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Matteo Nannini

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Matteo Nannini
Nannini driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round.
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (2003-07-10) 10 July 2003 (age 21)[1]
Faenza, Italy
Related toAlessandro Nannini (first cousin once-removed)
Gianna Nannini (first cousin once-removed)
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2021
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number20
Former teamsHWA Racelab, Campos Racing
Starts9 (8 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish22nd in 2021
Previous series
2019
2019
2019
2019
Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Regional European Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Championship titles
2019Formula 4 UAE Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2020
Car number14
Former teamsJenzer Motorsport, HWA Racelab
Starts38 (39 entries)
Wins1
Podiums3
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish14th in 2021

Matteo Nannini (born 10 July 2003) is an italian racing driver who most recently competed in the Indy NXT for Juncos Hollinger Racing. His father is a first cousin of former Formula One driver Alessandro Nannini and of singer Gianna Nannini.[2]

Racing career

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Karting

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Nannini started karting at the age of 6 where he would go on to win a number of karting championships. In 2015 Nannini joined Fernando Alonso's karting team, and this is where Nannini won his second competition at Trofeo dei Campioni in Italy.

Formula 4

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After competing in other lower formulas, Nannini had the most success in the 2019 Formula 4 UAE Championship where he won 7 races and won the title by 48 points over Joshua Dürksen.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

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2020

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In his second year of single-seater racing, Nannini moved up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Jenzer Motorsport.[3] Nannini struggled throughout the first half of the season, claiming his first point score in Round 6 in Barcelona. He finished in 10th in the first race, which gave him reverse-grid pole.[4] Nannini then managed to claim his first and only podium with a 3rd place in the second race of the weekend.[5] Nannini failed to score any points for the rest of the season and finished 18th overall in the championship with 11 points.

2021

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Nannini returned to the series in 2021 with HWA Racelab.[6] Nannini once again struggled, but not as badly as the previous season. He qualified 4th at the first round in Barcelona, and was fighting for the win in Race 2 before being caught up in a collision with Dennis Hauger, with Nannini retiring and Hauger finishing 25th. He bounced back with a 3rd place finish in Race 3.[7] At the first race in Spielberg, Nannini was fighting for the win with Clement Novalak before the pair of them collided at Turn 4, with Novalak retiring and Nannini finishing 23rd. Nannini took his first F3 win at Budapest in Race 2, where he overtook Roman Stanek at the start and Enzo Fittipaldi in the early stages of the race to go on and win comfortably.[8] Afterwards he only got one more points finish, and finished 14th overall in the championship with 44 points, and was the highest placed HWA driver.

2022

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Nannini joined ART Grand Prix for the second mid-season test at Barcelona, replacing Juan Manuel Correa who was out due to a foot injury.[9] He was not called up to replace Correa for the next round at Imola, and ART only ran 2 cars there.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

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Nannini was set to perform double duties in both F3 and Formula 2 in 2021, partnering Alessio Deledda at HWA Racelab.[10]

In May 2021, Nannini announced he would be solely focusing on the Formula 3 championship after his sponsor ended support for a Formula 2 campaign.[11] Williams Academy driver Jack Aitken replaced Nannini for the Monaco and Baku rounds.[12] Nannini would return to the championship with Campos Racing, racing in Baku and Silverstone after Gianluca Petecof had left the team.

Stock car racing

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On March 22, 2022, Team Stange Racing had announced that they would be returning to the ARCA Menards Series with their No. 46 car, which was last fielded in 2016, with Nannini driving it in the race at Mid-Ohio. This would be his debut in a stock car.[13] However, the team did not end up entering the race.

Indy NXT

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Nannini returned to full-time racing in 2023, driving for Juncos Hollinger Racing in the 2023 Indy NXT.[14]

On July 18, 2023, it was announced Juncos Hollinger Racing and driver Matteo Nannini had ended their INDY NXT by Firestone competition relationship.[15]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2009 Parolin Championkart — Delfino Sprintkart NC
2010 Parolin Championkart — Delfino Sprintkart NC
2011 Parolin Championkart — 50 Rocky Sprintkart 5th
Championkart International Final — Rocky 5th
2012 Parolin Championkart — 50 Rocky Sprintkart 3rd
Championkart International Final — Rocky 2nd
2013 Parolin Championkart — 60 Mini Sprintkart 3rd
Championkart International Final — Mini 4th
2014 International Mini Academy — 60 Mini Team Driver 2nd
Trofeo Academy Championkart — 60 Mini 1st
2015 ROK Cup Italy — Junior ROK 125 RB 15th
2016 Trofeo dei Campioni — Junior ROK 125 KGT 1st
ROK Cup Italy - Centro — Junior ROK 2nd
ROK Cup Italy — Junior ROK 125 1st
WSK Final CupOKJ CRG SpA NC
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOKJ 53rd
2017 WSK Champions CupOK CRG SpA 27th
WSK Super Master SeriesOK Ricky Flynn Motorsport 41st
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOK 37th

