| Alessio Rovera | |
|---|---|
 Rovera in 2024 | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Born | (1995-06-22)22 June 1995 (age 30) |
| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver(until 2021) FIA Gold(2022) FIA Platinum(2023–) |
| Car number | 83 |
| Starts | 4 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
Alessio Rovera (born 22 June 1995) is an Italianracing driver. He is aFerrari factory driver and currently competes in theFIA World Endurance Championship withAF Corse.[1]
After winning the2013 Formula Abarth series in his debut season of single-seater racing, Rovera entered theFormula Renault 2.0 Alps championship in 2014.[2] He finished the season sixth in the final standings, having scored three podiums.[3] During the year, he also made a one-off appearance in theEuroformula Open Championship.[4]
In 2015, Rovera moved intoEuroformula Open, racing withDAV Racing for three rounds and doing the same with BVM Racing.[5][6][7] The Italian won the season opener atJerez, having started that race from 13th place, and scored three further podiums on his way to sixth in the standings, which he achieved despite missing two events.[8][9][10]
Rovera moved into sportscar racing ahead of 2016 with Ebimotors, whom he would drive for in thePorsche Carrera Cup Italia. His debut campaign demonstrated promise, as he won two races and took 12 podiums overall to finish third.[11][12] In 2017, Rovera remained in the PCCI but switched to Tsunami RT. This time, he won four races, enough to clinch him the championship title by the end of the year.[13] In addition, the Italian won a race of the Porsche Carrera Cup France and finished on the podium at the Porsche Carrera Cup support race of that year's24 Hours of Le Mans.[14][15]
Rovera followed this up by contesting a double campaign in the PCCI and PCCF during the 2018 season.[16][17] He won six races in the former, earning him second place overall, and three in the latter on his way to third in the standings behindAyhancan Güven andJulien Andlauer.[18] That year, Rovera also made his debut in thePorsche Supercup, driving at theRed Bull Ring.[19]
Going into 2019, Rovera stepped up to theGT3 category, driving in the Endurance and Sprint iterations of theItalian GT Championship for Antonelli Motorsport.[20][21] Together withRiccardo Agostini, Rovera won the Sprint series, having taken podiums in six out of eight races.[22] For the 2020 season, Rovera switched toAF Corse, driving aFerrari 488 GT3 in the IGTEndurance championship alongsideAntonio Fuoco and Giorgio Roda. After winning atImola, the trio clinched the Endurance title with another victory at the season finale inMonza.[23] Rovera and Roda also contested the Sprint series, where they finished fourth with one race win. As well as this, the Italian made his first appearance in theEuropean Le Mans Series and itsLMGTE class, racing for AF Corse at the final round.[24]
2021 saw Rovera remain with AF Corse, who fielded him as their designated silver-ranked driver in the LMGTE Am class of theFIA World Endurance Championship, where he partneredNicklas Nielsen and gentleman driverFrançois Perrodo.[25] The trio experienced a dominant campaign, which started out with a win atSpa-Francorchamps, where Rovera impressed on debut during the middle stint.[26] Another win came atMonza, where Rovera and his teammates rebounded from a demotion to the back of the grid after qualifying.[27] However, the team's highlight performance came at the24 Hours of Le Mans, as AF Corse won the race in LMGTE Am in what was Rovera's Le Mans debut.[28][29][30] Another victory at the season finale inBahrain earned Rovera, Nielsen, and Perrodo the LMGTE Am title, which they won with a gap of 59.5 points.[31] During 2021, Rovera also drove in theELMS, where he, Perrodo, andEmmanuel Collard won two races on their way to third in the standings.[32]
As a result of his performances, Rovera was signed byFerrari as an official factory GT driver.[33][34]
In 2022, Rovera, who had now been upgraded to gold status by theFIA, made his first foray into prototype racing with a drive in theLMP2 class of theWEC andELMS.[35] Competing once again for AF Corse, he, along with Nielsen and Rovera, would contest each series's Pro-Am class due to Perrodo's classification as an FIA bronze. In the WEC, the trio once again triumphed, winning four races in their subclass to take the LMP2 Pro-Am title.[36][37] Meanwhile, the trio scored one subclass win in the ELMS thanks to a charging drive by Rovera atBarcelona, coming up short on the title to the Racing Team Turkey trio ofJack Aitken,Charlie Eastwood, andSalih Yoluç.[38][39] The Italian also drove in selected GT races during the year, finishing second at both theGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup finale in Barcelona and theIGTC finale atAbu Dhabi, as well as scoring the fastest lap and thereby setting the GT3 record time during the24 Hours of Spa.[40][41]
