Mattia Drudi

Mattia Drudi
Mattia Drudi
	Drudi competing in the Porsche Supercup in 2018
Nationality	Italian
Born	16 July 1998 (age 25); Rimini, Italy
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2019
Current team	Attempto Racing
Car number	66
Starts	14
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Poles	4
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2019–2020; 2015–2018; 2015–2017; 2015; 2015; 2014	24H Series; Porsche Supercup; Porsche Carrera Cup Italia; ADAC Formula 4; Porsche Carrera Cup Germany; Italian F4 Championship
Championship titles
2021	Italian GT Championship – GT3 Endurance

Mattia Drudi (born 16 July 1998) is an Italian racing driver who currently competes in the GT World Challenge Europe for Attempto Racing.^[1]

Career

Early career

Drudi begin his karting career in 2005, at the age of 7, in his native Italy.^[2] In 2009, he claimed three karting titles, taking the 60cc class titles in the Easykart Italy, Easykart European (Cadet), and Campeonato Area Centro series. Two years later, he won the 100cc class of the Easykart European series; his final major championship in karting before transitioning to single-seaters after 2014.

He began his single-seater career in Formula 4 machinery, taking part in the Italian F4 Championship, first with Cram Motorsport before finishing the season with F & M. In just his fifth race in the championship (the second race at Imola), Drudi scored his first victory in the series.^[3] Drudi would finish the season second in the championship, with five races victories and ten podiums. Three of these victories came in a weekend sweep at Monza in September. In the offseason, Drudi conducted a series of tests with Campos Racing in Formula Three machinery, but elected to stay at the F4 level for 2015, joining SMG Swiss Motorsport Group for the inaugural season of the ADAC Formula 4 series.^[4]

Sports car racing

Porsche spec series

In late 2014, Drudi competed in the annual Porsche Italia rookie test, where he was identified by Maurizio Lusuardi of Dinamic Motorsport, who wished to field an entry for Mattia in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italy for 2015. His single-seater commitments initially derailed this move, but in March 2015 Drudi officially signed with the team to compete full-time in the national spec series.^[5] In his debut season, Drudi claimed nine podiums and one victory in 13 races, finishing third in the championship. Drudi's season also included one-off Guest-class appearances in both the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. 2016 would see Drudi continue with Dinamic Motorsport, taking nine wins and 16 podiums en route to a second-place finish in the 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia. He made a further three appearances as a guest in the Porsche Supercup in 2016, taking a podium at his home race at Monza.^[6] For 2017, Drudi competed full-time in the Porsche Supercup for the first time in his career, once again with Dinamic Motorsport. Through the 11-race season, he claimed one podium, once again at Monza, taking 6th in the championship. His final season in the series in 2018 saw him claim four podiums en route to a fifth place finish in the championship.

GT racing

In late 2018, Drudi made his debut in the Italian GT Championship, driving for Audi Sport Italia. In his third race with the team, at Monza, he and co-driver Bar Baruch won the GT3 class, marking Drudi's first race victory in GT3 machinery. In August 2018, Drudi made his debut in prototype machinery, competing with Eurointernational at the Silverstone and Spa rounds of the 2018 European Le Mans Series. His Ligier JS P3 finished 10th and 13th in class respectively.

In February 2019, Drudi was signed to Audi's factory GT lineup, joining the marque's customer racing roster.^[7] His 2019 season primarily consisted of a dual GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup campaign with Attempto Racing, alongside a partial season in the ADAC GT Masters with EFP Car Collection by TECE. He found his greatest successes that season in the Sprint Cup, where he and co-driver Milan Dontje would claim five podiums and a class victory competing in the Silver Cup class. Prior to the 2020 season, Drudi and fellow Audi factory driver Kelvin van der Linde took part in the mid-season Formula E rookie test.^[8] For 2020, Drudi moved to the Pro class with Attempto Racing, adding a trio of appearances in the Intercontinental GT Challenge. In October, he partnered with Patric Niederhauser and Frédéric Vervisch to finish second overall at the 24 Hours of Spa.^[9] The podium finish helped boost he and Vervisch's position in the 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup classification, but a 36th place finish and retirement in the opening two rounds would force the pair to settle for 12th in the overall standings. The 2021 GT World Challenge Europe campaign saw Drudi's entries score no podiums and a combined 13.5 points, enough for 25th and 26th in the Endurance and Sprint Cups respectively. However, Drudi found great success in 2021 in another endurance cup, taking the GT3-class crown in the 2021 Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup.^[10] It marked Drudi's first championship title in seven years of competition in senior motorsport.^[11]

