🇮🇹 Thomas Gostner

Thomas Gostner is a Bronze-graded amateur driver competing in Ferrari Challenge, the FIA's lowest categorisation for sportscar racing. His Racer Rating of 2,862 places him in the competitive amateur band; this level describes club and regional racing where drivers are quick and hold genuine competition licences, but typically race outside the top professional championships. Across four seasons from 2022 to 2025, Gostner has recorded 36 starts with four podiums and no wins, finishing on average in sixth position.[1]

Gostner races for CDP–MP Racing in Ferrari Challenge, a one-make series where his record reflects a consistent mid-field presence rather than front-running pace. His head-to-head record against the strongest drivers he has encountered is mixed; he has beaten Claudio Schiavoni, a Bronze-graded professional, five times and Ernst Kirchmayr three times, but he finishes behind both drivers more often than ahead. His most frequent rival is Manuela Gostner, a Bronze-graded professional and single-time champion, against whom he holds a record of 10 finishes ahead to 22 behind across 32 shared races; he performs considerably better against Fons Scheltema, finishing ahead 21 times to 11 behind in the same span. Against John Dhillon and Alexander Nussbaumer, both stronger-rated drivers, Gostner's head-to-head records are again losing propositions.[2]

Gostner remains active in Ferrari Challenge, having completed ten rounds in 2025 with one podium and a final standing of thirteenth in his class. The evidence suggests a gentleman driver who is competitive within amateur fields but consistently outpaced by professional-level rivals in the same series.