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35 Facts About Lirim Zendeli

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Lirim Zendeli currently competes in Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Italy for Ombra Racing, having previously made his way up the racing ladder, from taking the ADAC Formula 4 title in 2018 to winning in FIA Formula 3 and racing in Formula 2.

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Lirim Zendeli failed to score points in the opening two rounds, but after that, regularly finished in the top 10.

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Lirim Zendeli even achieved a podium finish with a second position in the penultimate race weekend at Zandvoort.

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For 2018, Lirim Zendeli moved to the US Racing-CHRS team, partnering David Schumacher, Mick Wishofer and Tom Beckhauser, for a year that would prove to be his breakout.

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Lirim Zendeli dominated throughout the campaign, winning four of the first six races.

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Amazingly, Lirim Zendeli won at every round, and this allowed him to claim the title during the penultimate round at the Nurburgring.

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Lirim Zendeli dominated the season by taking eight pole positions of a possible 14, winning 10 races out of 21 and finishing over 100 points ahead of nearest rival Liam Lawson.

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Lirim Zendeli progressed to Formula 3 in 2019, continuing with Charouz and alongside Fabio Scherer and Raoul Hyman.

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Lirim Zendeli was set for another strong result in Monza, but suffered a puncture while battling for the lead.

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Lirim Zendeli missed the final round, and ended 18th in the championship with six points.

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Lirim Zendeli claimed two second places and ended 14th in the standings.

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Lirim Zendeli took four podiums but no wins, and managed to end up eighth in the standings.

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In Formula 3, Lirim Zendeli signed for Trident Racing to partner David Beckmann and Olli Caldwell in the 2020 season.

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Lirim Zendeli managed to qualify second in his first race at the Red Bull Ring, but dropped to fifth at the flag despite momentarily being in the lead, and followed it up with fifth in Race 2.

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Lirim Zendeli scored his first Formula 3 podium finish at the rain-shortened first race of the second Red Bull Ring round.

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Lirim Zendeli remained in the position until the conclusion of the race.

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The next two rounds went poorly for Lirim Zendeli, starting at the Hungaroring where he suffered collision damage in Race 1 and had to retire, with 16th place in the following race.

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Lirim Zendeli led every lap to take his first victory by four seconds.

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Lirim Zendeli eventually worked his way to finish in fourth.

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Lirim Zendeli took a second pole position at the season finale at Mugello.

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Lirim Zendeli remained in the lead for seven laps and later fought with Jake Hughes but Zendeli would fall to fourth place at the finish.

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Lirim Zendeli returned to Charouz Racing System for a cameo appearance for the 2022 Barcelona Formula 3 round, taking over David Schumacher's seat.

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Lirim Zendeli was replaced by Zdenek Chovanec for the Silverstone onwards.

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Lirim Zendeli scored his first points in his first race at Bahrain, thanks to a fastest lap by finishing ninth.

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In Baku, Lirim Zendeli had another incident in the second sprint but rescued a point with tenth in the feature race.

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In Monza, Lirim Zendeli was on for a huge result in sprint race 1, but his race ended in the dying laps due to an engine issue.

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In 2022, Lirim Zendeli made a cameo deputisation at Spa-Francorchamps, replacing the banned Olli Caldwell at Campos Racing, which was his first F2 round since he left MP Motorsport in 2021.

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Lirim Zendeli finished the sprint race in 20th and retired from the feature race, with Caldwell returning for the next round at Circuit Zandvoort.

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Lirim Zendeli returned to racing in 2023, and would contest the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship with TJ Speed Motorsports.

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Lirim Zendeli would have a stellar debut, where he would get a fourth place at the second race in St Petersburg, followed by a maiden podium with second place at the next round in Sebring.

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Lirim Zendeli got his maiden win a few races later in Road Atlanta.

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For 2024, Lirim Zendeli announced that he would compete in the Porsche Supercup for Ombra Racing.

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Lirim Zendeli competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia with Ombra Racing as well.

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Lirim Zendeli scored another podium in Mugello with another third place, before earning pole positions for the second Imola round.

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Lirim Zendeli did not compete in the required number of rounds to be eligible for a championship position.