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As a newly minted platinum driver per the FIA's standard, Rovera focused on GT racing in 2023, driving alongside fellow factory driverLilou Wadoux and bronze-rankedLuis Pérez Companc in theWEC's final LMGTE Am season, whilst partnering Nicklas Nielsen andRobert Shwartzman in theGTWC Europe Endurance Cup.[42][43][44] Following a spectacular crash by Companc in the opening laps atSebring, the team redeemed themselves by charging towards second atPortimão, where Rovera narrowly missed out on victory toNicky Catsburg.[45][46][47] The trio dominated the next round atSpa-Francorchamps, winning the race and making Wadoux the first ever female winner in the championship.[48] However, a crash by Wadoux in torrential rain atLe Mans and a turn one beaching of the car by Companc atFuji proved detrimental to the team's season, which they finished eighth in the standings.[49][50] In the GTWC Endurance Cup, Rovera and his teammates scored a pole position and a victory at the season-ending Barcelona round, leading them to eighth place overall, highest of all entries competing with the newFerrari 296 GT3.[51][52]
During the middle of the year, Rovera replacedBen Barnicoat at AF Corse's LMP2 squad in theELMS for two races, subsequently helpingMatthieu Vaxivière and François Perrodo to win atAragón in the Pro-Am class.[53][54]
At the end of 2023 and going into 2024, Rovera paired up with Vaxivière and Perrodo once again in LMP2, driving in theAsian Le Mans Series.[55] The trio scored a second place at the opening race inSepang and took another runner-up spot atAbu Dhabi, where Rovera had taken a controlling lead before it was wiped away thanks to a red flag.[56][57] An early collision which involved Perrodo at the final race meant that the squad had to settle for fifth in the teams' rankings.[58][59]
Rovera continued racing alongside the two Frenchmen in the LMP2 Pro-Am class of theELMS, whilst also returning to theWEC to compete in the new LMGT3 class alongsideSimon Mann and François Hériau.[60][1] He also partneredAlessandro Pier Guidi andDavide Rigon in theGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.[61]
Thanks to a strong pit strategy, Rovera and his ELMS teammates won the opening round atBarcelona.[62] After high tyre wear for Vaxivière dropped the team to fourth in class atLe Castellet, the team finished second inImola.[63][64] A dominant race inBelgium followed, with AF Corse winning and title rivalsTDS Racing retiring.[65] The team's championship advantage was undone by contact atMugello, where Rovera collided with the #63Iron LynxLamborghini and got stuck in the gravel, later going on to finish seventh.[66] Despite a strong strategy gamble byAlgarve Pro Racing'sAlex Quinn inPortimão, Rovera and AF Corse clinched the Pro-Am title by finishing fourth.[67] In the WEC meanwhile, Rovera and his teammates finished in the points in all but one race and ended up third in the points standings.[68] Rovera capped off the season with an impressive performance atBahrain, coming out on top in a late-race battle withCharlie Eastwood for the victory.[69] Having been among the drivers with the fastest average lap times during his WEC stints, Rovera received theGoodyear Wingfoot Award for LMGT3 drivers at season's end.[70]
Another notable success story unfolded in the GTWC Europe Endurance Cup: after finishing ninth in France, Rovera and his teammates narrowly missed out on victory at the24 Hours of Spa, dropping to second after being held up by a slow car in pit lane.[71] They took eighth at theNürburgring but vaulted up the standings with third place in Monza, having led most of the race from pole.[72] Pole atJeddah gave Rovera the chance to win the title, and although his stint in the lead was ended by a slow pit stop, third place at the flag following a late charge by Pier Guidi was enough to clinch the title for him and AF Corse.[73][74]
