Fabio Scherer

Fabio Luca Scherer is a racing driver from Switzerland, currently competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for HRT Ford Performance.
Scherer started his single-seater career in 2016, staying in Formula 4 series for two seasons. In 2018 he moved to 2018 [FIA Formula 3 European Championship], racing for Motopark Academy. Scherer then competed for Charouz Racing System in the new FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2019.
Since 2021, Scherer competes in the endurance racing, taking on the FIA World Endurance Championship including 24 Hours of Le Mans, European Le Mans Series and IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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Sportscar career

2020: DTM debut

For the 2020 season, Scherer would migrate to sportscar racing, driving an Audi RS5 Turbo DTM for the Audi Sport Team WRT in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He experienced a challenging campaign, only breaking through to score points at the Zolder Circuit, where he finished fifth on two occasions. Scherer ended up 16th in the standings, last of all full-time competitors.

2021: Switch to LMP2

Scherer moved to prototypes in 2021, driving in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Driving alongside Filipe Albuquerque and Phil Hanson at United Autosports, Scherer began the year with a win during his debut at Spa-Francorchamps before having to miss the next round due to COVID-19. The trio took another win at Monza, though they would only finish the 2021 [24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans] in 18th thanks to a mid-race alternator failure. Scherer ended the year fifth in the standings.
Scherer also drove for Fach Auto Tech in the Porsche Supercup the same year, taking a best finish of eleventh at the Red Bull Ring.

2022: ELMS campaign

Having joined Inter Europol Competition ahead of the 2022 season, Scherer made a one-off appearance in the WEC to replace a COVID-stricken Alex Brundle before embarking on a campaign in the Le Mans Series|ELMS], where he would be partnered by Pietro Fittipaldi and David Heinemeier Hansson. Together, the squad scored a podium at Spa on their way to eighth in the teams' championship. They also took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 14th.
In addition, Scherer drove for High Class Racing in five races of the 2022 [IMSA SportsCar Championship|IMSA SportsCar Championship], where he too made a lone rostrum appearance at Road America.

2023: Le Mans glory

Scherer remained at Inter Europol the following year, returning to the WEC on a full-time basis alongside Albert Costa and Jakub Śmiechowski. The trio scored points in all seven races, even taking a podium at Spa, though the highlight of the season, as well as a personal success story for Scherer, turned out to come at Le Mans: during Scherer's first pit stop the Corvette Racing car drove over his left foot after he had exited the car, resulting in an incomplete fracture and ligament damage. In spite of the pain, Scherer continued driving throughout the 24-hour event, even passing the WRT of Robert Kubica during the morning and holding on against a late charge from Louis Delétraz to cross the line first despite radio issues inside the final hour. This result moved IEC into second in the standings, a position they would defend until the end of the campaign.

2024: United return

Scherer returned to the ELMS in 2024, partnering Paul di Resta and Bijoy Garg at United Autosports. The trio scored a best finish of sixth place in three races and finished 11th in the standings. Scherer also drove for Nielsen Racing at Le Mans, where an overnight collision caused by teammate Heinemeier Hansson caused the team to drop down the field; they went on to finish 11th in class.

2025: Ford DTM drive

Going into 2025, Scherer was announced as a GT3 junior driver at Ford, as part of which he re-entered the DTM with the Haupt Racing Team. His comeback, at the wheel of the Ford Mustang GT3, ended with finishes of 19th and 18th at Oschersleben. Scherer retired from the first race at the Lausitzring with an ABS failure, having previously drawn the ire of Jordan Pepper with an aggressive manoeuvre at the start. Having benefitted from chaos at the start of race 2 to progress from 22nd to ninth, Scherer was forced to retire again later on after a clash with Nicolas Baert. Scherer scored his first points at a rainy Zandvoort with 11th in race 1, but could not start race 2 due to a drive shaft failure. He then damaged his suspension with a crash in qualifying ahead of the Saturday race at the Norisring; it could not be repaired in time and Scherer missed out on the start. Sunday's race ended prematurely after Scherer's Ford lost a wheel on lap 19. Chaos continued at the Nürburgring, where Scherer spun in avoidance of Mirko Bortolotti on lap 1. He finished both races in the lower positions.
Scherer achieved his best result of the season at the Sachsenring: having gained time and places during the pit stop phase, Scherer finished race 1 in eighth. More points followed in race 2 with an 11th place. A third points finish in succession followed in Spielberg, as Scherer started and finished 14th in race 1. A drive shaft issue prematurely ended his Sunday race. Two finishes in the lower midfield at Hockenheim consigned Scherer to a 23rd-place finish in the drivers' standings.
During 2025, Scherer also made his GT3 Nürburgring Nordschleife debut, coming second in NLS9 alongside Jann Mardenborough and Dennis Fetzer. He took part in NLS10 two weeks later, where he set a new NLS qualifying lap record with a time of 7:48.717. Scherer and Patrick Assenheimer finished the race fourth overall and first in the SP9 Pro-Am class.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Scherer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Pos	Points
2016	Jenzer Motorsport	MIS 1 25	MIS 2 13	MIS 3	MIS 4 26	ADR 1	ADR 2 18	ADR 3 9	ADR 4 13	IMO1 1 10	IMO1 2 Ret	IMO1 3 25	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	VAL 1	VAL 2	VAL 3	IMO2 1	IMO2 2	IMO2 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	29th	3

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2016–17 [Formula 4 UAE Championship\|2016-17]	Rasgaira Motorsports	DUB1 1	DUB1 2	DUB1 3	YMC1 1	YMC1 2	YMC1 3	YMC1 4	DUB2 1	DUB2 2	DUB2 3	YMC2 1 5	YMC2 2 2	YMC2 3 7	YMC2 4 1	YMC3 1 4	YMC3 2 10	YMC3 3 4	YMC3 4 Ret	8th

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2018	Motopark	Volkswagen	PAU 1 11	PAU 2 Ret	PAU 3 4‡	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 11	HUN 3 10	NOR 1 19	NOR 2 10	NOR 3 16	ZAN 1 13	ZAN 2 9	ZAN 3 5	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 2	SPA 3 10	SIL 1 10	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 11	MIS 1 14	MIS 2 10	MIS 3 8	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 11	NÜR 3 14	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 7	RBR 3 12	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 6	HOC 3 11	14th	64

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2019	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	CAT FEA 27	CAT SPR Ret	LEC FEA 15	LEC SPR Ret	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 23	SIL FEA 16	SIL SPR 8	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 13	SPA FEA 27	SPA SPR 18	MNZ FEA 8	MNZ SPR 7	SOC FEA Ret	SOC SPR Ret	17th	7