Rocco Mazzola (born 24 September 2005) is an Italian racing driver who competes in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the Italian GT Championship for Tresor Attempto Racing.
Personal life Mazzola is the nephew of namesake Rocco Mazzola (1932–2012), an Italian boxer who won the 1957 light heavyweight and 1961 heavyweight Italian titles.
Career Mazzola began karting at the age of eight. During his karting career, Mazzola most notably secured the 2019 ROK Cup Italia title in Junior ROK and won the 2020 Coppa Italia ACI Karting in X30 Senior. In 2021, Mazzola made his car racing debut, competing in the Italian Sport Prototype Championship for Marchetti by Emotion. In his only season in the series, Mazzola scored third-place finishes at Misano, Imola and Vallelunga en route to a sixth-place overall points finish and the rookie title. Towards the end of the year, Mazzola made a one-off appearance in the Italian F4 Championship for Cram Motorsport.
Switching to GT racing for 2022, Mazzola joined Ferrari customer team Easy Race to compete in the GT Cup Pro-Am class of the Italian GT Championship Sprint and Endurance Cups alongside Luigi Coluccio. In the Endurance Cup, Mazzola won at Pergusa and Vallelunga to clinch the title, whereas in the Sprint Cup, Mazzola took six podiums to seal a double title win. Moving up to GT3 competition in 2023, Mazzola joined Ferrari-fielding Best Lap to compete in the Sprint Cup, taking a lone Pro-Am podium at Monza to take sixth in points. During 2023, Mazzola made a one-off appearance in the Ferrari Challenge Europe at Misano, in which he finished second in race two in the Trofeo Pirelli class.
Continuing in Italian GT for 2024, Mazzola switched to Tresor Audi Sport Italia to compete in both the Sprint and Endurance Cups. In the former, Mazzola won at Mugello en route to runner-up honours in GT3 alongside Pietro Delli Guanti, whereas in the latter he took a lone podium at Vallelunga to take fourth in the overall standings. At the end of the year, Mazzola made his GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo II for Tresor Attempto Racing at Jeddah. Joining Attempto to continue in Italian GT for 2025, Mazzola took a lone Sprint Cup at Imola alongside Fabio Rauer to end the year sixth in points. The pair joined Riccardo Cazzaniga in the Endurance Cup, winning the season opener at Misano and taking a podium at Imola to secure the overall title. During 2025, Mazzola made select appearances in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for the same team.
In 2026, Mazzola continued with Attempto for a full campaign in the Silver Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, as well as the Italian GT Championship Sprint and Endurance Cups. In the former, Mazzola and his teammates Ariel Levi and Sebastian Øgaard went from 29th to first to take a shock overall win at the 3 Hours of Monza.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2015WSK Super Master Series – 60 MiniRaffaele Mazzola21st2016WSK Champions Cup – 60 MiniRaffaele Mazzola71stSouth Garda Winter Cup – Mini ROK14thWSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini 46th2017WSK Champions Cup – 60 MiniRaffaele Mazzola34thWSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini117thTrofeo Invernal Ayrton Senna – 60 Mini8thItalian Karting Championship – 60 Mini15thWSK Final Cup – 60 MiniEvoKart Srl93rdROK Cup International Final – 60 MiniRaffaele Mazzola19th2018WSK Champions Cup – 60 MiniEvoKart SrlNCWSK Super Master Series – 60 MiniEvoKart SrlItalcorse Racing Team8thSouth Garda Winter Cup – Mini ROKEvoKart18thItalian Karting Championship – 60 MiniItalcorse Racing Team15th2019South Garda Winter Cup – OK-JMotorsport Revolution58thWSK Super Master Series – OK-JGiugliano Kart113rdTrofeo Delle Industrie – OK-JNewman MotorsportNCWSK Final Cup – OK-JNCROK Cup Superfinal – Junior ROKZanchi Motorsport7th 2020Italian Karting Championship – X30 Junior2nd2021WSK Champions Cup – OKRaffaele MazzolaNCWSK Super Master Series – OKTeam Driver Racing Kart69thSources:
Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2021 Italian Sport Prototype Championship Marchetti by Emotion 12 0 2 0 3 60 6th Italian F4 Championship Cram Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 43rd2022 Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT Cup Pro-Am Easy Race 8 0 0 0 6 881st Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT Cup Pro-Am 4 2 0 0 4 551st2023 Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 Best Lap8 0 0 0 0 22 9th Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 Pro-Am 0 0 0 1 73 6th Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Radicci Automobili 2 0 0 0 1 19 8th2024 Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 Tresor Audi Sport Italia 8 1 0 0 3 812nd Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 4 0 0 0 1 43 4th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Tresor Attempto Racing1 0 0 0 0 0 NC GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 0 0 0 0 0 NC2025 Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 Tresor Attempto Racing 4 1 1 0 2 671st Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 8 1 0 0 1 58 6th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup2 0 0 0 0 0 NC GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold 0 0 0 0 2 20th2026 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Tresor Attempto Racing3 1 0 0 1 25* 6th* GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 1 0 0 1 40*2nd* Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 2 0 0 0 0 26* 7th* Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 2 0 0 0 0 0* NC* Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 3* 12th*Sources:
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeamCarClass1234567Pos.Points 2024 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR MNZ JED NC 0 2025 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Gold LEC MNZ SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR CAT 20th 2 2026 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver LEC MNZ SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR ALG 5th* 44* * Season still in progress.
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