Daniel Serra
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1984-02-24) 24 February 1984 (age 40)
São Paulo (Brazil)
Stock Car Pro Series career
Debut season2007
Current teamEurofarma RC
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number29
Starts292
Championships3 (2017, 2018, 2019)
Wins24
Podiums80
Poles14
Fastest laps25
Finished last season2nd (2023)
Championship titles
2017-2019Stock Car Brasil
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2017 –
Best finish17th (2017)
Class wins2 (2017, 2019)

Daniel Gardano Serra (born 24 February 1984) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 29 Chevrolet Cruze for Eurofarma-RC and is also a Ferrari Factory Driver.

He won 3 times the Stock Car Brasil in the years 2017, 2018 and 2019. He is a two time 24 Hours of Le Mans GTE Pro class winner, having won in 2017 with Darren Turner and Jonathan Adam, while driving for Aston Martin Racing, and again in 2019, with James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi, driving for AF Corse.

Career

Son of three-time Stock Car champion Chico Serra, began karting at age 14, after receiving authorization from his parents. He competed in Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (the lack of sponsorship brought him back to Brazil). In Stock Car Light, he finished in runner-up, opened the doors for Stock Car. His debut in the Red Bull-Amir Nasr, scored pole position and finished the Championship as the eighth place. In 2009, he joined Red Bull-WA Mattheis. On 20 September 2009, he won for the first time in Stock Car. After joining Eurofarma RC for the 2017 season, Daniel won his first Stock Car title, a feat he would repeat in the next season. On international level, he has competed part time on the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship for Aston Martin Racing, winning the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans. He additionally raced in three races of the 2018–19 WEC season for AF Corse, winning the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Podiums F/Laps Points Position
2002 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil ? 6 0 0 0 0 14 19th
2003 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Medina Motorsport 12 0 0 3 0 86 7th
2004 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Bassani Racing 14 5 3 8 2 245 2nd
2005 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Cram Competition 16 0 0 0 0 17 17th
2006 Stock Car Light WB Motorsport 9 2 3 5 2 133 2nd
2007 Le Mans Series JMB Racing (GT2) 1 0 0 0 0 3 44th
International GT Open JMB Racing (GTA) 4 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Stock Car Brasil Red Bull Racing 12 1 0 1 1 223 8th
2008 GT3 Brasil Championship Via Italia 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC
International GT Open Escuderia Osona (GTA) 4 0 0 1 0 6 24th
Stock Car Brasil Red Bull Racing 12 0 0 0 0 17 28th
2009 GT3 Brasil Championship Ferrari Scuderia 11 4 1 6 4 112 11th
Brazilian Endurance Championship Ferrari Scuderia ? ? ? ? ? ? 2nd
TC 2000 Ford-YPF 3 0 1 1 0 0† NC†
TC 2000 Copa Endurance Series 32 4th
Stock Car Brasil Red Bull Racing 12 0 1 1 0 234 9th
2010 GT Brasil Lamborghini Cimed (GT3) 16 3 2 6 4 167 3rd
Brazilian Endurance Championship Via Itália ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st
TC 2000 Ford-YPF 1 0 0 0 0 0† NC†
FIA GT1 World Championship Triple H Team Hegersport 2 0 0 0 0 0 57th
Stock Car Brasil Red Bull Racing 12 1 0 0 0 224 9th
2011 GT Brasil Via Italia (GT3) 20 5 0 3 8 137 7th
Brasileiro de Marcas Serra Motosport 16 2 2 7 3 220 2nd
Stock Car Brasil Red Bull Racing 12 0 1 3 1 240 5th
2012 Brazilian Endurance Championship Via Italia 2 1 1 1 1 79 2nd
Stock Car Brasil Red Bull Racing 12 1 0 4 0 169 4th
2013 Stock Car Brasil Red Bull Racing 12 3 1 3 6 181 4
Campeonato Sudamericano de GT - GT3 Via Italia 6 3 1 5 5 92 5
Rolex Sports Car Series - GT Scuderia Corsa Michelotto 1 0 0 0 0 16 62
2014 Stock Car Brasil Red Bull Racing 21 2 1 2 5 182 5
Super TC 2000, Argentina 1 0 0 0 0 0 NS
United SportsCar Championship - GTD Scuderia Corsa 1 0 0 0 0 23 73

† - ineligible for points.

