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Diego Stifter (born 25 April 2004) is an Italian-Spanish racing driver, currently racing in the BMW M2 Cup. He is Vice Italian Karting Champion (Rok Italy Championship 2019).

Karting
Starting in Italy at the age of 4, Diego climbed the karting ladder as he was soon racing all over Europe but mostly in Italy. Diego was with one win and three podiums Vice Italian Karting Champion (Rok Cup Italy 2019) and he finished 6th in the International World Karting Final (Rok Superfinal 2019).

In 2020 Diego drove the German Electric Karting Championship (DEKM) and in 2021 he drove the WSK Euro Series, Italian Karting Iame X30 Championship and the International World Karting Final (Rok Superfinal).

Touring Cars
In 2022 Diego Stifter moved up to Racing Cars in the BMW M2 Cup in Germany. After only two post-season test at Hockenheimring and Red Bull Ring at the beginning of 2022, Diego was signed to race there.

In his first race weekend in Racing Cars he made a Podium finishing 3rd, starting from P12 as youngest driver (17 years old) on the grid in Lausitzring.

Personal life
Diego is living in the north of Italy. He shows technical interests. He was also Italian Ice Hockey Champion in 2017/2018.