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| Founded | 2017 |
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| Base | Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Teamprincipal(s) | Andrea Piccini |
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| Teams' Championships | 4(European Le Mans Series2021 LMGTE,2024 LMGT3,Michelin Le Mans Cup2020,2021 GT3) |
| Website | www |
Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab is an Italianauto racing team founded byAndrea Piccini, Deborah Mayer,Claudio Schiavoni and Sergio Pianezzola.[1] The team is based inCesena, Emilia-Romagna. They primarily participate insports car racing, and are a sister team of bothIron Dames andPrema Racing under theDC Racing Solutions parent company.[2] Iron Lynx were formerly partnered withLamborghini in operating theirLamborghini SC63LMDh prototype.
In 2017, the Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab was created by Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni, Sergio Pianezzola, and Andrea Piccini.
In their first year competing, Iron Lynx placed second and ninth in theLamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Pro-Am, with one pole position, twelve podiums, and two victories.[3]
Deborah Mayer created the Iron Dames Project, focused on supporting and promoting women in motorsport.Rahel Frey,Michelle Gatting, andManuela Gostner competed in the 12 Hours of Dubai, placing second in the GT3 Pro-Am class and ninth overall.[4]
For the 2019 season, Iron Lynx continued in theLamborghini Super Trofeo Europe. They also entered two cars in theItalian GT Championship. The team made their debut in theLe Mans Cup and theEuropean Le Mans Series, racing under theKessel Racing name in both series.[5] Iron Lynx also entered theItalian F4 Championship withAmna andHamda Al Qubaisi, under the name Abu Dhabi Racing byPrema.[6]
In theLe Mans Cup, the #8 car placed first, with one pole position and four victories, to earn an automatic entry to the2020 24 Hours of Le Mans. In theEuropean Le Mans Series, the #83 “Iron Dames” car placed 4th and the #60 placed 6th, with both entries standing on the podium twice over the season. In the24 Hours of Le Mans, the #83 placed 9th in class, and the #60 placed 13th in class.
2020 marked the first year of the team competing under the Iron Lynx name. In theEuropean Le Mans Series they fielded the #60 ofClaudio Schiavoni, Sergio Pianezzola, andAndrea Piccini, as well as the trio ofFrey,Gatting, andGostner for the #83 entry. Gatting and Deborah Mayer teamed up for theLe Mans Cup, the first all-female pairing in the series, and were joined by reigning championsGiacomo Piccini andRino Mastronardi.[7] Iron Lynx continued in theItalian F4 championship, fieldingHamda Al Qubaisi as Abu Dhabi Racing byPrema, andLeonardo Fernaroli and Yaroslav Shevyrtalov as Iron Lynx.[8] Al Qubaisi and Fernaroli also competed in selectADAC F4 rounds as guest drivers. The team entered theFerrari Challenge Europe for two rounds, under the name Iron Lynx – Scuderia Niki Hasler. Michelle Gatting competed in the Pro class, while Claudio Schiavoni competed in the Pro-Am class.[9]
The team entered 3 cars in the24 Hours of Le Mans, including the all-female line-up of Frey, Gatting, and Gostner, who placed 9th in the LMGTE Am class. The other two cars placed 11th and 19th in class. In October 2020,Rino Mastronardi won the GT3 Drivers Championship for Iron Lynx in theMichelin Le Mans Cup to earn an automatic invitation to the2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.[10]
In 2021, Iron Lynx entered theFIA World Endurance Championship for the first time.[11] In September 2021, it was confirmed that Iron Lynx will be collaborating withPrema Powerteam to enter anOreca 07 in the World Endurance Championship LMP2 class for 2022.[12] On 24 October 2021, Iron Lynx clinched the LMGTE teams championship inEuropean Le Mans, earning them an automatic invitation to the2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.[13][14] On 20 November 2021,Michelle Gatting became the first female champion of theFerrari Challenge.[15][16][17] Iron Lynx also won theMichelin Le Mans Cup teams championship for the second year running to earn a second automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.[18]
