34 Facts About Raffaele Marciello

Raffaele Marciello switched to GT racing in 2017 and became a works Mercedes-AMG driver ahead of the 2018 campaign, where he stayed until leaving in 2023 and subsequently signing with BMW.

In 2022, Marciello earned his first major endurance race victory by winning the Spa 24 Hours.

Raffaele Marciello debuted in karting in 2005 and raced in various European championships, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF2 category by 2010.

In 2010, Raffaele Marciello graduated to single-seaters, racing in the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy for JD Motorsport.

Raffaele Marciello won opening race at Misano and race at Varano and amassed another two podiums it brought him third place in standings.

Raffaele Marciello stepped up to Italian Formula Three Championship in 2011 and joined Prema Powerteam.

Raffaele Marciello claimed wins at Misano and Adria and another four podiums, finishing third and losing rookie title to Michael Lewis, but overcoming Maisano by seven points.

In 2012 Raffaele Marciello continued his collaboration with Prema Powerteam into Formula 3 Euro Series.

Raffaele Marciello remained in F3 for 2013, and emerged as a pre-season favourite following his impressive results in the previous year and dominant performances in pre-season testing.

Raffaele Marciello had been looking to be driving in the GP2 Series or World Series by Renault for 2014 after testing both cars in Catalunya in October 2013.

On 20 January 2014, the Ferrari Driver Academy announced Raffaele Marciello would be racing in GP2 in 2014.

Raffaele Marciello achieved his first GP2 victory in the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps after an intense fight with McLaren junior driver Stoffel Vandoorne in the closing stages.

Raffaele Marciello joined Trident Racing for 2015, but struggled to capitalize on his 2015 debut, finishing seventh overall.

Raffaele Marciello raced with Russian Time, replacing the Campos-bound Mitch Evans, in the 2016 season.

On 26 November 2014, Raffaele Marciello made his Formula One debut behind the wheel of the Ferrari F14 T, during that day's post-season test at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Raffaele Marciello set the second fastest time of the session, half a second adrift of Pascal Wehrlein in the Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid.

On 31 December 2014 it was announced that Raffaele Marciello had signed as test and reserve driver for the Sauber Formula One team for 2015.

In January 2016, it was announced that Raffaele Marciello had been dropped by Sauber and had split with the Ferrari Driver Academy for personal reasons.

In 2017, Raffaele Marciello ventured into the sportscar racing scene, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for AKKA ASP in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.

Raffaele Marciello performed to a high level, taking second-placed finishes in the Endurance rounds at Silverstone and - after initially being awarded victory when a suspected technical non-compliance for the winning team caused them to be provisionally disqualified - Barcelona, which led him to a runner-up spot in the Endurance Cup.

That year, Raffaele Marciello partook in all four rounds of the Intercontinental GT Challenge with Mercedes.

Raffaele Marciello scored podiums at Bathurst and Spa, as well as taking a win at the Suzuka 10 Hours, the latter earning him the provisional championship lead, though a seventh place at Laguna Seca, a race in which Marciello damaged his car and received a drive-through penalty after a mistimed move on the WRT Audi of Sheldon van der Linde, set him back to third in the standings.

Raffaele Marciello took part in the FIA GT World Cup, held at the prestigious Guia Circuit in Macau, at the end of the year with Team GruppeM.

Raffaele Marciello remained in the ADAC GT Masters for 2021, this time driving at Mann-Filter Team Landgraf-HTP WWR together with Maximilian Buhk.

Additionally, Raffaele Marciello scored a second successive pole position for the 24 Hours of Spa, though the team would retire due to damper failure.

Team Landgraf and Raffaele Marciello were reunited for the 2022 ADAC GT Masters season, with a variety of teammates accompanying the Italian across the season.

Once again, he was joined by Boguslavskiy in the Sprint Cup, where wins at Brands Hatch, Magny-Cours and Zandvoort, along with a heap of fastest laps and pole positions on Raffaele Marciello's part, enabled the pair to fight for the title, though they would lose out for a third successive year to the WRT duo of Vanthoor and Weerts.

At the start of 2023, Raffaele Marciello drove for GetSpeed Performance in the Asian Le Mans Series.

Raffaele Marciello made his prototype debut during the 24 Hours of Daytona, where he drove an Oreca 07 for High Class Racing.

The Endurance Cup season opener at Monza ended with retirement, with Boguslavskiy causing race-ending damage with a misjudged defensive move, though the team bounced back with a victory at Le Castellet, where Raffaele Marciello charged through the field during the final hours to take victory.

The Swiss driver was able to stamp his mark on the Sprint Cup campaign as well, which started with a victory apiece at Brands Hatch and Misano, with dominant opening stints from Raffaele Marciello being the catalysts for success.

Parallel to his GTWC commitments, Raffaele Marciello partnered John Ferguson in the British GT Championship.

In November 2023, Raffaele Marciello would drive his final race as a Mercedes-AMG factory driver, competing at the FIA GT World Cup in Macau with Team Landgraf.

The week after his Macau triumph, Raffaele Marciello announced that he would be joining BMW as a factory driver.