Nicola Marinangeli

Nicola Marinangeli
Nicola Marinangeli
	Marinangeli racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.
Nationality	Italian
Born	14 May 2003 (age 21); Foligno, Italy
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup career
Debut season	2023
Current team	AF Corse
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	71
Starts	6 (6 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	TBD in 2023
Previous series
2022; 2020-22; 2020; 2019-20; 2019; 2019	Euroformula Open Championship; FR European Championship; Formula Renault Eurocup; Formula 4 UAE Championship; Italian F4 Championship; ADAC Formula 4

Nicola Marinangeli (born 14 May 2003) is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the International GT Open with AF Corse.

Single-seater career

Lower formulae

2018

Born in Foligno, Marinangeli started his career in 2018 in the Italian F4 Championship for DR Formula.^[1] He drove in the final event at Mugello and scored a best finish of 22nd.

2019

Following that the Italian signed for Xcel Motorsport to drive in the 2019 F4 UAE Championship.^[2] However, Marinangeli finished last in the standings, with 37 points and being one of only three drivers not to score a podium throughout the season.^[3] He then competed full-time in Italian F4 with Bhai Tech Racing.^[4] He scored no points and finished 29th in the drivers' standings.

2020

In January of 2020 Marinangeli once again competed in the F4 UAE Championship.^[5] He won one race and finished fifth in the drivers' standings.

Formula Renault Eurocup

Marinangeli was signed by Bhaitech Racing to drive in the final season of the Formula Renault Eurocup.^[6] Both of his teammates would beat him in the championship, where the Italian only scored one point.

Formula Regional European Championship

In 2020 Marinangeli made his debut in the Formula Regional European Championship for KIC Motorsport at Imola.^[7] In the five races he competed in the Italian scored six points, leading to him finishing 17th and last in the drivers' championship.

He joined Arden Motorsport for the 2021 season, partnering Alex Quinn and William Alatalo. Despite regular finishes in the top twenty Marinangeli was unable to reach the points once during the season, leading to 30th place in the standings at the end of the campaign.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Marinangeli tested for Charouz Racing System on the final two days of the FIA Formula 3 post-season test in November of 2021.^[8]

Euroformula Open Championship

In February 2022 Marinangeli was announced by Dutch team Van Amersfoort Racing as one of their drivers for that year's Euroformula Open season.^[9]

Sportscar career

Marinangeli made his first foray into sportscar racing during the back end of 2022, contesting two rounds of the Ferrari Challenge Europe at Mugello and Imola.

The following year, it was announced that the Italian would be joining AF Corse in the International GT Open series, driving alongside Riccardo Agostini.^[10] He would also partner Sean Hudspeth in the Silver Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup.^[11]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2018	Italian F4 Championship	DR Formula	3	0	0	0	0	0	43rd
2019	Formula 4 UAE Championship	Xcel Motorsport	15	0	0	0	0	37	11th
	Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round	Xcel Motorsport	2	0	0	1	1	N/A	NC
	Italian F4 Championship	Bhai Tech Racing	20	0	0	0	0	0	29th
2020	Formula 4 UAE Championship	Xcel Motorsport	19	1	1	1	9	202	5th
	Formula Renault Eurocup	Bhaitech Racing	16	0	0	0	0	1	21st
	Formula Regional European Championship	KIC Motorsport	5	0	0	0	0	6	17th
2021	Formula Regional European Championship	Arden Motorsport	20	0	0	0	0	0	30th
2021	F3 Asian Championship	Motorscape	15	0	0	0	0	0	21st
2022	Formula Regional Asian Championship	Evans GP	15	0	0	0	0	1	24th
	Euroformula Open Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	8	0	0	0	0	36	12th
	Formula Regional European Championship	Monolite Racing	8	0	0	0	0	0	37th
	Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro)	Chiuini De Poi – Perugia	4	0	0	0	0	16	9th
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	AF Corse	10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver		10	0	2	0	1	55	6th
	International GT Open		13	1	0	0	3	90	6th
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Dragon Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	30th
2024	International GT Open	AF Corse	14	2	0	0	5	104	3rd

* Season still in progress.

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	Pos	Points
2018	DR Formula	ADR 1	ADR 2	ADR 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	MUG 1 22	MUG 2 Ret	MUG 3 29		43rd	0
2019	Bhai Tech Racing	VLL 1 16	VLL 2 13	VLL 3 27	MIS 1 22	MIS 2 29	MIS 3 C	HUN 1 14	HUN 2 Ret	HUN 3 19	RBR 1 24	RBR 2 24	RBR 3 Ret	IMO 1 15	IMO 2 27	IMO 3 21	IMO 4 17	MUG 1 Ret	MUG 2 25	MUG 3 13	MNZ 1 14	MNZ 2 27	MNZ 3 20	29th	0

Complete Formula 4 UAE 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
2019	Xcel Motorsport	DUB1 1 9	DUB1 2 8	DUB1 3 9	DUB1 4 8	YMC1 1 9	YMC1 2 Ret	YMC1 3 10	YMC1 4 10	DUB2 1 Ret	DUB2 2 8	DUB2 3 10	DUB2 4 Ret	YMC2 1 8	YMC2 2 DNS	YMC2 3 7	YMC2 4 7	DUB3 1	DUB3 2	DUB3 3	DUB3 4	11th	37
2020	Xcel Motorsport	DUB1 1 3	DUB1 2 3	DUB1 3 2	DUB1 4 C	YMC1 1 2	YMC1 2 5	YMC1 3 3	YMC1 4 Ret	YMC2 1 4	YMC2 2 1	YMC2 3 Ret	YMC2 4 2	DUB2 1 5	DUB2 2 2	DUB2 3 9	DUB2 4 3	DUB3 1 10	DUB3 2 Ret	DUB3 3 5	DUB3 4 Ret	5th	202

