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Matteo De Palo
De Palo in 2023
NationalityItaly Italian
Full nameMatteo De Palo
Born (2007-11-08) 8 November 2007 (age 16)
Rome, Italy
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2024
Current teamSaintéloc Racing
Car numberTBA
Starts0 (0 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2024
Previous series
2023
2023
2023		F4 British Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Italian F4 Championship

Matteo De Palo (born 8 November 2007) is an Italian racing driver who is currently set to race in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship with Saintéloc Racing. He previously competed in the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship with Campos Racing, finishing fifth overall.

Career

Formula Winter Series

De Palo made his car racing debut at the second round in Circuit Ricardo Tormo during the 2023 Formula Winter Series.[1] He won the first race on debut, while taking both poles for the round.[2]

Formula 4

Spanish F4

De Palo racing at Spa-Francorchamps during the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship.

De Palo joined Campos Racing for the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship.[3] He took his only Spanish F4 win of the year, during the first round in Spa-Francorchamps, after original winner Valerio Rinicella received a penalty for track limits.[4] A further podium came the next round in Aragón where he finished third from pole.[5] However, he would next stand on the podium during the penultimate round at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, scoring a double podium.[6] Despite only four podiums, his consistent points scoring saw him fifth in the standings, with 171 points.

Italian F4

De Palo took part in the opening round of the 2023 Italian F4 Championship with R-ace GP at Imola.[7] With ten points, De Palo was ranked 20th in the standings.[8]

British F4

De Palo made a cameo appearance in two rounds during the 2023 F4 British Championship.[9]

Formula Regional

For 2024, De Palo was promoted to the Formula Regional European Championship with Saintéloc Racing.[10]

Formula One

In July 2022, De Palo took part in a scouting camp conducted by the Ferrari Driver Academy.[11]

Karting record

Season Series Team Position
2016 WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini NC
2017 WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 32nd
46° Trofeo Delle Industrie — 60 Mini Energy Corse 10th
WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini 8th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini 12th
ROK Cup International Final — Mini ROK ASD Giugliano Kart 25th
2018 29° Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini NC
Italian Championship — 60 Mini 14th
ROK Cup International Final — Mini ROK 26th
2019 24° South Garda Winter Cup — Mini ROK AV Racing 4th
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 28th
WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini NC
WSK Euro Series — 60 Mini NC
ROK Cup Superfinal — Junior ROK KGT Motorsport 4th
48° Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ 16th
WSK Open Cup — OKJ NC
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 33rd
2020 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ KGT Motorsport 15th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ NC
25° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 10th
CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy 5th
WSK Euro Series — OKJ Ward Racing 51st
31° Andrea Margutti — X30 Junior Mixauto Motorsport 8th
2021 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ KR Motorsport 24th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 14th
WSK Open Cup — OK 31st
Champions of the Future — OKJ 31st
FIA Karting European Championship — Junior 30th
2022 Champions of the Future – Winter Series — OK Kart Republic Motorsport 15th
FIA Karting European Championship — OK 42nd
Source:[12]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2023 Formula Winter Series Campos Racing 2 1 2 0 2 37 6th
F4 Spanish Championship 21 1 1 1 4 171 5th
Italian F4 Championship R-ace GP 3 0 0 0 0 10 20th
F4 British Championship Phynsis by Argenti 5 0 0 0 0 0 25th
2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Saintéloc Racing
Formula Regional European Championship

Complete Formula Winter Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2023 Campos Racing JER
1 		JER
2 		CRT
1
1 		CRT
2
5 		NAV
1 		NAV
2 		CAT
2 		CAT
2 		6th 37

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2023 Campos Racing SPA
1
9 		SPA
2
7 		SPA
3
1 		ARA
1
7 		ARA
2
5 		ARA
3
3 		NAV
1
15 		NAV
2
Ret 		NAV
3
6 		JER
1
4 		JER
2
7 		JER
3
8 		EST
1
7 		EST
2
4 		EST
3
9 		CRT
1
7 		CRT
2
3 		CRT
3
2 		CAT
1
6 		CAT
2
6 		CAT
3
4 		5th 171

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2023 R-ace GP IMO
1
24† 		IMO
2
 IMO
3
7 		IMO
4
8 		MIS
1
 MIS
2
 MIS
3
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 SPA
3
 MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 MNZ
3
 LEC
1
 LEC
2
 LEC
3
 MUG
1
 MUG
2
 MUG
3
 VLL
1
 VLL
2
 VLL
3
 20th 10

Complete F4 British Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 DC Points
2023 Phynsis by Argenti DON
1
 DON
2
 DON
3
 BHI
1
 BHI
2
 BHI
3
 SNE
1
C 		SNE
2
11 		SNE
3
19 		THR
1
13 		THR
2
19 		THR
3
12 		OUL
1
 OUL
2
 OUL
3
 SIL
1
 SIL
2
 SIL
3
 CRO
1
 CRO
2
 CRO
3
 KNO
1
 KNO
2
 KNO
3
 DPGP
1
 DPGP
2
 DPGP
3
 DPGP
4
 BHGP
1
 BHGP
2
 BHGP
3
 25th 0

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2024 Saintéloc Racing YMC1
1 		YMC1
2 		YMC1
3 		YMC2
1 		YMC2
2 		YMC2
3 		DUB1
1 		DUB1
2 		DUB1
3 		YMC3
1 		YMC3
2 		YMC3
3 		DUB2
1 		DUB2
2 		DUB2
3 		TBD TBD

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2024 Saintéloc Racing HOC
1 		HOC
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		TBD TBD

References

  1. ^ "Your season guide to the 2023 Formula Winter Series". Feeder Series. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ^ "De Palo shines, Sztuka stays ahead: 4 takeaways from FWS Round 2". Feeder Series. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. ^ Wood, Ida (7 February 2023). "Campos adds Matteo de Palo to Spanish F4 line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  4. ^ Alonso Lopez, Alejandro (7 May 2023). "De Palo gets Spanish F4 victory after Rinicella's winning pass penalised". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Campos Racing extends streak of wins and podiums at Motorland Aragón". Campos Racing. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Christian Ho and Matteo De Palo claim 1-2 for Campos Racing in Valencia". Campos Racing. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  7. ^ Wood, Ida (21 April 2023). "Sztuka twice fastest in Italian F4 practice as more drivers join Imola grid". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Italian Formula 4 Championship certified by FIA 2023". DriverDB. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  9. ^ Wood, Ida (19 May 2023). "Macintyre tops British F4's Snetterton practice, Matteo De Palo joins grid". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  10. ^ Gascoigne, Roger (1 December 2023). "Nael, de Palo and Peugeot form Sainteloc's all-rookie 2024 FREC line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  11. ^ Wood, Ida (18 July 2022). "Four karters revealed for Ferrari and ACI scouting camp". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Matteo De Palo | Racing career profile | Driver Database". Driver DB. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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