Iron Lynx

Iron Lynx
Iron Dames
Founded	2017
Team principal(s)	Andrea Piccini
Founder(s)	Andrea Piccini; Deborah Mayer; Claudio Schiavoni; Sergio Pianezzola;
Current series	IMSA SportsCar Championship; GT World Challenge Europe; FIA World Endurance Championship; European Le Mans Series; Michelin Le Mans Cup; Lamborghini Super Trofeo; Italian F4 Championship; ADAC Formula 4
Former series	Ferrari Challenge
Noted drivers	Sarah Bovy; Matteo Cressoni; Rahel Frey; Michelle Gatting; Manuela Gostner; Callum Ilott; Katherine Legge; Andrea Piccini; Doriane Pin; Claudio Schiavoni
Teams'; Championships	2 (European Le Mans Series 2021 LMGTE, Michelin Le Mans Cup 2021 GT3)
Drivers'; Championships	2 (Michelin Le Mans Cup 2020, Ferrari Challenge 2021)
Website	https://www.ironlynx.it/

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 operate Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 sports cars in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, GT World Challenge Europe, and FIA World Endurance Championship.

History edit

2019 edit

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

2020 edit

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 edit

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 edit

The Iron Dames car driven by Rahel Frey, Sarah Bovy and Michelle Gatting at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans

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 Claudio Schiavoni.^[13]

2023 edit

Iron Lynx's #63 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 during the 2023 24 Hours of Spa

On November 6, 2022, Iron Lynx announced they became the Lamborghini 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 continues to enter the FIA World Endurance Championship, using two Porsche 911 RSR-19s as Lamborghini does not actively manufacture a car under GTE specifications.

2024 edit

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.

Current series results edit

24 Hours of Le Mans edit

Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	Iron Lynx	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Sergio Pianezzola Paolo Ruberti Claudio Schiavoni	LMGTE Am	331	37th	11th
		75		Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Andrea Piccini		211	DNF	DNF
		85		Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner		332	34th	9th
2021	Iron Lynx	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Raffaele Giammaria Paolo Ruberti Claudio Schiavoni	LMGTE Am	335	30th	4th
		80		Matteo Cressoni Callum Ilott Rino Mastronardi		338	27th	3rd
		85		Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting		332	36th	9th
2022	Iron Lynx	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Alessandro Balzan Raffaele Giammaria Claudio Schiavoni	LMGTE Am	289	NC	NC
		75		Pierre Ehret Christian Hook Nicolás Varrone		324	53rd	17th
		80		Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Richard Heistand		336	46th	13th
	Iron Dames	85		Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting		339	40th	7th
2023	Iron Lynx	60	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni	LMGTE Am	28	DNF	DNF
2023	Iron Dames	85	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting	LMGTE Am	312	30th	4th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results edit

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Pts
2021	Iron Lynx	LMGTE Am	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Andrea Piccini Raffaele Giammaria Paolo Ruberti Rino Mastronardi	SPA 9	POR 6	MON Ret	LMN 4	BHR 12	BHR 6		7th	63.5
2021	Iron Lynx	LMGTE Am	85	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	Rahel Frey Manuela Gostner Katherine Legge Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	SPA 8	POR 7	MON 8	LMN 3	BHR 8	BHR 9		10th	46
2022	Iron Lynx	LMGTE Am	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Alessandro Balzan Raffaele Giammaria	SEB 8	SPA 8	LMN Ret	MON 4	FUJ 11	BHR 9		12th	25
2022	Iron Dames	LMGTE Am	85	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Christina Nielsen Doriane Pin	SEB 4	SPA 10	LMN 7	MON 2	FUJ 2	BHR 3		3rd	93
2023	Iron Lynx	LMGTE Am	60	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello	SEB 6	POR 12	SPA 11	LMN Ret	MON 2	FUJ 11	BHR Ret	13th	30
2023	Iron Dames	LMGTE Am	85	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Rahel Frey	SEB 8	POR 3	SPA 5	LMN 4	MON 5	FUJ 4	BHR 1	2nd	118

* Season still in progress

Former series results edit

Italian F4 Championship edit

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^[a]
2019	Tatuus F4-T014	Amna Al Qubaisi	21	0	0	0	0	0	31st	NC^[a]
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^[b]
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	6th
		Maya Weug	20	0	0	0	0	36	14th	5th^[c]

† Shared results with other team

ADAC Formula 4 Championship edit

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-T421	Maya Weug	6	0	NC†	N/A†

† Ineligible to score points.