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On 12 January 2022, Iron Lynx announced that they would enter 2 cars in the GTE Am class of theWorld Endurance Championship for2022. Both entries ran the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, with Claudio Schiavoni returning for the #65 entry whileRahel Frey returned for the #85 Iron Dames entry.[19] On February 16, Iron Lynx announced thatGiancarlo Fisichella and Matteo Cressoni would join the WEC campaign, whileDavide Rigon joined the ELMS campaign, andDoriane Pin, Arno Dahlmeyer, Marco Pulcini, and Claudio Schiavoni all joined theFerrari Challenge. The Iron Dames began racing under their own license, fielding a team of Frey, Gatting, andSarah Bovy in WEC, ELMS, andGTWC Europe Gold Cup.[20] The team continued to support drivers inF4 andkarting, with Matteo Pianezzola representing the team in karting, whileMaya Weug entering selectADAC F4 rounds, as well as a full season inItalian F4 alongsideIvan Domingues andNicola Lacorte.[21]
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Iron Lynx entered 4 cars in the LMGTE category of the24 Hours of Le Mans, with a best finish of 7th in class for the #85 Iron Dames car.[22] Sarah Bovy became the first woman to claim a pole position in WEC history, qualifying first at bothMonza andBahrain.[23][24] Three podiums in the series helped the Iron Dames clinch third place in the GTE Am category.[25] The Iron Dames finished the GTWS Europe season in second in the Gold Cup, with a class victory at the24 Hours of Spa and a pole position at the final race in Barcelona.[26] The #71 Iron Lynx entry finished second in the Pro class, with one win, four podiums, and two pole positions, while the #51 finished seventh with one podium.[27] In theEuropean Le Mans Series, both entries took a class victory, with the #85 finishing third and the #60 finishing fourth in the LMGTE teams championship.[28] Doriane Pin took a dominant victory in the Ferrari Challenge, winning nine of fourteen races, with thirteen podiums, ten pole positions, and eleven fastest laps.[29]
On 6 November 2022, Iron Lynx announced they became theLamborghini factory team from 2023. They entered the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO 2 of the IMSA Sportscar Championship and GT World Challenge for 2023. Iron Lynx also entered the FIA World Endurance Championship, using twoPorsche 911 RSR-19s as Lamborghini does not actively manufacture a car under GTE specifications. At the2023 8 Hours of Bahrain, Iron Dames became the finalLM GTE class race winning team. Their drivers –Sarah Bovy,Michelle Gatting, andRahel Frey – became the first all-female lineup to win aFIA WEC race.[30]
In 2024, Iron Lynx made the move to competing with the new Lamborghini SC63 Hypercar in the IMSA Sports Car Championship in the GTP class, appearing at the 72nd annual 12 Hours of Sebring where they scored a 7th place finish. Additionally, with the demise of LMGTE regulations at the end of 2023, the team also ran a pair of Huracán GT3 EVO 2s in the World Endurance Championship under the new LMGT3 class. Iron Dames also entered theFormula Regional European Championship for the first time, withMarta García and Doriane Pin racing for them.[31] In November of 2024, Lamborghini announced their departure from the World Endurance Championship. This meant that the Huracán GT3 EVO 2 and SC63 Hypercar would not return in 2025. However, Iron Lynx will still be running the SC63 in the IMSA Sports Car Championship in the GTP class. On the 20th of November, it was announced that Iron Lynx will be partnering up withMercedes-AMG and run the currentMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for the2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. This will mark Mercedes-AMG's first appearance in the series in 25 years.[32] The next day, it was announced that Iron Dames would be joining forces with WEC LMGT3 championsManthey Racing, running one of theirPorsche 911 GT3 R race cars for 2025.[33]
WithLamborghini leaving theFIA World Endurance Championship in 2025, Iron Lynx gained backing from debutantMercedes-AMG for two LMGT3 entries.[34] The Iron Dames expanded their rally program, with Sarah Rumeau and Julie Amblard joining theWRC2 Championship and continuing in theFrench Rally Championship.[35]
