Summary
Leonardo Fornaroli (born 3 December 2004) is an Italian racing driver who is currently competing in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Trident. He is the 2022 Formula Regional European rookie champion.[1][2][3]
| Leonardo Fornaroli | |
|---|---|
 Fornaroli driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round. | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Born | 3 December 2004 Piacenza, Italy |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2023 |
| Current team | Trident |
| Car number | 4 |
| Starts | 22 (22 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 5 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 11th in 2023 |
| Previous series | |
| 2022 2022 2020–2021 2020–2021 | FR European Championship FR Asian Championship Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2022 | FR European Rookie Championship |
Career edit
Karting edit
Fornaroli began karting competitively in his native Italy around the age of ten, first winning the Mini Academy class of the Championkart championship in 2016 before moving up to X30 Junior the following year.[4] He came runner-up in the 2017 X30 Challenge Italy, in a season that also included entry to international IAME events, but found more success in 2018, when he was third in the Italian Karting Championship and made his full-time European debut in the WSK Super Master Series.[5] Fornaroli's final year in karting would prove to be his best, as he was a front-runner in the 2019 WSK Euro Series on his OK debut and finished 3rd in the prestigious Trofeo Andrea Margutti.[6][7] At the end of the year, he was invited to participate in the 16th edition of the annual Supercorso Federale event at Vallelunga, as one of five young karting talents selected by ACI Sport and the Ferrari Driver Academy.[8][9]
Lower formulae edit
2020 edit
Having tested a Formula 4 car for the first time at the Supercorso Federale, 2020 would see Fornaroli make his debut in the Italian F4 Championship, driving for sportscar racing team Iron Lynx, which extended its program to single-seaters.[10][11] He repaid the faith straightaway, taking a solid fourth-place finish on debut at Misano.[12] He would go on to score 8 top-five finishes from 20 races, including a podium at Monza, and finished 9th in the overall standings on 108 points. At the end of the year, as an award for his performances, Fornaroli was again invited to ACI Sport's Supercorso Federale, together with F4 rivals Gabriele Minì, Francesco Pizzi, Andrea Rosso and four karting drivers.[13]
2021 edit
In 2021 Fornaroli remained in the series with Iron Lynx, partnering new Ferrari Driver Academy recruit Maya Weug and Pietro Armanni. He was the highest-placed driver in the 2020 standings to return.[14] Consistency would once again prove to be his biggest asset, as he was in the points in every race he finished. Two very strong weekends at Misano, where he clinched his first F4 victory from his first pole before scoring two further podiums,[15] and Imola would initially see Fornaroli as the only real threat for eventual champion Oliver Bearman.[16] He would however lose out shortly after, despite a second pole and more podiums at the Red Bull Ring and Mugello, and reached the season finale at Monza in third position, as part of a four-way fight for second.[17] The weekend did not go to plan for him, as he faced a lowly 9th position, a retirement and a DNS that eventually dropped him to fifth in the standings, behind runner-up Tim Tramnitz and Prema's Kirill Smal and Sebastián Montoya. Fornaroli's closest teammate, Armanni, finished 23 places and 172 points behind him.[18]
Formula Regional edit
In 2022 Fornaroli made the step up to Formula Regional, first doing a partial campaign in the Asian Championship for Hitech Grand Prix, with a fourth-place qualifying result and a fifth-place finish as highlights,[19] before returning to Europe for the main season with new team Trident, alongside F4 rival Tramnitz and Roman Bilinski.[20][21] Consistency would prove to be the Italian's biggest trait, as he went on to score points in 15 of the 20 races on his and his team's debut season. He finished 8th in the overall standings, as the best-placed rookie and well ahead of both of his teammates. His best finish was a fourth place in race one at the Hungaroring.[22][23]
FIA Formula 3 edit
2023 edit
At the end of September 2022, Fornaroli partook in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test with Trident, partnering Oliver Goethe and FRECA rival Gabriel Bortoleto on all three days.[24][25][26] On 3 December 2022, on his 18th birthday, it was announced that Fornaroli would be part of the team's 2023 line-up alongside Bortoleto and Goethe.[27] He started his season with eighth in Bahrain, but was a victim of puncture in the feature race.[28] He would prove his worth in Melbourne, where he qualified and finished fourth in the feature race.[29] Fornaroli took his first podium with second in Monaco during the sprint race after holding off Grégoire Saucy.[30] He followed it up with a third place during the Barcelona sprint race.[31] He was on the hunt for more points in the feature race, but was pushed off-track by Luke Browning on the opening lap.[32]
