Iron Lynx

Iron Lynx

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Founded	2017
Nation
Founder(s)	Andrea Piccini
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Former names
Baase
Team principal(s)
Current series	IMSA SportsCar Championship GT World Challenge Europe Michelin Le Mans Cup Lamborghini Super Trofeo Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4
Former series	FIA World Endurance Championship European Le Mans Series Ferrari Challenge
Current drivers
Noted drivers	Sarah Bovy Matteo Cressoni Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner Callum Ilott Katherine Legge Andrea Piccini Doriane Pin Claudio Schiavoni
Wins
Podiums
Poles
Fastest Laps
Teams' Championships
Drivers' Championships
First entry
Last entry
First win
Last win
Website

Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab is an Italian auto racing team founded by Andrea Piccini, Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni and Sergio Pianezzola.^[1] The team is based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. They currently operate Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 sports cars in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and GT World Challenge Europe.

History[]

2019[]

In 2019, Iron Lynx began the "Iron Dames" project, focused on supporting and promoting women in motorsport.

2020[]

At the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Iron Lynx entered two cars, including an all-female line-up in the #85 Ferrari, driven by Rahel Frey, Manuela Gostner and Michelle Gatting.^[2] In October 2020, Rino Mastronardi won the GT3 Drivers Championship for Iron Lynx in the Michelin Le Mans Cup^[3] to earn an automatic invitation to the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.

2021[]

In 2021, Iron Lynx entered the FIA World Endurance Championship for the first time.^[4] In September 2021, it was confirmed that Iron Lynx will be collaborating with Prema Powerteam to enter an Oreca 07 in the World Endurance Championship LMP2 class for 2022.^[5] On October 24, 2021, Iron Lynx clinched the LMGTE teams championship in European Le Mans, earning them an automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[6]^[7] On November 20, 2021, Michelle Gatting became the first female champion of the Ferrari Challenge.^[8]^[9]^[10] Iron Lynx also won the Michelin Le Mans Cup teams championship for the second year running to earn a second automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[11]

2022[]

On January 12, 2022, Iron Lynx announced that they would enter 2 cars in the GTE Am class of the World Endurance Championship for 2022. Both entries will run the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, with Claudio Schiavoni will returning for the #65 entry while Rahel Frey will return for the #85 Iron Dames entry.^[12] On February 16, Iron Lynx announced that Giancarlo Fisichella would join the WEC squad, while also announcing additional 2022 campaigns. Iron Lynx will return to the European Le Mans Series with an LMGTE entry piloted by Davide Rigon alongside Schiavoni and Cressoni. Iron Lynx will field four full season entries in the Ferrari Challenge, piloted by Doriane Pin, Arno Dahlmeyer, Marco Pulcini and an additional driver.^[13]

Current Series Results[]

24 Hours of Le Mans[]

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Car	Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	Iron Lynx	LMGTE Am	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Sergio Pianazzola Paolo Ruberti Claudio Schiavoni	331	37th	11th
		LMGTE Am	75	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Andrea Piccini	211	DNF	DNF
		LMGTE Am	85	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner	332	34th	9th
2021	Iron Lynx	LMGTE Am	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Raffaele Giammaria Paolo Ruberti Claudio Schiavoni	335	30th	4th
		LMGTE Am	80	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Callum Ilott	338	27th	3rd
		LMGTE Am	85	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	332	36th	9th
2022	Iron Lynx	LMGTE Am	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Raffaele Giammaria Alessandro Balzan Claudio Schiavoni	289	DNF	DNF
		LMGTE Am	75	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Pierre Ehret Christian Hook Nicolás Varrone	324	53rd	17th
		LMGTE Am	80	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Richard Heistand	336	46th	13th
	Iron Dames	LMGTE Am	85	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	339	40th	7th

Italian F4 Championship[]

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2019	Tatuus F4-T014	Hamda Al Qubaisi	6	0	0	0	0	0	42nd	NC^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2019	Tatuus F4-T014	Amna Al Qubaisi	21	0	0	0	0	0	31st	NC^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2020	Tatuus F4-T014	Leonardo Fornaroli	20	0	0	1	1	108	9th	5th
		Yaroslav Shervyrtalov	5	0	0	0	0	0	36th	5th
		Hamda Al Qubaisi	19	0	0	0	0	3	25th	11th^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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-T021	Ivan Domingues	19	0	1	0	0	21	15th	6th
		Nicola Lacorte	8	0	0	0	0	1	28th	6th
		Maya Weug	20	0	0	0	0	36	14th	5th^{[lower-alpha 3]}