As Nannini was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2019 F4 Spanish Championship Xcel Motorsport 3 0 0 1 0 18 17th
Formula 4 UAE Championship 20 7 6 7 16 363 1st
Formula Renault Eurocup MP Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Formula Regional European Championship Scuderia DF Corse by Corbetta 15 0 0 1 0 43 13th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 18 0 0 0 1 11 18th
Formula Regional European Championship Monolite Racing 3 0 0 0 0 14 15th
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship HWA Racelab 3 0 0 0 0 1 22nd
Campos Racing 5 0 0 0 0
FIA Formula 3 Championship HWA Racelab 20 1 0 1 2 44 14th
2023 Indy NXT Juncos Hollinger Racing 7 1 1 1 1 146 19th

As Nannini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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(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
2019 Xcel Motorsport DUB1
1

1
DUB1
2

2
DUB1
3

2
DUB1
4

5
YMC1
1

1
YMC1
2

3
YMC1
3

5
YMC1
4

1
DUB2
1

2
DUB2
2

5
DUB2
3

1
DUB2
4

3
YMC2
1

1
YMC2
2

3
YMC2
3

2
YMC2
4

1
DUB3
1

2
DUB3
2

8
DUB3
3

1
DUB3
4

3
1st 363

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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(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 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DC Points
2019 Scuderia DF Corse by Corbetta LEC
1
LEC
2
LEC
3
VLL
1

10
VLL
2

10
VLL
3

C
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
RBR
1

8
RBR
2

8
RBR
3

11
IMO
1

6
IMO
2

6
IMO
3

9
IMO
4

9
CAT
1

6
CAT
2

10
CAT
3

9
MUG
1

11
MUG
2

7
MUG
3

11
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MNZ
3
13th 43[N 1]
2020 Monolite Racing MIS
1
MIS
2
MIS
3
LEC
1
LEC
2
LEC
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
MUG
1
MUG
2
MUG
3
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MNZ
3
CAT
1

9
CAT
2

8
CAT
3

6
IMO
1
IMO
2
IMO
3
VLL
1
VLL
2
VLL
3
15th 14
  1. ^ Nannini was not eligible to classify or score points at Vallelunga due to age restrictions. This points restriction also included the Vallelunga make-up race at Imola.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of 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 21 DC Points
2020 Jenzer Motorsport RBR
FEA

27
RBR
SPR

18
RBR
FEA

23
RBR
SPR

NC
HUN
FEA

22
HUN
SPR

24†
SIL
FEA

24
SIL
SPR

23
SIL
FEA

27†
SIL
SPR

16
CAT
FEA

10
CAT
SPR

3
SPA
FEA

13
SPA
SPR

26
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

20
MUG
FEA

16
MUG
SPR

15
18th 11
2021 HWA Racelab CAT
1

10
CAT
2

26†
CAT
3

3
LEC
1

22
LEC
2

13
LEC
3

20
RBR
1

23
RBR
2

12
RBR
3

5
HUN
1

10
HUN
2

1
HUN
3

25
SPA
1

19
SPA
2

Ret
SPA
3

26
ZAN
1

17
ZAN
2

9
ZAN
3

28
SOC
1

16
SOC
2

C
SOC
3

17
14th 44

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of 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 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2021 HWA Racelab BHR
SP1

14
BHR
SP2

9
BHR
FEA

10
MCO
SP1
MCO
SP2
MCO
FEA
22nd 1
Campos Racing BAK
SP1

15
BAK
SP2

11
BAK
FEA

DNS
SIL
SP1

15
SIL
SP2

14
SIL
FEA

18
MNZ
SP1
MNZ
SP2
MNZ
FEA
SOC
SP1
SOC
SP2
SOC
FEA
JED
SP1
JED
SP2
JED
FEA
YMC
SP1
YMC
SP2
YMC
FEA

American open-wheel racing results

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Indy NXT

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with L indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2023 Juncos Hollinger Racing STP
15
BAR
15
IMS
1L*
DET
14
DET
11
RDA
16
MDO
17
IOW
NSH
IMS
GMP
POR
LAG
LAG
19th 146

References

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  1. ^ "Matteo Nannini". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  2. ^ Benzoni, Stefano (9 April 2021). "Matteo Nannini: chi è il baby campione: "Mi manda lo zio"". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ Wood, Elliot (2020-02-03). "Matteo Nannini moves to FIA F3 for second year in cars". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Improved Qualifying performance key to best F3 finish, says Nannini". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Piastri surges to Race 2 win from fifth, ahead of Peroni". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Nannini to complete dual F2/F3 campaign, joins Deledda at HWA". www.autosport.com. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Round 1 post-Race 3 press conference". www.fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  8. ^ "RACE 2: Nannini beats Fittipaldi to maiden win in Budapest". www.fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Nannini to replace Correa at ART GP for FIA F3's next test". www.formulascout.com. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  10. ^ "HWA sign Italian duo Nannini and Deledda for 2021". fiaformula2.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Matteo Nannini on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  12. ^ "Aitken to replace Nannini at HWA RACELAB in Monaco and Baku, with Italian set to focus on F3". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  13. ^ Nguyen, Justin (March 22, 2022). "Team Stange Racing forms international NASCAR driver development programme, signs Matteo Nannini". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  14. ^ Wood, Ida (9 December 2022). "Juncos signs Gold and Nannini for its return to Indy NXT". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Juncos Hollinger Racing, Nannini Part Company Immediately".
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula 4 UAE Championship
Champion

2019
Succeeded by