Riccardo Pera

Riccardo Pera
Pera in 2023
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1999-07-04) 4 July 1999
Lucca, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2018–19
Current teamManthey 1st Phorm
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number92
Former teamsProject 1 Motorsport

Proton Competition

GR Racing
Starts33 (34 entries)
Wins3
Podiums12
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish4th in 2021

Riccardo Pera (born 4 July 1999) is an Italian racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Manthey 1st Phorm in the LMGT3 class.[1] He previously finished as runner-up of the 2019 European Le Mans Series in the GTE class, was the 2021 champion of the Italian GT Sprint Championship in the GT4 Pro-Am category and runner-up in the 2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series in the GT class.[2][3][4] He won the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGT3 class.[5]

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[6] 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[7] 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[8][9] 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
2024-25 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Manthey EMA 6 1 0 1 3 76 2nd
2025 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 Manthey 1st Phorm 4 2 0 0 2 81 1st*
24H Series - 992 Ebimotors
European Le Mans Series - LMGT3 GR Racing
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Lionspeed GP

† 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:[10]

‡ 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
2025 Manthey 1st Phorm LMGT3 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 QAT
12 		IMO
1 		SPA
7 		LMS
1 		SÃO
 COA
 FUJ
 BHR
 1st* 81*
Sources:[10][11]

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
2025 Germany Manthey 1st Phorm United States Ryan Hardwick
Austria Richard Lietz 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) LMGT3 341 33rd 1st
Sources:[10][12]

References

  1. ^ "Manthey to contest the 2025 FIA WEC with the Iron Dames and 1st Phorm". Endurance Info. 2024-11-21. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  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. ^ "Race Results | Asian Le Mans Series". www.asianlemansseries.com. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  5. ^ Little, Martin (2025-06-15). "Le Mans 24H, Hour 24: Ferrari Remains Undefeated With 499P At Le Mans". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Pera Joins Perfetti And Cairoli In #56 Project 1 Porsche". www.dailysportscar.com. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  8. ^ Plümer, Jonas (9 February 2022). "FIA WEC: GR Racing präsentiert 2022er Aufgebot". GT-Place.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  9. ^ "Looped crew at GR Racing". endurance-info.com (in French). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  10. ^ a b c "Riccardo Pera Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Riccardo Pera". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Riccardo Pera". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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