Fabio Scherer

Fabio Luca Scherer (born 13 June 1999) is a racing driver from Switzerland, currently competing in the endurance racing, representing United Autosports in the European Le Mans Series.

Fabio Luca Scherer
Scherer in 2023
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 25) Aesch, Lucerne
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Inter Europol Competition
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	34
Former teams	United Autosports USA
Starts	14
Wins	3
Poles	2
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	2nd in 2023
Previous series
2022 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2016–17 2016–17 2016	European Le Mans Series IMSA SportsCar Championship FIA World Endurance Championship Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters FIA Formula 3 Championship FIA Formula 3 European Championship ADAC Formula 4 Formula 4 UAE Championship Italian F4 Championship

Scherer started his single-seater career in 2016, staying in Formula 4 series for two seasons.^[1] In 2018 he moved to 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, racing for Motopark Academy.^[2] Scherer then competed for Charouz Racing System in the new FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2019.^[3]

Since 2021 he competes in the endurance racing, taking on the FIA World Endurance Championship including 24 Hours of Le Mans, European Le Mans Series and IMSA SportsCar Championship.^[4][5][6]

Sportscar career

2020: DTM debut

For the 2020 season, Scherer would migrate to sportscar racing, driving an Audi RS5 Turbo DTM for the Audi Sport Team WRT in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.^[7] He experienced a challenging campaign, only breaking through to score points at the Zolder Circuit, where he finished fifth on two occasions. The Swiss driver ended up 16th in the standings, last of all full-time competitors.

2021: Switch to LMP2

Scherer moved to prototypes in 2021, driving in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[8] Driving alongside Filipe Albuquerque and Phil Hanson at United Autosports, Scherer began the year with a win during his debut at Spa-Francorchamps before having to miss the next round due to COVID-19.^[9][10] The trio took another win at Monza, though they would only finish the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 18th thanks to a mid-race alternator failure.^[11][12] Scherer ended the year fifth in the standings.

He also drove for Fach Auto Racing in the Porsche Supercup the same year, taking a best finish of eleventh at the Red Bull Ring.

2022: ELMS campaign

Having joined Inter Europol Competition ahead of the 2022 season, the Swiss driver made a one-off appearance in the WEC to replace a COVID-stricken Alex Brundle before embarking on a campaign in the ELMS, where he would be partnered by Pietro Fittipaldi and David Heinemeier Hansson.^[13][14] Together, the squad scored a podium at Spa on their way to eighth in the teams' championship.^[15] They also took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 14th.

In addition, Scherer drove for High Class Racing in five races of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, where he too made a lone rostrum appearance at Road America.^[16]

2023: Le Mans glory

The Swiss driver remained at Inter Europol the following year, returning to the WEC on a full-time basis alongside Albert Costa and Jakub Śmiechowski.^[17] The trio scored points in all seven races, even taking a podium at Spa, though the highlight of the season, as well as a personal success story for Scherer, turned out to come at Le Mans: during Scherer's first pit stop the Corvette Racing car drove over his left foot after he had exited the car, resulting in an incomplete fracture and ligament damage.^[18] In spite of the pain, Scherer continued driving throughout the 24-hour event, even passing the WRT of Robert Kubica during the morning and holding on against a late charge from Louis Delétraz to cross the line first despite radio issues inside the final hour.^[19][20][21] This result moved IEC into second in the standings, a position they would defend until the end of the campaign.^[22][23]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Jenzer Motorsport	24	1	0	0	1	26	17th
	Italian F4 Championship		9	0	0	0	0	3	29th
2016–17	Formula 4 UAE Championship	Rasgaira Motorsports	8	1	0	0	2	77	8th
2017	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	US Racing	21	1	0	3	6	154.5	5th
2018	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Motopark	30	0	1	2	1	64	14th
2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	16	0	0	0	0	7	17th
2020	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team WRT	18	0	0	1	0	20	16th
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	United Autosports USA	5	2	2	0	2	84	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
	Porsche Supercup	Fach Auto Racing	7	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Inter Europol Competition	1	0	0	0	0	0	29th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2		6	0	0	0	1	32	10th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	High Class Racing	5	0	0	0	1	1225	10th
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Inter Europol Competition	7	1	0	0	3	114	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2024	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	United Autosports	6	0	0	0	0	27	11th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Nielsen Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th