† Shared results with other team

ADAC Formula 4 Championship[]

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Podiums	D.C.	T.C.
2020	Tatuus F4-T014	Leonardo Fornaroli	3	0	NC†	N/A†
2020	Tatuus F4-T014	Hamda Al Qubaisi	3	0	NC†	N/A†
2021	Tatuus F4-T014	Leonardo Fornaroli	6	1	NC†	N/A†
		Pietro Armanni	3	0	NC†
		Maya Weug	3	0	NC†
2022	Tatuus F4-T021	Maya Weug	6	0	NC†	N/A†

† Ineligible to score points.

Timeline[]

Current series
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	2018–2019, 2022-present
Michelin Le Mans Cup	2019–present
Italian F4 Championship	2019–present
ADAC Formula 4	2020–present
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	2021–present
IMSA SportsCar Championship	2023–present
Former Series
European Le Mans Series	2019–2022
SuperCars Series Trophy	2019
Italian GT Championship	2019, 2021
Ferrari Challenge Europe	2020–2022
FIA World Endurance Championship	2020–2022

Notes[]

External links[]

Iron Lynx official website

References[]

This page uses some content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Iron Lynx. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Autopedia, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.

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[2] "#85 - Ferrari 488 GTE Evo - FIA World Endurance Championship". https://www.fiawec.com/en/car/2019/85.

[3] "IRON LYNX ARE MICHELIN LE MANS CUP 2020 CHAMPIONS WITH PICCINI AND MASTRONARDI. ANDREA PICCINI TAKES SUPER POLE IN THE EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES. | Ironlynx News". https://www.ironlynx.it/news/iron-lynx-are-michelin-le-mans-cup-2020-champions-with-piccini-and-mastronardi-andrea-piccini-takes-super-pole-in-the-european-le-mans-series/.

[4] "Iron Lynx and Iron Dames launch the 2021 season". https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/competizioni-gt/articles/iron-lynx-and-iron-dames-launch-the-2021-season.

[5] "Prema to join WEC LMP2 ranks with Iron Lynx partnership". https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/prema-to-join-wec-lmp2-ranks-with-iron-lynx-partnership/6658218/.

[6] "LMGTE – Iron Lynx are Crowned 2021 Champions with Victory in Portimão - ELMS". https://www.europeanlemansseries.com/en/article/lmgte-iron-lynx-are-crowned-2021-champions-with-victory-in-portimao-6175a8b44e6c3c668a4d165e.

[7] "Who has booked their place on the 2022 24 Hours of le Mans grid?". https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/who-has-booked-their-place-on-the-2022-24-hours-of-le-mans-grid-55722.

[8] "MICHELLE GATTING MAKES HISTORY BECOMING THE FIRST FEMALE CHAMPION OF FERRARI CHALLENGE TROFEO PIRELLI | Ironlynx News". https://www.ironlynx.it/news/michelle-gatting-makes-history-becoming-the-first-female-champion-of-ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli/.

[9] "Michelle Gatting Wins Ferrari Challenge Europe Trofeo Pirelli | dailysportscar.com". https://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/11/20/michelle-gatting-wins-ferrari-challenge-europe-trofeo-pirelli.html.

[10] "Gatting becomes Ferrari Challenge’s first-ever female champion". https://www.motorsport.com/ferrari-challenge/news/gatting-becomes-ferrari-challenges-first-ever-female-champion/6802224/.

[11] "Let's celebrate the 2021 champions - LMC". https://www.lemanscup.com/en/article/lets-celebrate-the-2021-champions-61829ffaa7b56f35c490aca7.

[12] "Iron Lynx returns to FIA WEC for 2022". https://www.ironlynx.it/news/iron-lynx-returns-to-fia-wec-for-2022/.

[13] "IRON LYNX AND IRON DAMES ANNOUNCE 2022 CAMPAIGNS AND DRIVER LINE-UP". https://www.ironlynx.it/news/iron-lynx-and-iron-dames-announce-stellar-driver-line-up-for-2022/.

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