* Season still in progress
* Season still in progress
| Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Pts |
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| 2020 |  Iron Lynx | GT3 | 8 | Ferrari 488 GT3 |  Nicklas NielsenGiacomo PicciniRino Mastronardi | RIC 1 | SPA 1 | LEC 3 | LMS 1 | LMS 3 | MNZ 3 | POR 1 | 1st | 132 |
| 9 |  Deborah Mayer Emanuele Maria TabacchiPaolo RubertiMichelle GattingNiccolò Schirò Murad Sultanov | RIC 5 | SPA Ret | LEC | LMS Ret | LMS 5 | MNZ 2 | POR WD | 7th | 33 | ||||
| 77 | Claudio SchiavoniAndrea Piccini Matt Griffin | RIC 3 | SPA DNS | LEC 5 | LMS 3 | LMS 4 | MNZ 5 | POR WD | 6th | 48 | ||||
| 2021 | Iron Lynx | GT3 | 8 | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | Rino MastronardiPaolo RubertiGabriele Lancieri Logan Sargeant Rory Penttinen | BAR 2 | LEC 1 | MNZ 1 | LMS 1 | LMS 2 | SPA 1 | POR 1 | 1st | 148 |
| 9 | Manuela Gostner Sarah BovyDoriane Pin | BAR DNS | LEC 2 | MNZ 2 | LMS 2 | LMS 3 | SPA 3 | POR Ret | 3rd | 67 | ||||
| 2023 | Iron Lynx | GT3 | 60 | Lamborghini Hurácan GT3 Evo 2 |  Hiroshi Hamaguchi Vincent Abril | BAR 7 | LMS Ret | LMS Ret | LEC 3 | ARA | SPA Ret | POR 1 | 6th | 48 |
| 2024 | Iron Dames | GT3 | 85 | Lamborghini Hurácan GT3 Evo 2 | Célia Martin Karen Gaillard | BAR 7 | LEC 2 | LMS 7 | LMS 16 | SPA 11 | MUG 5 | POR 7 | 6th | 43 |
* Season still in progress
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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| 2019 | Tatuus F4-T014 |  Hamda Al Qubaisi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42nd | NC[a] |
| Amna Al Qubaisi | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st | |||
| 2020 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Leonardo Fornaroli | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 9th | 5th |
| Yaroslav Shervyrtalov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | |||
| Hamda Al Qubaisi | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25th | 11th[a] | ||
| 2021 | Tatuus F4-T014 |  Kacper Sztuka | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th† | 5th |
| Leonardo Fornaroli | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 180 | 5th | |||
| Pietro Armanni | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25th | |||
 Maya Weug | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |||
| 2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 |  Ivan Domingues | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15th | 6th |
| Nicola Lacorte | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28th | |||
| Maya Weug | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14th | 5th[b] |
† Shared results with other team
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Leonardo Fornaroli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | N/A† |
| Hamda Al Qubaisi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
| 2021 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Leonardo Fornaroli | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† | N/A† |
| Pietro Armanni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
| Maya Weug | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
| 2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 |  Maya Weug | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | N/A†[b] |
† Ineligible to score points.
| Current series | |
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| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 2018–2019, 2022–present |
| Le Mans Cup | 2020–2021, 2023–present |
| European Le Mans Series | 2019–present |
| FIA World Endurance Championship | 2021–present |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | 2021–present |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship | 2023–present |
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia | 2023–present |
| French Rally Championship | 2024–present |
| Ligier European Series | 2024–present |
| WRC2 Championship | 2025–present |
| 24H Series | 2025–present |
| International GT Open | 2025–present |
| Former Series | |
| SuperCars Series Trophy | 2019 |
| Italian F4 Championship | 2019–2022 |
| ADAC Formula 4 | 2020–2022 |
| Ferrari Challenge Europe | 2020–2022 |
| Italian GT Championship | 2019, 2021, 2023 |
| GT2 European Series | 2023 |
| Formula Regional European Championship | 2024 |