Fornaroli took his maiden pole position in Silverstone, forming a Trident 1-2 ahead of teammate Oliver Goethe.[33][34] In the feature race, he would get bested by Goethe and fall to second place, but nevertheless grabbed a huge haul of points.[35] He would qualify in the top 3 in both Hungary and Spa-Francorchamps, but would only earn four points from the two rounds.[36][37] After an eighth place during the sprint race in Monza, Fornaroli ranked 11th in the standings with 69 points, amassing three podiums and a pole position that year.[38]
2024 edit
Fornaroli and Trident continued their relationship together for the 2024 season.[39]
Karting record edit
Karting career summary edit
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | South Garda Winter Cup — Mini ROK | NC | |
| 2017 | IAME International Open — X30 Junior | NC† | |
| IAME International Final — X30 Junior | 5th | ||
| 2018 | South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Team Driver Racing Kart | NC |
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | NC | ||
| Italian Championship — X30 Junior | 3rd | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | NC† | ||
| WSK Open Cup — OKJ | NC | ||
| IAME International Final — X30 Junior | 3rd | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OKJ | NC† | ||
| 2019 | Italian Championship — X30 Senior | Team Driver Racing Kart | 5th |
| Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OK | 3rd | ||
| WSK Euro Series — OK | 18th | ||
| IAME Euro Series — X30 Senior | 46th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OK | NC | ||
| IAME International Final — X30 Senior | NC | ||
| Sources:[40][41] | |||
Racing record edit
Racing career summary edit
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Italian F4 Championship | Iron Lynx | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 108 | 9th |
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
| 2021 | Italian F4 Championship | Iron Lynx | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 180 | 5th |
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† | ||
| FIA Central European Zone Formula 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 3rd | ||
| 2022 | Formula Regional Asian Championship | Hitech Grand Prix | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17th |
| Formula Regional European Championship | Trident | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 8th | |
| 2023 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Trident | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 11th |
| 2024 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Trident | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37* | 2nd* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Italian F4 Championship results edit
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Iron Lynx | MIS 1 4 |
MIS 2 15 |
MIS 3 9 |
IMO1 1 17 |
IMO1 2 17 |
IMO1 3 5 |
RBR 1 13 |
RBR 2 26 |
RBR 3 10 |
MUG 1 5 |
MUG 2 12 |
MUG 3 14 |
MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 4 |
MNZ 3 3 |
IMO2 1 4 |
IMO2 2 5 |
IMO2 3 6 |
VLL 1 8 |
VLL 2 C |
VLL 3 16 |
9th | 108 |
| 2021 | Iron Lynx | LEC 1 7 |
LEC 2 8 |
LEC 3 4 |
MIS 1 1 |
MIS 2 3 |
MIS 3 2 |
VLL 1 10 |
VLL 2 8 |
VLL 3 8 |
IMO 1 Ret |
IMO 2 2 |
IMO 3 2 |
RBR 1 6 |
RBR 2 2 |
RBR 3 7 |
MUG 1 Ret |
MUG 2 8 |
MUG 3 2 |
MNZ 1 9 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
MNZ 3 DNS |
5th | 180 |
Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Hitech Grand Prix | ABU 1 8 |
ABU 2 5 |
ABU 3 22† |
DUB 1 11 |
DUB 2 8 |
DUB 3 11 |
DUB 1 9 |
DUB 2 26† |
DUB 3 9 |
DUB 1 |
DUB 2 |
DUB 3 |
ABU 1 |
ABU 2 |
ABU 3 |
17th | 22 |
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results edit
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Trident | MNZ 1 10 |
MNZ 2 15 |
IMO 1 8 |
IMO 2 8 |
MCO 1 9 |
MCO 2 12 |
LEC 1 20 |
LEC 2 23 |
ZAN 1 8 |
ZAN 2 5 |
HUN 1 4 |
HUN 2 5 |
SPA 1 6 |
SPA 2 8 |
RBR 1 19 |
RBR 2 10 |
CAT 1 9 |
CAT 2 8 |
MUG 1 5 |
MUG 2 8 |
8th | 83 |
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of the top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Trident | BHR SPR 8 |
BHR FEA 27 |
MEL SPR 7 |
MEL FEA 4 |
MON SPR 2 |
MON FEA 24 |
CAT SPR 3 |
CAT FEA NC |
RBR SPR 15 |
RBR FEA 10 |
SIL SPR 7 |
SIL FEA 2 |
HUN SPR 13 |
HUN FEA 9 |
SPA SPR 9 |
SPA FEA 14 |
MNZ SPR 8 |
MNZ FEA 15 |
11th | 69 | ||
| 2024 | Trident | BHR SPR 3 |
BHR FEA 7 |
MEL SPR 9 |
MEL FEA 2 |
IMO SPR |
IMO FEA |
MON SPR |
MON FEA |
CAT SPR |
CAT FEA |
RBR SPR |
RBR FEA |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
HUN SPR |
HUN FEA |
SPA SPR |
SPA FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MNZ FEA |
2nd* | 37* |
* Season still in progress.
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External links edit
- Leonardo Fornaroli career summary at DriverDB.com