Matteo Cairoli

Matteo Cairoli (born 1 June 1996) is an Italian racing driver who currently competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and European Le Mans Series for Iron Lynx, having previously competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He is a Lamborghini factory driver, and the 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia champion.^[1]

Matteo Cairoli
Cairoli in 2024
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 28) Como, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2017
Current team	Team Project 1
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	56
Former teams	Dempsey-Proton Racing
Starts	24
Wins	2
Podiums	9
Poles	6
Previous series
2016–2019 2014–2016	European Le Mans Series Porsche Supercup
Championship titles
2014	Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2020
Current team	Dinamic Motorsport
Car number	54
Starts	5
Wins	2
Podiums	3

Career

Junior formula

Cairoli began his single-seater racing career in 2012, competing in the Italian Formula Renault Championship. He would finish the season 13th in points after competing in the final four races, scoring one podium. After a 2013 season in which he competed in the German Formula Three Championship, Cairoli joined GSK Grand Prix for the 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series season.^[2] However, he would only compete in the first round at Imola before leaving the team.

Sports cars

After competing in junior formula competition, Cairoli moved to sports cars in 2014, taking part in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia with Antonelli Motorsport. It was a successful first season, as Cairoli took the series title by 70 points, winning six of the fourteen races.^[3] As a result, he was invited to compete for the Porsche International Cup Scholarship, which he won, receiving €200,000 and Porsche Junior driver status for 2015.^[3] As part of the 2015 Porsche Junior driver class, Cairoli was awarded a seat in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for that season, signing with Project 1 Motorsport in both series.^[4] At the end of 2016, following a second-placed points finish in the 2016 Porsche Supercup, Cairoli was further promoted in the Porsche system to "Young Professional" status.^[5]

Cairoli competing for Team Project 1 at Silverstone in 2019

In 2017, Cairoli stepped up to compete for Dempsey-Proton Racing in the LMGTE Am class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[6][7] The opportunity provided Cairoli with his first appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the team finished sixth in class.^[8] In his first season with the team, the team finished second in the LMGTE Am class, winning twice at the Nürburgring and in Mexico City. Cairoli also competed with Dempsey-Proton in the European Le Mans Series for 2017,^[9] scoring a class victory at Portimão as the team finished third in points. Ahead of the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, Cairoli returned to Team Project 1.

In February 2020, Cairoli signed with Dinamic Motorsport to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.^[10] The following season, Cairoli featured as part of the Manthey Racing team that claimed overall victory at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, driving alongside Kévin Estre and Michael Christensen.^[11] At the end of 2023, Cairoli departed the Porsche factory roster.^[12]

