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Gabriele Minì
Minì driving for Prema Racing during the 2024 Spielberg Formula 3 round.
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (2005-03-20) 20 March 2005 (age 19)
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2023
Current teamPrema Racing
Car number2
Former teamsHitech Pulse-Eight
Starts37 (38 entries)
Wins4
Podiums9
Poles3
Fastest laps2
Best finish2nd in 2024
Previous series
2023
2022
2021–2022
2020
2020		FR Middle East Championship
FR Asian Championship
FR European Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Italian F4 Championship
Championship titles
2020Italian F4 Championship
Awards
2019CIK-FIA Rookie of the Year

Gabriele Minì (Italian pronunciation: [ɡa.briˈɛ.le miˈni]; born 20 March 2005) is an Italian racing driver who is competing in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing. He is the 2020 Italian F4 Champion, and was runner-up during the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship and the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship.[1] He is a member of the Alpine Academy.[2]

Career

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Karting

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Minì started his karting career in 2012. His first karting title came in the Italian Championship in 2017 in the 60 Mini Class at the age of 12. The year after Minì mainly competed in international competitions, becoming champion in the WSK Super Master Series, beating Mercedes Academy driver Paul Aron among others, and finishing as runner-up in the CIK-FIA Karting World Championship. Following these achievements, Minì was signed to Nicolas Todt's All Road Management scheme.[3] 2019 would be Minì's final year in karting; he finished second in the WSK Champions Cup and the FIA Karting European Championship respectively.[4]

Lower formulae

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Minì racing in the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 Championship

In late January 2020 it was announced that the Italian would make his car racing debut in the Italian F4 Championship and race in two rounds of the ADAC F4 Championship for Prema Powerteam alongside Sebastian Montoya, Gabriel Bortoleto and FDA-Member Dino Beganovic.[5] Minì started his season off strongly by scoring all three pole positions at the first round in Misano, winning his first ever race in single-seaters.[6] He would not score any more podiums for five consecutive races, although he finished each one of those races in the points. The Italian collected a hattrick of podiums at the Red Bull Ring, where he also won the third race of the weekend. After further wins in Mugello and Imola Minì had amassed a sizeable gap to his title rivals behind, and after a second-place finish in race two in the penultimate weekend the Italian was crowned champion of the series.[7]

Minì also raced in two rounds of the ADAC F4 Championship, winning his first race in that series at the Nürburgring.[8] He finished tenth in the standings.

Formula Regional

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2021

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Minì racing in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring

In December 2020 Minì took part in the post-season rookie test for the Formula Regional European Championship for ART Grand Prix alongside his F4 title rival Francesco Pizzi and Grégoire Saucy.[9] Without prior experience in a car at that level Minì completed the second-fastest laptime of the day.[10] After a second test later that month, the French outfit confirmed Minì would race with them in the 2021 season.[11][12] He started his season off by scoring his first points in race 2 of the first round, with a sixth place also giving him the distinction of being the highest-placed rookie. In the second weekend in Barcelona Minì achieved his first podium in the category in the first race, while he went on to score more points in the second race. After two tenth-placed finishes at the Monaco Circuit the Italian returned to the podium in the first race at Paul Ricard. Following that Minì had his best weekend of the season at the Circuit Zandvoort, where he finished second and third, whilst also being the best rookie of the event. Minì finished the season seventh overall and second behind Isack Hadjar in the rookie standings.

2022

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Minì racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring

Minì remained with ART Grand Prix for the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship.

2023

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Minì joined Hitech Grand Prix for the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship during the opening three rounds, to prepare for his main Formula 3 campaign.[13]

FIA Formula 3

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2023

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Minì driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round

In September 2022, Minì took part in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test at Jerez, driving for Hitech Grand Prix,[14] setting the fastest lap during the first day.[15] That November, Minì announced that he would drive for the British team during the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.[16]

Minì during the 2023 Macau Grand Prix

He took part in the post-season testing sessions with Prema Racing.[17] He set the fastest lap on both days during the Imola test.[18][19][20] Minì is also set to partake in the Macau Grand Prix with Prema.[21]

2024

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In October 2023, Minì announced that he would reunite with Prema Racing for the 2024 season.[22]

Mini would start the season by picking up points in each of the first 3 races before he scored his first podium of the season by finishing third in the Australia feature race. He then scored two 6th place finishes in Imola before he took his first pole of the season in Monaco and won the feature race to take the championship lead for the first time in 2024.

However the next race in Spain would be a disaster as Mini would go pointless after a poor qualifying. Mini would bounce back by taking 6th in the sprint and 2nd in the feature at Austria to get back into the title fight. He would then follow this up by finishing 6th in the sprint and 2nd in the feature race at Silverstone which gave Mini back the championship lead with 3 rounds to go putting him in a good position to win the title.

