Matteo Cairoli

Junior formula

Cairoli began his single-seater racing career in 2012, competing in the Italian Formula Renault Championship. He would finish the season 13th in points after competing in the final four races, scoring one podium.^{[citation needed]} After a 2013 season in which he competed in the German Formula Three Championship, Cairoli joined GSK Grand Prix for the 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series season.^[1] However, he would only compete in the first round at Imola before leaving the team.^{[citation needed]}

Sports cars

After competing in junior formula competition, Cairoli moved to sports cars in 2014, taking part in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia with Antonelli Motorsport. It was a successful first season, as Cairoli took the series title by 70 points, winning six of the fourteen races.^[2] As a result, he was invited to compete for the Porsche International Cup Scholarship, which he won, receiving €200,000 and Porsche Junior driver status for 2015.^[2] As part of the 2015 Porsche Junior driver class, Cairoli was awarded a seat in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for that season, signing with Project 1 Motorsport in both series.^[3] At the end of 2016, following a second-placed points finish in the 2016 Porsche Supercup, Cairoli was further promoted in the Porsche system to "Young Professional" status.^[4]

In 2017, Cairoli stepped up to compete for Dempsey-Proton Racing in the LMGTE Am class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[5][6] The opportunity provided him with his first appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the team finished sixth in class.^[7] In his first season with the team, the team finished second in the LMGTE Am class, winning twice at the Nürburgring and in Mexico City. Cairoli also competed with Dempsey-Proton in the European Le Mans Series for 2017,^[8] scoring a class victory at Portimão as the team finished third in points. Ahead of the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, Cairoli returned to Team Project 1.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2020, Cairoli signed with Dinamic Motorsport to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.^[9] The following season, Cairoli featured as part of the Manthey Racing team that claimed overall victory at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, driving alongside Kévin Estre and Michael Christensen.^[10] At the end of 2023, Cairoli departed the Porsche factory roster.^[11]

Ahead of 2024, Cairoli joined the Lamborghini factory roster, taking part in the team's IMSA SportsCar Championship effort for the season in both the GTD Lamborghini Huracán and the GTP Lamborghini SC63 teams; he also drove at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[12][13][14] He left Lamborghini in January 2025 and joined the Iron Lynx team for the 2025 World Endurance Championship.^[15][16]

Career summary

^* Season still in progress. ^† Guest driver, ineligible for points.

Complete German Formula Three Championship results

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Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Italia results

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Complete Porsche Supercup results

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Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Ovr. Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Manthey Racing	Christoph Breuer Sven Müller Mike Stursberg	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup MR	SP7	44	DNF	DNF
2017	Manthey Racing	Mathieu Jaminet Otto Klohs Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9	26	DNF	DNF
2018	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	Jörg Bergmeister Michael Christensen André Lotterer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9	128	21st	19th
2019	Manthey Racing	Lars Kern Otto Klohs Dennis Olsen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9	155	4th	4th
2021	Manthey Racing	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9	59	1st	1st
2022	Dinamic Motorsport	Christian Engelhart Côme Ledogar Thomas Preining	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9 Pro	11	DNF	DNF
2023	Rutronik Racing	Julien Andlauer Dennis Olsen	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	SP9 Pro	162	5th	5th
2025	Dinamic GT	Bastian Buus Loek Hartog Joel Sturm	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	SP9 Pro	140	3rd	3rd

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Complete European Le Mans Series results

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^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Marvin Dienst Christian Ried	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE Am	329	34th	6th
2018	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Giorgio Roda Khaled Al Qubaisi	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE Am	225	DNF	DNF
2019	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Satoshi Hoshino Giorgio Roda	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE Am	79	DNF	DNF
2020	Team Project 1	Egidio Perfetti Larry ten Voorde	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE Am	339	27th	4th
2021	Team Project 1	Egidio Perfetti Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR-19	LMGTE Am	84	DNF	DNF
2022	Team Project 1	Nicolas Leutwiler Mikkel O. Pedersen	Porsche 911 RSR-19	LMGTE Am	77	DNF	DNF
2023	Project 1 – AO	P. J. Hyett Gunnar Jeannette	Porsche 911 RSR-19	LMGTE Am	309	35th	7th
2024	Lamborghini Iron Lynx	Andrea Caldarelli Romain Grosjean	Lamborghini SC63	Hypercar	309	13th	13th
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Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

Complete International GT Open results

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Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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