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Rank Points
2007 Red Bull Racing Volkswagen Bora INT
3 		CUR
5 		MOU
7 		INT
Ret 		LON
30 		SCZ
Ret 		CUR
12 		BRA
7 		ARG
10 		TAR
15 		RIO
24 		INT
9 		8th 223
2008 Red Bull Racing Chevrolet Astra INT
Ret 		BRA
11 		CUR
11 		SCZ
9 		MOU
19 		INT
Ret 		RIO
30 		LON
28 		CUR
Ret 		BRA
22 		TAR
16 		INT
17 		27th 20
2009 Red Bull Racing Peugeot 307 INT
4 		CUR
11 		BRA
Ret 		SCZ
5 		INT
Ret 		SAL
16 		RIO
1 		MOU
11 		CUR
18 		BRA
6 		TAR
14 		INT
10 		9th 234
2010 Red Bull Racing Peugeot 307 INT
4 		CUR
12 		VEL
13 		RIO
6 		RBP
4 		SAL
9 		INT
7 		MOU
DSQ 		LON
Ret 		SCZ
23 		BRA
4 		CUR
13 		9th 224
2011 Red Bull Racing Peugeot 408 CUR
15 		INT
2 		RBP
Ret 		VEL
19 		MOU
15 		RIO
11 		INT
2 		SAL
15 		SCZ
Ret 		LON
8 		BRA
22 		VEL
1 		5th 240
2012 Red Bull Racing Chevrolet Sonic INT
6 		CUR
6 		VEL
4 		RBP
1 		LON
3 		RIO
13 		SAL
Ret 		MOU
17 		TAR
3 		CUR
3 		BRA
7 		INT
12 		4th 169
2013 Red Bull Racing Chevrolet Sonic INT
4 		CUR
1 		TAR
1 		SAL
12 		BRA
2 		CAS
5 		RBP
25 		CAS
2 		VEL
1 		CUR
3 		BRA
12 		INT
Ret 		4th 181
2014 Red Bull Racing Chevrolet Sonic INT
1
5 		SCZ
1
19 		SCZ
2
2 		BRA
1
16 		BRA
2
5 		GOI
1
Ret 		GOI
2
DNS 		GOI
1
25 		CAS
1
Ret 		CAS
2
12 		CUR
1
1 		CUR
2
6 		VEL
1
3 		VEL
2
7 		SCZ
1
2 		SCZ
2
8 		TAR
1
17 		TAR
2
Ret 		SAL
1
12 		SAL
2
9 		CUR
1
1 		5th 182
2015 Red Bull Racing Chevrolet Sonic GOI
1
12 		RBP
1
Ret 		RBP
2
DNS 		VEL
1
1 		VEL
2
4 		CUR
1
1 		CUR
2
Ret 		SCZ
1
10 		SCZ
2
2 		CUR
1
3 		CUR
2
4 		GOI
1
2 		CAS
1
25 		CAS
2
DNS 		MOU
1
7 		MOU
2
6 		CUR
1
Ret 		CUR
2
Ret 		TAR
1
8 		TAR
2
3 		INT
1
Ret 		6th 181
2016 Red Bull Racing Chevrolet Cruze CUR
1
4 		VEL
1
2 		VEL
2
6 		GOI
1
19 		GOI
2
Ret 		SCZ
1
3 		SCZ
2
12 		TAR
1
4 		TAR
2
13 		CAS
1
10 		CAS
2
21† 		INT
1
8 		LON
1
20 		LON
2
Ret 		CUR
1
4 		CUR
2
13 		GOI
1
7 		GOI
2
15 		CRI
1
Ret 		CRI
2
3 		INT
1
1 		3rd 229
2017 Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze GOI
1
1 		GOI
2
6 		VEL
1
4 		VEL
2
7 		SCZ
1
6 		SCZ
2
17 		CAS
1
2 		CAS
2
15 		CUR
1
1 		CRI
1
2 		CRI
2
6 		VCA
1
8 		VCA
2
2 		LON
1
2 		LON
2
Ret 		ARG
1
3 		ARG
2
21 		TAR
1
1 		TAR
2
22 		GOI
1
1 		GOI
2
9 		INT
1
3 		1st 371
2018 Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze INT
1
1 		CUR
1
2 		CUR
2
10 		VEL
1
8 		VEL
2
1 		LON
1
3 		LON
2
3 		SCZ
1
2 		SCZ
2
5 		GOI
1
8 		MOU
1
2 		MOU
2
DSQ 		CAS
1
Ret 		CAS
2
13 		VCA
1
2 		VCA
2
2 		TAR
1
4 		TAR
2
2 		GOI
1
3 		GOI
2
6 		INT
1
4 		1st 338
2019 Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze VEL
1
1 		VCA
1
2 		VCA
2
15 		GOI
1
3 		GOI
2
3 		LON
1
4 		LON
2
Ret 		SCZ
1
2 		SCZ
2
7 		MOU
1
8 		MOU
2
5 		INT
1
3 		VEL
1
9 		VEL
2
6 		CAS
1
4 		CAS
2
14 		VCA
1
3 		VCA
2
3 		GOI
1
4 		GOI
2
10 		INT
1
2 		1st 387
2020 Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze GOI
1
4 		GOI
2
6 		INT
1
13 		INT
2
DNS 		LON
1
16 		LON
2
10 		CAS
1
2 		CAS
2
10 		CAS
3
1 		VCA
1
9 		VCA
2
Ret 		CUR
1
3 		CUR
2
4 		CUR
3
3 		GOI
1
3 		GOI
2
8 		GOI
3
4 		INT
1
4 		3rd 275
2021 Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze GOI
1
1 		GOI
2
7 		INT
1
24 		INT
2
2 		VCA
1
7 		VCA
2
9 		VCA
1
4 		VCA
2
6 		CAS
1
4 		CAS
2
11 		CUR
1
2 		CUR
2
8 		CUR
1
2 		CUR
2
6 		GOI
1
11 		GOI
2
10 		GOI
1
18 		GOI
2
Ret 		VCA
1
5 		VCA
2
4 		SCZ
1
5 		SCZ
2
10 		INT
1
2 		INT
2
4 		2nd 354
2022 Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze INT
1
3 		GOI
1
16 		GOI
2
4 		RIO
1
1 		RIO
2
8 		VCA
1
6 		VCA
2
8 		VEL
1
4 		VEL
2
12 		VEL
1
4 		VEL
2
11 		INT
1 		INT
2 		VCA
1
16 		VCA
2
7 		SCZ
1
3 		SCZ
2
5 		GOI
1
5 		GOI
2
8 		GOI
1
10 		GOI
2
3 		INT
1
2 		INT
2
Ret 		2nd 316
2023 Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Cruze GOI
1
1 		GOI
2
8 		INT
1
26 		INT
2
11 		TAR
1
23 		TAR
2
6 		CAS
1
1 		CAS
2
17 		INT
1
7 		INT
2
5 		VCA
1
7 		VCA
2
3 		GOI
1
Ret 		GOI
2
5 		VEL
1
10 		VEL
2
WD 		BUE
1
19 		BUE
2
Ret 		VCA
1
1 		VCA
2
12 		CAS
1
2 		CAS
2
7 		INT
1
5 		INT
2
12 		2nd 296

† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2010 Triple H Team Hegersport Maserati MC12 GT1 ABU
QR 		ABU
CR 		SIL
QR 		SIL
CR 		BRN
QR 		BRN
CR 		PRI
QR 		PRI
CR 		SPA
QR 		SPA
CR 		NÜR
QR 		NÜR
CR 		ALG
QR 		ALG
CR 		NAV
QR 		NAV
CR 		INT
QR
16 		INT
CR
17 		SAN
QR 		SAN
CR 		57th 0
Source:[1]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points Ref
2014 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 DAY
10 		SEB LGA DET WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 73rd 23 [2]
2015 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 DAY
14† 		SEB LGA DET WGL LIM ELK VIR COA PET
6 		40th 27 [3]
2016 Scuderia Corsa GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 V8 DAY
4 		SEB
7 		LBH
6 		LGA
2 		WGL
5 		MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET
8 		10th 164 [4]
2018 Spirit of Race GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 DAY
21 		SEB
12 		MDO DET 29th 77 [5]
Squadra Corse Garage Italia WGL
18 		MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA
Scuderia Corsa PET
1
2019 Spirit of Race GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 DAY
20 		SEB MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA 67th 11 [6]
Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE LBH PET
1 		22nd 35
2020 Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
6 		DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MDO CLT PET LGA SEB 16th 25 [7]
2021 AF Corse GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
8 		SEB MDO DET WGL WGL LIM
 ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 55th 246 [8]
2022 Risi Competizione GTD Pro Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
2 		SEB
9 		LBH LGA WGL
2 		MOS LIM ELK VIR PET
7 		8th 1213 [9]
2023 Risi Competizione GTD Pro Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 DAY
10 		SEB
6 		LBH LGA WGL
2 		MOS LIM ELK VIR IMS PET
3 		6th 1192 [10]
2024 Risi Competizione GTD Pro Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 DAY
1 		SEB LGA DET WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 1st* 376* [11]
Source:[12]