The next round in Hungary would go awfully for Mini though as he would fail to score after a poor qualifying ended his chance for points. Mini would then finish behind his teammate Dino Beganovic in the SPA sprint race in 2nd place but he would fail to score in the feature race losing the championship lead to Leonardo Fornaroli with 1 round to go. Mini would qualify third at Monza but Fornaroli would get pole giving him two more points. Mini would finish behind Fornaroli in 9th in the spring leaving him 5 points behind his fellow countryman going into the feature race. In the feature race Mini would move into 2nd with Fornaroli 4th giving him prime position for the title but Fornaroli overtook Christian Mansell in the last corner to snatch the title away from Mini by 2 points. Adding insult to injury Mini would later be disqualified from the feature race losing his 2nd place due to his tyre pressure being below the minimum limit.

Mini finished 2024 2nd in the championship with 130, 23 points away from the title scoring 1 win with 4 more podiums, 1 pole and 1 fastest laps. Despite missing out on the title he helped Prema win the teams championship by scoring 37.03 percent of the teams total points.

FIA Formula 2

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Two weeks following the Formula 3 season finale, Minì would make his Formula 2 debut in Baku for Prema Racing, in place of Oliver Bearman, as the Briton was called to stand in for Haas in Formula One.[23]

Formula One

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At the start of 2023, Minì was announced to be joining the Alpine Academy.[24]

Formula E

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In May 2024, Minì would make his Formula E debut during the rookie test at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, for the Nissan Formula E Team.[25][26]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2013 Trofeo Nazionale — 60 Baby Minì, Fabrizio 2nd
Italian Championship— Formula 60 11th
Italian Regional Championship Sicilia Region — 60 Baby 1st
World Cup Trophy — 60 Baby 1st
Trofeo Leotta — 60 Baby 3rd
2014 Trofeo Nazionale — 60 Baby Minì, Fabrizio 16th
Italian Regional Championship Sicilia Region — 60 Baby 1st
Italian Cup Central Zone — 60 Baby 12th
Italian Cup South Zone — 60 Baby 1st
Trofeo Leotta — 60 Mini 1st
2015 WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini Lenzokart Srl 12th
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 16th
Trofeo Nazionale — 60 Mini Giugliano Kart 6th
Italian Championship — 60 Mini 6th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini Giugliano Kart 5th
2016 Italian Championship — 60 Mini 1st
WSK Night Edition — 60 Mini 8th
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini Minì, Fabrizio 3rd
ROK Cup Italy Area Nord — Mini ROK 51st
ROK Cup International Final — Mini ROK 10th
2017 WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini Parolin Racing Kart 2nd
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini 4th
Italian Championship — 60 Mini 1st
Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ 12th
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 1st
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 19th
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior Russell Karting Specialties 7th
2018 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Parolin Racing Kart 6th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 1st
SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior 30th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 2nd
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ 2nd
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 2nd
2019 WSK Champions Cup — OK Parolin Racing Kart 2nd
South Garda Winter Cup — OK DNF
WSK Euro Series — OK 4th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 2nd
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 8th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 5th

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

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

Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2018 Parolin Racing Kart Srl OKJ SAR
QH
(9) 		SAR
R
2 		PFI
QH
4 		PFI
R
3 		AMP
QH
5 		AMP
R
(14) 		AUB
QH
5 		AUB
R
1 		2nd 80
2019 Parolin Racing Kart Srl OK ANG
QH
3 		ANG
R
3 		GEN
QH
13 		GEN
R
(5) 		KRI
QH
3 		KRI
R
2 		LEM
QH
4 		LEM
R
1 		2nd 84

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 Italian F4 Championship Prema Powerteam 20 4 9 2 12 284 1st
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 6 1 2 2 4 82 10th
2021 Formula Regional European Championship ART Grand Prix 20 0 0 0 4 122 7th
2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship Hitech Grand Prix 12 2 1 1 4 130 4th
Formula Regional European Championship ART Grand Prix 20 3 3 5 9 242 2nd
2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Hitech Grand Prix 6 0 1 0 0 10 22nd
FIA Formula 3 Championship Hitech Pulse-Eight 18 2 2 1 4 92 7th
Macau Grand Prix SJM Theodore Prema Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing 20 1 1 1 5 130 2nd
FIA Formula 2 Championship 2 0 0 0 1 6 23rd*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 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 21 Pos Points
2020 Prema Powerteam MIS
1
1 		MIS
2
4 		MIS
3
2 		IMO1
1
7 		IMO1
2
5 		IMO1
3
4 		RBR
1
2 		RBR
2
3 		RBR
3
1 		MUG
1
4 		MUG
2
2 		MUG
3
1 		MNZ
1
10 		MNZ
2
2 		MNZ
3
Ret 		IMO2
1
1 		IMO2
2
2 		IMO2
3
2 		VLL
1
7 		VLL
2
C 		VLL
3
3 		1st 284

