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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