Background
Latif was born on 11 April 1996 in London, England. His father is Pakistani born and mother is Italian, both whom currently reside in London, England.
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Alessandro Latif
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In 2014 he competed in both the Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours driving an Audi R8 Learning Management System for Flying Lizard Motorsports. He is now racing for Phoenix Racing in the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series. He currently studies at Marlborough College in the England.
Latif"s early career involved an upbringing in karts and Formula Renault 2.0.
Latif started in karting at aged 11. Karts
Latif"s karting career began in 2007 where he rose up the ranks to race in the international scene.
Single Seater"s
In 2012 Latif moved to Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps driving for Atech Grand Prix completing 8 races
Sports car racing
In 2013, Latif remained with Avelon Formula in the VdeV Championship, while also competing in the opening rounds of the SPEED Euroseries. In 2014 Latif signed with Flying Lizard Motorsports to race at the Daytona 24 Hours in the number 35 Audi R8 Learning Management System, where they finished 5th in the GTD class.
Latif competed in the 2014 12 Hours Sebring in Florida on 12–15 March, where they finished 8th in the GTD class.
Latif also joins with Phoenix Racing for Blancpain Sprint Series alongside Marc Basseng. Latif was set to race a Nissan Zytec in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race on 14–15 June with the Greaves Motorsport Team. United States Endurance results
Blancpain Sprint Series results.
Achievements
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Latif is the youngest race winner of a VdeV Proto Endurance race. As well as developing his race craft he achieved notable success in British and European events, as well as in World Karting. Latif signed with Avelon Formula to drive a CN2 (per the Group CN classification) Sports prototype in the VdeV Championship for the remainder of the 2012 season, where he won his inaugural race in the 4 Heures du Castellet. Latif won the 6 Hours of Mugello with teammate Ivan Bellarosa in front of the teams home crowd. They later went onto win the opening rounds of the Speed Euroseries at the Hungaroring. However, after starting 26th on the 54-car grid, the team achieved a top 10 position before their efforts were thwarted after a blameless collision by a co-driver on lap 31 ended the race for them.
