INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE – 12H BATHURST MARCIELLO GRABS THE POLE, FINISHES THIRD Marciello, still energised by his recent success in the Formula E test, got back behind the wheel of his trusty Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the first endurance race of 2019: the 12H of Bathurst, Australia (which forms part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, together […]

MARCIELLO’S DEBUT IN FORMULA-E IS A SUCCESS Last weekend, Marciello was in Marrakech to try out a Formula E car for the first time. Marciello, whose only previous experience was a simulator test, had been invited to Morocco by Team HWA, a longtime partner of Mercedes AMG in the DTM championships. Marciello worked with the […]

  MARCIELLO RECEIVES AUTOSPRINT’S “SPECIAL GOLD HELMET” AWARD On Thursday, December 13th, Autosprint Magazine held its historic awards ceremony, and assigned the golden helmets for the 2018 season. The announcement of the winners – the season’s most deserving drivers – is always awaited with great anticipation by the international automotive scene. Raffaele Marciello is pleased […]

  MARCIELLO SNAGS AWARD AFTER AWARD AT THE MERCEDES-AMG AND BLANCPAIN GT SERIES GALA EVENTS Another busy weekend for Marciello, although this time, not behind the wheel. The Ticino racing star has been invited to two gala events, both celebrating the recently ended season. At Mercedes’ party, on Friday, Marciello received several accolades for his […]

  FIA GT WORLD CUP – MACAU A POLE POSITION AND A GREAT PERFORMANCE STILL NOT ENOUGH TO RIVAL BMW Last weekend, Marciello travelled to Macau to try to end on a high note a formidable – but exhausting – 25-race season. Mercedes deployed three cars for the FIA GT World Cup, each driven by […]

INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE – LAGUNA SECA 8H MARCIELLO INCHES AWAY FROM YET ANOTHER DRAMATIC WIN After a wonderful victory at the 10H of Suzuka, Marciello travelled to Laguna Seca, California, for the last stage of the Intercontinental GT Challenge championship. Marciello, co-leader of the competition alongside teammate Vautier – with whom he shared driving duties […]

VLN 9 – NURBURGRING A SECOND PLACE FOR MARCIELLO AT NURBURGRING’S GREEN RING By now, Marciello has cemented his status as a driver that can deliver a great performance on any track, at any time. It is no wonder, then, that AMG tapped him up to race in the ninth and final stage of the […]

BLANCPAIN GT ASIA – NINGBO AN UNLUCKY WEEK-END FOR MARCIELLO DESPITE A TOP PERFORMANCE Right from the first tests, Marciello knew that he could have fun on the Ningbo track. He had travelled to China to join the Pro-AM crew of the Team Gruppe M for the last stage of the Blancpain GT Asia championship. […]

BLANCPAIN GT ENDURANCE – BARCELLONA MARCIELLO CROWNED CHAMPION OF THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES! AND HE MIGHT WIN THE ENDURANCE SERIES TOO… The Blancpain Endurance Series season came to an electrifying end in Barcelona, with Marciello leading by only one point in the Endurance class (in front of Team Black Falcon’s Mercedes), but with a more […]

BLANCPAIN GT ASIA – SHANGHAI MARCIELLO FINISHES SECOND AND GRABS YET ANOTHER PODIUM Marciello had little time to celebrate his Sprint Series championship win: he had to fly to Shanghai to try to repeat the wonderful victory obtained in Suzuka at the wheel of Team Gruppe M’s Mercedes AMG GT3 no 888. On Friday’s free […]

BLANCPAIN SPRINT SERIES – NURBURGRING MARCIELLO CROWNED CHAMPION OF THE BLANCPAIN GT SPRINT Fresh off the back of a great performance in Hungary (a second place, a pole and a win), Marciello arrived in Germany hoping to score points and beat co-leaders Mies and Riberas (both Audi drivers) in the race for the GT Sprint […]

BLANCPAIN SPRINT SERIES – BUDAPEST ANOTHER SENSATIONAL WEEKEND FOR MARCIELLO: A POLE POSITION, VICTORY, AND A SECOND PLACE THAT PROPELLED HIM TO THE TOP OF THE DRIVER’S STANDINGS Back in Europe after the spectacular win in Suzuka, Marciello continued his successful streak in Budapest. The free sessions allowed Raffaele and his teammate Meadows to find […]

INTERCONTINENTAL GR CHALLENGE – SUZUKA 10H WONDERFUL VICTORY FOR MARCIELLO AT THE 10H DI SUZUKA: HE IS NOW THE LEADER OF THE INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE Right from the first tests, it was apparent that Marciello could achieve something important. After Bathurst and Spa-Francorchamps, the third stage of the Intercontinental GT Challenge took place in Suzuka. […]

ADACT GT MASTERS – ZANDVOORT A CLASS WIN AND A SECOND PLACE OVERALL FOR MARCIELLO Marciello’s holiday was cut short by yet another unexpected call: team HTP asked him to take part in the fifth stage of the Adac GT Masters. Marciello had last driven in Zandvoort in his Formula 3 days, and he knew […]

