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Iron Lynx
Iron Dames

Founded	2017
Team principal(s)	Andrea Piccini
Founder(s)	Andrea Piccini Deborah Mayer Claudio Schiavoni Sergio Pianezzola
Current series	IMSA SportsCar Championship GT World Challenge Europe FIA World Endurance Championship European Le Mans Series Michelin Le Mans Cup Lamborghini Super Trofeo Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4
Former series	Ferrari Challenge
Noted drivers	Sarah Bovy Matteo Cressoni Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner Callum Ilott Katherine Legge Andrea Piccini Doriane Pin Claudio Schiavoni
Teams' Championships	2 ( European Le Mans Series 2021 LMGTE, Michelin Le Mans Cup 2021 GT3)
Drivers' Championships	2 ( Michelin Le Mans Cup 2020, Ferrari Challenge 2021)
Website	https://www.ironlynx.it/

Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab is an Italian auto racing team founded by Andrea Piccini, Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni and Sergio Pianezzola. ^[1] The team is based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. They operate Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 sports cars in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, GT World Challenge Europe, and FIA World Endurance Championship.

History

2019

In 2019, Iron Lynx began the "Iron Dames" project, focused on supporting and promoting women in motorsport.

2020

At the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Iron Lynx entered two cars, including an all-female line-up in the #85 Ferrari, driven by Rahel Frey, Manuela Gostner and Michelle Gatting. ^[2] In October 2020, Rino Mastronardi won the GT3 Drivers Championship for Iron Lynx in the Michelin Le Mans Cup ^[3] to earn an automatic invitation to the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.

2021

In 2021, Iron Lynx entered the FIA World Endurance Championship for the first time. ^[4] In September 2021, it was confirmed that Iron Lynx will be collaborating with Prema Powerteam to enter an Oreca 07 in the World Endurance Championship LMP2 class for 2022. ^[5] On October 24, 2021, Iron Lynx clinched the LMGTE teams championship in European Le Mans, earning them an automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^{[6] [7]} On November 20, 2021, Michelle Gatting became the first female champion of the Ferrari Challenge. ^{[8] [9] [10]} Iron Lynx also won the Michelin Le Mans Cup teams championship for the second year running to earn a second automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^[11]

2022

On January 12, 2022, Iron Lynx announced that they would enter 2 cars in the GTE Am class of the World Endurance Championship for 2022. Both entries will run the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, with Claudio Schiavoni will returning for the #65 entry while Rahel Frey will return for the #85 Iron Dames entry. ^[12] On February 16, Iron Lynx announced that Giancarlo Fisichella would join the WEC squad, while also announcing additional 2022 campaigns. Iron Lynx will return to the European Le Mans Series with an LMGTE entry piloted by Davide Rigon alongside Schiavoni and Cressoni. Iron Lynx will field four full season entries in the Ferrari Challenge, piloted by Doriane Pin, Arno Dahlmeyer, Marco Pulcini and Claudio Schiavoni. ^[13]

2023

On November 6, 2022, Iron Lynx announced they became the Lamborghini factory team from 2023. They entered the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO 2 of the IMSA Sportscar Championship and GT World Challenge for 2023. Iron Lynx also continues to enter the FIA World Endurance Championship, using two Porsche 911 RSR-19s as Lamborghini does not actively manufacture a car under GTE specifications.

2024

In 2024, Iron Lynx made the move to competing with the new Lamborghini SC63 Hypercar in the IMSA Sports Car Championship in the GTP class, appearing at the 72nd annual 12 Hours of Sebring where they scored a 7th place finish. Additionally with the demise of LMGTE regulations at the end of 2023, the team also ran a pair of Huracán GT3 EVO 2s in the World Endurance Championship under the new LMGT3 class.

Current series results

24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	Iron Lynx	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Sergio Pianezzola Paolo Ruberti Claudio Schiavoni	LMGTE Am	331	37th	11th
		75		Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Andrea Piccini		211	DNF	DNF
		85		Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner		332	34th	9th
2021	Iron Lynx	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Raffaele Giammaria Paolo Ruberti Claudio Schiavoni	LMGTE Am	335	30th	4th
		80		Matteo Cressoni Callum Ilott Rino Mastronardi		338	27th	3rd
		85		Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting		332	36th	9th
2022	Iron Lynx	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Alessandro Balzan Raffaele Giammaria Claudio Schiavoni	LMGTE Am	289	NC	NC
		75		Pierre Ehret Christian Hook Nicolás Varrone		324	53rd	17th
		80		Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Richard Heistand		336	46th	13th
	Iron Dames	85		Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting		339	40th	7th
2023	Iron Lynx	60	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni	LMGTE Am	28	DNF	DNF
	Iron Dames	85		Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting		312	30th	4th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Pts
2021	Iron Lynx	LMGTE Am	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Andrea Piccini Raffaele Giammaria Paolo Ruberti Rino Mastronardi	SPA 9	POR 6	MON Ret	LMN 4	BHR 12	BHR 6		7th	63.5
			85			Rahel Frey Manuela Gostner Katherine Legge Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	SPA 8	POR 7	MON 8	LMN 3	BHR 8	BHR 9		10th	46
2022	Iron Lynx	LMGTE Am	60	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Alessandro Balzan Raffaele Giammaria	SEB 8	SPA 8	LMN Ret	MON 4	FUJ 11	BHR 9		12th	25
	Iron Dames		85			Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Christina Nielsen Doriane Pin	SEB 4	SPA 10	LMN 7	MON 2	FUJ 2	BHR 3		3rd	93
2023	Iron Lynx	LMGTE Am	60	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello	SEB 6	POR 12	SPA 11	LMN Ret	MON 2	FUJ 11	BHR Ret	13th	30
	Iron Dames		85			Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Rahel Frey	SEB 8	POR 3	SPA 5	LMN 4	MON 5	FUJ 4	BHR 1	2nd	118

* Season still in progress

Former series results

Italian F4 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2019	Tatuus F4-T014	Hamda Al Qubaisi	6	0	0	0	0	0	42nd	NC [a]
		Amna Al Qubaisi	21	0	0	0	0	0	31st
2020	Tatuus F4-T014	Leonardo Fornaroli	20	0	0	1	1	108	9th	5th
		Yaroslav Shervyrtalov	5	0	0	0	0	0	36th
		Hamda Al Qubaisi	19	0	0	0	0	3	25th	11th [b]
2021	Tatuus F4-T014	Kacper Sztuka	21	0	0	0	0	0	36th†	5th
		Leonardo Fornaroli	21	1	2	3	7	180	5th
		Pietro Armanni	21	0	0	0	0	8	25th
		Maya Weug	21	0	0	0	0	0	35th
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Ivan Domingues	19	0	1	0	0	21	15th	6th
		Nicola Lacorte	8	0	0	0	0	1	28th
		Maya Weug	20	0	0	0	0	36	14th	5th [c]

† Shared results with other team

ADAC Formula 4 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2020	Tatuus F4-T014	Leonardo Fornaroli	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†	N/A†
		Hamda Al Qubaisi	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2021	Tatuus F4-T014	Leonardo Fornaroli	6	0	0	0	1	0	NC†	N/A†
		Pietro Armanni	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
		Maya Weug	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Maya Weug	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC†	N/A†

† Ineligible to score points.

Timeline

Notes

External links

• Iron Lynx official website

References

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