Complete Formula Regional European 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
2021 ART Grand Prix IMO
1
11 		IMO
2
6 		CAT
1
2 		CAT
2
5 		MCO
1
10 		MCO
2
10 		LEC
1
3 		LEC
2
Ret 		ZAN
1
2 		ZAN
2
3 		SPA
1
6 		SPA
2
4 		RBR
1
11 		RBR
2
12 		VAL
1
14 		VAL
2
10 		MUG
1
9 		MUG
2
Ret 		MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
5 		7th 122
2022 ART Grand Prix MNZ
1
15 		MNZ
2
3 		IMO
1
28 		IMO
2
1 		MCO
1
4 		MCO
2
3 		LEC
1
5 		LEC
2
1 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
2 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
2 		SPA
1
DSQ 		SPA
2
6 		RBR
1
7 		RBR
2
4 		CAT
1
5 		CAT
2
7 		MUG
1
Ret 		MUG
2
1 		2nd 242

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

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(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
2 		ABU
2
Ret 		ABU
3
1 		DUB
1
Ret 		DUB
2
13 		DUB
3
4 		DUB
1 		DUB
2 		DUB
3 		DUB
1
5 		DUB
2
7 		DUB
3
4 		ABU
1
8 		ABU
2
1 		ABU
3
2 		4th 130

Complete Formula Regional Middle East 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 DC Points
2023 Hitech Grand Prix DUB1
1
11 		DUB1
2
21 		DUB1
3
5 		KUW1
1
Ret 		KUW1
2
Ret 		KUW1
3
19 		KUW2
1 		KUW2
2 		KUW2
3 		DUB2
1 		DUB2
2 		DUB2
3 		ABU
1 		ABU
2 		ABU
3 		22nd 10

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

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Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2023 Hong Kong SJM Theodore Prema Racing Dallara F3 2019 2nd 3rd 3rd

Complete FIA Formula 3 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 DC Points
2023 Hitech Pulse-Eight BHR
SPR
17 		BHR
FEA
8 		MEL
SPR
4 		MEL
FEA
3 		MON
SPR
11 		MON
FEA
1 		CAT
SPR
20 		CAT
FEA
14 		RBR
SPR
2 		RBR
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
5 		SIL
FEA
7 		HUN
SPR
1 		HUN
FEA
16 		SPA
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
DNS 		MNZ
SPR
6 		MNZ
FEA
19 		7th 92
2024 Prema Racing BHR
SPR
7 		BHR
FEA
6 		MEL
SPR
6 		MEL
FEA
3 		IMO
SPR
6 		IMO
FEA
6 		MON
SPR
11 		MON
FEA
1 		CAT
SPR
Ret 		CAT
FEA
21 		RBR
SPR
6 		RBR
FEA
2 		SIL
SPR
6 		SIL
FEA
2 		HUN
SPR
14 		HUN
FEA
11 		SPA
SPR
2 		SPA
FEA
13 		MNZ
SPR
9 		MNZ
FEA
DSQ 		2nd 130

Complete FIA Formula 2 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 26 27 28 DC Points
2024 Prema Racing BHR
SPR 		BHR
FEA 		JED
SPR 		JED
FEA 		MEL
SPR 		MEL
FEA 		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 		BAK
SPR
3 		BAK
FEA
Ret 		LSL
SPR
 LSL
FEA
 YMC
SPR
 YMC
FEA
 23rd* 6*

* Season still in progress.

References

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  1. ^ "Gabriele Mini - Prema Powerteam". 11 March 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Gabriele Mini". Alpine Cars. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ Allen, Peter (6 December 2020). "Todt's All Road Management signs karter Gabriele Mini". FormulaScout. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Gabriele Minì is the FIA Karting Rookie of the Year 2019". 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Karting-talent Gabriele Mini to race with Prema in Formula 4". 31 January 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Gabriele Mini wins on car racing debut at Misano in Italian F4". 1 August 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Gabriele Mini crowned Italian F4 champion at Imola with second place to Crawford". 22 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Prema's Gabriele Mini wins on ADAC F4 debut at Nurburgring". 15 August 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Mini, Pizzi and Saucy to drive for ART GP in 'FREC' rookie test". 7 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  10. ^ "ART GP's Saucy fastest on final day of 'FREC' Paul Ricard rookie test". 9 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  11. ^ Wood, Elliot (19 December 2020). "Montoya and Beganovic star in Euroformula and FREC test at Barcelona". FormulaScout. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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  21. ^ Wood, Ida (25 October 2023). "Two-time winner Ticktum headlines 2023 Macau GP entry list". Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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  23. ^ "Gabriele Minì to replace Oliver Bearman at PREMA Racing in Baku". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Mini and Tsolov join Alpine Academy for 2023 season". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  25. ^ "Collet and Minì to drive for Nissan Formula E Team at Rookie Test". nismo.com. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Nissan Formula E Team completes strong Berlin Rookie Test with Collet and Minì". nismo.com. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Italian F4 Championship
Champion
2020 		Succeeded by
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