Mattia Michelotto

Mattia Michelotto
Michelotto in 2024
Nationality Italian
Born (2003-01-12) 12 January 2003
Villafranca Padovana, Italy
Racing licence FIA Silver

Mattia Michelotto (born 12 January 2003 in Villafranca Padovana[1]) is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the 2025 Italian GT Championship for Vincenzo Sospiri Racing.

He is a two-time Italian GT class champion, having also won the Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final in 2021 alongside Karol Basz.[2]

Career

Michelotto began karting at the age of five, and raced in karts until 2018.[3] During his time in karts, Michelotto won the Easykart International Grand Finals in 2013,[4] the WSK Night Edition,[5] Trofeo delle Industrie and the WSK Final Cup all in 2015 in the Mini class.[6][7]

After testing Formula 4 machinery,[8] Michelotto stepped up to car racing in 2019, signing with Antonelli Motorsport to race in the GT Light class of both the Italian GT Endurance and Sprint championships,[9][10] including a one-off round in the GT4 class in the latter at Vallelunga.[11] In the endurance series, Michelotto was on the podium in all four races, winning three of them on his way to the GT Light title at Mugello.[12] In the latter meanwhile, Michelotto won race one at Mugello and finished runner-up in the GT Light standings.[13]

In 2020, Michelotto stayed in both Italian GT championships, albeit stepping up to GT3 Pro-Am by joining Easy Race alongside Matteo Greco and Sean Hudspeth.[14] In the endurance championship, Michelotto took class wins at Imola and Monza en route to the GT3 Pro-Am title.[15][16] In the sprint championship, Michelotto won in his class in race two at the season-opening Misano round and race one at the season-ending Vallelunga round to finish runner-up in the GT3 Pro-Am standings.[17]

Joining the Lamborghini Young Driver Programme for 2021,[18] Michelotto joined VS Racing to compete in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe alongside Luis Michael Dörrbecker.[19] In his first season in the series, Michelotto finished on the podium at Le Castellet and Misano, on their way to ninth in points.[20][21] Before the year ended, Michelotto won both races of the Super Trofeo World Finals at Misano alongside Karol Basz, en route to the title at the end of the weekend.[22]

Michelotto returned to Vincenzo Sospiri Racing in 2022, albeit only competing full-time in the Italian GT Endurance Championship, whilst also retaining his Lamborghini junior status.[23] Racing alongside Karol Basz and Benjamín Hites, the trio won in the opening round at Pergusa,[24] but after finishing second at Mugello,[25] they didn't score a podium in the final two races of the season, relegating them to fourth in the overall standings.[26] During 2022, Michelotto also made his GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup at that year's 24 Hours of Spa for Vincenzo Sospiri Racing.[27]

Staying for Vincenzo Sospiri Racing for the third year in a row, Michelotto raced full-time in both Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe and the 2023 Italian GT Sprint Championship.[28][29] In the former, Michelotto won the season-opening round at Le Castellet,[30] before taking further wins at Spa,[31] Nürburgring and Vallelunga,[32][33] on his way to runner-up honours behind Brendon Leitch.[34] In the latter, Michelotto took his first win of the season in the penultimate round of the season at Mugello in race two, before winning the season-ending race two at Imola to finish runner-up in the overall GT3 standings.[35][36] During 2023, Michelotto made his debut in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup at the second round of the season at Misano.[37]

Extending his partnership with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing in 2024 as a Professional driver for Lamborghini,[38] Michelotto returned to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, whilst also competing full-time in the Italian GT Sprint Championship and also racing part-time in the GT3 Pro-Am class of the Italian GT Endurance Championship.[39][40] In Super Trofeo Europe, Michelotto won at Le Mans and Barcelona to finish fourth in points in fourth season in the series.[41][42] In Italian GT, Michelotto finished third in the sprint standings after taking two wins at Misano and Imola,[43][44] whilst in the endurance series, Michelotto won in class at the season-ending Monza round to finish runner-up in the Pro-Am points.[45] During 2024, Michelotto returned to the 24 Hours of Spa, racing in the Bronze Cup for Barwell Motorsport.[46] In the race, Michelotto led in class until the latter stages, during which the Italian suffered a puncture and eventually finished third in class.[47]

