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| Riccardo Pera | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Pera in 2023 | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Born | (1999-07-04)4 July 1999 (age 26) Lucca, Italy |
| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2018–19 |
| Current team | Manthey 1st Phorm |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Car number | 92 |
| Former teams | Project 1 MotorsportGR Racing |
| Starts | 33 (34 entries) |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 12 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 4th in2021 |
Riccardo Pera (born 4 July 1999) is an Italian racing driver who competes in theFIA World Endurance Championship forManthey 1st Phorm in the LMGT3 class.[1] He previously finished as runner-up of the2019 European Le Mans Series in the GTE class, was the 2021 champion of theItalian GT Sprint Championship in the GT4 Pro-Am category and runner-up in the2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series in the GT class.[2][3][4] He won the2025 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGT3 class.[5]
† As Pera was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EbiMotors | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 | LEC 3 | MNZ 3 | RBR 3 | SIL Ret | SPA 1‡ | ALG Ret | 8th | 58.5 |
| 2019 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0LFlat-6 | LEC 3 | MNZ 1 | CAT 6 | SIL 7 | SPA 2 | ALG Ret | 2nd | 76 |
| 2024 | GR Racing | LMGT3 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | CAT 2 | LEC 5 | IMO 7 | SPA 2 | MUG 8 | ALG 6 | 5th | 64 |
| Source:[10] | ||||||||||||
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 | SPA | LMS | SIL | FUJ | SHA 3 | SEB | SPA 1 | LMS | 14th | 40 |
| 2019–20 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 | SIL 5 | FUJ 5 | SHA 11 | BHR 6 | COA 5 | SPA 2 | LMS 2 | BHR 7 | 5th | 107.5 |
| 2021 | Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 LFlat-6 | SPA DNS | ALG 2 | MNZ 4 | LMS Ret | BHR 3 | BHR 3 | 4th | 78 | ||
| 2022 | GR Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 LFlat-6 | SEB | SPA 6 | LMS 3 | MNZ 12 | FUJ 12 | BHR 6 | 10th | 50 | ||
| 2023 | GR Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 LFlat-6 | SEB 7 | PRT 11 | SPA 12 | LMS 3 | MNZ 3 | FUJ 8 | BHR 8 | 6th | 64 | |
| 2025 | Manthey 1st Phorm | LMGT3 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche 4.2 LFlat-6 | QAT 12 | IMO 1 | SPA 7 | LMS 1 | SÃO 6 | COA 7 | FUJ 5 | BHR 4 | 1st | 123 |
| Sources:[10][11] | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |  Dempsey-Proton Racing |  Matt CampbellChristian Ried | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 339 | 25th | 2nd |
| 2021 | Team Project 1 | Matteo Cairoli Egidio Perfetti | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 84 | DNF | DNF |
| 2022 |  GR Racing | Ben BarkerMichael Wainwright | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 340 | 37th | 4th |
| 2023 | GR Racing | Ben BarkerMichael Wainwright | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 312 | 29th | 3rd |
| 2024 | GR Racing |  Daniel SerraMichael Wainwright | Ferrari 296 GT3 | LMGT3 | 278 | 39th | 12th |
| 2025 | Manthey 1st Phorm |  Ryan Hardwick Richard Lietz | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | LMGT3 | 341 | 33rd | 1st |
| Sources:[10][12] | |||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Manthey 1st Phorm | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) | Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY 12 | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 12th* | 203* |