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| Founded | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Nation | United States of America |
| Founder(s) | Giacomo Mattioli, Art Zafiropoulo |
| Base | 7925 W Arby Ave Ste 100, Las Vegas, NV 89113 |
| Teamprincipal(s) | Roberto Amorosi |
| Current series | IndyCar Series IMSA SportsCar Championship Ferrari Challenge Pirelli World Challenge |
| Former series | Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series |
| Teams' Championships | 2013, 2015, 2016 (2), 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| First entry | 2012 |
| Last entry | 2023, Ferrari Challenge - Finali Mondiali Mugello |
| Last win | 2023, Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Championship |
| Website | www.scuderiacorsa.com |
Scuderia Corsa is an American automotive racing team based in Las Vegas competing in theIMSA SportsCar Championship,Pirelli World Challenge andFerrari Challenge in North America. Founded in 2012 by Giacomo Mattioli and Art Zafiropoulo, the team has the main purpose of supporting the racing needs of Ferrari clients, starting from customizable track-day events to theFerrari Challenge Series to the most prestigious GT endurance racing such as the legendary24 Hours of Le Mans. Scuderia Corsa is the racing arm of Mattioli Automotive Group, inclusive of Ferrari Beverly Hills and Ferrari Westlake. In 2022 Giacomo Mattioli acquired Art Zafiropoulo shares becoming the sole owner of the racing team.
IMSA Championship
In 2012, Scuderia Corsa started competing at theGrand-AmRolex Sports Car Series atMazda Raceway Laguna Seca in the no. 63 Ferrari 458 Italia securing pole position in its very first appearance withAlessandro Balzan. The second and final race of the season for Scuderia Corsa in 2012 was atLime Rock Park withAlessandro Balzan andJohannes van Overbeek helping Ferrari win the GT manufacturer title for the 2012Grand-AmRolex Sports Car Series.
In 2013, Scuderia Corsa campaigned the no.63 Ferrari 458 Italia GT for the entireGrand-AmRolex Sports Car Series season in the GT Class, with starting drivers line-up consisting ofAlessandro Balzan and Jeff Westphal. Scuderia Corsa won the Grand-Am Rolex GT Team and Driver Championship and helped Ferrari earn the manufacturer championship for the second year in a row in Lime Rock; a race that ended with a double podium (P2-P3) for the no. 63 and no. 64 Scuderia Corsa 458 Italia. That season, Scuderia Corsa earned 6 podiums and one win, atKansas Speedway.
In 2014, Scuderia Corsa continued to run the no. 63 Ferrari 458 Italia in the GT-Daytona class of theIMSA SportsCar Championship clinching wins at the Brickyard Grand Prix and the Detroit Grand Prix and securing three podiums. The no. 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia achieved a top-ten finish in the GT-Daytona class in 2014IMSA United SportsCar Championship.

In 2015, Scuderia Corsa won its second IMSA Championship in the GT-Daytona class with the no. 63 Ferrari 458 Italia with driversTownsend Bell and Bill Sweedler, also securing the Ferrari GT-Daytona Manufacturer Championship and Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup Manufacturers Championship. Scuderia Corsa also won atVirginia International Raceway.
In 2016 Scuderia Corsa won its thirdIMSA SportsCar Championship title in four years of professional motorsports with the no. 63 Ferrari 488 GT3, achieving Team and Drivers Championship Titles and the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup Drivers Title in the GT-Daytona class. With the inaugural year of the no. 63 Ferrari 488 GT3, the team raced to victory at the12 Hours of Sebring and6 Hours of Watkins Glen with driversChristina Nielsen,Alessandro Balzan andJeff Segal.
In 2016, Scuderia Corsa also raced the no. 68 Ferrari 488 GTE in the IMSA Championship races of the North American Endurance Cup in the GT-Le Mans class with driversAlessandro Pier Guidi andDaniel Serra, achieving pole and second place in GT-Le Mans atMazda Raceway Laguna Seca and top 10th in the IMSA GT-Le Mans Championship.
In 2017 Scuderia Corsa won its fourth championship in five years with the 2017 IMSAWeatherTech Sports Card Team, Drivers, and Manufacturers Championship in the GT-Daytona. They were also the very first team to win a full-season sports-car championship title in North America with a female driver.[1]
To celebrate this achievementLEGO has created a set part of the "Speed Champion" line.[2][3][4] This set itself was launched in 2018 at Sebring Raceway, in combination with Scuderia Corsa who also had a 1:8 scale 488 build alongside it to show off.[5]
24 Hours of Le Mans
In 2015, Scuderia Corsa debuted in the legendary24 Hours of Le Mans entering the no. 62 Ferrari 458 in the GTE-Am class with driversTownsend Bell, Bill Sweedler andJeff Segal. Scuderia Corsa finished third in the GTE-Am class for the team's first24 Hours of Le Mans.
In 2016, Scuderia Corsa re-entered the no. 62 Ferrari 458 Italia at the 84th24 Hours of Le Mans driven again by the all-American lineup ofTownsend Bell, Bill Sweedler andJeff Segal. The team won in GTE-Am class, their second time entry at the24 Hours of Le Mans.
In 2017, Scuderia Corsa entered the no. 62 Ferrari 488 GTE at the 84th24 Hours of Le Mans driven again by the all-American lineup ofTownsend Bell, Bill Sweedler and the addition ofCooper MacNeil. The team also entered a second entry driven byAlessandro Balzan,Christina Nielsen andBret Curtis.
