Alessandro Pier Guidi

Alessandro Pier Guidi
Born	(1983-12-18) December 18, 1983 Italy
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2002–present
Known for	Ferrari factory driver since 2017, multiple FIA World Endurance Championship LMGTE Pro titles, multiple wins at 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Spa

Alessandro Pier Guidi (born 18 December 1983) is an Italian professional racing driver and has been a Ferrari factory driver since 2017. He captured the LMGTE Pro titles in the FIA World Endurance Championship during 2017, 2021, and 2022, triumphed in the LMGTE Pro divisions at the 2019 and 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans, claimed victory at the 24 Hours of Spa in 2021, and secured an overall win at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside teammates James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi.

Early career

Pier Guidi started karting in 1994, achieving multiple titles at the Torneo delle Industrie and winning the Italian Junior Championship in 1997. He progressed to single-seater racing in 2002 by entering the Italian Formula Renault championship. After a two-year hiatus, he switched to GT racing in 2005, quickly capturing the Italian GT Championship GT2 category and finishing third in the Spanish GT Championship despite missing two events.

In 2006, Pier Guidi briefly returned to single-seaters with participation in two rounds of the F3000 International Masters, finished fourth in the International GT Open, and once again placed third in the Spanish GT series. Additionally, he competed for A1 Team Italy during the opening two rounds of the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix.

GT career (2007–13)

Following a one-off outing in 2006, Pier Guidi concentrated on the GT1 class within the FIA GT Championship in 2007. Representing Scuderia Playteam Sarafree, he concluded the season ninth overall.

In 2008, Pier Guidi was recruited by Galatasaray S.K., managed by Scuderia Playteam, to compete in the Superleague Formula. He achieved three third-place finishes and ranked eighth in the final standings. Midway through 2009, he returned to the FIA GT Championship with Vitaphone Racing alongside teammate Matteo Bobbi, winning at Zolder and securing fifth place overall despite missing earlier rounds. In 2010, while competing part-time in the newly established GT1 World Championship, he earned a podium finish during the qualifying race at Navarra. The following year, Pier Guidi participated selectively in the Superstars Series, finishing ninth with three podiums.

Although his appearances were limited in 2012, Pier Guidi achieved a significant victory at the 24 Hours of Spa, winning the Pro-Am category alongside teammates Andrea Bertolini, Louis Machiels, and Niek Hommerson driving a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3.

In 2013, despite lacking a full-season contract, he secured a GTS class win with teammate Aleksey Basov in the International GT Open and earned pole position during qualifying for the Blancpain Endurance Series.

GT career (2014–16)

Pier Guidi achieved a significant milestone early in 2014 by winning the GTD category at the 24 Hours of Daytona, driving for Level 5 Motorsports alongside teammates Scott Tucker, Townsend Bell, Jeff Segal, and Bill Sweedler. Although this victory was initially revoked, it was reinstated following a stewards' investigation.

During that year, his main focus was the Italian GT Championship, where he secured a win at Mugello and added three more podium finishes. Additionally, he participated in two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship with AF Corse, piloting a Ferrari 458 Italia GT2.

In 2015, Pier Guidi committed to a full campaign in the European Le Mans Series with AF Corse’s AT Racing outfit. Racing in the GTE category alongside Alexander Talkanitsa Senior and Junior, he achieved victory at Imola and contributed to a fifth-place finish in the overall championship. That year also saw him claim his second Pro-Am class triumph at the Spa 24 Hours, sharing the car with Gianmaria Bruni, Pasin Lathouras, and Stéphane Lemeret.

For the 2016 ELMS season, Pier Guidi returned to AT Racing. Despite missing one event, he secured pole position at Spa-Francorchamps and attained three podiums. In June, AF Corse enlisted him for their LMGTE Pro entry at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, although their car retired due to engine failure.

Ferrari factory driver (2017–present)

Prior to the 2017 season, Pier Guidi signed a factory driver contract with Ferrari, taking over from Gianmaria Bruni in AF Corse's LMGTE Pro squad for the FIA World Endurance Championship. He partnered with James Calado, and together they achieved seven podiums across nine races, including victories at Nürburgring, Austin, and Fuji, culminating in their first world championship title.

Continuing their collaboration for the 2018–19 WEC 'Super-Season', Pier Guidi and Calado finished as runners-up overall. Their campaign featured a class victory at the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans and a win at Silverstone. The subsequent 2019–20 season proved less successful, with only one win at Shanghai and Pier Guidi absent from the finale. Nevertheless, he claimed the title in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup driving a Ferrari 488 GT3.

Following Aston Martin’s withdrawal from WEC after 2020, the 2021 season evolved into a direct rivalry between Pier Guidi and Calado’s #51 AF Corse Ferrari and Porsche’s #92 team. Porsche triumphed at Spa, but Ferrari responded with victory at the Algarve. Despite difficulties at Monza, Pier Guidi, Calado, and teammate Côme Ledogar prevailed at the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans, dominating the latter stages. The championship concluded amid controversy in Bahrain when Pier Guidi maintained first place following an on-track incident involving Porsche’s Michael Christensen. Porsche later withdrew their appeal, confirming Pier Guidi and Calado as two-time world champions.

