# Marco Mapelli

Marco Mapelli (born 1 August 1987 in Seregno, Italy) is an Italian racing driver. He is part of the Lamborghini factory stable, with whom he has won the overall 2019 Blancpain GT Series title.
After spending numerous years in Italian and Australian lower formulae, Mapelli made a gradual switch to the GT racing scene at the end of the 2000s, eventually taking part in and winning the Italian GT Sprint Championship's GTC class in 2010. Following a runner-up finish in the 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, the Italian made a permanent move towards GT3 competition, spending two seasons in the International GT Open and four years in Italian GT, where he finished second in the standing on two occasions.
In 2017, Mapelli was added to the Lamborghini works driver lineup. Two irregular seasons followed, with the highlight being a race win in the ADAC GT Masters and multiple podiums in the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia, before Mapelli joined FFF Racing Team for the 2019 season. He and teammate Andrea Caldarelli experienced a successful campaign, winning both the GT World Challenge Europe and Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup titles to be crowned Blancpain GT Series champions.
Since 2020, Mapelli has continued driving for Lamborghini-fielding teams in GT3 series, winning races in the GTWC Endurance Cup, ADAC GT Masters, and Asian Le Mans Series.

## Career

| Statistics | |
| Race Entered | 351 |
| Wins | 28 |
| Podiums | 91 |
| Pole Positions | 18 |
| Race Win Percentage | 8% |

## Racing record
### Complete Blancpain GT Series and GT World Challenge Europe results
#### Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Pro-Am | MNZ 42 | SIL Ret | LEC 12 | SPA 6H 36 | SPA 12H 32 | SPA 24H 25 | NÜR 24 | 15th | 29 |
| 2017 | Attempto Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Pro | MNZ DNS | SIL 19 | LEC Ret | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | CAT | NC | 0 |
| 2018 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Pro | MNZ Ret | SIL | LEC 17 | SPA 6H 19 | SPA 12H 19 | SPA 24H 14 | CAT 6 | 39th | 8 |
| 2019 | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Pro | MNZ 2 | SIL 6 | LEC 3 | SPA 6H 33 | SPA 12H 21 | SPA 24H 8 | CAT 1 | 1st | 74 |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Pro | IMO Ret | NÜR 16 | SPA 6H 2 | SPA 12H 2 | SPA 24H 38 | LEC 3 | | 9th | 37 |
| 2021 | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Pro | MNZ 24 | LEC 3 | SPA 6H 2 | SPA 12H 10 | SPA 24H 8 | NÜR 1 | CAT 4 | 4th | 73 |
| 2022 | Orange 1 K-PAX Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Pro | IMO | LEC | SPA 6H 31 | SPA 12H 22 | SPA 24H 11 | HOC | CAT | NC | 0 |
| 2023 | K-Pax Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | Pro | MNZ Ret | LEC 11 | SPA 6H 17 | SPA 12H 11 | SPA 24H 29 | NÜR 9 | CAT 44 | 26th | 2 |
| 2024 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | Pro | LEC 11 | SPA 6H 17 | SPA 12H 8 | SPA 24H 5 | NÜR 1 | MNZ | JED | 3rd* | 38* |
* Season still in progress.

### Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2016 | Barwell Motorsport | Marco Attard Tom Kimber-Smith Leo Machitski | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | GT3 Pro-Am | 517 | 25th | 8th |
| 2018 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Raffaele Giammaria Ezequiel Pérez Companc | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | GT3 Pro | 506 | 14th | 14th |
| 2019 | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | Andrea Caldarelli Dennis Lind | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 (2019) | GT3 Pro | 362 | 8th | 8th |
| 2020 | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | Andrea Caldarelli Dennis Lind | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | GT3 Pro | 371 | DNF | DNF |
| 2021 | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | Andrea Caldarelli Mirko Bortolotti | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | GT3 Pro | 554 | 8th | 8th |
| 2022 | Orange1 K-Pax Racing | Andrea Caldarelli Jordan Pepper | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | GT3 Pro | 534 | 11th | 11th |
| 2023 | K-Pax Racing | Sandy Mitchell Franck Perera | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | GT3 Pro | 530 | 29th | 14th |

### Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
| 2017 | Konrad Motorsport | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 20 | SEB | LBH | AUS | BEL | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 79th | 11 |
| 2019 | Magnus Racing | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 10 | SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | | 53rd | 21 |
| 2020 | GRT Magnus | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 2 | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MDO | CLT | PET | LGA | SEB | | 40th | 32 |
| 2022 | TR3 Racing | GTD Pro | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 12 | SEB 2 | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | | | 17th | 577 |
| 2023 | US RaceTronics | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 7 | SEB | LBH | MON | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | | 54th | 257 |