Luís Felipe Derani
Derani in 2019
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 31) São Paulo, Brazil
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Whelen Engineering Racing
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	31
Former teams	Tequila Patrón ESM, Richard Mille AF Corse
Starts	79
Wins	12
Poles	15
Fastest laps	13
Best finish	1st in 2021, 2023
Previous series
2015–17 2014 2013 2012–13 2012 2011–12 2010 2009 2009 2009	FIA World Endurance Championship Pro Mazda Championship Toyota Racing Series FIA European Formula 3 Formula 3 Euro Series British Formula 3 German Formula Three Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 GT3 Brasil Championship

Luís Felipe "Pipo" Derani (born 12 October 1993) is a Brazilian race car driver who currently drives a Cadillac prototype for Action Express Racing in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and is an overall winner of the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2023 12 Hours of Sebring. Pipo is the son of the late Walter Derani and younger brother of Rafael Derani, both well-known Brazilian racing drivers.^[1]

Derani made his karting debut in 2003, at the age of ten. In 2005, he was champion of the São Paulo Junior Menor Championship.

Derani began his car racing career by driving in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with Motopark Academy in 2009. He took two podiums at Alastaro Circuit^[2] and TT Circuit Assen^[3] along with thirteen point-scoring positions to finish seventh in the championship.^[4] In Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, he took part in six races for the same team. He finished 27th with two points coming from a ninth place at the Nürburgring.^[5]

In 2010, Derani stepped up to the German Formula Three Championship with the Motopark Academy team^[6] joining Formula Renault teammates Kevin Magnussen and Jimmy Eriksson at the team. Derani finished in tenth place in championship points. In 2011, Derani moved to the British Formula 3 Championship with Double R Racing. He finished fifteenth in points with a single podium finish. He also competed in the Formula 3 "all star" events such as the Formula 3 Brazil Open and Masters of Formula 3. 2012 saw Derani remain in British F3 but switch teams to Fortec Motorsport. He improved to eighth in the championship, capturing wins at Oulton Park and Brands Hatch. He also drove in three Formula 3 Euro Series races and finished sixth in the Macau Grand Prix. In 2013, Derani stayed with Fortec but moved to the FIA European Formula Three Championship where he finished eighth in points with three podium finishes.^[7]

In 2014, Derani raced in the last two rounds of the 2014 European Le Mans Series, finishing third in the 4 Hours of Le Castellet on 14 September and retired in the 4 Hours of Estoril on 19 October, driving on both occasions an Oreca-Nissan 03R of the Irish team Murphy Prototypes. In 2016, he entered the four endurance races of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Extreme Speed Motorsports with a Ligier-Honda LMP2, winning both the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring.

In 2017, Derani signed with Ford to become a factory driver.^[8] He raced the first three races of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMGTE Pro class with Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK,^[9] claiming a class win at Silverstone. Later, he drove an Oreca LMP2 for Rebellion at the FIA WEC Nürburgring round. The Brazilian also drove at seven rounds of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Extreme Speed Motorsports with a Nissan Onroak DPi, winning at Road America.

For the 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Derani became a full-time driver at Extreme Speed Motorsports, winning at the 12 Hours of Sebring.

In 2020, Derani was a full-time DPi driver for Action Express Racing in the WTSCC. He was leading Petit Le Mans when he and Ricky Taylor made contact, knocking Derani's entry from contention.^[10]

^† As Derani was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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

^† As the #3 Rebellion was not a full-season entry, it was not eligible to score points.

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

^* Season still in progress.

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Tequila Patrón ESM	Scott Sharp Ed Brown Johannes van Overbeek	Ligier JS P2	P	736	1st	1st
2017	Tequila Patrón ESM	Scott Sharp Ryan Dalziel Brendon Hartley	Nissan Onroak DPi	P	656	4th	4th
2018	Tequila Patrón ESM	Nicolas Lapierre Johannes van Overbeek	Nissan Onroak DPi	P	438	DNF	DNF
2019	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr Eric Curran	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	593	2nd	2nd
2020	Whelen Engineering Racing	Felipe Nasr Filipe Albuquerque Mike Conway	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	822	7th	7th
2021	Whelen Engineering Racing	Mike Conway Chase Elliott Felipe Nasr	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	783	8th	6th
2022	Whelen Engineering Racing	Mike Conway Tristan Nunez	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	761	4th	4th
2023	Whelen Engineering Racing	Alexander Sims Jack Aitken	Cadillac V-Series.R	GTP	771	5th	5th
Source:[11]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	G-Drive Racing	Gustavo Yacamán Ricardo González	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	354	12th	4th
2016	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Chris Cumming Ryan Dalziel	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	291	42nd	16th
2017	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Harry Tincknell Andy Priaulx	Ford GT	GTE Pro	340	18th	2nd
2018	AF Corse	Toni Vilander Antonio Giovinazzi	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	341	20th	5th
2019	Risi Competizione	Jules Gounon Oliver Jarvis	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	329	40th	11th
2021	Glickenhaus Racing	Franck Mailleux Olivier Pla	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	Hypercar	367	4th	4th
2022	Glickenhaus Racing	Romain Dumas Olivier Pla	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	Hypercar	370	4th	4th
2023	Action Express Racing	Jack Aitken Alexander Sims	Cadillac V-Series.R	Hypercar	324	17th	10th
2024	Whelen Cadillac Racing	Jack Aitken Felipe Drugovich	Cadillac V-Series.R	Hypercar	280	29th	15th
Source:[11]

• Official website (in English and Portuguese)
• Pipo Derani career summary at DriverDB.com