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Lorenzo Colombo (racing driver)

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Lorenzo Colombo
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 (age 24)
Legnano, Italy
WEC career
Debut season2022
Current teamPrema Orlen Team
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number9
Co-driverLouis Delétraz, Robert Kubica
Starts6 (6 entries)
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish5th in 2022
Previous series
2021
2018-2020
2016-2018
2017
2017		FIA Formula 3 Championship
Formula Renault Eurocup
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Euroformula Open Championship

Lorenzo Colombo (born 13 September 2000) is an Italian racing driver who last competed for Prema Orlen Team in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship.[1] He previously raced in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Campos Racing.

Early career

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Karting

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Born in Legnano, Colombo started his karting career in 2009. He predominantly competed in Italy, highlight of his karting career finishing second in the Andrea Margutti Trophy in 2018.

Lower formulae

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In 2016 the Italian made his car racing debut in the Italian F4 Championship, driving for BVM Racing, where he finished 12th in the standings, having scored one podium at Imola.

Colombo continued to race in the Italian F4 Championship in 2017, partnering Leonardo Lorandi and Sebastián Fernández at Bhaitech.[2] He would end up finishing third in the standings with two victories and 223 points.

He also made a one-off appearance in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship that same year, scoring no points as he was a guest driver.

At the end of 2018 Colombo made a one-off appearance for R-ace GP in Italian F4, which yielded three points in three races.

Formula Renault Eurocup

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2018

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Colombo racing in the 2018 Formula Renault Eurocup

In 2018 Colombo made his debut in the Formula Renault Eurocup for JD Motorsport.[3] He scored two pole positions and finished 6th in the standings.

2019

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The year after Colombo moved to MP Motorsport in his pursuit of winning the series.[4] However, he didn't manage to do so, and with three race wins and 214.5 points he ended up fourth in the championship.

2020

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In 2020, Colombo would switch to his former Formula 4 outfit, Bhaitech Racing.[5] Despite missing the round in Spa due to a heavy nosebleed after a routine COVID-19 test,[6] Colombo finished 5th in the drivers' standings, courtesy of a hattrick of victories in the final three races of the series' history.[7][8]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

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Colombo at the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round

Colombo progressed to the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Campos Racing, partnering László Tóth and Amaury Cordeel.[9] His season started out relatively poorly, with no points finishes in the opening three rounds. At the fourth round in Budapest however Colombo managed to qualify the car in eleventh, putting him second on the grid for the first race thanks to the reversing of the top twelve in Qualifying. After maintaining position through the first seven laps, the Italian made a move on leader Jonny Edgar into the first corner, and as they were accelerating away the Brit lost power and Colombo took the race lead. He would hold on to cross the finish line in first place, but he was stripped of victory by a five-second penalty he was given due to having driven more than ten car lengths behind the Safety Car prior to the car turning its lights out for the restart.[10][11] He made amends by winning race 1 of the next round at Spa-Francorchamps.[12] Colombo would score his final top-ten finish in the first race in Sochi, ending up sixth. He finished the championship in 15th, scoring all of Campos' 32 points.

Sportscar racing

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2022 - First success in WEC and ELMS

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On 12 January 2022, it was announced that Colombo would be racing for Prema Orlen Team in the LMP2 class in the FIA World Endurance Championship, partnering Louis Delétraz and former Formula One race winner Robert Kubica. The highlight of the team's debut season in the category came at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where they finished second in class, which helped Colombo and his teammates to fifth in the championship.[13]

That season, Colombo would also replace the injured and otherwise occupied Juan Manuel Correa in the European Le Mans Series.[14] His tenure there was a success, as a pair of victories in the opening two rounds was followed up by another win in Barcelona.[15][16] Prema ended up winning the teams' championship, with Colombo finishing third in the drivers' standings despite missing the final two races.

