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Italian racing driver (born 2006)
Matteo De Palo
De Palo in 2023
NationalityItaly Italian
Full nameMatteo De Palo
Born (2007-11-08) 8 November 2007 (age 17)
Rome, Italy
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2024
Current teamTrident
Car numberTBA
Former teamsSaintéloc Racing
Starts20 (20 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish17th in 2024
Previous series
2024
2023
2023
2023		FR Middle East Championship
F4 British Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Italian F4 Championship

Matteo De Palo (born 8 November 2007) is an Italian racing driver set to compete in the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship with Trident, having recently raced in the series last year with Saintéloc Racing. He previously competed in the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship with Campos Racing, finishing fifth overall.

Career

Formula Winter Series

De Palo made his car racing debut at the second round in Circuit Ricardo Tormo during the 2023 Formula Winter Series. He won the first race on debut, while taking both poles for the round.

In July 2022, De Palo took part in a scouting camp conducted by the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Formula 4

Spanish F4

De Palo racing at Spa-Francorchamps during the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship.

De Palo joined Campos Racing for the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship. He took his only Spanish F4 win of the year, during the first round in Spa-Francorchamps, after original winner Valerio Rinicella received a penalty for track limits. A further podium came the next round in Aragón where he finished third from pole. However, he would next stand on the podium during the penultimate round at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, scoring a double podium. Despite only four podiums, his consistent points scoring saw him fifth in the standings, with 171 points.

Italian F4

De Palo took part in the opening round of the 2023 Italian F4 Championship with R-ace GP at Imola. With ten points, De Palo was ranked 20th in the standings.

British F4

De Palo made a cameo appearance in two rounds during the 2023 F4 British Championship.

Formula Regional

2024

De Palo racing at the Red Bull Ring during the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship

For 2024, De Palo was promoted to the Formula Regional European Championship with Saintéloc Racing. Before that, he partook in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship with the team in the first two rounds. He scored two points finishes with the highest being a seventh, putting him 18th in the standings. In his main campaign, De Palo score points with fifth in the second round in Spa-Francorchamps. He improved his personal best to fourth during the second race at the Red Bull Ring. With six points finishes, De Palo finished 17th in the drivers' standings with 29 points.

De Palo also took part in the Macau Grand Prix with PHM Racing. In an incident-packed race, De Palo managed to find his way to finish in fifth place, but was disqualified due to a car infringement.

2025

De Palo remained in Formula Regional Europe for 2025, switching over to Trident for his sophomore campaign.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2016 WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini NC
2017 WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 32nd
46° Trofeo Delle Industrie — 60 Mini Energy Corse 10th
WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini 8th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini 12th
ROK Cup International Final — Mini ROK ASD Giugliano Kart 25th
2018 29° Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini NC
Italian Championship — 60 Mini 14th
ROK Cup International Final — Mini ROK 26th
2019 24° South Garda Winter Cup — Mini ROK AV Racing 4th
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 28th
WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini NC
WSK Euro Series — 60 Mini NC
ROK Cup Superfinal — Junior ROK KGT Motorsport 4th
48° Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ 16th
WSK Open Cup — OKJ NC
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 33rd
2020 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ KGT Motorsport 15th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ NC
25° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 10th
CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy 5th
WSK Euro Series — OKJ Ward Racing 51st
31° Andrea Margutti — X30 Junior Mixauto Motorsport 8th
2021 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ KR Motorsport 24th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 14th
WSK Open Cup — OK 31st
Champions of the Future — OKJ 31st
FIA Karting European Championship — Junior 30th
2022 Champions of the Future – Winter Series — OK Kart Republic Motorsport 15th
FIA Karting European Championship — OK 42nd
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Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2023 Formula Winter Series Campos Racing 2 1 2 0 2 37 6th
F4 Spanish Championship 21 1 1 1 4 171 5th
Italian F4 Championship R-ace GP 3 0 0 0 0 10 20th
F4 British Championship Phynsis by Argenti 5 0 0 0 0 0 25th
2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Saintéloc Racing 6 0 0 0 0 8 18th
Formula Regional European Championship 20 0 0 0 0 29 17th
Macau Grand Prix PHM Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DSQ
2025 Formula Regional European Championship Trident 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD

Complete Formula Winter Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2023 Campos Racing JER
1 		JER
2 		CRT
1
1 		CRT
2
5 		NAV
1 		NAV
2 		CAT
2 		CAT
2 		6th 37

Complete F4 Spanish 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 DC Points
2023 Campos Racing SPA
1
9 		SPA
2
7 		SPA
3
1 		ARA
1
7 		ARA
2
5 		ARA
3
3 		NAV
1
15 		NAV
2
Ret 		NAV
3
6 		JER
1
4 		JER
2
7 		JER
3
8 		EST
1
7 		EST
2
4 		EST
3
9 		CRT
1
7 		CRT
2
3 		CRT
3
2 		CAT
1
6 		CAT
2
6 		CAT
3
4 		5th 171

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 DC Points
2023 R-ace GP IMO
1
24† 		IMO
2
 IMO
3
7 		IMO
4
8 		MIS
1
 MIS
2
 MIS
3
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 SPA
3
 MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 MNZ
3
 LEC
1
 LEC
2
 LEC
3
 MUG
1
 MUG
2
 MUG
3
 VLL
1
 VLL
2
 VLL
3
 20th 10

Complete F4 British 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 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 DC Points
2023 Phynsis by Argenti DON
1
 DON
2
 DON
3
 BHI
1
 BHI
2
 BHI
3
 SNE
1
C 		SNE
2
11 		SNE
3
19 		THR
1
13 		THR
2
19 		THR
3
12 		OUL
1
 OUL
2
 OUL
3
 SIL
1
 SIL
2
 SIL
3
 CRO
1
 CRO
2
 CRO
3
 KNO
1
 KNO
2
 KNO
3
 DPGP
1
 DPGP
2
 DPGP
3
 DPGP
4
 BHGP
1
 BHGP
2
 BHGP
3
 25th 0

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
2024 Saintéloc Racing YMC1
1
15 		YMC1
2
14 		YMC1
3
9 		YMC2
1
7 		YMC2
2
16 		YMC2
3
15 		DUB1
1 		DUB1
2 		DUB1
3 		YMC3
1 		YMC3
2 		YMC3
3 		DUB2
1 		DUB2
2 		DUB2
3 		18th 8

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
2024 Saintéloc Racing HOC
1
15 		HOC
2
13 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
11 		ZAN
1
Ret 		ZAN
2
Ret 		HUN
1
DSQ 		HUN
2
10 		MUG
1
19 		MUG
2
18 		LEC
1
10 		LEC
2
15 		IMO
1
8 		IMO
2
Ret 		RBR
1
10 		RBR
2
4 		CAT
1
22 		CAT
2
Ret 		MNZ
1
25† 		MNZ
2
Ret 		17th 29
2025 Trident MIS
1 		MIS
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		TBD TBD

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2024 Germany PHM Racing Tatuus F3 T-318 10th 6th DSQ

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