Răzvan Petru Umbrărescu (born 30 June 1993) is a Romanian racing driver competing in the 2023 ADAC GT Masters for Haupt Racing Team.[1]

Răzvan Umbrărescu
NationalityRomania Romanian
Full nameRăzvan Petru Umbrărescu
Born (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 31)
Bacău, Romania
ADAC GT Masters career
Debut season2023
Current teamHaupt Racing Team
Car number3
Starts10 (10 entries)
Wins0
Podiums3
Poles1
Fastest laps1

Career

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Umbrărescu started his car racing career in 2016 by competing some races of the Renault Clio Cup for the Certainty Racing Team.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

In 2019 he only competed in the opening round of the International GT Open for Petri Corse with Jules Gounon as his teammate.[5]

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.[2] 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.[6]

In 2021 he joined the AKKA ASP Team to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with Jules Gounon.[7] 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.[8]

In 2022 he remained in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with the same team. His teammate was Igor Waliłko.[9] 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.[1] 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

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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

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 Renault Clio Cup Central Europe Certainty Racing Team 6 0 0 0 0 36 21st
Renault Clio Cup Italy 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2017 GT4 European Series Northern Cup - Pro-Am RN Vision STS 10 4 0 0 5 150 2nd
GT4 European Series Northern Cup - Silver 2 0 0 0 0 8 32nd
2018 24H GT Series - Championship of the Continents - SPX Leipert Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC
24H GT Series - European Championship - SPX 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Am 2 0 0 0 0 ? ?
GT4 European Series - Silver RN Vision STS 12 1 1 2 4 98 7th
2019 International GT Open Petri Corse 1 0 0 0 0 0 39th
2020 International GT Open Team Lazarus 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup CMR 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 4 25th
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup AKKA ASP Team 10 0 0 0 2 35.5 7th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup AKKodis ASP Team 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver 10 0 0 0 0 30.5 10th
2023 ADAC GT Masters Haupt Racing Team 12 0 1 1 4 142 6th
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Comtoyou Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Gold 2 0 0 0 0 0 10th

* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2023 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo HOC
1

6
HOC
2

21
NOR
1

6
NOR
2

7
NÜR
1

12
NÜR
2

12
SAC
1

3
SAC
2

62
RBR
1

6
RBR
2

3
HOC
1

8
HOC
2

2
6th 142

References

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  1. ^ a b "Double pack: HRT fields two Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | ADAC GT Masters". adac-motorsport.de. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b Plümer, Jonas (18 July 2020). "Classic & Modern Racing stellt GT World Challenge Europe-Piloten um". gt-place.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ Release, News (14 February 2017). "RN Vision STS Announces GT4 Series Northern Cup Entry – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Groob, Hans (18 July 2018). "Motorsport: Leipert fährt in Italien, Japan und Portugal aufs Podium". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Petri Corse to carry the flag of Bentley in the GT Open". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ Plümer, Jonas (3 September 2020). "Classic and Modern Racing stellt GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup-Aufgebot um". gt-place.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. ^ Plümer, Jonas (20 February 2021). "GT World Challenge Europe: AKKA ASP bestätigt Pro-Crews". gt-place.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  8. ^ Plümer, Jonas (22 June 2021). "AKKA ASP mit dritten Fahrzeug bei 24h Spa". gt-place.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  9. ^ Plümer, Jonas (22 April 2022). "GT World Challenge Europe: Akkodis ASP bestätigt Sprint-Aufgebot". gt-place.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Gehrsitz and Müller claim another win for Porsche | ADAC GT Masters". adac-motorsport.de. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Champion Maximilian Götz is back in the ADAC GT Masters | ADAC GT Masters". adac-motorsport.de. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Driver: Petru Razvan Umbrarescu | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  13. ^ ""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". Buletin de Timișoara (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  14. ^ Bacau, Ziarul de (12 July 2022). "Firmele lui Umbrărescu construiesc peste o treime din autostrăzile și drumurile expres din România. Profit de 6 milioane de euro pentru "Regele asfaltului"". Ziarul de Bacău (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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