As a prize for his very competitive 2022 season, Colombo was invited to take part in Rookie Test to be held in Bahrain on the day after the last race of the season, where he was given the opportunity to drive the title-winning Ferrari 488 GTE Evo in the GTE Pro class.[17]

Colombo did not race in 2023.

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2009 Campeonato Area Centro — 60cc 10th
2010 Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60cc 8th
Easykart International Grand Final — Easy 60 Foco Racing Team NC
2011 Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60cc 4th
Easykart International Grand Final — Easy 60 4th
2012 Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60cc 1st
WSK Master Series — 60 Mini Birel Motorsport 19th
Italian Championship — 60 Mini 3rd
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini Comer Top Kart 11th
Easykart International Grand Final — Easy 60 Foco Racing Team 8th
2013 Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini 2nd
WSK Euro Series — 60 Mini Emilia Kart Srl 6th
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 27th
Italian Championship — 60 Mini 7th
WSK Final Cup — KFJ Baby Race Srl NC
2014 South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ 18th
WSK Champions Cup — KFJ Baby Race Srl NC
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ 55th
Italian Championship — KF3 15th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ 42nd
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 54th
2015 WSK Champions Cup — KFJ Colombo, Giuseppe 14th
South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ Foco Racing Team 8th
WSK Gold Cup — KFJ 11th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KFJ 2nd
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ 9th
WSK Night Edition — KFJ 9th
Italian Championship — KFJ 2nd
Trofeo Industrie — KFJ 5th
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ Baby Race Srl 23rd
Sources:[18][19]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 Italian F4 Championship BVM Racing 12 0 0 0 0 73.5 12th
Bhaitech Engineering 9 0 0 0 1
2017 Italian F4 Championship Bhaitech 21 2 6 3 8 223 3rd
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Euroformula Open Championship Campos Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup JD Motorsport 20 0 2 0 5 152.5 6th
Formula Renault NEC 2 0 0 0 1 35 12th‡
Italian F4 Championship R-ace GP 3 0 0 0 0 3 25th
2019 Formula Renault Eurocup MP Motorsport 20 3 3 2 7 214.5 4th
2020 Formula Renault Eurocup Bhaitech Racing 18 3 4 2 5 170 5th
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 20 1 0 2 1 32 15th
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Prema Orlen Team 6 0 0 1 1 94 5th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Prema Racing 4 3 0 1 3 85 3rd

† As Colombo was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
‡ Colombo was ineligible for points from the third round onwards.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pos Points
2016 BVM Racing MIS
1 		MIS
2
17 		MIS
3
14 		MIS
4
Ret 		ADR
1
9 		ADR
2
12 		ADR
3 		ADR
4
15 		IMO1
1
5 		IMO1
2
5 		IMO1
3
8 		MUG
1
20 		MUG
2
22 		MUG
3
19 		12th 73.5
Bhaitech Engineering VLL
1
13 		VLL
2
19 		VLL
3
13 		IMO2
1
4 		IMO2
2
2 		IMO2
3
6 		MNZ
1
4 		MNZ
2
22 		MNZ
3
7
2017 Bhaitech MIS
1
4 		MIS
2
2 		MIS
3
2 		ADR
1
2 		ADR
2
Ret 		ADR
3
1 		VLL
1
Ret 		VLL
2
6 		VLL
3
5 		MUG1
1
3 		MUG1
2
7 		MUG1
3
3 		IMO
1
5 		IMO
2
5 		IMO
3
10 		MUG2
1
3 		MUG2
2
Ret 		MUG2
3
7 		MNZ
1
5 		MNZ
2
6 		MNZ
3
1 		3rd 223

