Lirim Zendeli

Lirim Zendeli (born 18 October 1999 in Bochum) is a German-Albanian-Macedonian racing driver who is set to compete for MP Motorsport in the 2021 Formula 2 Championship. He competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Charouz Racing System in 2019 as the reigning German Formula 4 champion.[1] After the 2019 F3 season, Zendeli competed in the 2020 Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand before joining Trident for the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, where he won a race at Spa.

Lirim Zendeli
Zendeli in 2019
Nationality German
 Albanian
Born (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999
Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2019
Current teamTrident Racing
Car number10
Former teamsSauber Junior Team by Charouz
Starts32 (34 entries)
Wins1
Podiums3
Poles2
Fastest laps1
Best finish8th in 2020
Previous series
2020
2016-18		Toyota Racing Series
ADAC Formula 4
Championship titles
2018ADAC Formula 4

Racing career

ADAC Formula 4

2016 was Zendeli's first season in ADAC Formula 4. His only podium of the year came at Zandvoort and he finished 13th in the standings. The following season would see Zendeli improve his results by winning three races and finishing in 4th position. 2018 was his breakout year; Zendeli moved to the US Racing-CHRS team and secured the ADAC F4 title, taking eight pole positions of a possible 14, winning 10 races out of 21 and finishing over 100 points ahead of nearest rival Liam Lawson.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Zendeli progressed to Formula 3 in 2019, continuing with Charouz and alongside Fabio Scherer and Raoul Hyman. The team finished eighth of ten teams in the championship and Zendeli scored six points, one less than Scherer but ahead of Hyman. Zendeli's best race result was seventh place at the Red Bull Ring and he finished 18th in the drivers' championship.

Zendeli signed for Trident Racing to partner David Beckmann and Olli Caldwell in the 2020 season. He scored his first Formula 3 podium finish at the rain-shortened first race of the second Red Bull Ring round. At the final Silverstone race, Zendeli led for most of the race but battled for the win with Bent Viscaal on the final lap. Zendeli crossed the finish line second, only 0.189 seconds behind Viscaal.[2] Zendeli took his first Formula 3 pole position at Spa-Francorchamps and led every lap to take his first victory.[3] He took a second pole position at the season finale at Mugello, but fell to fourth place in the first race before being eliminated on the opening lap of the second race after colliding with Logan Sargeant.[4] Zendeli ended the season eighth in the championship with 104 points – behind Beckmann but considerably ahead of Caldwell – and helped his Trident team to achieve second place in the teams' championship.

Formula 2 Championship

In December 2020 it was announced that Zendeli would graduate to the FIA Formula 2 Championship for the 2021 season, driving for MP Motorsport.[5]

Career results
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 24 0 0 2 1 84 13th
2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 21 3 3 1 5 164 4th
2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship US Racing - CHRS 21 10 7 8 13 348 1st
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 14 0 0 0 0 6 18th
Formula Regional European Championship US Racing 3 0 0 0 2 42 14th
2020 Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 0 0 0 4 200 8th
FIA Formula 3 Championship Trident 18 1 2 1 3 104 8th
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2019 Sauber Junior Team by Charouz CAT
FEA
14		 CAT
SPR
11		 LEC
FEA
Ret		 LEC
SPR
16		 RBR
FEA
8		 RBR
SPR
7		 SIL
FEA
15		 SIL
SPR
9		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
20		 SPA
FEA
22		 SPA
SPR
22†		 MNZ
FEA
Ret		 MNZ
SPR
18		 SOC
FEA
WD		 SOC
SPR
WD		 18th 6
2020 Trident RBR
FEA
5		 RBR
SPR
5		 RBR
FEA
2‡		 RBR
SPR
10		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
16		 SIL
FEA
13		 SIL
SPR
11		 SIL
FEA
9		 SIL
SPR
2		 CAT
FEA
12		 CAT
SPR
16		 SPA
FEA
1		 SPA
SPR
8		 MNZ
FEA
7		 MNZ
SPR
4		 MUG
FEA
4		 MUG
SPR
Ret		 8th 104

† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2021 MP Motorsport BHR
SP1		 BHR
SP2		 BHR
FEA		 MCO
SP1		 MCO
SP2		 MCO
FEA		 BAK
SP1		 BAK
SP2		 BAK
FEA		 SIL
SP1		 SIL
SP2		 SIL
FEA		 MNZ
SP1		 MNZ
SP2		 MNZ
FEA		 SOC
SP1		 SOC
SP2		 SOC
FEA		 JED
SP1		 JED
SP2		 JED
FEA		 YMC
SP1		 YMC
SP2		 YMC
FEA

Personal life

Zendeli speaks Albanian as well as English and German.

References
  1. "Charouz reveal 2019 line-up". FIA F3. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. Waring, Bethonie (9 August 2020). "Viscaal beats Zendeli in thrilling Silverstone FIA F3 finish". formulascout.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. Suttill, Josh (29 August 2020). "Spa-Francorchamps F3: Zendeli takes maiden win as Sargeant loses points lead". autosport.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. Suttill, Josh (13 September 2020). "Mugello F3: Piastri wins 2020 title as Lawson dominates season finale". autosport.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  5. "Lirim Zendeli steps up to FIA Formula 2 with MP Motorsport". MP Motorsport. 16 December 2020.
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