In 2025, Michelotto returned to Vincenzo Sospiri Racing for a dual campaign in both the Endurance and Sprint Cups of the Italian GT Championship.[48][49] Alongside his commitments in Italian GT, Michelotto is also set to race on a part-time basis for the same team in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, starting at Monza.[50]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2010 EASYKART International Grand Finals - Easykart 60 NC
2011 EASYKART International Grand Finals - Easykart 60 15th
2012 Trofeo Italiano EASYKART - 60cc 9th
EASYKART International Grand Finals - Easykart 60 Emilia Kart 13th
2013 Trofeo Italiano EASYKART - Easykart 60 4th
EASYKART International Grand Finals - Easykart 60 Rubicone Corse 1st
Italian Karting Championship - 60 Mini 37th
WSK Final Cup - 60 Mini Michelotto Mauro 34th
2014 WSK Champions Cup - 60 Mini Volonnino Racing
Michelotto Mauro[a] 		25th
WSK Super Master Series - 60 Mini Giugliano Kart 30th
WSK Final Cup - 60 Mini 6th
Italian Karting Championship - 60 Mini 4th
ROK Cup International Final - Mini Rok 5th
2015 VEGA International Winter Trophy - 60 Mini Michelotto Mauro 3rd
WSK Champions Cup - 60 Mini Giugliano Kart 25th
South Garda Winter Cup - Mini Rok 23rd
WSK Gold Cup - 60 Mini 7th
WSK Super Master Series - 60 Mini 5th
WSK Night Edition - 60 Mini 1st
Trofeo Andrea Margutti - 60 Mini 6th
WSK Final Cup - 60 Mini 1st
Trofeo Delle Industrie - Mini 1st
Italian Karting Championship - 60 Mini 2nd
ROK Cup International Final - Mini Rok 3rd
SKUSA SuperNationals - TaG Cadet 40th
2016 WSK Champions Cup - OKJ Giugliano Kart NC
South Garda Winter Cup - OKJ 12th
WSK Super Master Series - OKJ [b] 46th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti - OKJ 9th
Karting European Championship - OKJ Energy Corse 62nd
German Karting Championship - OKJ 63rd
WSK Final Cup - OKJ CRG 9th
Karting World Championship - OKJ NC
Trofeo Delle Industrie - Junior 14th
2017 WSK Champions Cup - OKJ Chiesa Corse 17th
South Garda Winter Cup - OKJ 15th
WSK Super Master Series - OKJ 2nd
Trofeo Andrea Margutti - OKJ 2nd
Karting European Championship - OKJ 8th
IAME International Final - X30 Junior 23rd
Karting World Championship - OKJ NC
WSK Final Cup - OKJ 7th
German Karting Championship - OKJ 7th
German Karting Championship - OK 20th
Trofeo Delle Industrie - OK 11th
2018 WSK Super Master Series - OK KR Motorsport 21st
South Garda Winter Cup - OK 34th
Karting European Championship - OK 12th
WSK Open Cup - OK 4th
Karting World Championship - OK NC
Sources:[51][52]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2019 Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT Light Antonelli Motorsport 4 3 3 0 4 60 1st
Italian GT Sprint Championship – GT Light 6 1 0 1 6 92 2nd
Italian GT Sprint Championship – GT4 2 0 0 0 0 5 14th
2020 Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT3 Pro-Am Easy Race 4 2 0 0 4 55 1st
Italian GT Sprint Championship – GT3 Pro-Am 8 2 0 0 6 94 2nd
2021 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 10 0 0 0 1 45 9th
2022 Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT3 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 4 1 0 0 2 41 4th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver Cup 1 0 0 0 0 16 20th
2023 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 12 5 4 6 8 76.5 2nd
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final – Pro 2 0 0 1 0 0 NC
Italian GT Sprint Championship – GT3 8 2 1 1 6 98 2nd
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Silver Cup 2 0 0 0 1 12 15th
2024 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 12 2 0 1 3 69.5 4th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final – Pro 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Italian GT Sprint Championship – GT3 7 2 1 1 3 76 3rd
Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT3 Pro-Am 3 1 0 3 3 68 2nd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze Cup Barwell Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 23 17th
2025 Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 Pro-Am Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0* NC*
Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 1 25* 2nd*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup * *
Sources:[53][51]

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2022 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Silver IMO LEC SPA
6H
37 		SPA
12H
30 		SPA
24H
21 		HOC CAT 20th 16
2024 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Bronze Cup LEC SPA
6H
34 		SPA
12H
18 		SPA
24H
14 		NÜR MNZ JED 17th 23
2025 VSR Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Pro LEC MNZ
9 		SPA
6H 		SPA
12H 		SPA
24H 		NÜR BAR 13th* 2*

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2023 VSR Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Silver BRH
1 		BRH
2 		MIS
1
Ret 		MIS
2
13 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		15th 12

Notes

  1. ^ Michelotto competed for Volonnino Racing in Round 1 and ran as for his father in round 2.
  2. ^ Michelotto competed for Giugliano Kart in Rounds 1–3 and ran as for Energy Corse in round 4.

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