Fabio Luca Scherer
Scherer in 2023
Nationality  Swiss
Born (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 24)
Aesch, Lucerne
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamInter Europol Competition
Car number34
Former teamsUnited Autosports USA
Starts14
Wins3
Poles2
Fastest laps0
Best finish2nd in 2023
Previous series
2022
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2016–17
2016–17
2016		European Le Mans Series
IMSA SportsCar Championship
FIA World Endurance Championship
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
FIA Formula 3 Championship
FIA Formula 3 European Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Italian F4 Championship

Fabio Luca Scherer (born 13 June 1999) is a racing driver from Switzerland, currently competing in the endurance racing, representing United Autosports in the European Le Mans Series.

Scherer started his single-seater career in 2016, staying in Formula 4 series for two seasons.[1] In 2018 he moved to 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, racing for Motopark Academy.[2] Scherer then competed for Charouz Racing System in the new FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2019.[3]

Since 2021 he 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.[4][5][6]

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.[7] He experienced a challenging campaign, only breaking through to score points at the Zolder Circuit, where he finished fifth on two occasions. The Swiss driver 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.[8] 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.[9][10] The trio took another win at Monza, though they would only finish the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 18th thanks to a mid-race alternator failure.[11][12] Scherer ended the year fifth in the standings.

He also drove for Fach Auto Racing 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, the Swiss driver made a one-off appearance in the WEC to replace a COVID-stricken Alex Brundle before embarking on a campaign in the ELMS, where he would be partnered by Pietro Fittipaldi and David Heinemeier Hansson.[13][14] Together, the squad scored a podium at Spa on their way to eighth in the teams' championship.[15] 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 IMSA SportsCar Championship, where he too made a lone rostrum appearance at Road America.[16]

2023: Le Mans glory

The Swiss driver remained at Inter Europol the following year, returning to the WEC on a full-time basis alongside Albert Costa and Jakub Śmiechowski.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19][20][21] This result moved IEC into second in the standings, a position they would defend until the end of the campaign.[22][23]

Racing Record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 24 1 0 0 1 26 17th
Italian F4 Championship 9 0 0 0 0 3 29th
2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship Rasgaira Motorsports 8 1 0 0 2 77 8th
2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship US Racing 21 1 0 3 6 154.5 5th
2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Motopark 30 0 1 2 1 64 14th
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 16 0 0 0 0 7 17th
2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team WRT 18 0 0 1 0 20 16th
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 United Autosports USA 5 2 2 0 2 84 5th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 18th
Porsche Supercup Fach Auto Racing 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition 1 0 0 0 0 0 29th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 6 0 0 0 1 32 10th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 High Class Racing 5 0 0 0 1 1225 10th
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition 7 1 0 0 3 114 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 United Autosports

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

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

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 24 Pos Points
2016 Jenzer Motorsport OSC1
1
14 		OSC1
2
17 		OSC1
3
18 		SAC
1
21 		SAC
2
15 		SAC
3
22 		LAU
1
14 		LAU
2
10 		LAU
3
1 		OSC2
1
Ret 		OSC2
2
16 		OSC2
3
14 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
20 		RBR
3
15 		NÜR
1
21 		NÜR
2
16 		NÜR
3
16 		ZAN
1
17 		ZAN
2
16 		ZAN
3
16 		HOC
1
24 		HOC
2
Ret 		HOC
3
33 		17th 26
2017 US Racing OSC1
1
4 		OSC1
2
3 		OSC1
3
8 		LAU
1
DSQ 		LAU
2
DSQ 		LAU
3
DSQ 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
9 		RBR
3
10 		OSC2
1
4 		OSC2
2
3 		OSC2
3
5 		NÜR
1
3 		NÜR
2
11 		NÜR
3
15 		SAC
1
2 		SAC
2
1 		SAC
3
5 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
Ret 		HOC
3
11 		5th 154.5

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

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

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2020 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi RS5 Turbo DTM SPA
1
12 		SPA
2
12 		LAU
1
14 		LAU
2
11 		LAU
1
13 		LAU
2
15 		ASS
1
15 		ASS
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
16† 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
14 		ZOL
1
13 		ZOL
2
5 		ZOL
1
5 		ZOL
2
Ret 		HOC
1
13† 		HOC
2
12 		16th 20

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2021 United Kingdom United Autosports USA United Kingdom Phil Hanson
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 328 40th 18th
2022 Poland Inter Europol Competition Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 364 18th 14th
2023 Poland Inter Europol Competition Spain Albert Costa
Poland Jakub Śmiechowski 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 328 9th 1st

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 Rank Points
2021 United Autosports USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
1 		ALG
WD 		MNZ
1 		LMS
10 		BHR
4 		BHR
4 		5th 84
2022 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
14 		SPA LMS
14† 		MNZ FUJ BHR 29th 0
2023 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
3 		ALG
9 		SPA
3 		LMS
1 		MNZ
5 		FUJ
9 		BHR
6 		2nd 114

† Non World Endurance Championship entries are ineligible to score points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(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
2022 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
11 		IMO
9 		MNZ
11 		CAT
16 		SPA
2 		ALG
4 		10th 32

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2022 High Class Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY
9† 		SEB
6 		LGA MDO WGL
4 		ELK
3 		ATL
4 		10th 1225

† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2021 Fach Auto Racing MON RBR
19 		RBR
11 		HUN
16 		SPA
22 		ZND
16 		MNZ
19 		MNZ
17 		NC† 0

† As Scherer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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