| Suleiman Zanfari | |
| Nationality: |  Moroccan |
| Birth Date: | 2005 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | El Jadida, Morocco |
| Current Series: | Eurocup-3 |
| First Year: | 2023 |
| Car Number: | 52 |
| Starts: | 16 (17 entries) |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Poles: | 1 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
| Best Finish: | 9th |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Podiums: | 1 |
Suleiman Zanfari (born 11 July 2005 in El Jadida) is a Moroccan racing driver who is currently racing in the 2024 Eurocup-3 season with Campos Racing.
Zanfari started karting competitively in Italy at the age of eight.[1] [2] At the age of ten he started training with the Campos Academy. In 2018 he finished fourth in the OK Junior category of the Italian Karting Championship and seventh in the Karting Academy Trophy.[3] [4] [5] In 2019 he became the OK Junior champion of the Swedish Karting Championship.[6] [7] [8] Following his success in the Swedish Championship he also competed in the Karting World Championship.
In 2019 Zanfari made his car racing debut in the Ginetta Junior Championship by competing in the final two rounds with Elite Motorpsort.[9]
In 2020 Zanfari made his single-seater racing debut in the F4 Spanish Championship for Global Racing Service. He finished the season in seventeenth after scoring his maiden pole at Circuito de Jerez.
In 2021 he joined MP Motorsport in the F4 Spanish Championship.[10] He finished the season in eleventh. He also joined Cram Motorsport to compete in the opening round of the Italian F4 Championship.[11]
In 2022 he remained with MP Motorsport.[12] In addition to competing in the F4 Spanish Championship he also competed in the Formula 4 UAE Championship.[13] In the Formula 4 UAE Championship he finished seventeenth in the drivers' standings.[14] In the opening round of F4 Spanish Championship at Algarve International Circuit he claimed his first podium in the series. At the end of the season he was seventh in the drivers' stanfings after having to withdraw from the final two rounds for medical reasons.[15]
In 2023 he joined Campos Racing to compete in the inaugural Eurocup-3 season.[16]
Zanfari remained with Campos Racing for the 2024 Eurocup-3 season.[17]
In 2023 Zanfari also made his debut in sports car racing, competing for MMi Motorsport in the Prototype Cup Germany. Together with Enzo Scionti he contested the round at Circuit Zandvoort as a guest driver.[18]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | Podiums | Points | Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ginetta Junior Championship | Elite Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 27th | |
| 2020 | F4 Spanish Championship | Global Racing Service | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17th | |
| 2021 | F4 Spanish Championship | MP Motorsport | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11th | |
| Italian F4 Championship | Cram Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44th | ||
| 2022 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | align=left rowspan="2" | MP Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17th |
| F4 Spanish Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 7th | |||
| 2023 | Eurocup-3 | Campos Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 9th | |
| Prototype Cup Germany | MMi Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
| F4 Saudi Arabian Championship - Trophy Event | Altawkilat Meritus.GP | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | N/A | NC | ||
| 2024 | F4 Saudi Arabian Championship | Altawkilat Meritus.GP | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 149 | 4th | |
| Eurocup-3 | Campos Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10* | 13th* |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | nowrap | Global Racing Service | NAV 1 | NAV 2 | NAV 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | JER 1 | JER 2 | JER 3 | CRT 1 | CRT 2 | CRT 3 | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | ARA 3 | JAR 1 | JAR 2 | JAR 3 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | CAT 3 | 16th | 22 | |
| 2021 | nowrap | MP Motorsport | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | NAV 1 | NAV 2 | NAV 3 | ALG 1 | ALG 2 | ALG 3 | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | ARA 3 | CRT 1 | CRT 2 | CRT 3 | JER 1 | JER 2 | JER 3 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | CAT 3 | 11th | 52 | |
| 2022 | nowrap | MP Motorsports | ALG 1 | ALG 2 | ALG 3 | JER 1 | JER 2 | JER 3 | CRT 1 | CRT 2 | CRT 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | ARA 3 | NAV 1 | NAV 2 | NAV 3 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | CAT 3 | 7th | 70 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | nowrap | Campos Racing | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | JER 1 | JER 2 | EST 1 | EST 2 | CRT 1 | CRT 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 9th | 45 | ||
| 2024 | nowrap | Campos Racing | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | POR 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | JER 1 | JER 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 14th* | 11* |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)