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Fabio Scherer
Swiss racing driver From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fabio Luca Scherer (born 13 June 1999) is a racing driver from Switzerland, currently competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for HRT Ford Performance.
Scherer started his single-seater career in 2016, staying in Formula 4[broken anchor] series for two seasons.[2] In 2018 he moved to 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, racing for Motopark Academy.[3] Scherer then competed for Charouz Racing System in the new FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2019.[4]
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.[5][6][7]
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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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12][13] Scherer ended the year fifth in the standings.
He also drove for Fach Auto Tech 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.[14][15] Together, the squad scored a podium at Spa on their way to eighth in the teams' championship.[16] 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.[17]
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.[18] 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.[19] 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.[20][21][22] This result moved IEC into second in the standings, a position they would defend until the end of the campaign.[23][24]
2024: United return
Scherer returned to the ELMS in 2024, partnering Paul di Resta and Bijoy Garg at United Autosports.[25] The trio scored a best finish of sixth place in three races and finished 11th in the standings.[26] Scherer also drove for Nielsen Racing at Le Mans, where an overnight collision caused by teammate Heinemeier Hansson caused the team to drop down the field; they went on to finish 11th in class.[27][28]
2025: Ford DTM drive
Going into 2025, Scherer was announced as a GT3 junior driver at Ford, as part of which he re-entered the DTM with the Haupt Racing Team.[29] His comeback, at the wheel of the Ford Mustang GT3, ended with finishes of 19th and 18th at Oschersleben.[30] Scherer retired from the first race at the Lausitzring with an ABS failure, having previously drawn the ire of Jordan Pepper with an aggressive manoeuvre at the start.[31][32] Having benefitted from chaos at the start of race 2 to progress from 22nd to ninth, Scherer was forced to retire again later on after a clash with Nicolas Baert.[33][34] Scherer scored his first points at a rainy Zandvoort with 11th in race 1, but could not start race 2 due to a drive shaft failure.[35][36] He then damaged his suspension with a crash in qualifying ahead of the Saturday race at the Norisring; it could not be repaired in time and Scherer missed out on the start.[37] Sunday's race ended prematurely after Scherer's Ford lost a wheel on lap 19.[38] Chaos continued at the Nürburgring, where Scherer spun in avoidance of Mirko Bortolotti on lap 1.[39] He finished both races in the lower positions.
Scherer achieved his best result of the season at the Sachsenring: having gained time and places during the pit stop phase, Scherer finished race 1 in eighth.[40][41] More points followed in race 2 with an 11th place. A third points finish in succession followed in Spielberg, as Scherer started and finished 14th in race 1.[42] A drive shaft issue prematurely ended his Sunday race.[43] Two finishes in the lower midfield at Hockenheim consigned Scherer to a 23rd-place finish in the drivers' standings.[44]
During 2025, Scherer also made his GT3 Nürburgring Nordschleife debut, coming second in NLS9 alongside Jann Mardenborough and Dennis Fetzer.[45] He took part in NLS10 two weeks later, where he set a new NLS qualifying lap record with a time of 7:48.717.[46] Scherer and Patrick Assenheimer finished the race fourth overall and first in the SP9 Pro-Am class.[47][48]
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† 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)
Complete Italian F4 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
‡ 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)
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† As Scherer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† 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)
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.
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