Rocco Mazzola

Rocco Mazzola
Mazzola in 2025
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (2005-09-24) 24 September 2005
Potenza, Italy
Categorisation FIA Silver
Championship titles
2025
2022
2022		Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3
Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT Cup Pro-Am
Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT Cup Pro-Am

Rocco Mazzola (born 24 September 2005) is an Italian racing driver who competes in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the Italian GT Championship for Tresor Attempto Racing.

Personal life

Mazzola is the nephew of namesake Rocco Mazzola (1932–2012), an Italian boxer who won the 1957 light heavyweight and 1961 heavyweight Italian titles.[1]

Career

Mazzola began karting at the age of eight.[2] During his karting career, Mazzola most notably secured the 2019 ROK Cup Italia title in Junior ROK and won the 2020 Coppa Italia ACI Karting in X30 Senior.[3][4] In 2021, Mazzola made his car racing debut, competing in the Italian Sport Prototype Championship for Marchetti by Emotion.[5] In his only season in the series, Mazzola scored third-place finishes at Misano,[6] Imola and Vallelunga en route to a sixth-place overall points finish and the rookie title.[7] Towards the end of the year, Mazzola made a one-off appearance in the Italian F4 Championship for Cram Motorsport.[8]

Switching to GT racing for 2022, Mazzola joined Ferrari customer team Easy Race to compete in the GT Cup Pro-Am class of the Italian GT Championship Sprint and Endurance Cups alongside Luigi Coluccio.[9] In the Endurance Cup, Mazzola won at Pergusa and Vallelunga to clinch the title,[10] whereas in the Sprint Cup, Mazzola took six podiums to seal a double title win.[11][12] Moving up to GT3 competition in 2023, Mazzola joined Ferrari-fielding Best Lap to compete in the Sprint Cup,[13] taking a lone Pro-Am podium at Monza to take sixth in points.[14] During 2023, Mazzola made a one-off appearance in the Ferrari Challenge Europe at Misano, in which he finished second in race two in the Trofeo Pirelli class.[15]

Mazzola won his third Italian GT title in 2025, driving a Tresor Attempto Audi.

Continuing in Italian GT for 2024, Mazzola switched to Tresor Audi Sport Italia to compete in both the Sprint and Endurance Cups.[16] In the former, Mazzola won at Mugello en route to runner-up honours in GT3 alongside Pietro Delli Guanti,[17] whereas in the latter he took a lone podium at Vallelunga to take fourth in the overall standings.[18] At the end of the year, Mazzola made his GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo II for Tresor Attempto Racing at Jeddah.[19][20] Joining Attempto to continue in Italian GT for 2025,[21] Mazzola took a lone Sprint Cup at Imola alongside Fabio Rauer to end the year sixth in points.[22] The pair joined Riccardo Cazzaniga in the Endurance Cup, winning the season opener at Misano and taking a podium at Imola to secure the overall title.[23][24] During 2025, Mazzola made select appearances in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for the same team.[25]

In 2026, Mazzola continued with Attempto for a full campaign in the Silver Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, as well as the Italian GT Championship Sprint and Endurance Cups.[26] In the former, Mazzola and his teammates Ariel Levi and Sebastian Øgaard went from 29th to first to take a shock overall win at the 3 Hours of Monza.[27][28]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2015 WSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini Raffaele Mazzola 21st
2016 WSK Champions Cup – 60 Mini Raffaele Mazzola 71st
South Garda Winter Cup – Mini ROK 14th
WSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini [a] 46th
2017 WSK Champions Cup – 60 Mini Raffaele Mazzola 34th
WSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini 117th
Trofeo Invernal Ayrton Senna – 60 Mini 8th
Italian Karting Championship – 60 Mini 15th
WSK Final Cup – 60 Mini EvoKart Srl 93rd
ROK Cup International Final – 60 Mini Raffaele Mazzola 19th
2018 WSK Champions Cup – 60 Mini EvoKart Srl NC
WSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini EvoKart Srl
Italcorse Racing Team[b]		 8th
South Garda Winter Cup – Mini ROK EvoKart 18th
Italian Karting Championship – 60 Mini Italcorse Racing Team 15th
2019 South Garda Winter Cup – OK-J Motorsport Revolution 58th
WSK Super Master Series – OK-J Giugliano Kart 113rd
Trofeo Delle Industrie – OK-J Newman Motorsport NC
WSK Final Cup – OK-J NC
ROK Cup Superfinal – Junior ROK Zanchi Motorsport 7th
2020 Italian Karting Championship – X30 Junior 2nd
2021 WSK Champions Cup – OK Raffaele Mazzola NC
WSK Super Master Series – OK Team Driver Racing Kart 69th
Sources:[29][30]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2021 Italian Sport Prototype Championship Marchetti by Emotion 12 0 2 0 3 60 6th
Italian F4 Championship Cram Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 43rd
2022 Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT Cup Pro-Am Easy Race 8 0 0 0 6 88 1st
Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT Cup Pro-Am 4 2 0 0 4 55 1st
2023 Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 Best Lap 8 0 0 0 0 22 9th
Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 Pro-Am 0 0 0 1 73 6th
Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Radicci Automobili 2 0 0 0 1 19 8th
2024 Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 Tresor Audi Sport Italia 8 1 0 0 3 81 2nd
Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 4 0 0 0 1 43 4th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Tresor Attempto Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2025 Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 Tresor Attempto Racing 4 1 1 0 2 67 1st
Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 8 1 0 0 1 58 6th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold 0 0 0 0 2 20th
2026 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Tresor Attempto Racing 3 1 0 0 1 25* 6th*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 1 0 0 1 40* 2nd*
Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 2 0 0 0 0 26* 7th*
Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 2 0 0 0 0 0* NC*
Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 3* 12th*
Sources:[31][29]