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup 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	Pos	Points
2020	Bhaitech Racing	MNZ 1 12	MNZ 2 11	IMO 1 17	IMO 2 14	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	ZAN 1 17	ZAN 2 15	CAT 1 18	CAT 2 Ret	SPA 1 16	SPA 2 11	IMO 1 13	IMO 2 Ret	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 15	LEC 1 18	LEC 2 13	21st	1

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	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2020	KIC Motorsport	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	CAT 2	CAT 3	IMO 1 9	IMO 2 10	IMO 3 11	VLL 1 10	VLL 2 C	VLL 3 9	17th	6
2021	Arden Motorsport	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 18	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 21	MCO 1 Ret	MCO 2 Ret	LEC 1 25	LEC 2 Ret	ZAN 1 27	ZAN 2 28	SPA 1 26	SPA 2 Ret	RBR 1 20	RBR 2 21	VAL 1 31	VAL 2 18	MUG 1 30	MUG 2 28	MNZ 1 17	MNZ 2 Ret					30th	0
2022	Monolite Racing	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	MCO 1	MCO 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 26	RBR 1 23	RBR 2 25	CAT 1 30	CAT 2 27	MUG 1 29	MUG 2 31					37th	0

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

(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
2021	Motorscape	DUB 1 15	DUB 2 13	DUB 3 14	ABU 1 14	ABU 2 14	ABU 3 Ret	ABU 1 13	ABU 2 Ret	ABU 3 14	DUB 1 14	DUB 2 16	DUB 3 15	ABU 1 12	ABU 2 15	ABU 3 18	21st	0
2022	Evans GP	ABU 1 Ret	ABU 2 Ret	ABU 3 13	DUB 1 14	DUB 2 11	DUB 3 15	DUB 1 14	DUB 2 10	DUB 3 11	DUB 1 14	DUB 2 17	DUB 3 13	ABU 1 Ret	ABU 2 13	ABU 3 16	24th	1

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(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	25	26	DC	Points
2022	Van Amersfoort Racing	POR 1 8	POR 2 Ret	POR 3 6*	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 7*	LEC 1 6*	LEC 2 9	LEC 3 8	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	CAT 1	CAT 2	CAT 3	12th	36

Complete International GT Open results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2023	AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	Pro	PRT 1 5	PRT 2 9	SPA 5	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 5	LEC 1 5	LEC 2 9	RBR 1 4	RBR 2 1	MNZ 1 5	MNZ 2 2	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 12		6th	90
2024	AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	Pro	PRT 1 6	PRT 2 Ret	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 Ret	SPA 14	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 5	LEC 1 4	LEC 2 1	RBR 1 11	RBR 2 2	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 1	MNZ 4	3rd	104

^*Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge results

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2023	AF Corse	Ferrari 296 GT3	Silver	BRH 1 23	BRH 2 Ret	MIS 1 28	MIS 2 26	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 24	VAL 1 31	VAL 2 26	ZAN 1 21	ZAN 2 19	6th	55

^*Season still in progress.

References

^ "Entry List" (PDF). acisport.it. ACI Sport Italia. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
^ "NEW RACING ROOKIES ARRIVE IN DUBAI FOR THIRD SEASON OF F4UAE". 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
^ "Italian F4 Championship - Provisional Entry List 2019" (PDF).
^ Costa, Massimo (31 January 2019). "Marinangeli si accasa da Bhaitech (Marinangeli is taken over by Bhaitech)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^ "Xcel Motorsport on Instagram". Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ "Nicola Marinangeli avec Bhaitech Racing en Formule Renault Eurocup". autohebdo.fr. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ Wood, Elliot (20 November 2020). "Marinangeli and Hauger join Formula Regional Europe field at Imola". FormulaScout. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Sargeant set for Carlin return in FIA F3's post-season test". Formula Scout. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^ "Van Amersfoort Racing | Nicola Marinangeli joins VAR for 2022 EFO Championship". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "33-car entry at Portimão season-opener as GT Sport celebrates 25 years of racing". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ "2023 FGTWCE - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST Brands Hatch - Media v5" (PDF). gt-world-challenge-europe.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

External links

Nicola Marinangeli career summary at DriverDB.com

[Mugello-1] "Entry List" (PDF). acisport.it. ACI Sport Italia. Retrieved 26 October 2018.

[Entry_List2-2] "NEW RACING ROOKIES ARRIVE IN DUBAI FOR THIRD SEASON OF F4UAE". 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

[Entry-3] "Italian F4 Championship - Provisional Entry List 2019" (PDF).

[4] Costa, Massimo (31 January 2019). "Marinangeli si accasa da Bhaitech (Marinangeli is taken over by Bhaitech)". ITALIARACING.net. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[5] "Xcel Motorsport on Instagram". Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[6] "Nicola Marinangeli avec Bhaitech Racing en Formule Renault Eurocup". autohebdo.fr. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[7] Wood, Elliot (20 November 2020). "Marinangeli and Hauger join Formula Regional Europe field at Imola". FormulaScout. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[8] "Sargeant set for Carlin return in FIA F3's post-season test". Formula Scout. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.

[9] "Van Amersfoort Racing | Nicola Marinangeli joins VAR for 2022 EFO Championship". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[10] "33-car entry at Portimão season-opener as GT Sport celebrates 25 years of racing". www.gtopen.net. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

[BrandsList-11] "2023 FGTWCE - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST Brands Hatch - Media v5" (PDF). gt-world-challenge-europe.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

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