# Simon Mann (racing driver)

Simon Mann (born 10 February 2001) is a British-American racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with AF Corse. A mainstay at the Italian team, Mann has tasted success in the Italian GT Championship's Pro-Am class, winning the Sprint title in 2020 and 2021, the same year in which he would triumph in the Endurance championship.

## GT3 beginnings

Mann started his career in 2018, competing in the GT3 Light class of the Italian GT Championship with AF Corse. The American-licensed driver returned with the team the following year, driving in the Pro-Am classes of both the Sprint and Endurance series. In the Endurance championship, he and Matteo Cressoni finished 12th in class, whereas the Sprint championship yielded four class podiums, including Mann's first car racing win at Vallelunga; Mann ended up third in the Pro-Am standings. In 2020, he once again raced alongside Cressoni in Italian GT. In the Endurance championship, Mann finished fourth in Pro-Am with two class podiums, though he and Cressoni would attain Sprint success, beating the Easy Race on a dead heat to claim the Pro-Am title.
For the 2021 season, Mann returned to the Sprint and Endurance series, continuing his partnership with AF Corse. Having started the year by competing at the 24 Hours of Daytona, Mann soon showed title-winning form in the Pro-Am class, winning his class at Misano and Imola alongside Toni Vilander and Matteo Cressoni respectively. His Sprint campaign concluded with a pair of overall podiums at Mugello, which earned Mann the Sprint Pro-Am title. In Endurance, Mann also won the Pro-Am championship, attaining class wins at Mugello and the season finale in Monza.

## LMGTE career

Having made his LMGTE debut at the 6 Hours of Monza in 2021, Mann moved into the FIA World Endurance Championship the subsequent year, pairing up with Vilander and bronze-ranked Christoph Ulrich in AF Corse's LMGTE Am lineup. The outfit performed unremarkably, taking a best finish of seventh and ending up 11th in the teams' standings.
Mann scored a podium in the Asian Le Mans Series at the start of 2023 before embarking on another season in the WEC, this time driving alongside Ulysse de Pauw and a rotating door of amateur drivers in the third seat. Their campaign started off well, as the #21 crew took fourth place at Sebring and finished fifth in Portimão. However, an early crash for de Pauw at Le Mans changed their fortunes in the second half of the year, as the team missed out on points thrice during the final four races and took home tenth in the overall championship.

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2018 | Italian GT Championship - GT3 Light | AF Corse | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 2019 | Italian GT Championship Sprint - GT3 Pro-Am | AF Corse | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 3rd |
| 2019 | Italian GT Championship Endurance - GT3 Pro-Am | AF Corse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12th |
| 2020 | Italian GT Championship Sprint - GT3 Pro-Am | AF Corse | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 94 | 1st |
| 2020 | Italian GT Championship Endurance - GT3 Pro-Am | AF Corse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 4th |
| 2021 | Italian GT Championship Sprint - GT3 Pro-Am | AF Corse | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 94 | 1st |
| 2021 | Italian GT Championship Endurance - GT3 Pro-Am | AF Corse | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 1st |
| 2021 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | AF Corse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2021 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | AF Corse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 246 | 55th |
| 2022 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | AF Corse | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17th |
| 2022 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | AF Corse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1119 | 20th |
| 2023 | Asian Le Mans Series - GT | AF Corse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7th |
| 2023 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | AF Corse | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 12th |
| 2023 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro | AF Corse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 537 | 19th |
| 2023 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | AF Corse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 337 | 47th |
| 2023 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | AF Corse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | AF Corse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2023-24 | Asian Le Mans Series - GT | AF Corse | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 8th |
| 2024 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 | Vista AF Corse | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 3rd |
| 2024 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | AF Corse | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1154 | 30th |
| 2025 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 | Vista AF Corse | | | | | | | |
$^†$ As Mann was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
| 2021 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SPA | ALG | MNZ 10 | LMS | BHR | BHR | | | NC† | 0 |
| 2022 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SEB 7 | SPA 11 | LMS 7 | MNZ 7 | FUJ 10 | BHR 11 | | | 17th | 28 |
| 2023 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SEB 4 | PRT 5 | SPA 6 | LMS Ret | MNZ 9 | FUJ 12 | BHR 11 | | 12th | 38 |
| 2024 | Vista AF Corse | LMGT3 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | QAT 7 | IMO 4 | SPA 13 | LMS 5 | SÃO 6 | COA 10 | FUJ 6 | BHR 1 | 3rd | 97 |
$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
| 2024 | AF Corse | GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 | DAY 2 | SEB 19 | LBH | LGA | WGL 6 | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS 20 | PET 6 | 30th | 1154 |

### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2022 | AF Corse | Christoph Ulrich Toni Vilander | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 339 | 41st | 8th |
| 2023 | AF Corse | Ulysse de Pauw Julien Piguet | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 21 | DNF | DNF |
| 2024 | Vista AF Corse | François Hériau Alessio Rovera | Ferrari 296 GT3 | LMGT3 | 279 | 33rd | 6th |