Matias Russo

Luís Pérez Companc , Pierre Kaffer and Matías Russo's Lola B11 / 40 at the 2011 Le Mans 24-hour race

Matías Russo (born September 4, 1985 in Paraná ) is an Argentine racing car driver .

Career

Matías Russo celebrated his first successes in motorsport in the South American monoposto sport . In 2001 he was third overall in the South American Formula 3 championship . This was followed by second places in the South American Formula Super Renault Championship in 2003 and 2004.

In 2008 he joined the racing team of his compatriot Luís Pérez Companc in international motorsport. He drove a Ferrari 430 GT in the 2008 FIA GT Championship and made his debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2009 .

In the 2000s, he competed in the European and American Le Mans Series as well as in the International GT Open . In 2016 he drove an Audi R8 LMS in the Italian GT Championship .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2009	AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GTC	Luís Pérez Companc	Gianmaria Bruni	Rank 26
2011	PeCom Racing	Lola B11 / 40	Luís Pérez Companc	Pierre Kaffer	failure	malfunction

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2009	Advanced Engineering Pecom Racing Team	Ferrari F430 GTC	Luís Pérez Companc	Gianmaria Bruni	Rank 8

Web links

Commons : Matías Russo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Matías Russo at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South American Formula 3 Championship 2001