Lorenzo Bertelli

Lorenzo Bertelli
	Lorenzo Bertelli competing at the 2015 Rally Poland.
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	10 May 1988 (age 36)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2011–2017, 2019, 2021-present
Teams	FWRT s.r.l.
Rallies	63
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	15
First rally	2011 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
Last rally	2024 Rally Sweden

Lorenzo Bertelli (born 10 May 1988) is an Italian businessman in the fashion industry and a rally driver. He is the son of Prada majority owners, fashion designer Miuccia Prada and her husband, the businessman Patrizio Bertelli.

Biography

Racing career

In rally he occasionally competes as a privateer in the World Rally Championship and made his series debut during the 2011 season at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna.^[1]

In May 2013, he took the wheel of the Ford Fiesta RRC^[2], with which he secured his first victory in the WRC-2 at the 2014 Rally Sardegna and four further podiums on his way to third in the championship.

In 2015, he made his debut in the WRC proper. Bertelli was involved in a crash in Portugal that resulted in him criticising the organisers over their safety protocols; claims that were rebuked by the WRC Commission.^[3]

During the 2016 season, he competed again in the WRC World Championship, finishing 22nd overall with 5 points earned, in Mexico and Australia. In 2017, he competed in the Rally Sweden with an old Fiesta RS WRC, retiring, and switched to the new Fiesta WRC in the Rally Mexico, finishing 16th. He also competed in the Rally Argentina, retiring due to gearbox problems. In 2018, he did not compete in the World Championship.

In 2019, he returned to the WRC on the Fiesta WRC of the M-Sport Ford WRT team, finishing the Rally Sweden in 20th position and the Rally Chile in 13th position. He then skipped 2020 to return in 2021, still with the M-Sport Fiesta. He competed in the Arctic Rally Finland finishing only 51st and the Safari Rally Kenya finishing 11th.

In 2022, he competed in the Rally New Zealand with the new Ford Puma Rally1 of M-Sport, finishing in 7th position, his best result ever, earning 6 points and finishing 25th in the championship.

Business career

Lorenzo Bertelli has been an executive director of Prada since May 2021, having previously held roles at the company as Head of Digital Communication, Group Marketing Director and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility.^[4]^[5]

Career results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2011	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA 26	ARG	GRE	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP 26	GBR 20		NC	0
2012	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON Ret	SWE	MEX		ARG 23										NC	0
		Subaru Impreza STi N15				POR Ret		GRE 24	NZL Ret	FIN	GER			ITA Ret	ESP 29
		Subaru Impreza STi										GBR 22	FRA
2013	Lorenzo Bertelli	Subaru Impreza STi N15	MON Ret	SWE 20	MEX Ret	POR Ret	ARG Ret										NC	0
		Ford Fiesta RRC						GRE Ret	ITA 12	FIN Ret	GER	AUS	FRA
		Ford Fiesta R5												ESP Ret	GBR 38
2014	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 12	SWE 18		POR 30				FIN Ret	GER 50			ESP Ret	GBR 12		23rd	2
	Lorenzo Bertelli	Ford Fiesta RRC			MEX 13
	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RRC					ARG 13	ITA 9	POL			AUS 14	FRA
2015	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON 68	SWE Ret	MEX Ret	ARG 18	POR Ret	ITA Ret	POL 16	FIN 10	GER DNS	AUS 18	FRA Ret	ESP Ret	GBR 10		29th	2
2016	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON Ret	SWE Ret	MEX 8	ARG 13	POR WD	ITA Ret	POL 12	FIN Ret	GER WD	CHN C	FRA 17	ESP 11	GBR 15	AUS 10	22nd	5
2017	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE Ret													NC	0
2017	M-Sport	Ford Fiesta WRC			MEX 16	FRA	ARG Ret	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS		NC	0
2018	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON	SWE WD	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS		NC	0
2019	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON	SWE 20	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL 13	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C	NC	0
2021	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON	ARC 51	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN 11	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ			NC	0
2022	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	MON	SWE WD	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL 7	ESP	JPN		25th	6
2023	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON	SWE 14	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN		NC*	0*

* Season still in progress.

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2012	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	MON Ret	MEX	ARG 8						10th	24
2012	Lorenzo Bertelli	Subaru Impreza STi N15				GRE 5	NZL Ret	GER	ITA Ret	ESP 5	10th	24

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2013	Lorenzo Bertelli	Subaru Impreza STi N15	MON Ret	SWE	MEX Ret	POR	ARG Ret									21st	15
		Ford Fiesta RRC						GRE Ret	ITA 3	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA
		Ford Fiesta R5												ESP Ret	GBR 11
2014	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta R5	MON 2	SWE 6											GBR 2	3rd	103
	Lorenzo Bertelli	Ford Fiesta RRC			MEX 2	POR
	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RRC					ARG 4	ITA 1	POL	FIN	GER	AUS 4	FRA	ESP

WRC-Trophy results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2017	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE Ret	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS	NC	0

References

^ Shacki. "Lorenzo Bertelli - rally profile eWRC-results.com". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
^ "Bertelli lascia la Subaru e passa alla Ford Fiesta RRC". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
^ "WRC Commission president slams Lorenzo Bertelli's Portugal claims". Autosport. 4 June 2015.
^ "Board of Directors". Prada Group.
^ "Lorenzo Bertelli is part of the BoF 500". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2023-02-09.

External links

[1] Shacki. "Lorenzo Bertelli - rally profile eWRC-results.com". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.

[1-2] "Bertelli lascia la Subaru e passa alla Ford Fiesta RRC". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.

[3] "WRC Commission president slams Lorenzo Bertelli's Portugal claims". Autosport. 4 June 2015.

[4] "Board of Directors". Prada Group.

[5] "Lorenzo Bertelli is part of the BoF 500". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2023-02-09.

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