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2024 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver LEC
 SPA
6H
 SPA
12H
 SPA
24H
 NÜR
 MNZ
 JED
NC		 NC 0
2025 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Gold LEC
 MNZ
 SPA
6H
58		 SPA
12H
44		 SPA
24H
47†		 NÜR
 CAT
Ret		 20th 2
2026 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver LEC
21		 MNZ
1		 SPA
6H
67†		 SPA
12H
67†		 SPA
24H
Ret		 NÜR
 ALG
 2nd* 40*

* Season still in progress.

Notes

  1. ↑ Mazzola competed as a Privateer in rounds 1–2 and for DK Racing in round 3.
  2. ↑ Mazzola competed for EvoKart Srl in rounds 1–2 and for Italcorse Racing Team in rounds 3–4.

References

  1. ↑ "Potenza, morto a 79 anni il pugile che ispirò Visconti nel film "Rocco e i suoi fratelli"". lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it (in Italian). 18 March 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Biografia". roccomazzola.com (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Rok Cup Italia - I vincitori". vroomkart.it (in Italian). 9 September 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Tutti i vincitori della Coppa Italia ACI Karting a Battipaglia". iltornante.it (in Italian). 8 November 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Cardinali, Thomas (26 April 2021). "Cisp 2021, David Uboldi guida nei test collettivi ufficiali a Monza". monzatoday.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "CISP a Misano, Molinaro domina il weekend e prende il largo". iltornante.it (in Italian). 7 June 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "CISP a Vallelunga, Molinaro trionfa in un finale all'ultimo respiro". iltornante.it (in Italian). 21 September 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Gascoigne, Roger (30 October 2021). "Bearman takes thrilling win from Antonelli at Monza in Italian F4". formulascout.com. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "L'ACI Racing Weekend pronto ad accendere i motori a Pergusa". iltornante.it (in Italian). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Campionato Italiano 2022, risultati gara di Pergusa". newsauto.it (in Italian). 16 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "È ROCCO MAZZOLA CAMPIONE ITALIANO GRAN TURISMO 2022 ENDURANCE E SPRINT". lecronachelucane.it (in Italian). 30 December 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "Rocco Mazzola, nipote del pugile potentino, premiato per i successi nel 'motorsport'". ufficiostampabasilicata.it (in Italian). 27 September 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  13. ↑ Reali, Stefano (24 January 2023). "CIGT | Best Lap promuove Coluccio-Mazzola: "Giovani di qualità rara"". motorsport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  14. ↑ Biegus, Jurek (28 June 2023). "Italian GT Sprint Monza". gt-report.com. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Ferrari Challenge | Misano: Gara 2 a Valint e Sartingen". motorsport.com (in Italian). 24 April 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Italiano GT / Rocco Mazzola è il primo pilota confermato per l'Audi R8 LMS GT3". automotocorse.it (in Italian). 12 December 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Auto: GT Italiano, vince l'Audi e va in testa al campionato". ansa.it (in Italian). 26 August 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "GT Italiano / Le R8 LMS di Tresor Audi Sport Italia protagoniste dell'Endurance di Vallelunga". automotocorse.it (in Italian). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Automobilismo, il lucano Rocco Mazzola conferma il suo talento alla 6 Ore di Jeddah". basilicata24.it (in Italian). 9 December 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  20. ↑ Leccese, Domenico (2 December 2024). "IL 19enne POTENTINO ROCCO MAZZOLA E' IL GIOVANE TALENTO ITALIANO NEL GT3 DAL PIEDE PESANTE NEL PANORAMA INTERNAZIONALE". lecronachelucane.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "Tresor Attempto Racing rilancia la sfida nel Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo 2025". iltornante.it (in Italian). 23 April 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  22. ↑ "A Imola il terzo round dell'Italiano GT Sprint". automotocorse.it (in Italian). 28 September 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  23. ↑ Barbieri, Yuri (4 May 2025). "Italiano GT Endurance 2025 Misano, vince l'Audi #99 Tresor Attempto davanti alla #85 Lamborghini Imperiale". 1000cuorirossoblu.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  24. ↑ "Campionato Italiano GT Endurance 2025, al Mugello il potentino Rocco Mazzola conquista il titolo e sale sul tetto d'Italia". melandronews.it (in Italian). 18 September 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  25. ↑ "75 GT3 aux 24H de Spa, la liste des équipages est complète". endurance-info.com (in French). 19 June 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  26. ↑ "Un plateau royal de 59 GT3 en Endurance et 45 en Sprint". endurance-info.com (in French). 26 February 2026. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  27. ↑ "Rocco Mazzola makes GT World Challenge Europe history amid Monza chaos: "Why stressful? We are first!"". gt-report.com. 4 June 2026. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  28. ↑ Newbold, James (31 May 2026). "Tresor Attempto Audi Takes Shock Monza Win". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  29. 1 2 "Rocco Mazzola | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  30. ↑ "Mazzola Rocco". kartcom.com. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  31. ↑ "Rocco Mazzola Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
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