Mattia Colnaghi (born 26 July 2008) is an Italian–Argentine racing driver who is competing in the

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with

MP Motorsport MP Motorsport is a Dutch auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, Eurocup-3, Spanish Formula 4 Championship and the newly established F1 Academy in 2023. The team has also participated in ...

. He is the 2024 F4 Spanish champion.

Career

Karting

He made his

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debut in 2020, coming 7th in the Trofeo Italiano Easykart, in the Easykart 60 category. For the 2022 season, he raced for Forza Racing in the OK Junior category, coming 12th in the 50° Trofeo delle Industrie, and making his debut in the CIK-FIA World Championship, coming in 26th place. Colnaghi made his OK debut in 2023, first competing in the CIK-FIA European Championship, where he finished the championship in 15th. The Italian drove for CRG in the CIK-FIA World Championship and came in 6th.

Formula 4

Formula Winter Series

Colnaghi made his

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and

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debut in the 2024 Formula Winter Series driving for

, where he drove in the first two rounds of the season. At his debut race in the first round at

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, Colnaghi came in seventh place, getting his first points in the series. For the next two races he came nineteenth and then seventh again in the third race. He scored only one points finish in the second round at

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, where he came eighth in the second race after finishing a lowly thirty-first in his first race. Colnaghi would retire from his final race. He finished the drivers championship in 18th with 16 points.

F4 Spanish Championship

After winning the Richard Mille Young Talent Shootout, Colnaghi was announced to be making his full-time Formula 4 debut in the 2024 F4 Spanish Championship with

. Targeting top rookie honours for the campaign, he experienced a difficult start to the season in with only an eighth place, despite scoring his first pole in the third race. He secured his first wins in the category with a double in

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. Although Colnaghi would not win in the next two rounds, he would score double podiums which allowed him to maintain his title charge alive. This would be followed by an outstanding four wins in the next five races in

and

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, allowing him to take the championship lead from longtime leader Keanu Al Azhari heading into the final race. Finishing fifth in the final race, Colnaghi was able to clinch the title, ten points ahead of Al Azhari. He became the first rookie to win the Spanish F4 championship since Nikola Tsolov, who won in

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Formula Regional

Macau Grand Prix

Colnaghi made his debut in Formula Regional machinery with MP during the 2024 Formula Regional World Cup. He did not finish the race due to a crash at the end of lap 13, but was classified in 14th since he finished 85% of the race.

Eurocup-3

Colnaghi is set to compete in the

, continuing with

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Winter Series results

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

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship results

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

Complete Eurocup-3 results

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colnaghi, Mattia 2008 births Italian racing drivers Spanish F4 Championship drivers MP Motorsport drivers Karting World Championship drivers Formula Winter Series drivers Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen Sportspeople from Monza Eurocup-3 drivers