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🇨🇭 Marco Mapelli

Racing driver from Switzerland. GT World Challenge Europe, Rutronik Racing. One-time champion.

Driver facts

Full name

Marco Mapelli

Born

1 August 1987(b. 1987)

Nationality

Switzerland

Current team

Rutronik Racing

Series

GT World Challenge Europe

Status

Active

Championships

12019

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

126

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

4,651

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

4,651

Rank 1645 of 40,349 indexed, -289 this season

FIA Categorisation

Gold

FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com

Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 20h ago

Marco Mapelli is a professional sportscar driver racing at the FIA Gold grade in international GT and endurance championships. He competes primarily in GT World Challenge Europe for Rutronik Racing, driving GT3 machinery, and has made regular appearances in ADAC GT Masters, IMSA WeatherTech, and the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie across a career spanning 13 seasons since 2011. He won the 2019 GT World Challenge Europe title with Orange 1 FFF Racing Team, a Lamborghini factory driver.[1]

Mapelli holds 126 career starts across multiple series with eight wins and 27 podiums. His primary record sits in GT World Challenge Europe, where he has contested 41 races with five wins and 14 podiums since 2019. He has taken three wins in 29 ADAC GT Masters starts and three wins in shared-car IMSA WeatherTech entries over eight seasons. His broader endurance racing experience includes campaigns in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie since 2011, multiple Nürburgring 24 Hours appearances, and shorter-format multiclass racing in the 24H Series and Asian Le Mans Series. A 2018 Super GT season and brief DTM outings in 2026 complete his single-seater and touring car exposure.[2]

His record places him in regular competition with established professionals. He is closely matched against Raffaele Marciello, the 2022 ADAC GT Masters and 2023 GT World Challenge Europe champion, and Christopher Haase, a Platinum-graded regular in both GT World Challenge Europe and ADAC GT Masters. Against stronger fields he has finished ahead of Kyle Kirkwood, an Indy NXT champion with 86 IndyCar starts, and multiple times ahead of Sho Tsuboi, the 2021, 2024 and 2025 Super GT GT500 champion and 2024 Super Formula champion. His consistency across multiple years and series at professional endurance level reflects a driver operating in the established professional band of GT racing.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia

Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Marco Mapelli is a racing driver from Switzerland who competes in GT World Challenge Europe for Rutronik Racing. Mapelli is a one-time champion (2019), with 8 wins and 27 podiums from 126 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,651 ranks Mapelli 1645th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications

2026 form

Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)

Recent results

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2026-06-28	Crowdstrike 24 Hours of Spa	GT World Challenge Europe	P19	+15
2026-05-31	Monza	GT World Challenge Europe	P7	+90
2026-05-14	Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9	Nürburgring 24 Hours	DNF	−10
2026-04-24	Red Bull Ring	DTM	P17	−86
2026-04-24	Red Bull Ring	DTM	P19	−111

Career-best drives

Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition

Rating won	Race	Series	Finish
+141	Hockenheim 2021	ADAC GT Masters	P1
+140	Nürburgring 2023	ADAC GT Masters	P1
+137	Nürburgring 2021	GT World Challenge Europe	P1
+133	Hockenheim 2023	ADAC GT Masters	P1
+125	Sebring International Raceway 2022	IMSA WeatherTech	P2