Timeline edit

Current series
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	2018–2019, 2022–present
Italian GT Championship	2019, 2021, 2023–present
Le Mans Cup	2019–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
GT2 European Series	2023–present
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia	2023–present
French Rally Championship	2024–present
Ligier European Series	2024–present
Formula Regional European Championship	2024–present
Former Series
SuperCars Series Trophy	2019
Italian F4 Championship	2019–2022
ADAC Formula 4	2020–2022
Ferrari Challenge Europe	2020–2022

Notes edit

^ Entered as Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema
^ Entered as Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema
^ Entered as Iron Dames

External links edit

Iron Lynx official website

References edit

^ "IRON LYNX | Motorsport Lab". Iron Lynx.
^ "#85 - Ferrari 488 GTE Evo - FIA World Endurance Championship".
^ "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". Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
^ "Iron Lynx and Iron Dames launch the 2021 season". www.ferrari.com.
^ "Prema to join WEC LMP2 ranks with Iron Lynx partnership". www.autosport.com. September 2021.
^ "LMGTE – Iron Lynx are Crowned 2021 Champions with Victory in Portimão - ELMS".
^ "Who has booked their place on the 2022 24 Hours of le Mans grid?".
^ "MICHELLE GATTING MAKES HISTORY BECOMING THE FIRST FEMALE CHAMPION OF FERRARI CHALLENGE TROFEO PIRELLI | Ironlynx News". Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
^ "Michelle Gatting Wins Ferrari Challenge Europe Trofeo Pirelli | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com.
^ "Gatting becomes Ferrari Challenge's first-ever female champion". www.motorsport.com. 20 November 2021.
^ "Let's celebrate the 2021 champions - LMC".
^ "Iron Lynx returns to FIA WEC for 2022". 12 January 2022.
^ "IRON LYNX AND IRON DAMES ANNOUNCE 2022 CAMPAIGNS AND DRIVER LINE-UP". Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-03-04.

[14] Entered as Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema

[15] Entered as Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema

[16] Entered as Iron Dames

[1] "IRON LYNX | Motorsport Lab". Iron Lynx.

[2] "#85 - Ferrari 488 GTE Evo - FIA World Endurance Championship".

[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". Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-25.

[4] "Iron Lynx and Iron Dames launch the 2021 season". www.ferrari.com.

[5] "Prema to join WEC LMP2 ranks with Iron Lynx partnership". www.autosport.com. September 2021.

[6] "LMGTE – Iron Lynx are Crowned 2021 Champions with Victory in Portimão - ELMS".

[7] "Who has booked their place on the 2022 24 Hours of le Mans grid?".

[8] "MICHELLE GATTING MAKES HISTORY BECOMING THE FIRST FEMALE CHAMPION OF FERRARI CHALLENGE TROFEO PIRELLI | Ironlynx News". Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-25.

[9] "Michelle Gatting Wins Ferrari Challenge Europe Trofeo Pirelli | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com.

[10] "Gatting becomes Ferrari Challenge's first-ever female champion". www.motorsport.com. 20 November 2021.

[11] "Let's celebrate the 2021 champions - LMC".

[12] "Iron Lynx returns to FIA WEC for 2022". 12 January 2022.

[13] "IRON LYNX AND IRON DAMES ANNOUNCE 2022 CAMPAIGNS AND DRIVER LINE-UP". Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-03-04.

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