† Serra did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points. * Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2017 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
7 		SPA
7 		LMS
1 		NÜR
7 		MEX
Ret 		COA
5 		FUJ SHA BHR 9th 79
2018–19 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SPA LMS
4 		SIL FUJ SHA SEB
4 		SPA LMS
1 		6th 71
2019–20 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS
2 		BHR
12 		14th 37
2021 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SPA
3 		ALG
2 		MNZ
4 		LMS
10 		BHR
4 		BHR
3 		4th 92
2022 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SEB SPA LMS
2 		MNZ FUJ BHR 11th 36
2023 Kessel Racing LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SEB
3 		ALG
10 		SPA
8 		LMS
Ret 		MNZ FUJ BHR
5 		11th 43
Sources:[12][13]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2017 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro 		340 17th 1st
2018 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Pro 		339 22nd 7th
2019 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Pro 		342 20th 1st
2020 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Pro 		346 21st 2nd
2021 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom Sam Bird
Spain Miguel Molina 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Pro 		331 37th 5th
2022 Italy AF Corse United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Pro 		350 29th 2nd
2023 Switzerland Kessel Racing United States Scott Huffaker
Japan Takeshi Kimura 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am 		254 DNF DNF
Sources:[12][14]

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2013 United States Scuderia Corsa Brazil Francisco Longo
Brazil Raphael Matos
Brazil Xandinho Negrão 		Ferrari 458 Italia Grand-Am GT 576 38th 24th
2014 United States Scuderia Corsa Brazil Francisco Longo
Brazil Marcos Gomes
Brazil Xandinho Negrão 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTD 649 29th 10th
2015 United States Scuderia Corsa Brazil Francisco Longo
Brazil Marcos Gomes
Italy Andrea Bertolini 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 GTD 545 32nd 14th
2016 United States Scuderia Corsa Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
France Alexandre Prémat
Mexico Memo Rojas 		Ferrari 488 GTE GTLM 721 10th 4th
2018 Switzerland Spirit of Race Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda 		Ferrari 488 GT3 GTD 571 44th 21st
2019 Switzerland Spirit of Race Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda 		Ferrari 488 GT3 GTD 349 DNF DNF
2020 United States Risi Competizione United Kingdom James Calado
Italy Alessandro Pier Guidi
Italy Davide Rigon 		Ferrari 488 Evo GTLM 738 DNF DNF
2021 Italy AF Corse Italy Matteo Cressoni
Italy Simon Mann
Denmark Nicklas Nielsen 		Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo GTD 743 29th 8th
Sources:[12][15]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2023 Kessel Racing LMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 CAT LEC ARA SPA
5 		ALG
4 		ALG
12 		14th 22
Source:[12]

References

  1. ^ "Daniel Serra". Motor Sport. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Daniel Serra – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Daniel Serra – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Daniel Serra – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Daniel Serra – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Daniel Serra – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Daniel Serra – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Daniel Serra – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Daniel Serra – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Daniel Serra – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Daniel Serra – 2024 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Daniel Serra Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Daniel Serra". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Daniel Serra". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Complete Archive of Daniel Serra". Racing Sports Cars. pp. 1, 2, 3. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

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