Ahead of 2024, Cairoli joined the Lamborghini factory roster, taking part in the team's IMSA SportsCar Championship effort for the season.^[13] In addition, Cairoli embarked on GT programs with the manufacturer, beginning with a GTD Pro entry in the 2024 24 Hours of Daytona.^[14]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Challenge Tricolore Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	GSK Grand Prix	4	0	0	0	1	23	13th
2013	ATS Formel 3 Cup	ADM Motorsport	26	0	0	0	2	112	7th
2014	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	Antonelli Motorsport	14	6	4	6	13	200	1st
	Italian F4 Championship		5	0	0	0	2	33	13th
	Porsche Supercup		2	0	0	1	0	0	NC
	V de V Challenge Monoplace	GSK Grand Prix	6	3	1	5	3	243.5	13th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Porsche Supercup	Market Leader by Project 1	10	0	1	0	2	83	7th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Deutsche Post by Project 1	17	0	0	1	0	104	11th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP7	Manthey Racing	2	1	0	1	2	?	?
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	24H Series - A6 Am	Fach Auto Tech	1	0	0	0	0	?	?
2016	Porsche Supercup	Fach Auto Tech	10	4	4	2	6	151	2nd
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Proton Competition	2	0	1	1	1	29	11th
	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	2	0	0	0	0	12	39th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Italia	Ebimotors	3	3	3	3	3	43	15th
	Porsche Carrera Cup France		4	2	3	2	3	0	NC
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany		4	0	2	0	1	0	NC
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Dempsey-Proton Racing	9	2	1	1	6	168	2nd
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE		6	1	1	2	2	80	3rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	5	85th
	24H Series - A6		1	0	0	0	1	28	?
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Proton Competition	5	1	2	2	5	85.5	3rd
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am		8	0	3	2	1	26	16th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	11	71st
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	1	0	0	0	0	2.75	?
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	19th
2019	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Dempsey-Proton Racing	6	1	4	2	3	76	2nd
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	7	0	2	0	1	80	10th
	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	14	0	0	0	0	20	26th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	17	62nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Dinamic Motorsport	4	1	0	0	2	53	3rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Absolute Racing	1	0	0	0	0	8	17th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series	Falken Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	2.89	87th
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Dinamic Motorsport	5	1	0	0	2	53	6th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H GT Series - GT3		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	5	0	1	0	3	78	4th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	6	1	0	2	2	71	7th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	WeatherTech Racing	1	0	0	0	0	253	32nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Dinamic Motorsport	4	1	0	0	2	48	6th
	24H GT Series - GT3		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Herberth Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	24	6th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Project 1 – AO	6	0	0	0	0	36	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Iron Lynx	6	1	0	0	3	80	3rd
	International GT Open	Huber Motorsport	1	0	0	1	0	16	17th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	1	1	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	Absolute Racing	4	0	1	0	1	28	22nd
	FIA GT World Cup		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
	GT World Challenge America - Pro	MDK Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	MDK Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	16	20th
		Herberth Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Rutronik Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Herberth Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	6	24th
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP	Lamborghini–Iron Lynx
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Iron Lynx - Proton	6	1	1	1	1	36	8th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Iron Lynx	1	0	0	0	0	213	12th*
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3
	FIA GT World Cup	SJM Theodore Vincenzo Sospiri Racing

^* Season still in progress.

Complete German Formula Three Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	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	DC	Points
2013	ADM Motorsport	OSC1 1 7	OSC1 2 8	OSC1 2 Ret	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 11	SPA 3 8	NÜR1 1 8	NÜR1 2 C	NÜR1 3 9	SAC 1 5	SAC 2 6	SAC 3 4	LAU1 1 9	LAU1 2 7	LAU1 3 5	NÜR2 1 7	NÜR2 2 5	NÜR2 3 7	LAU2 1 8	LAU2 2 3	LAU2 3 7	OSC2 1 8	OSC2 2 3	OSC2 3 7	HOC 1 16†	HOC 2 7	HOC 3 7	7th	112

Complete Italian F4 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	DC	Points
2014	Antonelli Motorsport	ADR 1 4	ADR 2 Ret	ADR 3 DNS	IMO1 1 21	IMO1 2 16	IMO1 3 3	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	MAG 1	MAG 2	MAG 3	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	IMO2 1	IMO2 2	IMO2 3	13th	33

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Italia 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
2014	Antonelli Motorsport	MIS 1 3	MIS 2 1	MNZ1 1 3	MNZ1 2 3	MUG 1 1	MUG 2 3	LEC 1 1	LEC 2 1	VLL 1 1	VLL 2 2	IMO 1 2	IMO 2 8	MNZ2 1 1	MNZ2 2 2	1st	200

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	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
2014	Antonelli Motorsport	CAT	MON	RBR	SIL	GER	HUN	SPA 15	MNZ 10	USA	USA		NC†	0
2015	Market Leader by Project 1	CAT 14	MON 8	RBR 7	SIL 6	HUN 11	SPA 8	SPA Ret	MNZ 2	MNZ 2	USA C	USA 11	7th	83
2016	Fach Auto Tech	CAT 1	MON 1	RBR 4	SIL 3	HUN 7	HOC 1	SPA 4	MNZ 1	USA Ret	USA 2		2nd	151