ADACT GT MASTERS – NURBURGRING AN UNLUCKY WEEKEND FOR MARCIELLO IN THE GERMAN SERIES DESPITE TOP CHRONO PERFORMANCES Less than a day after the exhausting 24H of Spa-Francorchamp, Marciello’s phone rang: Mercedes-AMG asked him to travel to Germany to take part in the ADAC GT Masters – a chanpionship similar to the Blancpain Sprint series, […]

BLANCPAIN GT ENDURANCE – 24H SPA FRANCORCHAMP SIXTH PLACE AND PRECIOUS POINTS DESPITE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS: MARCIELLO NOW LEADS THE BLANCPAIN ENDURANCE DRIVERS STANDINGS One year after his heroic, 14h performance at SPA – when he finished third – Marciello was back in Belgium, at the wheel of Team AKKA-ASP’s GT3 no 88, representing AMG alongside […]

BLANCPAIN GT ASIA – FUJI ANOTHER PODIUM FOR MARCIELLO: A WIN IN THE PRO-AM CLASS AND A SECOND PLACE OVERALL Less than a month after the Suzuka race, Marciello was back at the wheel of the Mercedes AMG GT3 no 888 of the Team Gruppe M for the Fuji stage of the Blancpain GT Series […]

BLANCPAIN GT ASIA – SUZUKA DOUBLE PODIUM IN THE PRO-AM CLASS FOR MARCIELLO Marciello’s Asian weekend started already on Tuesday, when he performed a series of tests and begun working on the set-up of his Mercedes in view of the third stage of the Blancpain GT Series. On Friday Marciello, at the wheel of the […]

NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR MARCIELLO: UPSILON PROPERTIES SA Raffele Marciello is proud to announce a new partnership with Upsilon Properites SA, a leader in the Swiss-Italian industrial real estate sector that focuses on the brokering, renovation, and updating of big industrial structures. The collaboration with Raffaele is a result of Upsilon’s faith in the ability of […]

BLANCPAIN SPRINT SERIES – MISANO SECOND PLACE IN RACE ONE AND A VICTORY DENIED BY BAD LUCK After a well deserved break, Marciello was back behind the wheel of his Mercedes AMG GT3 no. 88 in Misano, for the Italian stage of the Blancpain Sprint Series. Friday’s first free session was disturbed by downpours, which […]

BLANCAPAIN ENDURANCE SERIES – PAUL RICARD A STRATEGY MISTAKE COSTS MARCIELLO THE PODIUM Fresh out of his experience in the United States, Marcello travelled to France’s Paul Richard track for the third stage of the Blancpain Endurance Series. On Friday morning’s free session Marciello put Team AKKA ASP’s Mercedes AMG GT3 no. 88 in fifth […]

PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE – LIMEROCK LAST MINUTE CALL FOR MARCIELLO: A TOP PERFORMANCE IN A RACE FILLED WITH CHALLENGES When Marciello’s phone rang last Wednesday, the young driver couldn’t expect that a few hours later he would be on a plane to New York, on his way to the Connecticut stage of the Pirelli World […]

BLANCAPAIN ENDURANCE SERIES – SILVERSTONE ANOTHER PODIUM! MARCIELLO FINISHES SECOND IN THE 3H OF SILVERSTONE A few days after his eventful debut at the 24H of Nurburgring, Marciello was back on the track in Silverstone alongside teammates Tristan Vautier and Adam Christodoulou (who replaced Judacella). On Saturday’s free sessions Marciello, despite racing with well worn […]

NURBURGRING 24H MARCIELLO’S TEAM FORCED TO RETIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT It is no secret that the 24H of Nurburgring is held in high regard by constructors, and especially by those from Germany, who always deploy their best factory drivers. Marciello, for the first time in his young career, was therefore called to […]

RAFFAELE MARCIELLO TEAMS UP WITH HIGH-END BIKE MANUFACTURER COLNAGO Raffaele Marciello is proud to announce a new partnership with an old firend. The renowned manufacturer Colnago will supply Raffaele with bicycles to be used in his training. The relationship between the two was born a few years ago, when Marciello, then a member of the […]

BRANDS HATCH: A PODIUM FOR MARCIELLO IN RACE ONE, AND A FOUTH PLACE IN RACE TWO Two weeks after Monza’s Endurance race, Raffaele Marciello travelled to England, where he joined local teammate Meadows for the Brands Hatch stage of the Sprint Series. Saturday morning’s free session was dedicated to perfecting the Mercedes AMG GT3 no. […]

A DRIVE-THROUGH COSTS MARCIELLO THE PODIUM IN THE FIRST BLANCPAIN ENDURANCE RACE OF 2018 The first stage of the 2018 Endurance series of the Blancpain GT championship took place in Monza over the course of last weekend. On Saturday Raffaele Marciello, alongside new teammates Daniel Jucandella and Tristan Vautier, got behind the wheel of AKKA […]

A DOUBLE PODIUM FOR MARCIELLO IN THE FIRST STAGE OF THE BLANCPAIN GT ASIA SERIES After landing in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Marciello jumped into two days of tests with the team Mercedes-AMG Gruppe M alongside teammate Brice Bosi. Because Marciello and Bosi will share duties behind the wheel in the Pro-Am category of the […]