Szymon Ładniak
| Szymon Ładniak | |
|---|---|
Ładniak racing for Engstler Honda Type R Liqui Moly Racing Team at Red Bull Ring in 2022 | |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Born | 15 February 2003 Lublin, Poland |
| ADAC GT Masters career | |
| Debut season | 2025 |
| Current team | Liqui Moly Team Engstler by GRT |
| Racing licence | FIA Silver |
| Starts | 4 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | TBA in 2025 |
Szymon Ładniak (born 15 February 2003) is a Polish racing driver, currently competing in the 2025 ADAC GT Masters with Liqui Moly Team Engstler by GRT.
Career
Early career
Ładniak began his racing career as a 14-year-old in 2017, when he competed in the Kia Lotos Race championship.[1] At the Autodrom Most round of the series he achieved his only podium of the season.[2] The following year he switched to Renault Clio Cup Central Europe.[3] Over the course of the season he scored 94 points and finished in 17th overall. He stayed in the championship for 2019[4], and that time he finished 11th in the final standings.
Touring cars
For the 2020 season Ładniak joined GT2 Motorsport for the TCR Eastern Europe Trophy.[5] His best result of the year was a fifth position at the Hungaroring.[6] He also took part in three rounds of ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship as a guest[7], as well as a round of Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Österreich.
2021 saw Ładniak again competing in ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, this time full season[8]. He competed for three teams: JP Motorsports, Wimmer Werk Motorsport and Halder Motorsport. With the latter team he scored his only podium of the season at the Nürburgring.[9] He finished the year in 13th overall with 70 points to his name.
He stayed in the ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship for 2022, this time with the Engstler Honda Type R Liqui Moly Racing Team team.[10] During that season, he won three races and stood on the podium three more times, to finish third in the overall championship.[11] He also won the Junior classification of the championship.[11]
Ferrari Challenge
For 2023 he made the switch from touring cars to Ferrari Challenge, as he decided to race in the Ferrari Challenge Europe Trofeo Pirelli class with the Gohm - Scuderia GT team.[12] He began the season at Circuit Ricardo Tormo with a podium in the second race.[13] He scored his second, and last podium of the season at Algarve International Circuit.[14] He concluded the season in 5th position. Ładniak also took part in the Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali at Mugello Circuit, where he finished in 4th.[15]
LMP3
Le Mans Cup was the series that Szymon Ładniak chose to compete in for the 2024 season. He competed there in a Ligier JS P320 of Bretton Racing.[16] He was scheduled to start the season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but he was replaced by Axel Gnos, after safety concerns were expressed to the team by the race director after the collective test on Wednesday.[17] Ładniak said that the withdrawal was caused by him not getting the FIA Silver License in time.[18] He stayed in Le Mans Cup for two more rounds, where he did not score points. After the third round he was replaced in the team.
GT3
After an unsuccessful campaign in Le Mans Cup, Ładniak switched to GT3 cars. He came back to Engstler Motorsport, under a Liqui Moly Team Engstler by GRT alias to compete in the ADAC GT Masters.[19]
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kia Lotos Race | BM Racing Team | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 452 | 11th |
| 2018 | Renault Clio Cup Central Europe | BM Racing Team | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 17th |
| Wyścigowe Samochodowe Mistrzostwa Polski – D4 3500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 4th | ||
| 2019 | Renault Clio Cup Central Europe | BM Racing Team | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 11th |
| 2020 | ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship | GT2 Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| TCR Eastern Europe Trophy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11th | ||
| Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Österreich – Div 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13th | ||
| 2021 | ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship | JP Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 13th |
| Wimmer Werk Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Halder Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship | Engstler Honda Type R Liqui Moly Racing Team | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 311 | 3rd |
| 2023 | Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Pro | Gohm Motorsport | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 5th |
| Ferrari Challenge World Final – Trofeo Pirelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 4th | ||
| 2024 | Le Mans Cup – LMP3 | Bretton Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2025 | ADAC GT Masters | Liqui Moly Team Engstler by GRT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13* | 14th* |
† As Ładniak was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season in progress.
Complete Ferrari Challenge Europe results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Trofeo Pirelli Pro | Gohm - Scuderia GT | CRT 1 4 |
CRT 2 3 |
MIS 1 8 |
MIS 2 5 |
RBR 1 6 |
RBR 2 6 |
LMS 5 |
EST 1 2 |
EST 2 4 |
SPA 1 5 |
SPA 2 6 |
MUG 1 5 |
MUG 2 4 |
5th | 92 |
Complete Le Mans Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | LMP3 | Bretton Racing | BAR WD |
LEC Ret |
LMS 1 28 |
LMS 2 Ret |
SPA |
MUG |
POR |
NC | 0 |
Complete ADAC GT Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler by GRT | LAU 1 11 |
LAU 2 Ret |
ZAN 1 12 |
ZAN 2 12 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
14th* | 13* |
* Season in progress.
References
- ^ "Utalentowany kierowca. Szybki czternastolatek". TVP3 Lublin (in Polish). 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Czternastolatek z Lublina na podium podczas kolejnej rundy Kia Lotos Race". Lublin112 (in Polish). 8 September 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "15-latek przygotowuje się do Renault Clio Cup Central Europe!". Lublin112 (in Polish). 1 March 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Pierwszy start już w tym tygodniu!". Nowy Tydzień (in Polish). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Nowy samochód i nowe wyzwania. Szymon Ładniak rozpoczyna kolejny sezon startów w wyścigach samochodowych". Kurier Lubelski (in Polish). 3 February 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Szymon Ładniak zakończył sezon na torze Hungaroring". Dziennik Wschodni (in Polish). 27 October 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Ładniak debiutuje w TCR Germany". Świat Wyścigów (in Polish). 17 August 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Szymon Ładniak confirms full 2021 TCR Germany season". TouringCarTimes. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "TCR ADAC Germany: Szymon Ładniak drugi na koniec sezonu". Prywatne Szkoły im. Królowej Jadwigi w Lublinie (in Polish). 13 November 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Engstler Motorsport confirms Andersen, Ładniak and Hertner for TCR Germany". TouringCars.Net. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ a b Romańczyk, Karol (24 October 2022). "Szymon Ładniak mistrzem juniorów ADAC TCR Germany! Podwójny triumf na zakończenie sezonu" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Wyrzykowski, Marcin (30 January 2023). "Ładniak za kierownicą Ferrari". pl.motorsport.com. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Wyrzykowski, Marcin (27 March 2023). "Ładniak zaczyna od podium". pl.motorsport.com. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Szymon Ładniak na podium w Portugalii". Dziennik Wschodni (in Polish). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Kaliński, Tomasz (30 October 2023). "Sukces Ładniaka w światowym finale Ferrari Challenge". pl.motorsport.com. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Werner, Jarosław (10 April 2024). "Szymon Ładniak w Michelin Le Mans Cup w sezonie 2024". Motorsport Grand Prix (in Polish). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Kilbey, Stephen (12 April 2024). "ELMS 4H Barcelona: Friday Paddock Notes". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Zaskakujące problemy - Ładniak nie pojedzie w Barcelonie". powrotroberta.pl (in Polish). 13 April 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Plümer, Jonas (20 February 2025). "ADAC GT Masters: Szymon Ladniak für LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler". gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2025.