Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab is an Italian auto racing team founded by Andrea Piccini, Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni and Sergio Pianezzola. The team is based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. They primarily participate in sports car racing, and are a sister team of both Iron Dames and Prema Racing under the DC Racing Solutions parent company. Iron Lynx were formerly partnered with Lamborghini in operating their Lamborghini SC63 LMDh prototype.
History 2017 In 2017, the Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab was created by Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni, Sergio Pianezzola, and Andrea Piccini.
2018 In their first year competing, Iron Lynx placed second and ninth in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Pro-Am, with one pole position, twelve podiums, and two victories.
Deborah Mayer created the Iron Dames Project, focused on supporting and promoting women in motorsport. Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, and Manuela Gostner competed in the 12 Hours of Dubai, placing second in the GT3 Pro-Am class and ninth overall.
2019 For the 2019 season, Iron Lynx continued in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe. They also entered two cars in the Italian GT Championship. The team made their debut in the Le Mans Cup and the European Le Mans Series, racing under the Kessel Racing name in both series. Iron Lynx also entered the Italian F4 Championship with Amna and Hamda Al Qubaisi, under the name Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema.
In the Le Mans Cup, the #8 car placed first, with one pole position and four victories, to earn an automatic entry to the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans. In the European Le Mans Series, the #83 “Iron Dames” car placed 4th and the #60 placed 6th, with both entries standing on the podium twice over the season. In the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the #83 placed 9th in class, and the #60 placed 13th in class.
2020 2020 marked the first year of the team competing under the Iron Lynx name. In the European Le Mans Series they fielded the #60 of Claudio Schiavoni, Sergio Pianezzola, and Andrea Piccini, as well as the trio of Frey, Gatting, and Gostner for the #83 entry. Gatting and Deborah Mayer teamed up for the Le Mans Cup, the first all-female pairing in the series, and were joined by reigning champions Giacomo Piccini and Rino Mastronardi. Iron Lynx continued in the Italian F4 championship, fielding Hamda Al Qubaisi as Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema, and Leonardo Fernaroli and Yaroslav Shevyrtalov as Iron Lynx. Al Qubaisi and Fernaroli also competed in select ADAC F4 rounds as guest drivers. The team entered the Ferrari Challenge Europe for two rounds, under the name Iron Lynx – Scuderia Niki Hasler. Michelle Gatting competed in the Pro class, while Claudio Schiavoni competed in the Pro-Am class.
The team entered 3 cars in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, including the all-female line-up of Frey, Gatting, and Gostner, who placed 9th in the LMGTE Am class. The other two cars placed 11th and 19th in class. In October 2020, Rino Mastronardi won the GT3 Drivers Championship for Iron Lynx in the Michelin Le Mans Cup to earn an automatic invitation to the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.
2021 In 2021, Iron Lynx entered the FIA World Endurance Championship for the first time. In September 2021, it was confirmed that Iron Lynx will be collaborating with Prema Powerteam to enter an Oreca 07 in the World Endurance Championship LMP2 class for 2022. On 24 October 2021, Iron Lynx clinched the LMGTE teams championship in European Le Mans, earning them an automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans. On 20 November 2021, Michelle Gatting became the first female champion of the Ferrari Challenge. Iron Lynx also won the Michelin Le Mans Cup teams championship for the second year running to earn a second automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.