Circuits

Rating per start against their own form that season

Raises their game

Nürburgring8 starts+53

Paul Ricard 1000Km4 starts+22

Hockenheim7 starts+20

Struggles

Daytona International Speedway6 starts-39

4 Hours of Abu Dhabi4 starts-38

Red Bull Ring5 starts-31

Sachsenring6 starts-13

Season by season

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	DNFs	Poles	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2026	▸GT World Challenge Europe	Rutronik Racing	3	0	0	1	0	P34	−50	4,651
	▸DTM	Red Bull Team ABT	2	0	0	0	0	—	−197
	▸Bathurst 12 Hour	Wall Racing	1	0	0	0	0	—	−41
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	Red Bull Team ABT	1	0	0	1	0	—	−10
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	Red Bull Team ABT	1	0	0	0	0	—	+8
2025	▸IMSA WeatherTech	Pfaff Motorsports	9	0	1	0	0	P13	−478	4,940
	▸GT World Challenge Europe	VSR	2	0	0	0	0	P37	+51
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	Red Bull Team ABT	2	0	0	1	0	—	−4
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	ABT Sportsline	1	0	0	0	0	—	+59
2024	▸GT World Challenge Europe	GRT Grasser Racing Team	5	1	2	0	1	P12	+405	5,312
	▸Asian Le Mans Series	Leipert Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	P16	−157
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	RED BULL TEAM ABT	1	0	0	0	0	—	+94
2023	▸ADAC GT Masters	GRT Grasser Racing Team	10	2	3	0	3	P5	−34	4,919
	▸GT World Challenge Europe	VSR	8	0	0	0	0	P28	+49
	▸Asian Le Mans Series	Leipert Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	—	−411
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	ABT Sportsline	2	0	0	0	0	P26	+34
	▸IMSA WeatherTech	US RaceTronics	1	0	0	0	0	P34	+26
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	ABT Sportsline	1	0	0	0	0	—	+70
2022	▸ADAC GT Masters	Paul Motorsport	13	0	4	0	0	P6	+10	5,237
	▸IMSA WeatherTech	TR3 Racing	2	0	1	0	0	P18	↑58+17
	▸GT World Challenge Europe	Orange 1 KPAX Racing	1	0	0	0	0	P43	+60
2021	▸ADAC GT Masters	GRT Grasser Racing Team	6	1	1	0	1	P15	−39	5,092
	▸GT World Challenge Europe	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	5	1	2	0	3	P12	+359
	▸IMSA WeatherTech	GRT Grasser Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	P34	−158
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	Hankook FFF Racing Team	1	0	0	1	0	—	−125
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	HANKOOK FFF Racing Team Lamborghini	1	0	0	0	0	P31	−106
2020	▸GT World Challenge Europe	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	3	0	1	0	0	P32	−97	4,763
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	FFF RACING GROUP GMBH Lamborghini	3	0	0	0	0	P33	−361
	▸British GT Championship	WPI Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	P18	−169
	▸IMSA WeatherTech	GRT Magnus	1	0	1	0	0	P23	+65
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	Car #21	1	0	0	1	0	—	−170
2019	▸GT World Challenge Europe	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	14	3	9	0	0	P1	+904	5,503
	▸IMSA WeatherTech	Magnus Racing	1	0	0	0	0	P37	+17
	▸Nürburgring 24 Hours	Konrad Motorsport GmbH	1	0	0	1	0	—	−85
	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	Konrad Motorsport GmbH	1	0	0	0	0	P30	↑133+23
2018	▸Super GT	JLOC	7	0	0	0	0	P10	+62	5,559
2017	▸24H Series	Konrad Motorsport	2	0	1	0	0	—	−74	4,989
	▸IMSA WeatherTech	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	P42	−90
2015	▸WEC	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	1	0	1	0	0	P16	+78	5,002
2012	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	P31	↑2,281+49	4,924
2011	▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	Ebimotors Porsche	1	0	0	0	0	P24	+1,244	2,594

Recent coverage

Gallery Patric Niederhauser page 3[1]

GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS

27 Sep 2026

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Gallery Marco Mapelli page 2[2]

GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS

25 Jul 2026

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Lausitzring - Race 1: Marco Mapelli opens his account and that of the Lamborghini Temerario[3]

autohebdof1.com

20 Jun 2026

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Head-to-head

Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Mapelli finished ahead vs behind

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇨🇭 Raffaele MarcielloFIA Platinum	5,674	71	25	46	35%
🇩🇪 Christopher HaaseFIA Platinum	4,978	70	40	30	57%
🇩🇪 Luca StolzFIA Platinum	5,617	66	23	43	35%
🇩🇪 Christopher MiesFIA Platinum	5,020	65	32	33	49%
🇩🇪 Sven MüllerFIA Gold	5,338	63	31	32	49%
🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum	6,319	61	26	35	43%
🇮🇹 Mattia DrudiFIA Platinum	5,406	61	36	25	59%
🇫🇷 Jules GounonFIA Platinum	5,612	58	28	30	48%
🇩🇪 Fabian SchillerFIA Gold	4,017	58	29	29	50%
🇦🇹 Christian EngelhartFIA Gold	4,617	54	24	30	44%
🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFIA Platinum, 4× champion	8,754	2	1	1	50%
🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5× champion	6,799	7	3	4	43%
🇦🇷 Franco ColapintoFIA Platinum	6,767	1	1	0	100%

Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates

On the leaderboard

Global rank, 40,349 drivers indexed

#	Driver	Series	Rating
1,635	🏳️ Max Sandritter	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	4,656
1,636	🇧🇷 Daniel Serra	Stock Car Pro Series	4,655
1,637	🇬🇧 Dean Smith	GP3 Series	4,654
1,638	🇨🇿 Erik Janis	24H Series	4,654
1,639	🇵🇹 Jonas Ried	Asian Le Mans Series	4,654
1,640	🇧🇷 Miguel Paludo	NASCAR Xfinity	4,654
1,641	🇷🇺 Nikita Bedrin	GB3	4,654
1,642	🇦🇹 Rene Binder	European Le Mans Series	4,654
1,643	🇧🇷 Ricardo Maurício	Stock Car Pro Series	4,654
1,644	🇵🇹 Paul Dalla Lana	WEC	4,653
1,645	🇨🇭 Marco Mapelli	GT World Challenge Europe	4,651
1,646	🇫🇷 Adrien CHILA	Le Mans Cup	4,650
1,647	🇺🇸 Buddy Rice	IMSA WeatherTech	4,650
1,648	🇪🇸 Celso Miguez	Formula V8 3.5	4,650
1,649	🇮🇹 Mattia Michelotto	GT World Challenge Europe	4,650
1,650	🇦🇺 Gianmarco Pradel	GB3	4,648
1,651	🏳️ James Cottingham	WEC	4,648
1,652	🇬🇧 Nigel Moore	Prototype Cup Europe	4,648
1,653	🇬🇧 Ethan Jeff-Hall	British F4	4,647
1,654	🇧🇷 Arthur Gama	Stock Car Pro Series	4,644
1,655	🇫🇮 Atte Mustonen	Formula 3 Euro Series	4,644

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Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 20h ago

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia