Pipo Derani

Luís Felipe Derani
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 São Paulo (Brazil)
FIA European Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Fortec Motorsports
Car no.	12
Starts	38
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	8th in 2013
Previous series
2013 2012 2011–12 2010 2009 2009 2009	Toyota Racing Series Formula 3 Euro Series British Formula 3 German Formula Three Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 GT3 Brasil Championship

Luís Felipe "Pipo" Derani (born 12 October 1993 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian race car driver and is an overall winner of both the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona and the Sebring 12 Hours. He is son of Walter Derani and brother of Rafael Derani, both drivers.

Career

Karting

Derani made his karting debut in 2003, at the age of ten. In 2005 he was champion of the São Paulo Junior Menor Championship.

Formula Renault

Derani began his car racing career by driving in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with Motopark Academy in 2009. He took two podiums at Alastaro Circuit^[1] and TT Circuit Assen^[2] along with thirteen point-scoring positions to finish seventh in championship.^[3] In Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, he took part in six races for the same team. He finished 27th with two points coming from a ninth place at the Nürburgring.^[4]

Formula Three

In 2010, Derani stepped up to the German Formula Three Championship with the Motopark Academy team^[5] joining Formula Renault teammates Kevin Magnussen and Jimmy Eriksson at the team. Derani finished in tenth place in championship points. In 2011 Derani moved to the British Formula 3 Championship with Double R Racing. He finished fifteenth in points with a single podium finish. He also competed in the Formula 3 "all star" events such as the Formula 3 Brazil Open and Masters of Formula 3. 2012 saw Derani remain in British F3 but switch teams to Fortec Motorsport. He improved to eighth in the championship, capturing wins at Oulton Park and Brands Hatch. He also drove in three Formula 3 Euro Series races and finished sixth in the Macau Grand Prix. In 2013 Derani stayed with Fortec but moved to the FIA European Formula Three Championship where he finished eighth in points with three podium finishes.^[6]

Sportscars

In 2014 Derani raced in the last two rounds of the 2014 European Le Mans Series, finishing third in the 4 Hours of Le Castellet on 14 September and retired in the 4 Hours of Estoril on 19 October, driving on both occasions an Oreca-Nissan 03R of Irish team Murphy Prototypes. He won both the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 hours of Sebring for Extreme Speed Motorsports.

In 2017, Derani signed with Ford to become a factory driver.^[7] He will race the first three races of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMGTE Pro class with Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK.^[8]

Racing career

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Motopark Academy	16	0	0	1	2	192	7th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Motopark Academy	6	0	0	0	0	2	27th
	GT3 Brasil Championship	CRT Brasil	4	0	0	0	0	29	28th
2010	German Formula Three	Motopark Academy	18	0	0	0	0	20	10th
2010	GT Brasil	WB Motorsport (GT3)	2	0	0	0	0	6	35th
2011	British Formula 3 Championship	Double R Racing	30	0	0	0	1	36	15th
	FIA Formula 3 International Trophy	Double R Racing	3	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Masters of Formula 3	Prema Powerteam	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Formula 3 Brazil Open	Hitech Racing Brazil	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2012	British Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsport	28	2	0	2	5	146	8th
	Formula 3 Euro Series		3	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Formula 3 Brazil Open	Cesário Fórmula	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2013	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsports	30	0	0	0	3	143	8th
2013	Masters of Formula 3	Fortec Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2014	Pro Mazda Championship	Team Pelfrey	6	0	0	0	1	88	14th
2014	European Le Mans Series	Murphy Prototypes	2	0	1	1	1	24	12th
2015	World Endurance Championship - LMP2	G-Drive Racing	8	1	1	0	7	134	3rd
2015	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	G-Drive Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2016	World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Extreme Speed Motorsports	9	0	0	0	4	116	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship		4	2	0	1	3	128	12th
	24 Hours of Daytona		1	1	0	1	1	N/A	1st
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Garage 59	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Garage 59	1	0	0	0	0	1	17th
2017	World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	3	1	1	0	2	74	2nd*
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Vaillante Rebellion	1	0	0	0	0	12	19th*
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship	Tequila Patrón ESM	5	1	1	0	0	129	10th*
	24 Hours of Daytona	Tequila Patrón ESM	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th

^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2012	Fortec Motorsports	Mercedes	HOC 1	HOC 2	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 5	BRH 1	BRH 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 21	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 7	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 Ret	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 Ret											-	0
2013	Fortec Motorsports	Mercedes	MNZ 1 11	MNZ 2 19	MNZ 3 5	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 8	SIL 3 Ret	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 14	HOC 3 10	BRH 1 14	BRH 2 18	BRH 3 17	RBR 1 18	RBR 2 11	RBR 3 9	NOR 1 15	NOR 2 5	NOR 3 7	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 2	NÜR 3 3	ZAN 1 19	ZAN 2 5	ZAN 3 5	VAL 1 6	VAL 2 6	VAL 3 2	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 11	HOC 3 Ret	8th	143

Complete Pro Mazda Championship results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2014	Team Pelfrey	STP 4	STP 3	BAR 6	BAR 4	IMS 9	IMS 18	LOR	HOU	HOU	MOH	MOH	MIL	SON	SON	14th	88

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2014	Murphy Prototypes	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC 3	EST 6	12th	24

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2015	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 2	SPA 1	LMS 3	NÜR 3	COA 3	FUJ 3	SHA Ret	BHR 3		3rd	134
2016	Extreme Speed Motorsports	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 2	SPA 2	LMS 8	NÜR 3	MEX 3	COA 5	FUJ 5	SHA 5	BHR 4	4th	116
2017	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	LMGTE Pro	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	SIL 1	SPA 4	LMS 2							2nd*	74*
2017	Vaillante Rebellion	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8				NÜR 4	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	19th*	12*

^* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	G-Drive Racing	Gustavo Yacamán Ricardo González	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	354	12th	4th
2016	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Chris Cumming Ryan Dalziel	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	291	42nd	16th
2017	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Harry Tincknell Andy Priaulx	Ford GT	GTE Pro	340	18th	2nd

References

↑ Heinonen, Jarmo (2009-06-14). "Alastaro Rata-SM Formula Renault NEC Race 2 Race" (PDF). necup.com. Renault Sport. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
↑ Veldkamp, Bobbe; Harald Roelse (2009-02-16). "Final results Race 2 Nec Formula Renault 2.0 Rizla Racing Day 10" (PDF). necup.com. Renault Sport. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
↑ "Results Nürburgring 2009 – Race 1". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
↑ "Time to say goodbye". motopark.com. Motopark Academy. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
↑ Luis Felipe Derani - Career Detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2013-11-20
↑ Myrehn, Ryan (2017-02-10). "Derani: Signing With Ford is "A Dream Come True"". Sportscar365. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
↑ Kilshaw, Jake (2017-02-02). "Derani Joins Ford in Four-Car Le Mans Entry". Sportscar365. Retrieved 2017-02-02.

External links

Official website (in English) (in Portuguese)
Pipo Derani career summary at DriverDB.com

Winners of the Daytona Sports Car Classic
run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (1962–63) Daytona 2000 (1964–65) 6 Hours of Daytona (1972) 24 Hours of Daytona (1966–71 / 1973 / 1975–present)
Five-time	Hurley Haywood Scott Pruett
Four-time	Peter Gregg Pedro Rodríguez Rolf Stommelen Bob Wollek
Three-time	Derek Bell Butch Leitzinger Juan Pablo Montoya Brian Redman Memo Rojas Andy Wallace
Two-time	Max Angelelli Mauro Baldi João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Scott Dixon Christian Fittipaldi Elliott Forbes-Robinson A. J. Foyt Al Holbert Jan Lammers Ken Miles John Paul Jr. Lloyd Ruby Scott Sharp Wayne Taylor Didier Theys Al Unser Jr.
One-time	Allmendinger Amon J. Andretti Ma. Andretti Ballot-Léna Bandini Barber Beretta Bergmeister Bernhard Boesel Bouchut Bourdais Boutsen Brown Brundle Buckler Collard Dalziel Derani Dismore D. Donohue M. Donohue Dupuy Durán Duxbury Dyson Elford Fellows Field Fitzpatrick Franchitti Fréon García Garretson Gentilozzi Gordon Graves Gurney Hand Hasemi Helmick Henn Herrmann Hezemans Hill Hoshino Ickx Jelinski Joest D. Jones P. J. Jones Kanaan Kimball Kinnunen Kneifel Krages Larson Lässig Lavaggi Law Lienhard Luyendyk Martin McMurray Mears Merl Millen Moran Moretti Neerpasch Negri Nielsen O'Connell Oliver Ongais Pace Papis C. Parsons Paul, Sr. Pescarolo Pew Pilgrim B. Rahal G. Rahal Rice Robinson Rockenfeller Schneider Schrom Siffert Suzuki J. Taylor R. Taylor Unser, Sr. Van der Merwe Van Overbeek Weaver Wendlinger Werner Wheldon Wilson

Winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring
Six-time	Tom Kristensen
Five-time	Rinaldo Capello
Four-time	Frank Biela Allan McNish
Three-time	Hans-Joachim Stuck Mario Andretti Marco Werner
Two-time	Bob Akin Geoff Brabham Derek Daly Andy Evans Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio II Olivier Gendebien Hurley Haywood Hans Herrmann Phil Hill Al Holbert Jacky Ickx Stefan Johansson JJ Lehto Emanuele Pirro Brian Redman Eric van de Poele Fermín Vélez Andy Wallace Phil Walters
One-time	Aïello Alboreto Baker Baldi Barbosa Barbour Behra Bernhard Bianchi Bonnier Bourdais Gary Brabham Brown Castellotti Collard Collins Daigh Dalmas Davidson de Narváez Derani Dumas Duval Dyer Earl Elford Fässler Fitch Fittipaldi Fitzpatrick Foyt Franchitti Frisselle Garretson Gartner Gené Giunti Gray Gregg Gurney Hall Hawthorn Helmick Herbert Heyer Jarvis Kaffer Keyser Kulok Lapierre Larrousse Leven Lloyd Ludwig Luyendyk Lynn Maglioli Mass McFarlin McLaren Mendez Miles Millen Moffat Moretti Morton Moss Mullen Müller Nierop O'Connell Oliver Pace Panis Parkes Paul, Jr. Paul, Sr. Pescatori Peter Pruett Rahal Robinson Rojas Ruby Scarfiotti H. Sharp S. Sharp Siffert Surtees J. Taylor R. Taylor W. Taylor Theys Tréluyer Vaccarella Van Overbeek Wollek Woods Wurz

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