Additionally, Pier Guidi secured victory at the 2021 24 Hours of Spa representing Iron Lynx, aiding in retaining the Endurance Cup alongside Nicklas Nielsen and Côme Ledogar.

In 2022, Pier Guidi and Calado successfully defended their title during WEC’s final LMGTE Pro season. Pier Guidi earned Ferrari’s only pole position at Monza and recorded wins in Belgium and Fuji. Despite encountering gearbox troubles in the concluding Bahrain race, he finished ahead of GTE Am competitors to clinch his third world championship.

For the 2023 WEC campaign, Ferrari stepped up to the Hypercar category with two Ferrari 499P entries run by AF Corse. Pier Guidi remained aboard the #51 car with Calado and new teammate Antonio Giovinazzi. The early rounds were marred by collisions and mechanical setbacks resulting in lower placements; however, they achieved their first podium finish at Spa-Francorchamps.

The highlight came during the centennial running of the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans. Despite a mid-race spin that dropped them to fourth place, Pier Guidi’s crew rallied to lead by halfway and ultimately secured victory—delivering Ferrari its first overall Le Mans win in half a century. The #51 team concluded the season fourth in championship standings.

Career summary

42nd place 38th place 6th place 21st place 8th place NC 15th place DNF 11th place 4th place

Year	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Fastest Laps	Podiums	Points	Final Standing
2002	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	Birel Formula	10	0	0	0	0	14	18th place
2005	Spanish GT Championship - GTA	Play Team Srl	7	4	3	4	5	65	3rd
	Italian GT Championship - GT2	Playteam Sara Free	16	8	8	5	10	210	1st
2006	Mil Milhas Brasileiras - GT2	Scuderia Playteam	1	1	1	1	1	N/A	1st
	International GT Open - GTA	Playteam SaraFree	7	2	3	5	6	68	4th place
	Italian GT Championship - GT2		2	0	1	0	2	24	9th place
	Spanish GT Championship - GTA	Playteam srl	9	4	4	5	4	53	2nd	-	FIA GT Championship - GT1	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC	-	2006 F3000 International Masters	ADM Motorsport	4						14th place	-	2006–07						7th place	-	2007						NC	-						9th place	-	2008						8th place	- minimal data | minimal data | minimal data | minimal data | minimal data |	12th place	-	2009 minimal data | minimal data | minimal data | minimal data |	5th place	-	2010 minimal data | minimal data | minimal data | minimal data |	9th place	- minimal data | minimal data | minimal data |	38th place	- minimal data | minimal data | minimal data |	8th place	-	2011 minimal data | minimal data |	NC	- minimal data | minimal data |	49th place	- minimal data | minimal data |	67th place	- minimal data | minimal data |	NC	-	2012 minimal data |	NC	- minimal data |	11th place	- minimal data |	NC	- minimal data |	12th place	- minimal data |	13th place	- minimal data |	13th place	-	2013 minimal data	17th place	- minimal data	19th place	- minimal data	13th place	- minimal data	35th place	- minimal data	9th place	-	2014 16th place	- 37th place	- NC	- 28th place	- 28th place	- 10th place	- NC†	- 53rd place	-	2015 5th place
	2016 5th place
		2017 style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st NC 22nd 82nd 12th style=background:#FFDF9F; 3rd style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st 16th 13th 15th 23rd style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st 55 style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st 16th 13th 16th 13th 15th 23rd style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st 55 style=background:#FFFFBF; 1st

^† Pier Guidi participated as a guest driver and therefore was not eligible to earn points.
* Season currently ongoing.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Italia results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final Position	Points Scored
2002	Birel Formula	VLL 9	PER Ret	PER Ret	SPA 15	MAG 14	MNZ 6	VAI 12	IMO 16	MIS Ret	MUG 16	18th	14

Superleague Formula

(Entries in bold denote pole positions) (Entries in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Team	Operator	1st Round		2nd Round		3rd Round		4th Round		5th Round		6th Round		Overall Position	Total Points
2008	Galatasaray S.K.	Scuderia Playteam	DON		NÜR		ZOL		EST		VAL		JER		8th	277
			13	13	3	7	14	12	7	3	3	11	18	4

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#WEC key) (Bold indicates pole position; italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Category	Vehicle	Engine Type	1st Race	2nd Race	3rd Race	4th Race	5th Race	6th Race	7th Race	8th Race	9th Race	Final Standing	Points Earned
2014	AF Corse	LMGTE AM	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	COA	FUJ	[[2014 6 Hours of Shanghai	SHA]]	[[2014 6 Hours of Bahrain	BHR]] 7	[[2014 6 Hours of São Paulo	SÃO]] 6		18th	16
2016 FIA World Endurance Championship	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB Turbocharged V8, 3.9 L	|SIL	|SPA	style="background:#EFCFFF;" ||LMS Ret	|NÜR	|MEX	|COA	|FUJ	|SHA	|BHR	27th	1
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB Turbocharged V8, 3.9 L	style="background:#DFDFDF;" ||SIL 2	style="background:#DFDFDF;" ||SPA 2	style="background:#DFFFDF;" ||LMS 14	style="background:#FFFFBF;" ||NÜR 1	style="background:#DFFFDF;" ||MEX 6	style="background:#FFFFBF;" ||COA 1	style="background:#FFFFBF;" ||FUJ 1	style="background:#FFDF9F;" ||SHA 3	style="background:#DFDFDF;" ||BHR 2	style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1st	style="background:#FFFFBF;" |153

