Luigi Ferrara

Luigi Ferrara
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1982-05-12) 12 May 1982 Bari (Italy)
TCR International Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Top Run Motorsport
Car number	32
Starts	3
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	26th in 2016

Luigi Ferrara (born 12 May 1982) is an Italian racing driver from Bari.

Career

He began his career in feeder formula series such as the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Italian Formula Three and International Formula Master. He was champion in 2005 of the Italian Formula Three Championship with team Corbetta Competizioni.

Ferrara switched to sports car in 2008, and won the Porsche Carrera Cup Italy. In 2009 he raced part-time at the Porsche Supercup.

In 2010, the driver joined the Superstars Series with the CAAL team. Driving a Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG, he collected four wins and 10 podiums in 20 races, resulting second in the International Series and third in the Italian Championship.

At the 2011 Superstars Series, Ferrara got one win and eight podiums in 18 races. He ended again runner-up in the International Series and third in the Italian Championship.

The Italian only competed in two rounds of the 2012 season: Spa-Francorchamps with CAAL and Pergusa with Roma, in both cases with a Mercedes-Benz. He finished second and fourth out of four races, and resulted 16th in the International Series.

Ferrara returned full-time to the Superstars Series for the 2013, remaining in the Roma team. He is currently fifth in the standings with one win and seven podiums out of 13 starts.

Racing record

Complete TCR International Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2016	Top Run Motorsport	Subaru Impreza STi TCR	BHR 1 12	BHR 2 8	EST 1	EST 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	SOC 1	SOC 2	CHA 1 Ret	CHA 2 DNS	MRN 1	MRN 2	SEP 1	SEP 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	26th	4
2017	Top Run Motorsport	Subaru Impreza STi TCR	RIM 1	RIM 2	BHR 1	BHR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	SAL 1 DNS	SAL 2 DNS	HUN 1	HUN 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	CHA 1	CHA 2	ZHE 1	ZHE 2	DUB 1	DUB 2			NC	0

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2018	Team Mulsanne	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	MAR 1	MAR 2	MAR 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	GER 1	GER 2	GER 3	NED 1	NED 2	NED 3	POR 1	POR 2	POR 3	SVK 1	SVK 2	SVK 3	CHN 1	CHN 2	CHN 3	WUH 1	WUH 2	WUH 3	JPN 1 14	JPN 2 23†	JPN 3 NC	MAC 1 9	MAC 2 8	MAC 3 Ret	29th	8

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

NASCAR

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NWES	Pts
2019	42 Racing by FS Motorsport	42	Ford	VAL	VAL	FRA 5	FRA 23	BRH	BRH	MOS	MOS	VEN	HOC	HOC	ZOL	ZOL	38th	46
2020	Shadow Racing Cars by 42 Racing			ITA 9	ITA 15	ZOL 10	ZOL 17	MOS	MOS	VAL	VAL	ESP	ESP				23rd	97
2021	42 Racing		Shadow DNM8	ESP 10	ESP 20	GBR	GBR	CZE	CZE	CRO	CRO	BEL	BEL	ITA	ITA		35th	44

External links

• Luigi Ferrara career summary at DriverDB.com