🇮🇹 Manuela Gostner

Manuela Gostner is an entry-level professional, FIA Bronze graded, racing for Ineco - Reparto Corse RAM. She competes primarily in Ferrari Challenge, a solo-driver multiclass championship where she races Ferrari 488 and 296 Challenge cars. She has also raced in endurance series including the 24H Series, European Le Mans Series, WEC and Le Mans Cup, where shared-car formats mix amateur and professional drivers on the same grids.[1]

Gostner has raced since 2018, accumulating 72 starts across nine seasons. Her primary focus is Ferrari Challenge, where she has contested 50 starts since 2022 and scored six wins and 22 podiums, culminating in the 2025 Ferrari Challenge championship with Ineco - Reparto Corse RAM. In endurance racing she has made nine starts in the 24H Series, four in WEC, four in European Le Mans Series, three in Le Mans Cup and two in Road to Le Mans, taking a podium in the 24H Series, one in Le Mans Cup and one in Road to Le Mans. In 2021 WEC she finished 17th in the championship standings.[2]

In Ferrari Challenge she regularly finishes ahead of established competitors including Fons Scheltema and Thomas Gostner, both entry-level professionals racing at the same level. She has finished ahead of Charles Weerts, an established professional and multiple GT World Challenge Europe champion, and Nicklas Nielsen, an established professional and 2021 WEC LMGTE Am champion, though once each across their respective meetings.