Lorenzo Bertelli

Lorenzo Bertelli

Nation:	Italy
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Sardinia 2011
Last rally:	Rally Chile 2019
Co-driver:	Simone Scattolin Giovanni Bernacchini Mitia Dotta Lorenzo Granai
Team:	FWRT srl
Vehicle:	Ford Fiesta RS WRC Subaru Impreza STi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 47 - - -
Points:	8th
Status: After Rally 3 of 14, 2016 season

Lorenzo Bertelli (born May 10, 1988 ) is an Italian rally driver . Lorenzo is the son of Patrizio and Miuccia Bertelli (née Prada), the owners of the luxury fashion brand Prada .

Career

Lorenzo Bertelli started his rally career in Italy in 2010 and made his debut in Spain in the World Rally Championship (WRC) the following year . In 2012 he played a full PWRC season . In the Rally Spain and the Rally Argentina he finished fifth and was classified in tenth place overall. He was behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi Lancer and a Subaru Impreza .

Lorenzo Bertelli and Lorenzo Granai in a Subaru Impreza at the Wales Rally UK 2012

In 2013 Bertelli tackled the WRC2 World Championship in a Subaru Impreza with co-driver Lorenzo Granai . A change during the season to Ford to the Fiesta WRC model and the new co-driver Mitia Dotta had an effect. Bertelli finished third on sardines, his best result to date in a rally.

In 2014 he drove his best season so far. Four podiums and his first class win at the Rally Sardinia meant third place in the WRC2 World Championship at the end of the season . At the same rally, Bertelli won the first two world championship points in the WRC , as he finished ninth in the overall standings.

A season in WRC2 was actually planned for 2015 . Since Bertelli is to be integrated into the Prada group in the foreseeable future, he decided to take on the challenge in the top rally class, the WRC. The 2015 results will have a major impact on his plans for 2016. The co-driver is Giovanni Bernacchini, previously in the passenger seat of Nasser Al-Attiyah , with whom he became WRC2 world champion in 2014.

WRC results

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	Points	rank
2011	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR		0	-
							26th							26th	20th
2012	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	DEU	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP		0	-
			DNF				23
		Subaru Impreza STi
						DNF		24	DNF			22nd		DNF	29
2013	Lorenzo Bertelli	Subaru Impreza STi	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR		0	-
			DNF	20th	DNF	DNF	DNF
		Ford Fiesta RRC
								DNF	12	DNF
		Ford Fiesta R5
														DNF	38
2014	FWRT srl	Ford Fiesta R5	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR		2	23
			12	18th		30th				DNF	50			DNF	13
		Ford Fiesta RRC
					13		13	9				14th
2015	FWRT srl	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR		2	29
			68	DNF	DNF	18th	DNF	DNF	16	10		19th	DNF	DNF	10
2016	FWRT srl	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	CHN	FRA	ESP	GBR	OUT	4th	13
			DNF	DNF	8th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ wrc.com: Lorenzo Bertelli , Retrieved on 4 April 2015