Daniel Serra
Daniel Gardano Serra is a Brazilian auto racing driver. Currently drives in the Stock Car Brasil and is 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. 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
† - ineligible for points.Racing career
Complete Stock Car Brasil results
† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.Complete GT1 World Championship results
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | |
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | |
2018 | Spirit of Race | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 | DAY 21 | SEB 12 | MDO | DET | 29th | 77 | ||||||||
2018 | Squadra Corse Garage Italia | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 | WGL 18 | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | 29th | 77 | ||||||
2018 | Scuderia Corsa | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 | PET 1 | 29th | 77 | |||||||||||
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 | ||
2019 | Risi Competizione | GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 | 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 | WGL | LIM | MDO | PET | LGA | SEB | 12th* | 25* |
† Serra did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
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 |