^† As Scherer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship 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	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos	Points
2016	Jenzer Motorsport	OSC1 1 14	OSC1 2 17	OSC1 3 18	SAC 1 21	SAC 2 15	SAC 3 22	LAU 1 14	LAU 2 10	LAU 3 1	OSC2 1 Ret	OSC2 2 16	OSC2 3 14	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 20	RBR 3 15	NÜR 1 21	NÜR 2 16	NÜR 3 16	ZAN 1 17	ZAN 2 16	ZAN 3 16	HOC 1 24	HOC 2 Ret	HOC 3 33	17th	26
2017	US Racing	OSC1 1 4	OSC1 2 3	OSC1 3 8	LAU 1 DSQ	LAU 2 DSQ	LAU 3 DSQ	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 9	RBR 3 10	OSC2 1 4	OSC2 2 3	OSC2 3 5	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 11	NÜR 3 15	SAC 1 2	SAC 2 1	SAC 3 5	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 Ret	HOC 3 11				5th	154.5

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	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	Motopark	Volkswagen	PAU 1 11	PAU 2 Ret	PAU 3 4‡	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 11	HUN 3 10	NOR 1 19	NOR 2 10	NOR 3 16	ZAN 1 13	ZAN 2 9	ZAN 3 5	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 2	SPA 3 10	SIL 1 10	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 11	MIS 1 14	MIS 2 10	MIS 3 8	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 11	NÜR 3 14	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 7	RBR 3 12	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 6	HOC 3 11	14th	64

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2019	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	CAT FEA 27	CAT SPR Ret	LEC FEA 15	LEC SPR Ret	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 23	SIL FEA 16	SIL SPR 8	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 13	SPA FEA 27	SPA SPR 18	MNZ FEA 8	MNZ SPR 7	SOC FEA Ret	SOC SPR Ret	17th	7

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2020	Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	SPA 1 12	SPA 2 12	LAU 1 14	LAU 2 11	LAU 1 13	LAU 2 15	ASS 1 15	ASS 2 Ret	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 16†	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 14	ZOL 1 13	ZOL 2 5	ZOL 1 5	ZOL 2 Ret	HOC 1 13†	HOC 2 12	16th	20

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2021	Fach Auto Racing	MON	RBR 19	RBR 11	HUN 16	SPA 22	ZND 16	MNZ 19	MNZ 17	NC†	0

^† As Scherer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	United Autosports USA	Phil Hanson Filipe Albuquerque	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	328	40th	18th
2022	Inter Europol Competition	Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	364	18th	14th
2023	Inter Europol Competition	Albert Costa Jakub Śmiechowski	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	328	9th	1st
2024	Nielsen Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson Kyffin Simpson	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	291	25th	11th

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	Rank	Points
2021	United Autosports USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA 1	ALG WD	MNZ 1	LMS 10	BHR 4	BHR 4		5th	84
2022	Inter Europol Competition	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB 14	SPA	LMS 14†	MNZ	FUJ	BHR		29th	0
2023	Inter Europol Competition	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB 3	ALG 9	SPA 3	LMS 1	MNZ 5	FUJ 9	BHR 6	2nd	114

^† Non World Endurance Championship entries are ineligible to score points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2022	Inter Europol Competition	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 11	IMO 9	MNZ 11	CAT 16	SPA 2	ALG 4	10th	32
2024	United Autosports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 9	LEC 12	IMO 6	SPA 10	MUG 6	ALG 6	11th	27

Complete IMSA 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	Pos.	Points
2022	High Class Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY 9†	SEB 6	LGA	MDO	WGL 4	ELK 3	ATL 4	10th	1225

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. ^* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Official website
• Fabio Scherer career summary at DriverDB.com