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 […]

ZOELDER – ANOTHER PODIUM FOR MARCIELLO Five weeks after his successful season debut at Bathurst, Marciello travelled to Belgium’s Circuit Zolder for the first race of the Blancpain Sprint Series championship, in which the Ticino driver competes alongside Michael Meadows at the wheel of the Mercedes AMG GT3 no. 88. In 2018, the starting order […]

TEAM AKKA-ASP RACE CALENDAR 2018 Team AKKA-ASP has officialized it’s race calendar for the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup where Raffaele will partner up with Tristan Vautier (FRA) and Daniel Juncadella (ESP). For the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup where Lello will share car number #88 with Michael Meadows (GBR). Check out the full program […]

IT’S OFFICIAL! RAFFAELE IS A MERCEDES-AMG FACTORY DRIVER It’s official! Raffaele Marciello is proud to announce that he has joined the Mercedes-AMG family as Factory Driver. Still energised by the successes obtained in last year’s Blancpain GT Series championship (which include a monumental performance at the 24h of Spa, where Raffaele drove for 14 hours) […]

FANTASTIC 2ND PLACE IN THE 12H OF BATHRUST Raffaele’s winter break was cut short last week, when Mercedes-AMG’s asked him to carry its flag at the 12h of Bathurst and to bring home useful points in their quest to win the International GT Challenge constructor’s championship (which includes the 24H of Spa-Francorchamps, the 10H of […]

Raffaele Marciello among the world’s 50 best drivers A few days ago, renowned motor racing magazine Autosport published its yearly list of the world’s 50 best drivers. The list notoriously includes Formula 1 drivers and drivers from the lower single-seater categories, but can also give recognition to drivers from other areas of the vast world […]

Podium at the FIA GT WORLD CUP in MACAU Marciello’s return to Macau, where he had previously raced with the F3, was not for the faint of heart. Mercedes-AMG tapped him up to helm their GT3 no 888 in the FIA GT World Cup, and the Ticino driver seized the opportunity to deliver yet another […]

Pole position and podium at the 4H of ZHUHAI Raffaele Marciello’s busy week begun on Tuesday, October 24, at the wheel of a Mercedes C63AMG DTM on the Lausitzring track: a challenging DTM test that saw the Ticino driver handle the car with finesse, testing various set-ups in both wet and dry conditions, and earn […]

Return to the DTM cockpit for Raffaele Marciello On Tuesday, October 24, Raffaele has been at the wheel of a Mercedes C63AMG DTM on the Lausitzring track during the Mercedes-AMG young drivers test. Il ritorno di Raffaele Marciello in un cockpit DTM Martedì 24 Ottobre Raffaele è stato chiamato da Mercedes-AMG per prendere parte al […]

Season review 2017 – 150 Fans meet Raffaele Marciello On October 17 Raffaele Marciello welcomed 150 car enthusiasts at Giubiasco’s Mercedes-AMG Winteler dealership, where they could admire up close the Mercedes AMG GT3 no. 90, his partner in a successful Gran Turismo debut season. But the Winteler family had more surprises planned for its valued […]

Barcellona: Marciello ends the Endurance season with a seventh place out of fifty cars The last of the ten Bancpain GT series stages took place last weekend in Barcelona, on the Montmelò track. Marciello, Meadows and Mortara took turns behind the wheel of the Mercedes AMG GT3 Number 90 for the prestigious 3H endurance race, […]

Nürburgring: Last stage of the Sprint Series for Raffaele Marciello After five races, the Sprint Series of the Blancpain GT Championship has come to an end: the last stage, which took place on the Nurburgring track (Germany), has been plagued with complications. Right from the first free sessions it was evident that the Mercedes AMG […]

An uphill battle for the AMG GT3 number 90 One month after his extraordinary Spa-Francorchamps performance, Raffaele Maricello was back at the wheel at Hungaroring for the fourth stage of the Blancpain Sprint Series. Already during the first free sessions, it became apparent that the weekend would be an uphill battle for the Marciello-Meadows duo. […]

Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing congratulates Mercedes #90 Wellness for Men? Podium at Spa. Congratulations to AKKA ASP on its third place overall at the 24 Hours of Spa 2017. You pushed it to the limit and fought for the win till the end. Thank you Raffaele Marciello, Michael Meadows and Edoardo Mortara for this impressive performance. […]

A heroic Raffaele Marciello takes the number 90 mercedes to third place after a twists filled marathon Marciello had high expectations for his SPA debut, and his performance on the track was on par with them: after leading for more then twelve hours, he finished his extraordinary race in third place. Marciello, together with teammates […]

3H of Misano – Amazing Marciello debut at the wheel of a LMP3 car While preparing for the 24H of Spa-Francorchamps – arguably the most important race of the season – Raffaele Marciello took advantage of his close friendship with Formula 2 Italian Trophy driver Marco Zanasi to test his skills at the 3 hour […]