Alessio Picariello first attempt for Triple Crown
Porsche driver Alessio Picariello completed his first attempt for a Triple Crown in GTE-GTD endurance racing by driving the last 24 Hours of Le Mans (June 2021), 24 Hours of Daytona (January 2022) and 12 Hours of Sebring (March 2022).
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021
Known as being the three most challenging endurance races over the decades, the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Le Mans events make up the Triple Crown in endurance racing.
It is not common for an endurance driver to be able to participate to those three races in a row as the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring are part of the IMSA (International Motor Sports Association) championship in the USA and the 24 Hours of Le Mans is part of the WEC (World Endurance Championship). Both championships run similar cars but with different specifications.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021
2020 European Le Mans Series GTE champion driver Alessio Picariello participated, last year, to his first 24 Hours of Le Mans for Absolute Racing with whom he drove in Asia. Gentleman driver Andrew Haryanto, Marco Seefried and Alessio drove the Porsche 911 RSR #18 in GTE AM class.
After qualifying 51st (13th of 23 GTE AM cars), the trio ended the race 34th overall with a nice 7th in GTE AM.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ 24 Hours of Daytona 2022
Belgian driver Alessio Picariello was part of the #79 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 GT3R team for the two first races of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the GTD PRO class.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ 24 Hours of Daytona 2022
At the 24 Hours of Daytona, Cooper MacNeil, Matteo Cairoli, Julien Andlauer and Alessio Picariello achieved 8th place after losing ground early on with electrical defects, several penalties and off-course excursions.
📷 © Luc Warnotte @ 12 Hours of Sebring 2022
At Sebring, #79 WeatherTech Racing driven by Cooper MacNeil, Julien Andlauer and Alessio Picariello crossed the finish line in P6 after a faultless race but not the right speed to be on the lead.