2022
On 12 January 2022, Iron Lynx announced that they would enter 2 cars in the GTE Am class of the World Endurance Championship for 2022. Both entries ran the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, with Claudio Schiavoni returning for the #65 entry while Rahel Frey returned for the #85 Iron Dames entry. On February 16, Iron Lynx announced that Giancarlo Fisichella and Matteo Cressoni would join the WEC campaign, while Davide Rigon joined the ELMS campaign, and Doriane Pin, Arno Dahlmeyer, Marco Pulcini, and Claudio Schiavoni all joined the Ferrari Challenge. The Iron Dames began racing under their own license, fielding a team of Frey, Gatting, and Sarah Bovy in WEC, ELMS, and GTWC Europe Gold Cup. The team continued to support drivers in F4 and karting, with Matteo Pianezzola representing the team in karting, while Maya Weug entering select ADAC F4 rounds, as well as a full season in Italian F4 alongside Ivan Domingues and Nicola Lacorte.Iron Lynx entered 4 cars in the LMGTE category of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with a best finish of 7th in class for the #85 Iron Dames car. Sarah Bovy became the first woman to claim a pole position in WEC history, qualifying first at both Monza and Bahrain. Three podiums in the series helped the Iron Dames clinch third place in the GTE Am category. The Iron Dames finished the GTWS Europe season in second in the Gold Cup, with a class victory at the 24 Hours of Spa and a pole position at the final race in Barcelona. The #71 Iron Lynx entry finished second in the Pro class, with one win, four podiums, and two pole positions, while the #51 finished seventh with one podium. In the European Le Mans Series, both entries took a class victory, with the #85 finishing third and the #60 finishing fourth in the LMGTE teams championship. Doriane Pin took a dominant victory in the Ferrari Challenge, winning nine of fourteen races, with thirteen podiums, ten pole positions, and eleven fastest laps.
2023
On 6 November 2022, Iron Lynx announced they became the Lamborghini factory team from 2023. They entered the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO 2 of the IMSA Sportscar Championship and GT World Challenge for 2023. Iron Lynx also entered the FIA World Endurance Championship, using two Porsche 911 RSR-19s as Lamborghini does not actively manufacture a car under GTE specifications. At the 2023 8 Hours of Bahrain, Iron Dames became the final LM GTE class race winning team. Their drivers – Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting, and Rahel Frey – became the first all-female lineup to win a FIA WEC race.
2024
In 2024, Iron Lynx made the move to competing with the new Lamborghini SC63 Hypercar in the IMSA Sports Car Championship in the GTP class, appearing at the 72nd annual 12 Hours of Sebring where they scored a 7th place finish. Additionally, with the demise of LMGTE regulations at the end of 2023, the team also ran a pair of Huracán GT3 EVO 2s in the World Endurance Championship under the new LMGT3 class. Iron Dames also entered the Formula Regional European Championship for the first time, with Marta García and Doriane Pin racing for them. In November of 2024, Lamborghini announced their departure from the World Endurance Championship. This meant that the Huracán GT3 EVO 2 and SC63 Hypercar would not return in 2025. However, Iron Lynx will still be running the SC63 in the IMSA Sports Car Championship in the GTP class. On the 20th of November, it was announced that Iron Lynx will be partnering up with Mercedes-AMG and run the current Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. This will mark Mercedes-AMG's first appearance in the series in 25 years. The next day, it was announced that Iron Dames would be joining forces with WEC LMGT3 champions Manthey Racing, running one of their Porsche 911 GT3 R race cars for 2025.
2025
With Lamborghini leaving the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2025, Iron Lynx gained backing from debutant Mercedes-AMG for two LMGT3 entries. The Iron Dames expanded their rally program, with Sarah Rumeau and Julie Amblard joining the WRC2 Championship and continuing in the French Rally Championship.
