Matteo Cairoli (born 1 June 1996) is an Italian racing driver who currently competes in the

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Interco ...

Career

Junior formula

Cairoli began his single-seater racing career in 2012, competing in the

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. 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

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, Cairoli joined GSK Grand Prix for the

2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series The 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series was the fourth year of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series. The championship began on 5 April at Imola and finished on 5 October at Jerez after fourteen races held at seven meetings. Koiranen GP driver Nyc ...

season. However, he would only compete in the first round at

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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. 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. As part of the 2015 Porsche Junior driver class, Cairoli was awarded a seat in the

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and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for that season, signing with Project 1 Motorsport in both series. 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. 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone 56 (48664320843)

2019 4 Hours of Silverstone 56 (48664320843)

In 2017, Cairoli stepped up to compete for Dempsey-Proton Racing in the LMGTE Am class of the

. The opportunity provided Cairoli with his first appearance at the

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, where the team finished sixth in class. In his first season with the team, the team finished second in the LMGTE Am class, winning twice at the

Nürburgring The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around the village a ...

and in

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. Cairoli also competed with Dempsey-Proton in the

European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...

for 2017, scoring a class victory at

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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 Dinamic Motorsport is an Italian auto racing team based in Reggio Emilia, Italy. It is a Porsche reference team and participates in the most important GT car races in the world. History Dinamic Motorsport was born from the will and pass ...

to compete in the

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. The following season, Cairoli featured as part of the Manthey Racing team that claimed overall victory at the

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, driving alongside Kévin Estre and Michael Christensen.

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)

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

Matteo Cairoli
at the Porsche Newsroom
Matteo Cairoli
at Motorsport.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Cairoli, Matteo 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 Porsche Motorsports drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers Iron Lynx drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Italy drivers Porsche Carrera Cup France drivers Sportspeople from Como International GT Open drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers