Mattia Drudi
Drudi competing in theDTM in 2023
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (age 27) Rimini,Italy
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2019
Current team	Attempto Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver(until 2019) FIA Gold(2020–2022) FIA Platinum(2023–)
Car number	66
Starts	24
Wins	0
Podiums	3
Poles	4
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2019–2020 2015–2018 2015–2017 2015 2015 2014	24H Series Porsche Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup Italia ADAC Formula 4 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Italian F4 Championship
Championship titles
2021 2023	Italian GT Championship – GT3 Endurance GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
Statistics up to date as of 8 December 2023.

Mattia Drudi (born 16 July 1998) is an Italian racing driver who currently competes in theFIA World Endurance Championship forHeart of Racing Team as anAston Martin factory driver.^[1]

Drudi begin his karting career in 2005, at the age of 7, in his native Italy.^[2] In 2009, he claimed three karting titles, taking the 60cc class titles in the Easykart Italy, Easykart European (Cadet), and Campeonato Area Centro series. Two years later, he won the 100cc class of the Easykart European series; his final major championship in karting before transitioning to single-seaters after 2014.

Drudi began his single-seater career inFormula 4 machinery, taking part in theItalian F4 Championship, first withCram Motorsport before finishing the season withF & M. In just his fifth race in the championship (the second race atImola), Drudi scored his first victory in the series.^[3] Drudi would finish the season second in the championship, with five races victories and ten podiums. Three of these victories came in a weekend sweep atMonza in September. In the offseason, Drudi conducted a series of tests withCampos Racing inFormula Three machinery, but elected to stay at the F4 level for 2015, joining SMG Swiss Motorsport Group for the inaugural season of theADAC Formula 4 series.^[4]

In late 2014, Drudi competed in the annual Porsche Italia rookie test, where he was identified by Maurizio Lusuardi ofDinamic Motorsport, who wished to field an entry for Mattia in thePorsche Carrera Cup Italy for 2015. His single-seater commitments initially derailed this move, but in March 2015 Drudi officially signed with the team to compete full-time in the national spec series.^[5] In his debut season, Drudi claimed nine podiums and one victory in 13 races, finishing third in the championship. Drudi's season also included one-off Guest-class appearances in both thePorsche Supercup andPorsche Carrera Cup Germany. 2016 would see Drudi continue with Dinamic Motorsport, taking nine wins and 16 podiums en route to a second-place finish in the2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia. He made a further three appearances as a guest in the Porsche Supercup in 2016, taking a podium at his home race at Monza.^[6] For 2017, Drudi competed full-time in the Porsche Supercup for the first time in his career, once again with Dinamic Motorsport. Through the 11-race season, he claimed one podium, once again at Monza, taking 6th in the championship. His final season in the series in 2018 saw him claim four podiums en route to a fifth-place finish in the championship.

In late 2018, Drudi made his debut in theItalian GT Championship, driving forAudi Sport Italia. In his third race with the team, at Monza, he and co-driver Bar Baruch won theGT3 class, marking Drudi's first race victory in GT3 machinery. In August 2018, Drudi made his debut in prototype machinery, competing withEurointernational at theSilverstone andSpa rounds of the2018 European Le Mans Series. HisLigier JS P3 finished 10th and 13th in class respectively.

In February 2019, Drudi was signed toAudi's factory GT lineup, joining the marque's customer racing roster.^[7] His 2019 season primarily consisted of a dualGT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup andEndurance Cup campaign withAttempto Racing, alongside a partial season in theADAC GT Masters with EFP Car Collection by TECE. He found his greatest successes that season in the Sprint Cup, where he and co-driver Milan Dontje would claim five podiums and a class victory competing in the Silver Cup class. Prior to the 2020 season, Drudi and fellow Audi factory driverKelvin van der Linde took part in the mid-seasonFormula E rookie test.^[8] For 2020, Drudi moved to the Pro class with Attempto Racing, adding a trio of appearances in theIntercontinental GT Challenge. In October, he partnered withPatric Niederhauser andFrédéric Vervisch to finish second overall at the24 Hours of Spa.^[9] The podium finish helped boost he and Vervisch's position in the2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup classification, but a 36th-place finish and retirement in the opening two rounds would force the pair to settle for 12th in the overall standings. The2021 GT World Challenge Europe campaign saw Drudi's entries score no podiums and a combined 13.5 points, enough for 25th and 26th in theEndurance andSprint Cups respectively. However, Drudi found great success in 2021 in another endurance cup, taking the GT3-class crown in the2021 Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup.^[10] It marked Drudi's first championship title in seven years of competition in senior motorsport.^[11]

2022 saw Drudi join Car Collection Motorsport's entry in theGT World Challenge Europe, taking part in both the Sprint and Endurance Cups.^[12] Drudi expressed his confidence ahead of the season, claiming that the team could fight for overall race victories.^[13] AlongsideLuca Ghiotto andChristopher Haase in the Endurance Cup, Drudi finished 24th in the overall points classification, scoring all 12 points in a fourth-place finish at Imola. In the Sprint Cup, with Ghiotto again as his co-driver, Drudi would come home 10th, registering a season-high finish of fifth atMagny-Cours.

Drudi began his 2023 campaign at theBathurst 12 Hour,^[14] although his car would retire early in the race following a crash. Drudi returned to his factory driver duties at theKyalami 9 Hours, where he finished third overall alongside co-driversRicardo Feller and Patric Niederhauser.^[15] His partnership with Feller continued throughout the 2023 season, where the two shared Tresor Orange1's Audi for the full GT World Challenge Europe campaign. Fellow factory driverDennis Marschall joined the entry for the Endurance Cup.^[16] 2023 also saw Drudi make his debut inDTM, once again competing for Tresor Orange1.^[17] Drudi enjoyed his most significant successes of the season in Sprint Cup, where he won four races alongside Feller en route to the overall championship.^[18] Through ten races, the duo tallied seven podiums and two pole positions. Drudi suffered a difficult maiden season in DTM competition, however, failing to finish half of the 16 races and placing no higher than 11th in any individual race. He would end the season 26th in the drivers' championship with 12 points. At the conclusion of the 2023 season, Drudi parted ways with Audi Sport.^[19]

Drudi's father, Luca, is a former racing driver. Luca is a two-time24 Hours of Le Mans class winner, taking victory withViper Team Oreca in1998 andSeikel Motorsport in2001.^[20]

^* Season still in progress.

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† As Drudi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

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Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2020	Audi Sport Team Land	Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Mies René Rast	Audi R8 LMS Evo	SP9 Pro	85	6th	6th
2021	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Robin Frijns Frank Stippler Dries Vanthoor	Audi R8 LMS Evo	SP9	17	DNF	DNF
2022	Audi Sport TeamLionspeed by Car Collection	Patrick Kolb Christopher Mies Patric Niederhauser	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	SP9 Pro	80	DNF	DNF
2023	Audi Sport Team Scherer PHX	Ricardo Feller Dennis Lind Frédéric Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	SP9 Pro	159	6th	6th
2025	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Christian Krognes David Pittard Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	SP9 Pro	72	DNF	DNF

^*Season still in progress.

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2025	Heart of Racing Team	Ian James Zacharie Robichon	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	LMGT3	341	36th	4th

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