Current series results
24 Hours of Le Mans Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps 2019 Kessel Racing 60 Ferrari 488 GTE Sergio Pianezzola Andrea Piccini Claudio Schiavoni LMGTE Am 324 46th 13th 83 Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner 330 39th 9th 2020 Iron Lynx 60 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Sergio Pianezzola Paolo Ruberti Claudio Schiavoni LMGTE Am 331 37th 11th 75 Matteo Cressoni Rino Mastronardi Andrea Piccini 211 DNF DNF 85 Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner 332 34th 9th 2021 Iron Lynx 60 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Raffaele Giammaria Paolo Ruberti Claudio Schiavoni LMGTE Am 335 30th 4th 80 Matteo Cressoni Callum Ilott Rino Mastronardi 338 27th 3rd 85 Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting 332 36th 9th 2022 Iron Lynx 60 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Alessandro Balzan Raffaele Giammaria Claudio Schiavoni LMGTE Am 289 NC NC 75 Pierre Ehret Christian Hook Nicolás Varrone 324 53rd 17th 80 Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Richard Heistand 336 46th 13th Iron Dames 85 Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting 339 40th 7th 2023 Iron Lynx 60 Porsche 911 RSR-19 Matteo Cressoni Alessio Picariello Claudio Schiavoni LMGTE Am 28 DNF DNF Iron Dames 85 Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting 312 30th 4th 2024 Lamborghini Iron Lynx 19 Lamborghini SC63 Matteo Cairoli Andrea Caldarelli Romain Grosjean Hypercar 309 13th 13th 63 Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Edoardo Mortara 309 10th 10th Proton Competition 9 Oreca 07-Gibson Macéo Capietto Jonas Ried Bent Viscaal LMP2 86 DNF DNF Iron Lynx 60 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Matteo Cressoni Franck Perera Claudio Schiavoni LMGT3 258 44th 16th Iron Dames 85 Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting 279 32nd 5th 2025 Iron Lynx – Proton 9 Oreca 07-Gibson Macéo Capietto Reshad de Gerus Jonas Ried LMP2 365 21st 4th Iron Lynx 60 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Andrew Gilbert Lorcan Hanafin Fran Rueda LMGT3 57 DNF DNF 61 Martin Berry Lin Hodenius Maxime Martin 337 44th 12th 63 Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Luca Stolz 334 47th 15th 2026 Iron Lynx 61 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Rui Andrade Martin Berry Maxime Martin LMGT3 65 DNF DNF 79 Matteo Cressoni Lin Hodenius Johannes Zelger 153 DNF DNF Team Qatar by Iron Lynx 62 Abdulla Al-Khelaifi Giuliano Alesi Julian Hanses 324 48th 16th
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results YearEntrantClassNoChassisEngineDrivers12345678Pts2021 Iron LynxLMGTE Am60Ferrari 488 GTE EvoFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Andrea Piccini Raffaele Giammaria Paolo Ruberti Rino Mastronardi SPA POR MON LMN BHR BHR7th63.585 Rahel Frey Manuela Gostner Katherine Legge Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy SPA POR MON LMN BHR BHR10th462022 Iron LynxLMGTE Am60Ferrari 488 GTE EvoFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Giancarlo Fisichella Alessandro Balzan Raffaele Giammaria SEB SPA LMN MON FUJ BHR12th25 Iron Dames85 Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Christina Nielsen Doriane Pin SEB SPA LMN MON FUJ BHR 3rd 932023 Iron LynxLMGTE Am 60Porsche 911 RSR-19Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 Claudio Schiavoni Matteo Cressoni Alessio PicarielloSEBPORSPALMNMONFUJBHR 13th 30 Iron Dames85 Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Rahel FreySEBPORSPALMNMONFUJBHR 2nd 1182024 Lamborghini Iron Lynx Hypercar 63 Lamborghini SC63 Lamborghini 3.8 L Turbo V8 Mirko Bortolotti Daniil Kvyat Edoardo Mortara Andrea CaldarelliQATIMOSPALMNSAPCOTAFUJBHR 8th 11 Iron LynxLMGT3 60Lamborghini Hurácan GT3 Evo 2Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 Matteo Cressoni Franck Perera Claudio SchiavoniQATIMOSPALMN SAP COTA FUJ BHR 15th 33 Iron Dames85 Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting Doriane Pin Rahel FreyQATIMOSPALMNSAPCOTAFUJBHR 8th 542025 Iron LynxLMGT360Mercedes-AMG GT3 EvoMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Matteo Cairoli Matteo Cressoni Claudio Schiavoni Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Andrew Gilbert Lorcan Hanafin Fran RuedaQATIMOSPALMNSAPCOTAFUJBHR18th161 Lin Hodenius Maxime Martin Christian Ried Martin BerryQATIMOSPALMNSAPCOTAFUJBHR13th392026 Iron LynxLMGT361Mercedes-AMG GT3 EvoMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Rui Andrade Martin Berry Maxime MartinIMOSPALMNSAPCOTAFUJCATMNZ14th*17*79 Matteo Cressoni Lin Hodenius Johannes ZelgerIMOSPALMNSAPCOTAFUJCATMNZ18th*6*