🇦🇪 Federico Al Rifai

Federico Al Rifai is an entry-level professional racing driver competing in single-seater and endurance racing. The Emirati-Italian driver holds an FIA Silver grading, placing him among drivers developing their professional credentials in GT and endurance racing. He raced Spanish F4 for Rodin Carlin in 2023, contested Ferrari Challenge in a P-AM class 488 in 2024, and has run GT World Challenge Europe for Dinamic GT in 2025.[1]

Al Rifai's record spans three seasons and 27 starts across three championships. He won once in Ferrari Challenge and finished 19th in Spanish F4 in 2023, a full season campaign for Carlin in which he was a full-time regular alongside the team's other single-seater drivers. His endurance racing includes shared-car GT World Challenge competition. The 2024 Saudi Arabian F4 championship remains his most significant achievement to date.[2]

In multiclass and endurance fields mixing amateurs and professionals, Al Rifai races against established professionals including former champions and drivers with extensive experience at higher levels. He holds one finish ahead of Jordan Pepper, a Gold-graded driver with 48 GT World Challenge Europe starts, and one ahead of Yifei Ye, a Gold-graded former European Le Mans Series LMP2 champion. Against his regular Spanish F4 opponent Pedro Clerot, an established professional with multiple junior single-seater campaigns, Al Rifai typically finished behind him; he remains closely matched with Griffin Peebles, another established professional and the 2025 Le Mans Cup LMP3 Pro-Am champion.