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🇧🇷 Pipo Derani

Racing driver from Brazil. European Le Mans Series, CLX Motorsport.
Driver facts
Full name
Pipo Derani
Born
12 October 1993(b. 1993)
Nationality
Brazil
Current team
CLX Motorsport
Series
European Le Mans Series
Status
Active
Career wins
9
Career podiums
37
Career starts
135
Career DNFs
3
Racer Rating
5,298
Pipo Derani
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,298
Rank 799 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Pipo Derani is a racing driver from Brazil who competes in European Le Mans Series for CLX Motorsport. Derani has recorded 9 wins and 37 podiums from 135 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,298 ranks Derani 799th of 38,983 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
2025 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2025-07-06IMOLA LMP2European Le Mans SeriesP5+24
2025-05-04PAUL RICARD LMP2European Le Mans SeriesP3+78
2025-04-06BARCELONA-CATALUNYA LMP2European Le Mans SeriesDNF−157
2025-01-25Daytona International Speedway GTDIMSA WeatherTechP19−164
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+162Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 2018IMSA WeatherTechP1
+157Sebring International Raceway 2023IMSA WeatherTechP1
+152Road America 2017IMSA WeatherTechP1
+145Sebring International Raceway 2019IMSA WeatherTechP1
+142Sebring International Raceway 2020IMSA WeatherTechP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Road Atlanta9 starts+50
Nurburgring4 starts+41
Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca7 starts+40
Macau4 starts+27
Struggles
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park6 starts-37
Watkins Glen International7 starts-35
LE MANS5 starts-33
Norisring6 starts-29
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2025▸European Le Mans SeriesCLX Motorsport301100P11−555,298
▸IMSA WeatherTechDXDT Racing100000P36−163
2024▸IMSA WeatherTechWhelen Cadillac Racing1003000P4−1125,517
▸WECWhelen Cadillac Racing100000P26−48
2023▸IMSA WeatherTechWhelen Engineering Cadillac Racing913000P2↑97+1425,677
▸WECAction Express Racing100000P17−40
2022▸IMSA WeatherTechWhelen Engineering Racing1105000P5−4075,478
▸WECGlickenhaus Racing301100P7−197
2021▸IMSA WeatherTechWhelen Engineering Racing936000P2+3866,083
▸WECGlickenhaus Racing200100P7−256
2020▸IMSA WeatherTechWhelen Engineering Racing915000P4+805,946
2019▸IMSA WeatherTechWhelen Engineering Racing1025000P2+6185,918
▸WECRebellion Racing201000P21−20
▸GT World Challenge EuropeBentley Team M-Sport100000P38−78
2018▸IMSA WeatherTechTequila Patron ESM711000P8−765,695
2017▸IMSA WeatherTechTequila Patron ESM711000P11−2705,109
2016▸IMSA WeatherTechTequila Patron ESM201000P14−455,369
2013▸FIA Formula 3 EuropeanFortec Motorsports2803000P9+5245,744
▸Formula 3 MacauFortec Motorsports201000—+163
2012▸FIA Formula 3 EuropeanFortec Motorsports500000P16+1175,057
▸Formula 3 Euro SeriesFortec Motorsports400000P22↑225−120
▸Formula 3 MacauFortec Motorsports200000—+118
2011▸FIA Formula 3 EuropeanDouble R Racing200000P17↑600−494,717
2009▸Formula Renault EurocupMotopark Academy400000P24+2,8174,167
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Derani finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇳🇱 Renger van der ZandeFIA Platinum5,77675383751%
🇬🇧 Harry TincknellFIA Platinum4,99675393652%
🇺🇸 Ricky TaylorFIA Platinum5,28173353848%
🇵🇹 Filipe AlbuquerqueFIA Platinum5,13064323250%
🇬🇧 Tom BlomqvistFIA Platinum5,14062273544%
🇺🇸 Dane CameronFIA Platinum5,84356233341%
🇬🇧 Alex LynnFIA Platinum5,99854144026%
🇯🇵 Oliver JarvisFIA Platinum4,60148212744%
🇫🇷 Tristan VautierFIA Gold4,95147331470%
🇫🇷 Sebastien BourdaisFIA Platinum4,96945232251%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,65932167%
🇪🇸 Carlos SainzFIA Platinum, 1× champion7,004115645%
🇩🇪 Pascal WehrleinFIA Platinum, 2× champion6,967124833%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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790🇦🇺 David WalkerNASA5,304
791🇮🇹 Leonardo PulciniIMSA WeatherTech5,303
792🇧🇷 Pedro ClerotFormula 35,303
793🇫🇷 Bertrand GachotFormula 15,302
794🇮🇹 Piercarlo GhinzaniFormula 15,302
795🇦🇺 Ryan BriscoeWEC5,302
796🇩🇪 Andreas ScheldInternational Formula 30005,301
797🇺🇸 Eric LangInternational Formula 30005,301
798🇬🇧 Ian BurgessFormula 15,301
799🇧🇷 Pipo DeraniEuropean Le Mans Series5,298
800🇺🇸 John AndrettiIndyCar5,297
801🇫🇮 Jesse KrohnNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,296
802🇮🇹 Franco ScapiniInternational Formula 30005,295
803🇫🇷 Yvan MullerFIA World Touring Car Cup5,294
804🇺🇸 Eddie Cheever JrIndyCar5,290
805🇺🇸 Lyn St. JamesIndyCar5,290
806🇺🇸 Scott HarringtonIndyCar5,289
807🏳️ Wade CunninghamIndyCar5,287
808🇫🇷 Evan GiltaireSuper Formula Lights5,286
809🇳🇱 Giedo Van Der GardeIMSA WeatherTech5,286
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Pipo Derani is a full-time sportscar and endurance racing professional rated 5,450, placing him in the established professional band; this is the level of drivers who hold full-time seats at the top level or campaign factory machinery, winning consistently in the strongest fields. His FIA Platinum grading confirms him as a sportscar professional. His career has been almost entirely built in IMSA WeatherTech, where he has raced for nearly a decade from 2016 onwards, accumulating nine wins and 30 podiums across 75 starts. He reached the pinnacle of the DPi class in 2021 when he captured the IMSA WeatherTech championship alongside Felipe Nasr, and has claimed the overall victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring multiple times. His head-to-head record against the elite professionals he races alongside reveals a driver solidly competitive but not dominant at the very top; against Ricky Taylor, a five-time DPi champion, he finished ahead 35 times and behind 38 times across 73 shared races, and the same near-parity holds against Renger van der Zande and Harry Tincknell. Against the most elevated single-seater champions he has encountered, including Carlos Sainz and Alex Palou, he has occasionally finished ahead in endurance competition, but these are isolated results rather than established patterns.[1]

Derani came through the junior formula ranks from 2009 onwards, racing in Formula Renault Eurocup, FIA Formula 3 European, and the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix without securing a win, though he managed three podiums in Formula 3 European with Fortec Motorsports. His transition to sportscar racing from 2016 proved the right path. Beyond IMSA, he has competed sparingly in the World Endurance Championship, starting nine times between 2019 and 2024 for Whelen Cadillac Racing and finishing in the podium positions twice without securing a win, and has recently returned to the European Le Mans Series in 2025 with CLX Motorsport. His most consistent work has come in IMSA, where an average finishing position of P7.2 across all starts reflects steady mid-to-front-field pace in a championship populated by multiple former and current DPi champions and other full-time professionals. Derani remains active and is currently associated with the Genesis Magma Racing factory program.[2]

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