Iron Lynx
Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab is an Italian auto racing team founded by Andrea Piccini, Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni and Sergio Pianezzola.[1] The team is based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. They operate Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 sports cars in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and GT World Challenge Europe, and Porsche 911 RSR-19 cars in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Founded | 2017 |
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Team principal(s) | Andrea Piccini |
Founder(s) |
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Current series | IMSA SportsCar Championship GT World Challenge Europe FIA World Endurance Championship European Le Mans Series Michelin Le Mans Cup Lamborghini Super Trofeo Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 |
Former series | Ferrari Challenge |
Noted drivers | Sarah Bovy Matteo Cressoni Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner Callum Ilott Katherine Legge Andrea Piccini Doriane Pin Claudio Schiavoni |
Teams' Championships | 2 (European Le Mans Series 2021 LMGTE, Michelin Le Mans Cup 2021 GT3) |
Drivers' Championships | 2 (Michelin Le Mans Cup 2020, Ferrari Challenge 2021) |
History
2019
In 2019, Iron Lynx began the "Iron Dames" project, focused on supporting and promoting women in motorsport.
2020
At the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Iron Lynx entered two cars, including an all-female line-up in the #85 Ferrari, driven by Rahel Frey, Manuela Gostner and Michelle Gatting.[2] In October 2020, Rino Mastronardi won the GT3 Drivers Championship for Iron Lynx in the Michelin Le Mans Cup[3] to earn an automatic invitation to the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.
2021
In 2021, Iron Lynx entered the FIA World Endurance Championship for the first time.[4] In September 2021, it was confirmed that Iron Lynx will be collaborating with Prema Powerteam to enter an Oreca 07 in the World Endurance Championship LMP2 class for 2022.[5] On October 24, 2021, Iron Lynx clinched the LMGTE teams championship in European Le Mans, earning them an automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.[6][7] On November 20, 2021, Michelle Gatting became the first female champion of the Ferrari Challenge.[8][9][10] Iron Lynx also won the Michelin Le Mans Cup teams championship for the second year running to earn a second automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.[11]
2022
On January 12, 2022, Iron Lynx announced that they would enter 2 cars in the GTE Am class of the World Endurance Championship for 2022. Both entries will run the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, with Claudio Schiavoni will returning for the #65 entry while Rahel Frey will return for the #85 Iron Dames entry.[12] On February 16, Iron Lynx announced that Giancarlo Fisichella would join the WEC squad, while also announcing additional 2022 campaigns. Iron Lynx will return to the European Le Mans Series with an LMGTE entry piloted by Davide Rigon alongside Schiavoni and Cressoni. Iron Lynx will field four full season entries in the Ferrari Challenge, piloted by Doriane Pin, Arno Dahlmeyer, Marco Pulcini and an additional driver.[13]
2023
On November 6, 2022, Iron Lynx announced they became Lamborghini factory team from 2023. And they enter Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO 2 of IMSA Sportscar Championship and GT World Challenge for 2023. Iron Lynx also continue to enter FIA World Endurance Championship, using two Porsche 911 RSR-19s as Lamborghini does not actively manufacture a car under GTE specifications.
Current series Results
24 Hours of Le Mans
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Pts |
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2021 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE Am | 60 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Andrea Piccini Raffaele Giammaria Paolo Ruberti Rino Mastronardi |
SPA 9 |
POR 6 |
MON Ret |
LMN 4 |
BHR 12 |
BHR 6 |
7th | 63.5 | |
85 | Rahel Frey Manuela Gostner Katherine Legge Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy |
SPA 8 |
POR 7 |
MON 8 |
LMN 3 |
BHR 8 |
BHR 9 |
10th | 46 | ||||||
2022 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE Am | 60 | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Alessandro Balzan Raffaele Giammaria |
SEB 8 |
SPA 8 |
LMN Ret |
MON 4 |
FUJ 11 |
BHR 9 |
12th | 25 | |
Iron Dames | 85 | Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Christina Nielsen Doriane Pin |
SEB 4 |
SPA 10 |
LMN 7 |
MON 2 |
FUJ 2 |
BHR 3 |
3rd | 93 | |||||
2023 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE Am | 60 | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello |
SEB 6 |
POR 12 |
SPA 11 |
LMN Ret |
MON 2 |
FUJ 11 |
BHR |
11th* | 30* |
Iron Dames | 85 | Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Rahel Frey |
SEB 8 |
POR 3 |
SPA 5 |
LMN 4 |
MON 5 |
FUJ 4 |
BHR |
2nd* | 79* |
* Season still in progress
Italian F4 Championship
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2019 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Hamda Al Qubaisi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42nd | NC[lower-alpha 1] |
Amna Al Qubaisi | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st | |||
2020 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Leonardo Fornaroli | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 9th | 5th |
Yaroslav Shervyrtalov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | |||
Hamda Al Qubaisi | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25th | 11th[lower-alpha 2] | ||
2021 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Kacper Sztuka | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th† | 5th |
Leonardo Fornaroli | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 180 | 5th | |||
Pietro Armanni | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25th | |||
Maya Weug | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |||
2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Ivan Domingues | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15th | 6th |
Nicola Lacorte | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28th | |||
Maya Weug | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14th | 5th[lower-alpha 3] |
† Shared results with other team
Former series results
ADAC Formula 4 Championship
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2020 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Leonardo Fornaroli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | N/A† |
Hamda Al Qubaisi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
2021 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Leonardo Fornaroli | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† | N/A† |
Pietro Armanni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
Maya Weug | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Maya Weug | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | N/A† |
† Ineligible to score points.
Timeline
Current series | |
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Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 2018–2019, 2022–present |
Italian GT Championship | 2019, 2021, 2023–present |
Le Mans Cup | 2019–present |
FIA World Endurance Championship | 2021–present |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | 2021–present |
IMSA SportsCar Championship | 2023–present |
GT2 European Series | 2023–present |
European Le Mans Series | 2019–present |
Former Series | |
SuperCars Series Trophy | 2019 |
Italian F4 Championship | 2019–2022 |
ADAC Formula 4 | 2020–2022 |
Ferrari Challenge Europe | 2020–2022 |
Notes
External links
References
- "IRON LYNX | Motorsport Lab". Iron Lynx.
- "#85 - Ferrari 488 GTE Evo - FIA World Endurance Championship".
- "IRON LYNX ARE MICHELIN LE MANS CUP 2020 CHAMPIONS WITH PICCINI AND MASTRONARDI. ANDREA PICCINI TAKES SUPER POLE IN THE EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES. | Ironlynx News". Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- "Iron Lynx and Iron Dames launch the 2021 season". www.ferrari.com.
- "Prema to join WEC LMP2 ranks with Iron Lynx partnership". www.autosport.com.
- "LMGTE – Iron Lynx are Crowned 2021 Champions with Victory in Portimão - ELMS".
- "Who has booked their place on the 2022 24 Hours of le Mans grid?".
- "MICHELLE GATTING MAKES HISTORY BECOMING THE FIRST FEMALE CHAMPION OF FERRARI CHALLENGE TROFEO PIRELLI | Ironlynx News". Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- "Michelle Gatting Wins Ferrari Challenge Europe Trofeo Pirelli | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com.
- "Gatting becomes Ferrari Challenge's first-ever female champion". www.motorsport.com.
- "Let's celebrate the 2021 champions - LMC".
- "Iron Lynx returns to FIA WEC for 2022".
- "IRON LYNX AND IRON DAMES ANNOUNCE 2022 CAMPAIGNS AND DRIVER LINE-UP". Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-03-04.