2022 saw Drudi join Car Collection Motorsport's entry in the GT World Challenge Europe, taking part in both the Sprint and Endurance Cups.^[12] Drudi expressed his confidence ahead of the season, claiming that the team could fight for overall race victories.^[13] Alongside Luca Ghiotto and Christopher Haase in the Endurance Cup, Drudi finished 24th in the overall points classification, scoring all 12 points in a fourth-place finish at Imola. In the Sprint Cup, with Ghiotto again as his co-driver, Drudi would come home 10th, registering a season-high finish of fifth at Magny-Cours.

Personal life

Mattia's father, Luca, is a former racing driver. Luca is a two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner, taking victory with Viper Team Oreca in 1998 and Seikel Motorsport in 2001.^[14]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	Italian F4 Championship	Cram Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	237	2nd
2014	Italian F4 Championship	F & M	18	5	4	5	10	237	2nd
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	Dinamic Motorsport	13	1	0	1	9	145	3rd
	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	SMG Swiss Motorsport	7	0	0	0	1	48	14th
	Porsche Supercup	Dinamic Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany - Class A	Dinamic Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	Dinamic Motorsport	21	9	8	6	16	208	2nd
2016	Porsche Supercup	Dinamic Motorsport	3	0	0	1	1	0	NC
2017	Porsche Supercup	Dinamic Motorsport	11	0	0	0	2	91	6th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia		2	1	0	2	2	33	13th
	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Central Europe		2	0	1	0	0	0	NC
2018	Porsche Supercup	Dinamic Motorsport	10	0	0	0	4	109	5th
	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Audi Sport Italia	4	1	0	0	2	46	11th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	Eurointernational	2	0	1	1	0	2.25	30th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe	Attempto Racing	10	0	0	0	0	8	18th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Attempto Racing	5	0	0	0	0	2	33rd
	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Audi Sport Italia	2	0	1	0	1	12	10th
	ADAC GT Masters	EFP Car Collection by TECE	12	0	0	0	0	19	27th
	VLN Series - V5	PROsport Performance	2	1	0	0	1	?	?
	24H GT Series - A6 Pro	Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	?	?
2019–20	Formula E	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	Test driver
2020	Italian GT Championship - Endurance (GT3)	Audi Sport Italia	3	1	1	0	2	35	4th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9 Pro	Audi Sport Team	4	1	0	0	1	25.67	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi Sport Team Valvoline	1	0	0	0	0	28	8th
		Audi Sport Team Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	1
		Audi Sport Team Car Collection	1	0	0	0	0
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Attempto Racing	10	0	0	0	1	25	11th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		4	0	1	1	1	26	12th
	24H GT Series - GT3-Pro		1	0	0	0	0	16	?
2021	Italian GT Championship - Endurance (GT3)	Audi Sport Italia	4	3	0	0	3	60	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi Sport Team Attempto	1	0	0	0	0	19	10th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi Sport Team WRT	2	0	0	0	0	19	10th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Attempto Racing	5	0	0	0	0	7	25th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Attempto Racing	8	0	0	0	0	6.5	26th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	Eurointernational	1	0	0	0	0	4	35th
	ADAC GT Masters	Rutronik Racing by TECE	2	0	0	0	0	8	39th
	ADAC GT Masters	Phoenix Racing	0	0	0	0	0	8	39th
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Tresor by Car Collection	5	0	0	0	0	12	24th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Tresor by Car Collection	10	0	0	0	0	22	10th
	ADAC GT Masters	Car Collection Motorsport	14	0	0	0	1	51	23rd

^* Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2019	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver	MON 24	SIL 9	LEC Ret	SPA 6H 15	SPA 12H 62	SPA 24H Ret	CAT 15	6th	46
2020	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Pro	IMO 36	NÜR Ret	SPA 6H 5	SPA 12H 10	SPA 24H 2	LEC 9		12th	26
2021	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Pro	MON 12	LEC 14	SPA 6H 29	SPA 12H 5	SPA 24H 9	NÜR 11	CAT 40	25th	7
2022	Tresor by Car Collection	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	IMO 4	LEC 12	SPA 6H Ret	SPA 12H Ret	SPA 24H Ret	HOC 38	CAT 42	24th	12

