Leonardo Pulcini (born 25 June 1998 in Rome) is an Italian racing driver. He won the 2016 Euroformula Open title, raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2019 and 2020, and subsequently moved into sports car racing, winning the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro title in 2021 and the International GT Open title in 2022 before becoming a Lamborghini factory driver in 2023.

Career Karting Born in Rome, Pulcini began karting professionally in 2012, and came seventh in the KF3 category in the Italian ACI Karting Championship, won the ROK Cup International Final in the Junior ROK class. He rounded off the season participating in the 23rd Andrea Margutti Trophy, KF3 category, coming in 22nd.

In 2013, Pulcini came runner-up to the Italian Championship in the KF3 category, and made his WSK debut, competing in the WSK Super Master Series and the WSK Euro Series in the KF Junior, coming in ninth and sixth.

Pulcini came sixth in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship and runner-up to the CIK-FIA World Championship. Pulcini made his KF debut in 2014, during his first year in single-seaters, coming 29th in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship. He also made his WSK Champions Cup debut, coming in tenth, Pulcini also came 18th in the WSK Super Master Series.

Lower Formulae In 2014, Pulcini graduated to single-seaters, competing with DAV Racing in the inaugural season of the Italian F4 Championship, where he finished fourth. He also partook in two rounds of that year's Euroformula Open Championship with the same team.

In 2015, Pulcini switched to Euroformula Open full-time with DAV Racing, scoring his maiden victory at the first race at the Red Bull Ring and finished ninth in the standings. He also partook in the first round of the 2015 Auto GP Series.

The following year, Pulcini switched to Campos Racing. With them, he took seven victories, three pole positions and eight fastest laps to secure the Euroformula Open title.

GP3 Series In November 2016, it was announced that Pulcini would reunite with Campos for GP3 Series post-season testing at Yas Marina. In January 2017, Pulcini signed to race with Arden International. A second place in the first round at Catalunya would end up being his only points-scoring finish and the Italian ended up 14th in the championship.

For 2018, Pulcini moved to Campos Racing in what would be the final season of the GP3 Series. His results were much better, and after two race wins and three further podiums Pulcini finished fourth in the drivers' standings.

Sports car racing

Pulcini moved into sports car racing for 2020, racing an Italian GT GT3 campaign with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing alongside a part-season return to FIA F3 with Carlin Buzz Racing. Budget problems left him without a drive for 2021, and in March that year he stepped away from racing to work in construction with his father. Days later, Oregon Team's Jerry Canevisio offered him a seat alongside Kevin Gilardoni in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe; Pulcini took the drive, and after a difficult start to the season won four races, including both legs of a round at Circuit Paul Ricard, to take the Pro title, clinched at Misano. He also won the Lamborghini Young Driver Program shootout that year.

The Super Trofeo title took Pulcini back into GT3 for 2022, when Oregon Team entered him in the International GT Open alongside Benjamin Hites in a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo; the pairing won the drivers' title, and Oregon Team the teams' title, at the season-closing round in Barcelona. Ahead of the 2023 season, he was named a Lamborghini factory driver. His first assignment was a customer racing drive in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Iron Lynx. His co-drivers in the Gold Cup class were Rolf Ineichen and Michele Beretta.

Pulcini remained with Iron Lynx into 2024, competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and making his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut in the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2. He also returned to the International GT Open with Oregon Team that year, again in car number 63, sharing the Lamborghini with Rolf Ineichen. For 2025 he moved to the sprint category of the Italian GT Championship with the Barone Rampante team, sharing a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 with Giuseppe Cipriani; Fabrizio Crestani partnered Cipriani in the separate endurance rounds.

Karting record

Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2012 Italian ACI Karting Championship - KF3 7th ROK Cup International Final - Junior ROK1st Andrea Margutti Trophy - KF3 22nd 2013 Italian ACI Karting Championship - KF32nd WSK Super Master Series - KF Junior 9th WSK Euro Series - KF Junior 6th CIK-FIA European Championship - KF Junior 6th CIK-FIA World Championship - KF Junior2nd 2014 CIK-FIA European Championship - KF 29th WSK Super Master Series - KF 18th WSK Champions Cup - KF 10th

Racing record

Racing career summary Season Series Team name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2014 Italian F4 Championship DAV Racing 21 0 0 0 6 187 4th Euroformula Open Championship 4 0 0 0 0 14 19th Spanish Formula 3 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2015 Euroformula Open Championship DAV Racing 16 1 0 0 2 91 9th Spanish Formula 3 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 22 9th Auto GP Series FMS Racing 2 0 0 0 1 27 5th‡ 2016 Euroformula Open Championship Campos Racing 16 7 3 8 13 303 1st Spanish Formula 3 Championship 6 1 1 4 5 105 1st 2017 GP3 Series Arden International 15 0 0 1 1 20 14th 2018 GP3 Series Campos Racing 18 2 2 2 5 156 4th 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Hitech Grand Prix 16 1 0 0 2 78 8th Macau Grand Prix Campos Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2020 Italian GT Championship - GT3 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 4 0 0 0 1 27 8th FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin Buzz Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 33rd2021Lamborghini Super Trofeo EuropeOregon Team12?????1st2022 International GT Open Oregon Team1342171281st 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Iron Lynx500000NCGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup0101448th Italian GT Championship - GT3 Oregon Team200000NC† 2024 International GT Open Oregon Team1310026810th IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Iron Lynx 1 0 0 0 0 271 15th* GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup100000NC 2025International GT OpenOregon Team40000432ndItalian GT Championship Sprint Cup - GT3Barone Rampante200006NC† 2026Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup - GT3Oregon Team ‡ Position when season was cancelled. † As Pulcini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship 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 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2014 DAV Racing ADR1 ADR2 ADR3 IMO11 IMO12 IMO13 MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 MAG1 MAG2 MAG3 VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 IMO21 IMO22 IMO23 4th 187

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points 2014 DAV RacingNÜRNÜRALGALGJERJERHUNHUNSILSILSPASPAMNZMNZCATCAT 19th 14 2015 DAV Racing JER1 JER2 LEC1 LEC2 EST1 EST2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 9th 91 2016 Campos Racing EST1 EST2 SPA1 SPA2 LEC1 LEC2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 1st 303

Complete Auto GP Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 Pos Points 2015 FMS Racing HUN1 HUN2SIL1SIL2 5th 27

Complete GP3 Series/FIA Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2017 Arden International CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR JERFEA JERSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 14th 20 2018 Campos Racing CATFEA CATSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 4th 156 2019 Hitech Grand Prix CATFEA CATSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR 8th 78 2020 Carlin Buzz Racing RBRFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SILFEA SILSPR SILFEA SILSPR CATFEA CATSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR 33rd 0

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2019 Campos Racing Dallara F3 2019 25th 10th DNF

Complete International GT Open results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2022 Oregon Team Pro Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo EST1 EST2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA HUN1 HUN2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 1st 2024 Oregon Team Pro Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 ALG1 ALG2 HOC1 HOC2 SPA HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ 10th 68 2025 Oregon Team Pro Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 ALG1 ALG2 SPA1 HOC1 HOC2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ 32nd 4

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points 2023 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Gold MNZ LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR CAT 8th 44 2024 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Pro LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR MNZ JED NC 0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 2024 Iron Lynx GTD Pro Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 35th 271 * Season still in progress.

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