Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab is an Italian

auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

team founded by

Andrea Piccini Andrea Piccini (born 12 December 1978 in Sansepolcro) is an Italian racing driver who is the part-owner and team principal of the Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab ELMS and Italian F4 team. Single Seaters Piccini began his single seater career in 1994 ...

, Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni and Sergio Pianezzola. The team is based in

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

, Emilia-Romagna. They currently operate Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 sports cars in the

IMSA 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 ...

and

GT World Challenge Europe GT World Challenge Europe (known as the Blancpain GT Series between 2014 and 2019) is a sports car racing series organised by SRO Motorsports Group. It features grand tourer racing cars modified from production road cars complying with the FIA's GT ...

History

2019

In 2019, Iron Lynx began the "Iron Dames" project, focused on supporting and promoting women in motorsport.

2020

At the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Iron Lynx entered two cars, including an all-female line-up in the #85 Ferrari, driven by Rahel Frey, Manuela Gostner and

Michelle Gatting Michelle Sophie Gatting Brændstrup (born 21 December 1993 in Århus) is a racing driver from Denmark. She currently competes in the European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing ...

. In October 2020,

Rino Mastronardi Rino Mastronardi (born 14 November 1969) is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the Asian Le Mans Series for Rinaldi Racing. Mastronardi has previously competed in several international touring car championships, most notably winning ...

won the GT3 Drivers Championship for Iron Lynx in the

Michelin Le Mans Cup The Le Mans Cup, previously the GT3 Le Mans Cup and currently known as the Michelin Le Mans Cup under sponsorship, is an international sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club ...

to earn an automatic invitation to the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.

2021

In 2021, Iron Lynx entered the

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...

for the first time. In September 2021, it was confirmed that Iron Lynx will be collaborating with

Prema Powerteam Prema Powerteam (competing as Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the FIA Formula 3 Championship and European Le Mans Series and as Prema Orlen Team in the FIA World Endurance Championship) is a motorsport team from Italy. It mainly ...

to enter an

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in the World Endurance Championship LMP2 class for 2022. On October 24, 2021, Iron Lynx clinched the LMGTE teams championship in European Le Mans, earning them an automatic invitation to the

2022 24 Hours of Le Mans The 90th 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 90e 24 Heures du Mans) was a 24-hour endurance racing (motorsport), automobile endurance event for Le Mans Hypercar (Hypercar), Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and LM GTE, Le Mans Grand Touring Enduranc ...

. On November 20, 2021,

became the first female champion of the

Ferrari Challenge The Ferrari Challenge is a single-marque motorsport championship that was created in 1993 for owners of the 348 Berlinetta who wanted to become involved in racing. The series was proposed by Ferrari Club Nederland founder and President Hans ...

. Iron Lynx also won the

teams championship for the second year running to earn a second automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.

2022

On January 12, 2022, Iron Lynx announced that they would enter 2 cars in the GTE Am class of the

World Endurance Championship World Endurance Championship may refer to: * FIA World Endurance Championship, an auto racing series held since 2012 * World Sportscar Championship, an auto racing series which used the title World Endurance Championship from 1981 to 1985 * Endura ...

for

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. Both entries will run the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, with Claudio Schiavoni will returning for the #65 entry while Rahel Frey will return for the #85 Iron Dames entry. On February 16, Iron Lynx announced that Giancarlo Fisichella would join the WEC squad, while also announcing additional 2022 campaigns. Iron Lynx will return to the European Le Mans Series with an LMGTE entry piloted by

Davide Rigon Davide Rigon (born 26 August 1986) is an Italian professional racing driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and other selected GT races for AF Corse. He is also currently part of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula ...

alongside Schiavoni and Cressoni. Iron Lynx will field four full season entries in the Ferrari Challenge, piloted by Doriane Pin, Arno Dahlmeyer, Marco Pulcini and an additional driver. :Iron Lynx drivers

2023

On November 6, 2022, Iron Lynx announced they became

Lamborghini Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. () is an Italian brand and manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs based in Sant'Agata Bolognese. The company is owned by the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary Audi. Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916–1993) ...

factory team from 2023. And they enter Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO 2 of IMSA Sportscar Championship and GT World Challenge for 2023. Iron Lynx also continue to enter FIA World Endurance Championship, but the problem is Lamborghini doesn't have any active GTE car. Under permission of Lamborghini, two Porsche 911 RSR-19s are used for GTE races in collaboration with

Proton Competition Proton Competition (also known as Team Felbermayr-Proton) is a German auto racing team founded by Gerold Ried. The team is based in Ummendorf, Baden-Württemberg. They currently operate a Porsche 911 RSR sports car in the FIA World Endurance C ...

Current Series Results

24 Hours of Le Mans

Italian F4 Championship

† Shared results with other team

ADAC Formula 4 Championship

† Ineligible to score points.

Timeline

Notes

External links

Iron Lynx official website

References

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