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

YearEntrant1234567891011121314DCPoints
2012Atech Reid GPALC
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

43rd0

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

YearTeam1234567891011121314PosPoints
2012Atech Reid GPMNZ
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

43rd0

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314Pos.Points
2014Phoenix RacingAudi R8 LMS ultraProNOG
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
18th14
2014Phoenix RacingAudi R8 LMS ultraPro-Am TrophyBRH
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
1st162

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

YearTeamClassMakeEngine1234567891011Points
2014Flying Lizard MotorsportsGTDAudi R8 LMS ultraAudi 5.2 L V10 V10DAY
5
SEB
8
LGABELWGLMOSIMSROAVIRCOTAATL
12
35th71

Compete Pro Mazda Championship results

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
2015World Speed MotorsportsSTP
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
13th140

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain results

YearTeam12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2016GT MarquesBHI
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
10th83