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (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
2016	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL	IMO	RBR 5	LEC	SPA 2	EST	11th	29
2017	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 2	MNZ 5	RBR 5	LEC 6	SPA 6	ALG 1	3rd	80
2018	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC 2	MNZ	RBR 1	SIL 2	SPA 3	ALG 3	3rd	85.5
2019	Dempsey-Proton Racing	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	LEC 3	MNZ 1	CAT 6	SIL 7	SPA 2	ALG Ret	2nd	76
2023	Iron Lynx	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	CAT 4	LEC 2	ARA 7	SPA 1	PRT 3	ALG 8	3rd	80
2024	Iron Lynx - Proton	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT Ret	LEC 9	IMO Ret	SPA 7	MUG 1	ALG	9th*	34*
Source:[15]

^* 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	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2017	Dempsey-Proton Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	SIL 3	SPA 2	LMS 3	NÜR 1	MEX 1	COA 4	FUJ 3	SHA 3	BHR 4	2nd	168
2018–19	Dempsey-Proton Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	SPA 6	LMS Ret	SIL 8	FUJ DSQ	SHA 3	SEB 7	SPA 9	LMS Ret		16th	26
2019–20	Team Project 1	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	SIL 6	FUJ 7	SHA 5	BHR 9	COA 3	SPA 4	LMS 4	BHR		10th	80
2021	Team Project 1	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2L Flat-6	SPA DNS	POR 2	MON 4	LMS Ret	FUJ 3	BHR 3				4th	78
2022	Team Project 1	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2L Flat-6	SEB Ret	SPA 5	LMS Ret	MON 3	FUJ 6	BHR 1				7th	71
2023	Project 1 – AO	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2L Flat-6	SEB 12	PRT 6	SPA WD	LMS 5	MNZ 8	FUJ 5	BHR 10			13th	36
Source:[15]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points	Ref
2017	Manthey Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 26	SEB	LBH	AUS	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	84th	5	[16]
2018	Manthey Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 20	SEB	MOH	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		64th	11	[17]
2019	Black Swan Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 14	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		62nd	17	[18]
2022	WeatherTech Racing	GTD Pro	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 8	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET			32nd	253	[19]
2024	Iron Lynx	GTD Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 12	SEB	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	ATL			41st*	213*
	Lamborghini – Iron Lynx	GTP	Lamborghini SC63	Lamborghini 3.8 L twin-turbo V8	DAY	SEB 7	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL 11	ELK	IMS 10	ATL				15th*	716*
Source:[15]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Marvin Dienst Christian Ried	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE Am	329	34th	6th
2018	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Giorgio Roda Khaled Al Qubaisi	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE Am	225	DNF	DNF
2019	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Giorgio Roda	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE Am	79	DNF	DNF
2020	Team Project 1	Egidio Perfetti Larry ten Voorde	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE Am	339	27th	4th
2021	Team Project 1	Egidio Perfetti Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR-19	LMGTE Am	84	DNF	DNF
2022	Team Project 1	Nicolas Leutwiler Mikkel O. Pedersen	Porsche 911 RSR-19	LMGTE Am	77	DNF	DNF
2023	Project 1 – AO	P. J. Hyett Gunnar Jeannette	Porsche 911 RSR-19	LMGTE Am	309	35th	7th
2024	Lamborghini Iron Lynx	Andrea Caldarelli Romain Grosjean	Lamborghini SC63	Hypercar	309	13th	13th
Source:[15]

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
2020	Dinamic Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Pro	IMO 10	NÜR 1	SPA 6H 13	SPA 12H 7	SPA 24H 3	LEC 10		3rd	53
2021	Dinamic Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Pro	MON 1	LEC 7	SPA 6H 18	SPA 12H 6	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 40	CAT 2	6th	53
2022	Dinamic Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Pro	IMO 6	LEC Ret	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	HOC 3	CAT 1	6th	48
2023	Huber Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Bronze	MNZ	LEC	SPA 6H 27	SPA 12H 27	SPA 24H 13	NÜR	CAT	9th	36
2024	Iron Lynx	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	LEC 2	SPA 6H 57†	SPA 12H Ret	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 9	MNZ	JED	6th*	21*

^* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Matteo Cairoli at the Porsche Newsroom
• Matteo Cairoli at Motorsport.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Enrico Fulgenzi	Porsche Carrera Cup Italy Champion 2014	Succeeded by Riccardo Agostini