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver	BRH 1 10	BRH 2 9	MIS 1 9	MIS 2 18	ZAN 1 16	ZAN 2 9	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 15	HUN 1 12	HUN 2 15	3rd	97
2020	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Pro	MIS 1 15	MIS 2 6	MIS 3 3	MAG 1 6	MAG 2 Ret	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 Ret	CAT 1 11	CAT 2 Ret	CAT 3 6	11th	25
2021	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Pro	MAG 1 6	MAG 2 12	ZAN 1 14	ZAN 2 17	MIS 1	MIS 2	BRH 1 15	BRH 2 14	VAL 1 8	VAL 2 11	26th	6.5
2022	Tresor by Car Collection	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	BRH 1 6	BRH 2 7	MAG 1 5	MAG 2 8	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 13	MIS 1 11	MIS 2 21	VAL 1 6	VAL 2 13	10th	22

References

^ "Mattia Drudi, 2021 – Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
^ "Biography: Mattia Drudi (I) – Audi MediaCenter". audi-mediacenter.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ "Italian F4: Mattia Drudi gets race 2, Lance Stroll win race 3". automobilsport.com. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (22 March 2015). "Mattia Drudi announces ADAC F4 switch". formulascout.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ "Il Team Dinamic porta al debutto Mattia Drudi" [Team Dinamic brings Mattia Drudi to his debut]. it.motorsport.com (in Italian). 31 March 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ "Race result: Porsche Supercup, Race 8 of season 2016 in Monza". speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ Kilshaw, Jake (13 February 2019). "Drudi Added to Audi GT3 Factory Lineup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ Soulsby, Chris (21 February 2020). "Audi to field van der Linde, Drudi for Formula E rookie test". motorsportweek.com. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ "Runner-up's spot for Audi in gripping edition of the Spa 24 Hours". audi-mediacenter.com. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (1 November 2021). "Weekly Racing Roundup (11.1.21)". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ Paglino, Daniele (7 November 2021). "Mattia Drudi: "I risked a lot, I was on the limit, but it was a risk we had to take"". gt-report.com. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (7 March 2022). "Audi Factory Drivers in Tresor by Car Collection's Pro Lineup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
^ Paglino, Daniele (2 April 2022). "Mattia Drudi: "Car Collection has grown a lot over the years, we can fight for wins"". gt-report.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
^ Raeli, Stefano (28 April 2020). "Luca e Mattia Drudi, una famiglia da corsa" [Luca and Mattia Drudi, a racing family]. it.motorsport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 27 November 2021.

External links

Mattia Drudi at Autosport

Sporting positions
Preceded by Antonio Fuoco Giogio Roda Alessio Rovera	Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup Champion 2021 With: Riccardo Agostini & Lorenzo Ferrari	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] "Mattia Drudi, 2021 – Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

[2] "Biography: Mattia Drudi (I) – Audi MediaCenter". audi-mediacenter.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

[3] "Italian F4: Mattia Drudi gets race 2, Lance Stroll win race 3". automobilsport.com. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

[4] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (22 March 2015). "Mattia Drudi announces ADAC F4 switch". formulascout.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

[5] "Il Team Dinamic porta al debutto Mattia Drudi" [Team Dinamic brings Mattia Drudi to his debut]. it.motorsport.com (in Italian). 31 March 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

[6] "Race result: Porsche Supercup, Race 8 of season 2016 in Monza". speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

[7] Kilshaw, Jake (13 February 2019). "Drudi Added to Audi GT3 Factory Lineup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[8] Soulsby, Chris (21 February 2020). "Audi to field van der Linde, Drudi for Formula E rookie test". motorsportweek.com. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[9] "Runner-up's spot for Audi in gripping edition of the Spa 24 Hours". audi-mediacenter.com. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[10] Lloyd, Daniel (1 November 2021). "Weekly Racing Roundup (11.1.21)". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[11] Paglino, Daniele (7 November 2021). "Mattia Drudi: "I risked a lot, I was on the limit, but it was a risk we had to take"". gt-report.com. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[12] Lloyd, Daniel (7 March 2022). "Audi Factory Drivers in Tresor by Car Collection's Pro Lineup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[13] Paglino, Daniele (2 April 2022). "Mattia Drudi: "Car Collection has grown a lot over the years, we can fight for wins"". gt-report.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[14] Raeli, Stefano (28 April 2020). "Luca e Mattia Drudi, una famiglia da corsa" [Luca and Mattia Drudi, a racing family]. it.motorsport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 27 November 2021.

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