Răzvan Umbrărescu Explained

Răzvan Petru Umbrărescu (born 30 June 1993) is a Romanian racing driver competing in the 2023 ADAC GT Masters for Haupt Racing Team.

Răzvan Umbrărescu
Nationality: Romanian
Full Name:Răzvan Petru Umbrărescu
Birth Date:30 June 1993
Birth Place:Bacău, Romania
Current Series:ADAC GT Masters
First Year:2023
Current Team:Haupt Racing Team
Car Number:3
Starts:10 (10 entries)
Wins:0
Podiums:3
Poles:1
Fastest Laps:1

Career

Umbrărescu started his car racing career in 2016 by competing some races of the Renault Clio Cup for the Certainty Racing Team.[1]

In 2017 he joined the German RN Vision STS team to compete in the GT4 European Series Northern Cup with Gabriele Piana and Hendrik Still as his teammates.[2] He took four class victories and became vice-champion in the Pro-Am classification.

In 2018 he remained with the team to contest the GT4 European Series with Gabriele Piana as his teammate. He took his first overall win in the series at the Misano World Circuit. The pair of Piana and Umbrărescu finished the season as seventh in the Silver Cup. That year he also joined Leipert Motorsport to compete in a few selected races of the 24H GT Series and Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe. At the 24 Hours of Portimão he took second place in the SPX class together with Gabriele Piana, John-Louis Jasper and Pavel Lefterov.[3]

In 2019 he only competed in the opening round of the International GT Open for Petri Corse with Jules Gounon as his teammate.[4]

In 2020 he joined Team Lazarus to compete in the International GT Open with Stefano Coletti. He only competed in the first two rounds without finishing a single race. He also joined Classic & Modern Racing to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Pierre-Alexandre Jean and Seb Morris. Ahead of the second round at the Nürburgring he was switched to from #108 car to the #107 car which he shared with Romano Ricci and Stephane Tribaudini.[5]

In 2021 he joined the AKKA ASP Team to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with Jules Gounon.[6] After scoring two podiums, the pair finished the season in seventh. He also joined Thomas Drouet, Simon Gachet and Konstantin Tereshchenko as the fourth driver at the 24 Hours of Spa.[7]

In 2022 he remained in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with the same team. His teammate was Igor Waliłko.[8] The pair finished the season as tenth in the Silver Cup.

In 2023 he joined the Haupt Racing Team to compete in the ADAC GT Masters.[9] Together with his teammate Arjun Maini he took a second place in the opening round at the Hockenheimring.[10] Ahead of the second round it was announced that Maximilian Götz would be his teammate for the rest of season.[11]

Personal life

Umbrărescu was born in Bacău, Romania.[12] He is the son of Dorinel Umbrărescu, who founded the construction company Spedition UMB, of which he is a shareholder.[13] [14]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2016Renault Clio Cup Central EuropeCertainty Racing Team600003621st
Renault Clio Cup Italy200000NC
2017GT4 European Series Northern Cup - Pro-AmRN Vision STS1040051502nd
GT4 European Series Northern Cup - Silver20000832nd
201824H GT Series - Championship of the Continents - SPXLeipert Motorsport100010NC
24H GT Series - European Championship - SPX100010NC
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Am20000??
GT4 European Series - SilverRN Vision STS121124987th
2019International GT OpenPetri Corse10000039th
2020International GT OpenTeam Lazarus300000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance CupCMR200000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am10000425th
2021GT World Challenge Europe Sprint CupAKKA ASP Team10000235.57th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup100000NC
2022GT World Challenge Europe Sprint CupAKKodis ASP Team1000000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver10000030.510th
2023ADAC GT MastersHaupt Racing Team 1201141426th
2024GT World Challenge Europe Sprint CupComtoyou Racing

* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plümer . Jonas . 2020-07-18 . Classic & Modern Racing stellt GT World Challenge Europe-Piloten um . 2023-06-26 . gt-place.com . de-CH.
  2. Web site: Release . News . 2017-02-14 . RN Vision STS Announces GT4 Series Northern Cup Entry – Sportscar365 . 2023-06-26 . sportscar365.com . en-US.
  3. Web site: Groob . Hans . 2018-07-18 . Motorsport: Leipert fährt in Italien, Japan und Portugal aufs Podium . 2023-06-26 . RP ONLINE . de.
  4. Web site: Petri Corse to carry the flag of Bentley in the GT Open . 2023-06-26 . www.gtopen.net . en.
  5. Web site: Plümer . Jonas . 2020-09-03 . Classic and Modern Racing stellt GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup-Aufgebot um . 2023-06-26 . gt-place.com . de-CH.
  6. Web site: Plümer . Jonas . 2021-02-20 . GT World Challenge Europe: AKKA ASP bestätigt Pro-Crews . 2023-06-26 . gt-place.com . de-CH.
  7. Web site: Plümer . Jonas . 2021-06-22 . AKKA ASP mit dritten Fahrzeug bei 24h Spa . 2023-06-26 . gt-place.com . de-CH.
  8. Web site: Plümer . Jonas . 2022-04-22 . GT World Challenge Europe: Akkodis ASP bestätigt Sprint-Aufgebot . 2023-06-26 . gt-place.com . de-CH.
  9. Web site: Double pack: HRT fields two Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo ADAC GT Masters . 2023-06-26 . adac-motorsport.de . en.
  10. Web site: Gehrsitz and Müller claim another win for Porsche ADAC GT Masters . 2023-06-26 . adac-motorsport.de . en.
  11. Web site: Champion Maximilian Götz is back in the ADAC GT Masters ADAC GT Masters . 2023-06-26 . adac-motorsport.de . en.
  12. Web site: Driver: Petru Razvan Umbrarescu Driver Database . 2023-06-26 . www.driverdb.com.
  13. Web site: "Regele asfaltului", Dorinel Umbrărescu, a câștigat licitația pentru Centura Timișoara Sud – valoarea lucrărilor care au rămas de executat este de peste 380 de milioane de lei . 2023-06-26 . Buletin de Timișoara . ro.
  14. Web site: Bacau . Ziarul de . 2022-07-12 . Firmele lui Umbrărescu construiesc peste o treime din autostrăzile și drumurile expres din România. Profit de 6 milioane de euro pentru "Regele asfaltului" . 2023-06-26 . Ziarul de Bacău . ro-RO.