Alessandro Pier Guidi (born December 18, 1983) is a racing driver from Italy. He drove two races for the
Italian
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A1 Team. A Ferrari factory driver since 2017, he won LMGTE-PRO
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship and
2019 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 87th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: ''87e 24 Heures du Mans'') was an 24 hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 15 to 16 June 2019 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, close to Le ...
, and
2021 24 Hours of Spa.
Pier Guidi drove a
Ferrari 430
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GT in the
Spanish GT Championship
The Spanish GT Championship / Iber GT (''Campeonato de España de GT / Iber GT'') was a Spanish auto racing series founded in 1999 and organised by the GT Sport Organización. The series runs multiple classes of grand tourer cars in events aroun ...
and
Italian GT Championship
The Italian GT Championship (''Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo'') is an Italian sports car series founded in 2003 and organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI) and the Commissione Sportiva Automobilistica Italiana (CSAI). It replaced a ...
in 2005 and 2006, for the Scuderia Playteam. He won the 2005 Italian title, but missed out on the Spanish crown due to missing one race alongside team owner Giambasttista Giannocaro. In 2007 he moved to the
FIA GT Championship
The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout ...
, driving a
Maserati MC12
The Maserati MC12 (''Tipo M144S'') is a limited production two-seater sports car produced by Italian car maker Maserati to allow a racing variant to compete in the FIA GT Championship. The car entered production in 2004, with 25 cars produced. ...
. He has also driven in the
Italian Formula 3000
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The series' roots can be traced back to 1999 and the Italian Formula 3000 serie ...
Championship.
In 2008 he drove the
Galatasaray SK
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car in the
Superleague Formula, scoring three podium finishes and taking the team to eighth overall in the final standings.
In 2014, driving a Level 5 Motorsport Ferrari F458 Italia, he won the GT Daytona (GTD) class at the Rolex
24 Hours of Daytona
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, one of the premier motor races in the American Tudor
United SportsCar Championship
The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMS ...
.
In 2017, Ferrari reached a technical and racing agreement with Alessandro Pier Guidi. The Italian driver competed in the 2017 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) pairing up with James Calado in the 488
GTE no. 51 managed on the track by the AF Corse team. Currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for AF Corse, he is the current World Champion, alongside his fellow
James Calado
James John Calado (born 13 June 1989) is a British professional racing driver from England, currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and other selected GT races for AF Corse. He won the LMGTE Pro class of the 2017 FIA World ...
, in LMGTE Pro class, after winning the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship.
Pier Guidi will thus join the other official Ferrari GT race drivers.
Racing record
Superleague Formula
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete GT1 World Championship results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
(
key
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in
''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(
key
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* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
United SportsCar Championship
2014 (GTD)
Level 5 Motorsports won the
2014 24 Hours of Daytona
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in the GT Daytona class with its No. 555 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 of
Scott Tucker,
Townsend Bell
Townsend Bell (born April 19, 1975) is an American professional motor racing driver competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and also as a motorsports commentator for NBC Sports’ IndyCar Series coverage.
Early career
He spent ...
, Bill Sweedler,
Jeff Segal
Jeffrey Segal (born 27 April 1985 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American racing driver who competes in the United SportsCar Championship for Michael Shank Racing. He is a two-time Rolex Sports Car Series GT class champion and winner of the ...
and Alessandro Pier Guidi, despite the car having initially been handed a penalty for late-race avoidable contact. IMSA reversed the call more than four hours after the race, declaring the No. 555 car the winners in GTD.
References
External links
Driver DB ProfileGT Open Database
Living people
A1 Team Italy drivers
Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
Superleague Formula drivers
1983 births
FIA GT1 World Championship drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
Superstars Series drivers
People from Tortona
Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
International GT Open drivers
Stock Car Brasil drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
British GT Championship drivers
FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
Sportspeople from the Province of Alessandria
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AF Corse drivers
SMP Racing drivers
Level 5 Motorsports drivers