Lirim Zendeli

German-Albanian racing driver

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2025 Continuing to race in Porsche Carrera Cup Italy with BeDriver.
2024 In the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia with Ombra Racing, Zendeli achieves his first podium in sportscars with a third place in his second race at Misano.
2024 Zendeli competes in the Porsche Supercup for Ombra Racing, scoring points in seven of eight races and finishing 12th in the overall standings with 38 points.
2024 Earns pole positions for the second Imola round in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia.
2024 Achieves a double podium during the Vallelunga round, ultimately finishing fourth in the overall Porsche Carrera Cup Italia standings.
2024 Zendeli secures another third place podium in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia at Mugello.
2023 Won his first race at Road Atlanta, claiming his maiden victory in the USF Pro 2000 Championship.
2023 Achieved a double podium at the Toronto event, further solidifying his performance in the championship.
2023 Secured his maiden podium with a second-place finish at the Sebring round, marking a significant milestone in his racing season.
2023 Achieved a fourth-place finish in the second race at St. Petersburg, demonstrating a strong debut performance in the championship.
2023 Concluded the season with multiple top-five finishes, ultimately placing sixth in the championship standings with 258 points and four podiums, including one victory.
2023 Zendeli returned to racing in the USF Pro 2000 Championship with TJ Speed Motorsports, marking his comeback to competitive racing.
2022 Raced in FIA Formula 3 Championship with Charouz Racing System and FIA Formula 2 Championship with Campos Racing, finishing 31st and 29th respectively.
2022 Lirim Zendeli participated in a Super Formula test with B-Max Racing at the end of the year, exploring opportunities in the Japanese racing series.
2022 Made a one-off cameo appearance at Spa-Francorchamps, replacing banned driver Olli Caldwell at Campos Racing. Finished sprint race in 20th position and retired from the feature race.
2022 Returned to Charouz Racing System for a cameo appearance at the Barcelona Formula 3 round, driving in place of David Schumacher. Started 22nd in both races and improved his positions, finishing 20th in the sprint race and 15th in the feature race.
2021 Scored his first points in his debut F2 race at Bahrain, finishing ninth with a fastest lap.
November 2021 Left MP Motorsport due to financial reasons, being replaced by Clément Novalak. Finished 17th overall in the championship with 13 points.
2020 Competed in Toyota Racing Series with Giles Motorsport, finishing eighth in the standings with four podiums but no wins.
2020 Completed the FIA Formula 3 Championship season eighth in the standings with 104 points, one win, two poles, and two podiums, contributing to Trident team's second place in the teams' championship.
December 2020 Zendeli was announced to graduate to the FIA Formula 2 Championship for the upcoming season, signing with MP Motorsport to race alongside Richard Verschoor.
September 2020 At Mugello season finale, took his second pole position but finished fourth after battling with Jake Hughes. Race 2 ended in a first-lap collision with Logan Sargeant.
August 2020 Achieved his first Formula 3 podium finish in a rain-shortened race at the second Red Bull Ring round, starting sixth and finishing second behind Frederik Vesti.
August 2020 At Silverstone, led Race 2 from reverse pole position but was narrowly beaten by Bent Viscaal, finishing second by 0.189 seconds.
August 2020 Secured his first Formula 3 pole position and victory at Spa-Francorchamps, leading every lap and winning by four seconds.
July 2020 Competed in his first FIA Formula 3 Championship race at Red Bull Ring, qualifying second and finishing fifth, followed by another fifth-place finish in Race 2.
2019 Zendeli competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Charouz Racing System, driving alongside Fabio Scherer and Raoul Hyman.
2019 At Monza, Zendeli was battling for the lead when he suffered a puncture, preventing a potentially strong result.
2019 At the Red Bull Ring, Zendeli scored his first championship points, finishing eighth and seventh in two races.
2019 Made a one-off appearance in the Formula Regional European Championship, claiming two second-place finishes and ending 14th in the standings.
2019 Zendeli missed the final round of the FIA Formula 3 Championship and finished 18th overall with six points.
2018 Zendeli won four of the first six races in the ADAC Formula 4 season, demonstrating exceptional performance.
2018 Zendeli concluded the season with two additional race wins, finishing with a total of 10 wins out of 21 races.
2018 Zendeli joined US Racing-CHRS team in ADAC Formula 4, partnering with David Schumacher, Mick Wishofer, and Tom Beckhäuser.
2018 Zendeli secured 8 pole positions out of 14 possible and finished over 100 points ahead of nearest rival Liam Lawson.
2018 Wins the ADAC Formula 4 championship, marking a significant breakthrough in his racing career.
2017 Raced in ADAC Formula 4 Championship with ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V., achieving 3 wins, 3 pole positions, and finishing 4th in the championship. Also competed in Italian F4 Championship with BWT Mücke Motorsport.
2016 Competed in ADAC Formula 4 Championship with ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V., finishing 13th in the championship with 1 podium and 84 points across 24 races.

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