Rovera once again raced in theAsian Le Mans Series over the winter of 2024 and 2025.[75] The AF Corse squad finished second atSepang, with Vaxivière losing victory on the final straight toTristan Vautier.[76] Sixth in the second Sepang race and fourth in race 1 atDubai followed, meanwhile another late pass by Vautier on Vaxivière left AF Corse third in Dubai race 2.[77][78] In the firstAbu Dhabi race, the lineup finished sixth after losing time with a tyre strategy gamble and a later collision caused byTom Dillmann.[79] On Sunday, Rovera built up a 20-second gap to the cars behind following a safety car period and handed the car over to Vaxivière, who closed off the race and secured victory.[80] This result earned Rovera, Vaxivière, and Perrodo third in the championship.[81]
The 2025 schedule for Rovera turned out to be intensive: he returned to theWEC to partner Mann and Hériau, joined Vaxivière and Perrodo in theirELMS Pro-Am title defence, and contested a double programme ofGTWC Europe Sprint Cup andEndurance Cup, all with AF Corse.[82][83][84] The WEC campaign started with fifth place inQatar and a retirement inImola, where Rovera's teammate Mann was spun out of a podium position byValentino Rossi.[85][86] The team bounced back well atSpa, as a tyre-saving run by Hériau enabled Rovera to drive home with a 40-second lead to second place in the final stint.[87] Rovera qualified second atLe Mans; he and the team then remained in the front positions throughout the event and finished second.[88][89]São Paulo meanwhile yielded a lowly 13th place, and the mistake of remaining on wet-weather tyres in drying conditions atCota caused Rovera to drop back to 12th.[90][91]Fuji proved to be different: Rovera took over in the lead of LMGT3 going into his stints, and still led going into the closing laps.[92] A potential victory was undone there however, as Rovera was forced to complete his final lap very slowly due to an energy miscalculation, causing him to be demoted to second after the finish due to an earlier five-second penalty for a pit stop infringement.[93]
† As Rovera was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Cram Motorsport | VAL 1 1 | VAL 2 2 | VAL 3 1 | ADR 1 2 | ADR 2 4 | ADR 3 1 | MUG 1 1 | MUG 2 Ret | MUG 3 4 | IMO 1 1 | IMO 2 2 | IMO 3 3 | MIS 1 10 | MIS 2 5 | MIS 3 1 | MNZ 1 3 | MNZ 2 Ret | MNZ 3 2 | 1st | 236 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Cram Motorsport | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 20 | PAU 1 17 | PAU 2 Ret | RBR 1 6 | RBR 2 2 | SPA 1 14 | SPA 2 8 | MNZ 1 2 | MNZ 2 3 | MUG 1 20 | MUG 2 23 | JER 1 | JER 2 | 6th | 65 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ebimotors | MNZ 1 4 | MNZ 2 5 | MNZ 3 3 | IMO1 1 3 | IMO1 2 3 | IMO1 3 2 | MIS 1 2 | MIS 2 3 | MIS 3 7 | MUG1 1 6 | MUG1 2 3 | MUG1 3 1 | VLL 1 10 | VLL 2 3 | VLL 3 4 | IMO2 1 6 | IMO2 2 3 | IMO2 3 1 | MUG2 1 4 | MUG2 2 4 | MUG2 3 3 | 3rd | 203 |
| 2017 | Tsunami RT | IMO1 1 2 | IMO1 2 12 | MIS 1 2 | MIS 2 1 | VLL 1 1 | VLL 2 Ret | MUG1 1 4 | MUG1 2 2 | IMO2 1 1 | IMO2 2 4 | MUG2 1 2 | MUG2 2 7 | MNZ 1 1 | MNZ 2 2 | 1st | 182 | |||||||
| 2018 | Tsunami RT - Centro Porsche Padova | IMO1 1 4 | IMO1 2 1 | LEC 1 1 | LEC 2 1 | MNZ 1 19 | MNZ 2 DNS | MIS 1 1 | MIS 2 1 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | IMO2 1 1 | IMO2 2 7 | 2nd | 119 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Antonelli Motorsport | Pro | Mercedes AMG GT3 | VAL 1 2 | VAL 2 1 | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 Ret | MUG 1 2 | MUG 2 1 | MNZ 1 3 | MNZ 2 1 | 1st | 97 |
| 2020 | AF Corse | Pro | Ferrari 488 GT3 | MIS 1 4 | MIS 2 2 | MUG 1 8 | MUG 2 4 | MNZ 1 5 | MNZ 2 1 | VAL 1 14 | VAL 2 4 | 4th | 62 |
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| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | AF Corse | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC | SPA | LEC | MNZ | ALG 8 | NC | 0 | |
| 2021 | AF Corse | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | CAT WD | RBR 1 | LEC 3 | MNZ 3 | SPA 1 | ALG 10 | 3rd | 83 |
| 2022 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 8 | IMO 14 | MNZ 12 | CAT 5 | SPA 7 | ALG 8 | 12th | 25 |
| Pro-Am Cup | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3rd | 101 | ||||
| 2023 | AF Corse | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT | LEC | ARA 1 | SPA 4 | ALG | ALG | 10th | 37 |
| 2024 | AF Corse | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 1 | LEC 4 | IMO 2 | SPA 1 | MUG 7 | ALG 4 | 1st | 98 |