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2018 JD Motorsport LEC
1
4 		LEC
2
21 		MNZ
1
3 		MNZ
2
2 		SIL
1
4 		SIL
2
8 		MON
1
12 		MON
2
Ret 		RBR
1
3 		RBR
2
6 		SPA
1
6 		SPA
2
5 		HUN
1
6 		HUN
2
3 		NÜR
1
11 		NÜR
2
22 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
4 		CAT
1
3 		CAT
2
6 		6th 152.5
2019 MP Motorsport MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
3 		SIL
1
6 		SIL
2
5 		MON
1
6 		MON
2
7 		LEC
1
1 		LEC
2
1 		SPA
1
4 		SPA
2
1 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
7 		HUN
1
3 		HUN
2
6 		CAT
1
7 		CAT
2
4 		HOC
1
13 		HOC
2
6 		YMC
1
3 		YMC
2
2 		4th 214.5
2020 Bhaitech Racing MNZ
1
13 		MNZ
2
Ret 		IMO
1
7 		IMO
2
11 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
5 		MAG
1
6 		MAG
2
4 		ZAN
1
9 		ZAN
2
5 		CAT
1
14 		CAT
2
9 		SPA
1
WD 		SPA
2
WD 		IMO
1
3 		IMO
2
11 		HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
1 		LEC
1
1 		LEC
2
1 		5th 170

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2021 Campos Racing CAT
1
23 		CAT
2
22 		CAT
3
29 		LEC
1
14 		LEC
2
20 		LEC
3
19 		RBR
1
25 		RBR
2
19 		RBR
3
13 		HUN
1
7 		HUN
2
7 		HUN
3
11 		SPA
1
1 		SPA
2
14 		SPA
3
14 		ZAN
1
13 		ZAN
2
Ret 		ZAN
3
17 		SOC
1
6 		SOC
2
C 		SOC
3
Ret 		15th 32

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2022 Prema Orlen Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
4 		SPA
7 		LMS
2 		MNZ
6 		FUJ
6 		BHR
4 		5th 94

* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2022 Prema Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
1 		IMO
1 		MNZ
5 		CAT
1 		SPA ALG 3rd 85

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2022 Italy Prema Orlen Team Switzerland Louis Delétraz
Poland Robert Kubica 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 369 6th 2nd

References

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  1. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (12 January 2022). "ELMS Champions Kubica, Deletraz Join Prema". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Colombo continues with BhaiTech in Italian F4 for 2017". January 24, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Allen, Peter (2018-01-24). "Lorenzo Colombo to race in Formula Renault Eurocup with JD Motorsport". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  4. ^ "Lorenzo Colombo joins MP Motorsport for Formula Renault Eurocup return". January 9, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  5. ^ "Lorenzo Colombo back with Bhaitech for 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup". March 11, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  6. ^ "Lorenzo Colombo missed Eurocup races at Spa due to nose injury". October 26, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  7. ^ Woollard, Craig (2020-11-14). "Martins is Formula Renault Eurocup champion as Colombo wins at Paul Ricard". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  8. ^ "Colombo fends off champion Martins in final Formula Renault Eurocup race". November 15, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  9. ^ Allen, Peter (2021-02-05). "Lorenzo Colombo gets FIA F3 seat with Campos Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  10. ^ Edwards, Jordan (2021-07-31). "Lorenzo Colombo and Campos Racing claim their first FIA F3 win". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  11. ^ "Post-race 1 time penalty strips Colombo of first place, with Iwasa taking maiden F3 win". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  12. ^ "RACE 1: Colombo takes maiden win from reverse grid pole in wet conditions at Spa". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  13. ^ Euwema, Davey (12 June 2022). "JOTA Takes LMP2 Honors at Le Mans With Commanding Run – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  14. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (11 April 2022). "Colombo to Sub for Injured Correa at Season-Opener – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  15. ^ Euwema, Davey (18 April 2022). "Habsburg "Honoured" to Win With Prema After Failed F3 Bid – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  16. ^ Dagys, John (28 August 2022). "Prema Takes Dominant Win in Barcelona – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  17. ^ Stobart, Andy (2022-11-04). "Bahrain Rookie Test Line-up Announced". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  18. ^ "Lorenzo Colombo | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  19. ^ kartcom (2010-10-20). "Colombo Lorenzo" (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-29.
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