Pirelli World Challenge
Scuderia Corsa made its debut in thePirelli World Challenge for the 2015 season with driver Martin Fuentes in the no. 07 Hublot Ferrari 458 Italia, Duncan Ende in the no. 64 Ferrari 458 Italia and Mike Hedlund in the no. 65 Ferrari 458 Italia. The team scored one win and 4 podiums during the 2015 season.
In 2016, Scuderia Corsa fielded the no. 07 Hublot Ferrari 458 Italia GT with driver Martin Fuentes and won thePirelli World Challenge Championship in GT-A Class. With the team's ninth consecutive win during the 2016 season, Scuderia Corsa and Fuentes set a newPirelli World Challenge record for victories in a season across all of the non-spec classes. Scuderia Corsa scored 9 wins and 7 additional podiums during the 2016 season. The team also earned the 2016 Special GT Crew Award of the Year, a special recognition voted by allPirelli World Challenge teams in the paddock.
Ferrari Challenge
Scuderia Corsa currently competes in theFerrari Challenge North America series. TheFerrari Challenge North American Championship, a Ferrari only motorsport championship, is organized byFerrari North America and sanctioned byIMSA. TheFerrari Challenge series gives the most passionate Ferrari owners an exclusive opportunity to compete on a racing circuit in a global motorsport championship series.
Scuderia Corsa placed 3rd in the Ferrari North American Team Challenge for the 2010Ferrari Challenge season.
In 2011, the team achieved 1st and 2nd place in theFerrari Challenge North American Championship with the Ferrari Challenge F430.
In 2014, Scuderia Corsa won theFerrari Challenge North American Championship with the Ferrari 458 Challenge EVO in the Coppa Shell class. Scuderia Corsa also placed 3rd at the Ferrari World Finals, with a total of 10 victories and 22 podiums throughout the 2014 season.
2016 proved to be an exciting year for Scuderia Corsa racing in the Ferrari Challenge North American Championship. The team scored 13 podiums throughout the season, placed 2nd in the Ferrari Challenge Championships in North America and 2nd also in the Ferrari Challenge World Finals.
In 2017, Scuderia Corsa ran the largest Ferrari Challenge team in the world with 15 drivers. They won the Ferrari Challenge North American Coppa Shell Championship.
Scuderia Corsa also initiated the Drivers Development Program, which provides a complete solution for drivers to looking to get on the racetrack for the first time. This program prepares early-stage drivers for participation in the Ferrari Challenge Esperienza Program, providing drivers with valuable track time and feedback from the team's engineering team and driver coaches.
In 2023, Scuderia Corsa won for the 3rd time in a row, the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli division with Matt Kurzejewski in his second year with the team.[6]
Indycar
In 2018, Scuderia Corsa entered theIndianapolis 500 for the first time with veteran Indycar driverOriol Servia in aHonda-powered effort fielded in conjunction withRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
Ferrari Challenge North America
| Year | Championship | Class | Car | Driver | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ferrari Challenge | TROFEO PIRELLI NORTH AMERICA[7] | Ferrari 488 Challenge EVO | Cooper MacNeil | 1st |
| 2022 | Ferrari Challenge | TROFEO PIRELLI NORTH AMERICA[7] | Ferrari 488 Challenge EVO | Jeremy Clarke | 1st |
| COPPA SHELL-AM NORTH AMERICA[8] | Ferrari 488 Challenge EVO | Lisa Clark | 2nd | ||
| COPPA LADIES | Ferrari 488 Challenge EVO | Lisa Clark | 1st | ||
| 2023 | Ferrari Challenge | TROFEO PIRELLI NORTH AMERICA[7] | Ferrari 488 Challenge EVO | Matt Kurzejewski | 1st |
| Year | Team | No | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Scuderia Corsa | 63 | GTD | Ferrari 458 Italia | Ferrari | DAY 6 | SIR 3 | LBH | LS 4 | DET 9 | S6H 4 | MSP | CON 9 | ELK 4 | VIR 1 | AUS 6 | PET 4 | 1st | 279 |
| 2016 | Scuderia Corsa | 63 | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari | DAY 6 | SIR 1 | LBH | LS 2 | DET 3 | S6H 1 | MSP 4 | CON 11 | ELK 3 | VIR 7 | AUS 3 | PET 2 | 1st | 332 |
| 68 | GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari | DAY 4 | SIR 7 | LBH 6 | LS 2 | DET | S6H 5 | MSP | CON | ELK | VIR | AUS | PET 8 | 10th | 164 | ||
| 2017 | Scuderia Corsa | 63 | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari | DAY 16 | SIR 2 | LBH 2 | AUS 3 | DET 3 | S6H 2 | MSP 3 | CON 6 | ELK 5 | VIR 4 | LS 1 | PET 9 | 1st | 340 |
| Year | Entrant | No | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 62 | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am | 330 | 24th | 3rd | ||
| 2016 | 62 | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Am | 331 | 26th | 1st | ||
| 2017 | 62 | Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Am | 331 | 29th | 3rd | ||
| 65 | Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Am | 314 | 44th | 14th | |||
| 2019 | 62 | Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Am | 333 | 33rd | 3rd | ||
| 2020 | 63 | Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Pro | 185 | DNF |
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| Year | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos. | Pts. | ||
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| Scuderia Corsa withRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | DET | TEX | ROA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GAT | POR | SNM | ||||||||
| DallaraDW12 | Honda HI18TTV6t | 64 | 17 | 35th | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Carpenter Racing with Scuderia Corsa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | STP | COA | ALA | LBH | IMS | INDY | DET | DET | TEX | ROA | TOR | IOW | MDO | POC | GAT | POR | LAG | ||||||||
| DallaraDW12 | Honda HI19TTV6t | 20 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 20th | 217 | |||||||||
| 63 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress