# Alessandro Latif

Alessandro Guido Latif (born 11 April 1996 in London, England) is a British-Italian racing driver. Latif is the youngest race winner of a V de V Proto Endurance Challenge race. In 2014 he competed in the Blancpain Sprint Series driving for Phoenix Racing, the Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours driving an Audi R8 LMS for Flying Lizard Motorsports. Latif's early career involved an upbringing in karts and Formula Renault 2.0.

## Early life

Latif was born on 11 April 1996 in London, England. His father is Pakistani born and mother is Italian, both whom currently reside in London, England. Latif started in karting at aged 11.

## Racing career
### Karts

Latif's karting career began in 2007 where he rose up the ranks to race in the international scene. As well as developing his race craft he achieved notable success in British and European events, as well as in World Karting.

### Single Seater's

In 2012 Latif moved to Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps driving for Atech Grand Prix completing 8 races.

### Sports car racing

Latif signed with Avelon Formula to drive a CN2 (per the Group CN classification) Sports prototype in the V de V Proto Endurance Challenge for the remainder of the 2012 season, where he won his inaugural race in the 4 Heures du Castellet.
In 2013, Latif remained with Avelon Formula in the V de V Proto Endurance Challenge, while also competing in the opening rounds of the SPEED Euroseries. Latif won the 6 Hours of Mugello with teammate Ivan Bellarosa in front of the team's home crowd. They later went on to win the opening rounds of the Speed Euroseries at the Hungaroring.
In 2014 Latif signed with Flying Lizard Motorsports to race at the Daytona 24 Hours in the number 35 Audi R8 LMS, where they finished 5th in the GTD class.
Latif competed in the 2014 12 Hours Sebring in Florida on 12–15 March, where they finished 8th in the GTD class.
Latif also joins with Phoenix Racing for Blancpain Sprint Series alongside Marc Basseng.
Latif was set to race a Nissan Zytec in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race on 14–15 June with the Greaves Motorsport Team. However, after starting 26th on the 54-car grid, the team achieved a top 10 position before their efforts were thwarted after a blameless collision by a co-driver on lap 31 ended the race for them.

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Positions |
| 2012 | Speed EuroSeries | G-Cat Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 23rd |
| 2012 | Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup | Atech Reid GP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43rd |
| 2012 | Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | Atech Reid GP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43rd |
| 2013 | V de V Michelin Endurance Series - Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme V de V | Avalon Formula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2013 | Gulf 12 Hours - CN2 | BF Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2013 | Speed EuroSeries | Avelon Formula | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 4th |
| 2013 | V de V Challenge Endurance - Proto - Scratch | Avelon Formula | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.5 | 16th |
| 2014 | Blancpain Sprint Series - Pro-Am Trophy | Phoenix Racing | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 162 | 1st |
| 2014 | Le Mans 24h - LMP2 | Greaves Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNF |
| 2014 | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | Phoenix Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18th |
| 2014 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | Flying Lizard Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 35th |
| 2015 | Formula Car Challenge Presented by Good Year - West Coast Region - FormulaSPEED2.0 | ? | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 9th |
| 2015 | Pro Mazda | World Speed Motorsports | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 13th |
| 2015 | Cooper Tires Winterfest - Pro Mazda | M1 Autosport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 10th |
| 2015 | Bathurst 12 Hours | Jamec Pen Racing | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 13th |
| 2015 | Bathurst 12 Hour Race - Class A: GT3 Am | Jamec Pen Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th |
| 2016 | Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain | GT Marques | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 10th |

### Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
| 2012 | Atech Reid GP | MNZ 1 20 | MNZ 2 24 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 43rd | 0 |

### US Endurance results

| Year | Race | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2014 | Daytona 24 Hours | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke Filipe Albuquerque | Audi R8 LMS | GTD | 22nd | 5th |
| 2014 | Sebring 12 Hours | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Nelson Canache Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Markus Winkelhock | Audi R8 LMS | GTD | 33rd | 8th |
| 2014 | Petit Le Mans | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke | Audi R8 LMS | GTD | 36th | 12th |

### Blancpain Sprint Series results

| Year | Race | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Pro Am Qual. Race Pos. | Pro Am Main Race Pos. | Overall Qual. Race Pos. | Overall Main Race Pos. |
| 2014 | Blancpain Sprint Series at Nogaro (Circuit Paul Armagnac) | Phoenix Racing | Marc Basseng | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | n/a | n/a | 11th | 9th |
| 2014 | Blancpain Sprint Series at Brands Hatch (Brands Hatch) | Phoenix Racing | Marc Basseng | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 1st | 1st | 10th | 11th |
| 2014 | Blancpain Sprint Series at Zandvoort (Zandvoort) | Phoenix Racing | Marc Basseng | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 2nd | 2nd | 10th | 13th |
| 2014 | Blancpain Sprint Series at Slovakia Ring (Automotodróm Slovakia Ring) | Phoenix Racing | Marc Basseng | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 1st | 1st | 8th | 7th |
| 2014 | Blancpain Sprint Series at Portimao (Portimao Circuit) | Phoenix Racing | Marc Basseng | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 1st | 1st | 11th | 8th |
Note: classified as Pro for the Nogaro race

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2014 | Greaves Motorsport | Michael Munemann James Winslow | Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 31 | DNF | DNF |

### Pro Mazda Championship

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
| 2015 | World Speed Motorsports | STP 9 | STP 17 | LOU 10 | LOU C | BAR 12 | BAR 12 | IMS 13 | IMS 14 | IMS 14 | LOR 10 | TOR 9 | TOR 13 | IOW 13 | MOH 14 | MOH 11 | LAG 12 | LAG 15 | 13th | 140 |