| 2025 | AF Corse | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 1 | LEC | IMO 5 | SPA 4 | SIL 3 | ALG 6 | 5th | 70 |
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| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Formula Racing | GT | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DUB 1 6 | DUB 2 16 | ABU 1 3 | ABU 2 Ret | 9th | 23.5 | ||
| 2023–24 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 LV8 | SEP 1 2 | SEP 2 4 | DUB 8 | ABU 1 2 | ABU 2 12 | 6th | 52 | |
| 2024–25 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 LV8 | SEP 1 2 | SEP 2 6 | DUB 1 4 | DUB 2 3 | ABU 1 6 | ABU 2 1 | 3rd | 86 |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | FerrariF154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SPA 1 | POR 11 | MON 1 | LMS 1 | BHR 5 | BHR 1 | 1st | 150 | ||
| 2022 | AF Corse | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB 9 | SPA 9 | LMS 11 | MNZ 9 | FUJ 10 | BHR 10 | 18th | 12 | ||
| Pro-Am Cup | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1st | 177 | ||||||
| 2023 | Richard Mille AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | FerrariF154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SEB Ret | PRT 2 | SPA 1 | LMS Ret | MNZ 6 | FUJ 9 | BHR 9 | 8th | 56 | |
| 2024 | Vista AF Corse | LMGT3 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | FerrariF163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | QAT 7 | IMO 4 | SPA 13 | LMS 5 | SÃO 6 | COA 10 | FUJ 6 | BHR 1 | 3rd | 97 |
| 2025 | Vista AF Corse | LMGT3 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | FerrariF163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | QAT 5 | IMO Ret | SPA 1 | LMS 2 | SÃO 13 | COA 12 | FUJ 2 | BHR 5 | 2nd | 109 |
* Season still in progress.
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | AF Corse |  Nicklas Nielsen François Perrodo | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 340 | 25th | 1st |
| 2022 | AF Corse | Nicklas NielsenFrançois Perrodo | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 361 | 24th | 19th |
| 2023 | Richard Mille AF Corse |  Luis Pérez CompancLilou Wadoux | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 33 | DNF | DNF |
| 2024 | Vista AF Corse | François Hériau Simon Mann | Ferrari 296 GT3 | LMGT3 | 279 | 33rd | 6th |
| 2025 | Vista AF Corse | François HériauSimon Mann | Ferrari 296 GT3 | LMGT3 | 341 | 34th | 2nd |
(Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | Pro-Am | MNZ | LEC | SPA 6H 25 | SPA 12H 20 | SPA 24H 17 | NÜR | CAT | 16th | 32 |
| Iron Lynx | Pro | MNZ | LEC | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | NÜR 38 | CAT 39 | NC | 0 | ||
| 2022 | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | Pro-Am | IMO | LEC | SPA 6H 35 | SPA 12H 29 | SPA 24H 20 | HOC | CAT | 7th | 40 |
| Iron Lynx | Pro | IMO | LEC | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | HOC Ret | CAT 2 | 19th | 19 | ||
| 2023 | AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Pro | MNZ 8 | LEC 7 | SPA 6H 29 | SPA 12H 25 | SPA 24H 44† | NÜR 22 | CAT 1 | 8th | 36 |
| 2024 | AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Pro | LEC 9 | SPA 6H 5 | SPA 12H 4 | SPA 24H 2 | NÜR 8 | MNZ 3 | JED 3 | 1st | 71 |
| 2025 | AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Pro | LEC 15 | MNZ 49† | SPA 6H 12 | SPA 12H 3 | SPA 24H 3 | NÜR 46† | CAT 33 | 13th | 22 |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Pro | BRH 1 1 | BRH 2 19 | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 14 | MIS 1 2 | MIS 2 4 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 4 | VAL 1 20 | VAL 2 16 | 6th | 44.5 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
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| 2022 | Cetilar Racing | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 LTurboV8 | DAY 14 | SEB | LBH | LGA | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 64th | 163 |
| 2023 | Triarsi Competizione | GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari 3.0 L TurboV6 | DAY 10 | SEB 20 | LBH | MON | WGL 4 | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET 10 | 34th | 863 | |
| 2024 | Triarsi Competizione | GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari 3.0 L TurboV6 | DAY 4 | SEB 14 | LBH | LGA | WGL 9 | MOS | ELK 12 | VIR | IMS | PET 4 | 28th | 1225 | ||
| 2025 | Triarsi Competizione | GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari 3.0 L TurboV6 | DAY 15 | SEB 20 | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 64th | 298 |
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