Year	Entrant	Category	Vehicle Model	Engine Specification	Selected Races (Positions)	Final Position in Championship	Points Total
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB Turbocharged V8	SPA (15), LMS (4), SIL (1), FUJ (4), SHA (5), SEB (4), SPA (2), LMS (1)	2nd	136.5
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB Turbocharged V8	SIL (4), FUJ (4), SHA (1), BHR (4), COA (3), SPA (4), LMS (2)	6th	131
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB Turbocharged V8	SPA (2), ALG (1), MNZ (2), LMS (1), BHR (3,1)	1st	177
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB Turbocharged V8	SEB (4), SPA (1), LMS (2), MNZ (3), FUJ (1), BHR (5)	1st	135
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship	Ferrari AF Corse	Hypercar	Ferrari 499P	Ferrari Turbocharged V6, 3.0 L	SEB (7), PRT(6), SPA(3), LMS(1), MNZ(5), FUJ(5), BHR(6)	4th	114
	Ferrari AF Corse	Hypercar	Ferrari 499P	Ferrari Turbocharged V6, displacement: 3.0 L	QAT(12), IMO(7), SPA(4), LMS(3), SÃO(5), COA(Retired), FUJ(Retired), BHR(14)	8th	59
	Ferrari AF Corse	Hypercar	Ferrari 499P	Ferrari Turbocharged V6, displacement:3.0 L	QAT(3), IMO(1), SPA(1), LMS(3)	1st*	105*

^* Season currently underway.

Full 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Laps Completed	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Gianmaria Bruni Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Calado	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	179	DNF	DNF
2017	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Michele Rugolo Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Calado	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	312	46th	11th
2018	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Calado Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	339	22nd	7th
2019	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Calado Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	342	20th	1st
2020	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Calado Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	346	21st	2nd
2021	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Calado Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Côme Ledogar	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	345	20th	1st
2022	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Calado Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	350	29th	2nd
2023	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Ferrari AF Corse	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Calado Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Antonio Giovinazzi	Ferrari 499P	Hypercar	342	1st	1st

Selected IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Events highlighted in bold denote pole position; results shown in italics indicate fastest lap)

                     

Year	Team Name	Category	Car Model	Engine Type	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Race 11	Pos.	Points Earned
2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbocharged V8	2018 24 Hours of Daytona 5	2018 12 Hours of Sebring 5	2018 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix	2018 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio	2018 6 Hours of The Glen	2018 SportsCar Grand Prix	2018 Northeast Grand Prix	2018 Continental Tire Road Race Showcase	2018 Oak Tree Grand Prix	2018 Monterey Grand Prix	2018 Petit Le Mans	17th	52
2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbocharged V8	2019 24 Hours of Daytona 2	2019 12 Hours of Sebring	2019 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix	2019 Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio	2019 6 Hours of The Glen	2019 Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix	2019 Northeast Grand Prix	2019 Road Race Showcase at Road America	2019 Oak Tree Grand Prix	2019 Monterey Grand Prix	2019 Petit Le Mans 1	20th	67
2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbocharged V8	2020 24 Hours of Daytona 6	2020 WeatherTech 240 at Daytona	2020 Cadillac Grand Prix of Sebring	2020 IMSA SportsCar Weekend at Elkhart Lake	2020 Michelin GT Challenge at VIRginia International Raceway	2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta	2020 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio	2020 MOTUL Grand Prix at Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval	2020 Petit Le Mans	16th	25
2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154 engine#F154CB  Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbocharged V8	'style=background:#DFFFDF;'  24 Hours of Daytona (2021) Template:Small 4										13th	308

-Year	-Team Name	-Category	-Car Model	-Engine Type	-Race1	-Race2	-Race3	-Race4	-Race5	-Race6	-Race7	-Race8	-Race9	-Race10	-Race11	-"Position"-Championship Standing! -Points Earned	-

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

2024

Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final Position	Total Points
2020	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	Pro	IMO 7	NÜR Ret	SPA 6H 4	SPA 12H 1	SPA 24H 5	LEC 1		1st	79
2021	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Pro	MNZ 5	LEC 5	SPA 6H 1	SPA 12H 1	SPA 24H 1	NÜR 7	CAT 7	1st	83
2022	Iron Lynx	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Pro								19th	19
2023	AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	Ferrari 296 GT3	Pro	MNZ 14						NC	0
AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	Ferrari 296 GT3	Pro							2nd*	51*