Gabriele Minì

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

Gabriele Minì
Minì in 2020
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (2005-03-20) 20 March 2005
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2023
Current teamHitech Grand Prix
Car number15
Starts17 (18 entries)
Wins1
Podiums4
Poles2
Fastest laps1
Best finish7th in 2023
Previous series
2023
2022
20212022
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

Career

Karting

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

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.

2021

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

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

2023

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]

2023

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]

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

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

Formula One

At the start of 2023, Miní was announced to be joining the Alpine Academy.[23]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2013 Italian Championship— Formula 60 11th
2015 WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini Lenzokart Srl 12th
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 16th
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 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

(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

Racing career summary

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
2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing

* 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 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

(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

(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

(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 FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(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

BHR
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

TBD TBD

References

  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.
  12. "ART WELCOMES GABRIELE MINI TO ITS FORMULA REGIONAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP BY ALPINE CAMPAIGN". 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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