ^ a b c "Riccardo Pera Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Riccardo Pera". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Riccardo Pera". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

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