Felipe Fernández Laser

German racing driver

Felipe Fernández Laser
The Ligier JS P320 (fourth car) driven by Felipe Fernández Laser at the 2022 Road to Le Mans
Nationality	German
Born	(1988-11-16) 16 November 1988 (age 35) Uelzen, West Germany
Le Mans Cup career
Debut season	2022
Current team	Frikadelli Racing Team
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	30
Starts	6
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	23rd in 2022
Championship titles
2023	Nürburgring 24 Hours

Felipe Fernández Laser (born 16 November 1988) is a German racing driver.

Career

Fernández Laser began his racing career in 2007 in the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup and ended it with three wins in the rookie classification. A year later, he entered the SEAT León Supercopa. Between 2012 and 2013, he took part in a total of six races in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, with the best result being fourth place at the Red Bull Ring.

In 2014, Fernández Laser started more and more races in the VLN Endurance Championship on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, initially in a 450 hp Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. In 2015, he entered the Nürburgring 24 Hours for the first time and finished sixth overall with his teammates Michela Cerruti, John Edwards and Daniel Keilwitz. In the further course of the year, Fernández Laser drove two overall victories^[1] in the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring, in the Dunlop BMW Z4 GT3 Art Car designed by JP Performance. In 2016, he was brought in by James Glickenhaus, to drive for Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus. He finished in second place in the SP-X class together with Manuel Lauck, Franck Mailleux and Jeroen Bleekemolen.^[2] In 2019, he finished in 8th overall and had the fastest race lap in the class, and in 2020, he finished 14th overall and won the SP-X class for Glickenhaus. In addition, Fernández Laser and Lance David Arnold won the 3rd round of the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring in 2018 for the Frikadelli Racing Team, a team owned by Sabine Schmitz and Klaus Abbelen.^[3]

In the 2020 season, Fernández Laser entered the European Le Mans Series on a Porsche 911 RSR.^[4]^[5] In 2022, as part of Frikadelli, he joined the Le Mans Cup alongside Abbelen.^[6] Fernández Laser formed a part of the Frikadelli entry that won the 2023 24 Hours of Nürburgring, driving alongside Earl Bamber, Nicky Catsburg, and David Pittard.^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ "Felipe Fernandez Laser bei Driver Database". Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "24-Stunden-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 2016 SP-X-Klasse". www.speedsport-magazine.de.
^ "VLN3: Arnold/Laser feiern ersten Frikadelli-Sieg seit drei Jahren". sport1.de. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ Watkins, Gary (10 July 2020). "Hollywood movie star Fassbender to contest full ELMS season". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
^ Porsche Newsroom. "Hollywood-Star Fassbender startet mit Porsche in European Le Mans Series". Retrieved 7 August 2021.
^ Goodwin, Graham (15 March 2022). "2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup Attracts Record Entry". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ Kilbey, Stephen (21 May 2023). "Pittard Holds Off Vanthoor To Score Famous N24 Win For Frikadelli Racing". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ "Nurburgring 24h: Frikadelli Ferrari scores historic victory". motorsport.com. May 21, 2023.
^ Jenkins, Sam (21 May 2023). "Nürburgring 24 Hours 2023 – Ferrari 296 GT3 takes victory". www.evo.co.uk.