Lirim Zendeli


Lirim Zendeli is a racing driver from Germany with Albanian parents from North Macedonia. He competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Charouz Racing System in 2019 as the reigning German Formula 4 champion.

Racing career

ADAC Formula 4

2016 was Zendeli's first season in ADAC Formula 4. His only podium of the year came at Zandvoort and he finished 13th in the standings. The following season would see Zendeli improve his results by winning three races and finishing in 4th position. 2018 was his breakout year: Zendeli moved to the US Racing-CHRS team and brought home the F4 title.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Zendeli progressed to Formula 3 in 2019, staying on with Charouz. He only scored six points, one less than his teammate Fabio Scherer and finished 18th in the championship. Despite this, he signed for Trident Racing to partner Devlin DeFrancesco and Olli Caldwell in the 2020 season.

Career results

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2019Sauber Junior Team by CharouzCAT
FEA
14		CAT
SPR
11		LEC
FEA
Ret		LEC
SPR
16		RBR
FEA
8		RBR
SPR
7		SIL
FEA
15		SIL
SPR
9		HUN
FEA
Ret		HUN
SPR
20		SPA
FEA
22		SPA
SPR
22†		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
18		SOC
FEA
WD		SOC
SPR
WD		18th6
2020TridentRBR1
FEA
5		RBR1
SPR
5		RBR2
FEA
2‡		RBR2
SPR
10		HUN
FEA
Ret		HUN
SPR
16		SIL1
FEA
13		SIL1
SPR
11		SIL2
FEA
SIL2
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MUG
FEA
MUG
SPR
11th*26*

† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
* Season still in progress.

Personal life

Since he has Albanian origin, Lirim speaks Albanian along with English and German.