Alessandro Latif
Alessandro Guido Latif is a retired British-Italian racing driver. Latif is the youngest race winner of a V de V Proto Endurance Challenge race. In 2014 he competed in the Blancpain Sprint Series driving for Phoenix Racing, the Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours driving an Audi R8 LMS for Flying Lizard Motorsports. Latif's early career involved an upbringing in karts and Formula Renault 2.0.
Early life
Latif was born on 11 April 1996 in London, England. His father is Pakistani born and mother is Italian, both whom currently reside in London, England. Latif started in karting at aged 11.Racing career
Karts
Latif's karting career began in 2007 where he rose up the ranks to race in the international scene. As well as developing his race craft he achieved notable success in British and European events, as well as in World Karting.Single Seater's
In 2012 Latif moved to Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps driving for Atech Grand Prix completing 8 races.Sports car racing
Latif signed with Avelon Formula to drive a CN2 Sports prototype in the V de V Proto Endurance Challenge for the remainder of the 2012 season, where he won his inaugural race in the 4 Heures du Castellet.In 2013, Latif remained with Avelon Formula in the V de V Proto Endurance Challenge, while also competing in the opening rounds of the SPEED Euroseries. Latif won the 6 Hours of Mugello with teammate Ivan Bellarosa in front of the team's home crowd. They later went on to win the opening rounds of the Speed Euroseries at the Hungaroring.
In 2014 Latif signed with Flying Lizard Motorsports to race at the Daytona 24 Hours in the number 35 Audi R8 LMS, where they finished 5th in the GTD class.
Latif competed in the 2014 12 Hours Sebring in Florida on 12–15 March, where they finished 8th in the GTD class.
Latif joined Phoenix Racing for Blancpain Sprint Series alongside Marc Basseng.
Latif was set to race a Nissan Zytec in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race on 14–15 June with the Greaves Motorsport Team. However, after starting 26th on the 54-car grid, the team achieved a top 10 position before their efforts were thwarted after a blameless collision by a co-driver on lap 31 ended the race for them.
Racing record
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
| 2012 | Atech Reid GP | ALC 1 23 | ALC 2 27 | SPA 1 35 | SPA 2 27 | NÜR 1 30 | NÜR 2 20 | MSC 1 | MSC 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 43rd | 0 |
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
| 2012 | Atech Reid GP | MNZ 1 20 | MNZ 2 24 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 43rd | 0 |
Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
| 2014 | Phoenix Racing | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro | NOG QR 10 | NOG CR 9 | BRH QR 13 | BRH CR 11 | ZAN QR 10 | ZAN CR 13 | SVK QR 8 | SVK CR 7 | ALG QR 11 | ALG CR 7 | ZOL QR 15 | ZOL CR 15 | BAK QR DNS | BAK CR DNS | 18th | 14 |
| 2014 | Phoenix Racing | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro-Am Trophy | BRH QR 13 | BRH CR 11 | ZAN QR 10 | ZAN CR 13 | SVK QR 8 | SVK CR 7 | ALG QR 11 | ALG CR 7 | ZOL QR 15 | ZOL CR 15 | BAK QR DNS | BAK CR DNS | 1st | 162 |
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | |
| 2014 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | GTD | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Audi 5.2 L V10 V10 | DAY 5 | SEB 8 | LGA | BEL | WGL | MOS | IMS | ROA | VIR | COTA | ATL 12 | 35th | 71 |
Compete Pro Mazda Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
| 2015 | World Speed Motorsports | STP 9 | STP 17 | LOU 10 | LOU C | BAR 12 | BAR 12 | IMS 13 | IMS 14 | IMS 14 | LOR 10 | TOR 9 | TOR 13 | IOW 13 | MOH 14 | MOH 11 | LAG 12 | LAG 15 | 13th | 140 |
Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
| 2016 | GT Marques | BHI 1 Ret | BHI 2 12 | SILGP 1 15 | SILGP 2 9 | OUL 1 8 | OUL 2 22 | CRO 1 10 | CRO 2 23 | SNE 1 8 | SNE 2 13 | KNO 1 12 | KNO 2 5 | SILN 1 6 | SILN 2 8 | BHGP 1 5 | BHGP 2 Ret | 10th | 83 |