Lorenzo Bertelli
2011 Rally d'Italia Sardegna | |
| Last rally | 2024 Rally Sweden |
|---|---|
Lorenzo Bertelli (born 10 May 1988) is an Italian businessman in the fashion industry and a rally driver. He is the son of Prada majority owners, fashion designer Miuccia Prada and her husband, the businessman Patrizio Bertelli.
Bertelli has been an executive director of Prada since May 2021, having previously held roles at the company as Head of Digital Communication, Group Marketing Director and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility.[1][2]
In rally he occasionally competes as a privateer in the
In May 2013, he took the wheel of the Ford Fiesta RRC[4], with which he secured his first victory in the WRC-2 at the 2014 Rally Sardegna.
In 2014, he finished third in the WRC-2 World Championship, clinching his first career victory and collecting a total of 4 podiums. That same year, he also scored his first points in the WRC World Championship during the Rally Sardegna. In 2015, he made his debut in the WRC. During the 2016 season, he competed again in the WRC World Championship, finishing 22nd overall with 5 points earned, in Mexico and Australia.
In 2017, he competed in the Rally Sweden with an old Fiesta RS WRC, retiring, and switched to the new Fiesta WRC in the Rally Mexico, finishing 16th. He also competed in the Rally Argentina, retiring due to gearbox problems. In 2018, he did not compete in the World Championship.
In 2019, he returned to the WRC on the Fiesta WRC of the M-Sport Ford WRT team, finishing the Rally Sweden in 20th position and the Rally Chile in 13th position. He then skipped 2020 to return in 2021, still with the M-Sport Fiesta. He competed in the Arctic Rally Finland finishing only 51st and the Safari Rally Kenya finishing 11th.
In 2022, he competed in the Rally New Zealand with the new Ford Puma Rally1 of M-Sport, finishing in 7th position, his best result ever, earning 6 points and finishing 25th in the championship.
Career results
WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011
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Lorenzo Bertelli | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
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SWE | MEX
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POR | JOR | ITA 26 |
ARG | GRE | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP 26 |
GBR 20 |
NC | 0 | |
2012
|
Lorenzo Bertelli | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
|
MON Ret |
SWE | MEX | ARG 23 |
NC | 0 | ||||||||||
Subaru Impreza STi N15
|
POR Ret |
GRE 24 |
NZL Ret |
FIN | GER | ITA Ret |
ESP 29 |
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Subaru Impreza STi
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GBR 22 |
FRA
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2013
|
Lorenzo Bertelli | Subaru Impreza STi N15
|
MON Ret |
SWE 20 |
MEX Ret |
POR Ret |
ARG Ret |
NC | 0 | |||||||||
| Ford Fiesta RRC | GRE Ret |
ITA 12 |
FIN Ret |
GER | AUS | FRA
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| Ford Fiesta R5 | ESP Ret |
GBR 38 |
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2014
|
FWRT s.r.l. | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON 12 |
SWE 18 |
POR 30 |
FIN Ret |
GER 50 |
ESP Ret |
GBR 12 |
23rd | 2 | |||||||
| Lorenzo Bertelli | Ford Fiesta RRC | MEX 13 |
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| FWRT s.r.l. | ARG 13 |
ITA 9 |
POL | AUS 14 |
FRA | |||||||||||||
2015
|
FWRT s.r.l. | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON 68 |
SWE Ret |
MEX Ret |
ARG 18 |
POR Ret |
ITA Ret |
POL 16 |
FIN 10 |
GER DNS |
AUS 18 |
FRA Ret |
ESP Ret |
GBR 10 |
29th | 2 | |
2016
|
FWRT s.r.l. | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON Ret |
SWE Ret |
MEX 8 |
ARG 13 |
POR WD |
ITA Ret |
POL 12 |
FIN Ret |
GER WD |
CHN C |
FRA 17 |
ESP 11 |
GBR 15 |
AUS 10 |
22nd | 5 |
| 2017 | FWRT s.r.l. | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON | SWE Ret |
NC | 0 | ||||||||||||
| M-Sport | Ford Fiesta WRC | MEX 16 |
FRA | ARG Ret |
POR | ITA
|
POL | FIN | GER | ESP
|
GBR | AUS | ||||||
| 2018 | FWRT s.r.l. | Ford Fiesta WRC | MON | SWE WD |
MEX | FRA | ARG | POR | ITA
|
FIN | GER | TUR | GBR | ESP
|
AUS | NC | 0 | |
| 2019 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | MON | SWE 20 |
MEX | FRA | ARG | CHL 13 |
POR | ITA
|
FIN | GER | TUR | GBR | ESP
|
AUS C |
NC | 0 |
| 2021 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | MON | ARC 51 |
CRO | POR | ITA | KEN 11 |
EST | BEL | GRE | FIN | ESP
|
MNZ | NC | 0 | ||
| 2022 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | MON | SWE WD |
CRO | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | FIN | BEL | GRE | NZL 7 |
ESP
|
JPN | 25th | 6 | |
| 2023 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | MON | SWE 14 |
MEX | CRO | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | FIN | GRE | CHL | EUR
|
JPN | NC* | 0* |
* Season still in progress.
PWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012
|
Lorenzo Bertelli | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
|
MON Ret |
MEX | ARG 8 |
10th | 24 | |||||
Subaru Impreza STi N15
|
GRE 5 |
NZL Ret |
GER | ITA Ret |
ESP 5 |
WRC-2 results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013
|
Lorenzo Bertelli | Subaru Impreza STi N15
|
MON Ret |
SWE | MEX Ret |
POR | ARG Ret |
21st | 15 | ||||||||
| Ford Fiesta RRC | GRE Ret |
ITA 3 |
FIN | GER | AUS | FRA
|
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| Ford Fiesta R5 | ESP Ret |
GBR 11 | |||||||||||||||
2014
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FWRT s.r.l. | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON 2 |
SWE 6 |
GBR 2 |
3rd | 103 | ||||||||||
| Lorenzo Bertelli | Ford Fiesta RRC
|
MEX 2 |
POR | ||||||||||||||
| FWRT s.r.l. | ARG 4 |
ITA 1 |
POL | FIN | GER | AUS 4 |
FRA | ESP
|
WRC-Trophy results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | FWRT s.r.l. | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | MON | SWE Ret |
MEX | FRA | ARG | POR | ITA
|
POL | FIN | GER | ESP
|
GBR | AUS | NC | 0 |
References
- ^ "Board of Directors". Prada Group.
- ^ "Lorenzo Bertelli is part of the BoF 500". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- ^ Shacki. "Lorenzo Bertelli - rally profile eWRC-results.com". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- ^ "Bertelli lascia la Subaru e passa alla Ford Fiesta RRC".