Alessandro Latif
| Alessandro Guido Latif | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Phoenix Racing, Flying Lizard Motorsports |
| Car number | 5 |
| Former teams | Avelon Formula, Atech Grand Prix |
| Previous series | |
| V de V Proto Endurance Challenge, SPEED Euroseries, Formula Renault Eurocup, Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | |
Alessandro Guido Latif (born 11 April 1996 in London, England) is a British/Italian
Early life
Latif was born on 11 April 1996 in London, England. His father is
Racing career
Karts
Latif's karting career began in 2007 where he rose up the ranks to race in the international scene. As well as developing his race craft he achieved notable success in British and European events, as well as in World Karting.[3]
Single Seater's
In 2012 Latif moved to
Sports car racing
Latif signed with Avelon Formula to drive a CN2 (per the Group CN classification) Sports prototype in the V de V Proto Endurance Challenge for the remainder of the 2012 season, where he won his inaugural race in the 4 Heures du Castellet.[4]
In 2013, Latif remained with Avelon Formula in the V de V Proto Endurance Challenge, while also competing in the opening rounds of the SPEED Euroseries. Latif won the 6 Hours of Mugello with teammate Ivan Bellarosa in front of the team's home crowd.[5] They later went on to win the opening rounds of the Speed Euroseries at the Hungaroring.[6]
In 2014 Latif signed with
Latif competed in the 2014
Latif also joins with
Latif was set to race a Nissan Zytec in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race on 14–15 June with the Greaves Motorsport Team.[11] However, after starting 26th on the 54-car grid, the team achieved a top 10 position before their efforts were thwarted after a blameless collision by a co-driver on lap 31 ended the race for them.[12]
Racing record
US Endurance results
| Year | Race | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Daytona 24 Hours
|
 Flying Lizard Motorsports
|
Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke Filipe Albuquerque
|
Audi R8 LMS
|
GTD | 22nd | 5th |
| 2014 | Sebring 12 Hours
|
Flying Lizard Motorsports
|
 Nelson Canache Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Markus Winkelhock
|
Audi R8 LMS
|
GTD | 33rd | 8th |
| 2014 | Petit Le Mans | Flying Lizard Motorsports
|
Seth Neiman Dion von Moltke
|
Audi R8 LMS
|
GTD | 36th | 12th |
Blancpain Sprint Series results
| Year | Race | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Pro Am Qual. Race Pos. |
Pro Am Main Race Pos. |
Overall Qual. Race Pos. |
Overall Main Race Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Blancpain Sprint Series at Nogaro (Circuit Paul Armagnac )
|
Phoenix Racing
|
Marc Basseng
|
Audi R8 LMS
|
GT3 | n/a | n/a | 11th | 9th |
| 2014 | Blancpain Sprint Series at Brands Hatch (Brands Hatch )
|
Phoenix Racing
|
Marc Basseng
|
Audi R8 LMS
|
GT3 | 1st | 1st | 10th | 11th |
| 2014 | Blancpain Sprint Series at Zandvoort (Zandvoort )
|
Phoenix Racing
|
Marc Basseng
|
Audi R8 LMS
|
GT3 | 2nd | 2nd | 10th | 13th |
| 2014 | Blancpain Sprint Series at Slovakia Ring (Automotodróm Slovakia Ring )
|
Phoenix Racing
|
Marc Basseng
|
Audi R8 LMS
|
GT3 | 1st | 1st | 8th | 7th |
| 2014 | Portimao Circuit )
|
Phoenix Racing
|
Marc Basseng
|
Audi R8 LMS
|
GT3 | 1st | 1st | 11th | 8th |
Note: classified as Pro for the Nogaro race
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  Greaves Motorsport
|
Michael Munemann James Winslow
|
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 31 | DNF | DNF |
Pro Mazda Championship
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015
|
World Speed Motorsports | STP 9 |
STP 17 |
LOU 10 |
LOU C |
BAR 12 |
BAR 12 |
IMS 13 |
IMS 14 |
IMS 14 |
LOR 10 |
TOR 9 |
TOR 13 |
IOW 13 |
MOH 14 |
MOH 11 |
LAG 12 |
LAG 15 |
13th | 140 |
References
- ^ "Ivan Bellarosa : Une grande satisfaction au Paul Ricard". endurance-info.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Flying Lizard Announces Rolex 24 Lineup". IMSA. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Alessandro takes clean sweep at Genk". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Wolf GBO8 victory 4hrs du Castellet". wolfracingcars.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Mugello Protos : Wolf (Bellarosa/Latif)". endurance-info.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Latif-Bellarosa win in Hungary". speedeuroseries.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Flying Lizard Completes Rolex 24 at Daytona". Lizardms.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Marlborough College student Alessandro Latif an honourable 8th in 12 Hours of Sebring". Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "@AlessandroLatif". twitter.com.
- ^ "Latif to contest Blancpain "Sprint" series in Phoenix Racing Audi". boxscorenews.com. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Morshead, Sam (26 May 2014). "Student Latif handed Le Mans chance". This is Wiltshire. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Latif's Le Mans dream stalls after accident". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Alessandro Latif career summary at DriverDB.com