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Matteo Nannini
Nannini driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round.
Nationality	Italian
Born	(2003-07-10) 10 July 2003 (age 21) Faenza, Italy
Related to	Alessandro Nannini (first cousin once-removed) Gianna Nannini (first cousin once-removed)
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2021
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	20
Former teams	HWA Racelab, Campos Racing
Starts	9 (8 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	22nd in 2021
Previous series
2019 2019 2019 2019	Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Regional European Championship F4 Spanish Championship Formula 4 UAE Championship
Championship titles
2019	Formula 4 UAE Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2020
Car number	14
Former teams	Jenzer Motorsport, HWA Racelab
Starts	38 (39 entries)
Wins	1
Podiums	3
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	14th 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.

Racing career

Karting

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

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

2020

In his second year of single-seater racing, Nannini moved up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Jenzer Motorsport. 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. Nannini then managed to claim his first and only podium with a 3rd place in the second race of the weekend. Nannini failed to score any points for the rest of the season and finished 18th overall in the championship with 11 points.

2021

Nannini returned to the series in 2021 with HWA Racelab. 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. 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. 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

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. 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

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

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. Williams Academy driver Jack Aitken replaced Nannini for the Monaco and Baku rounds. Nannini would return to the championship with Campos Racing, racing in Baku and Silverstone after Gianluca Petecof had left the team.

Stock car racing

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. However, the team did not end up entering the race.

Indy NXT

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

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

Karting record

Karting career summary

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

Racing record

Racing career summary

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

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

American open-wheel racing results

Indy NXT

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

References

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".

External links

• Matteo Nannini career summary at DriverDB.com

• 2003 births
• Living people
• Italian racing drivers
• Spanish F4 Championship drivers
• Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
• FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers
• Formula Regional European Championship drivers
• FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers
• MP Motorsport drivers
• Jenzer Motorsport drivers
• Campos Racing drivers
• HWA Team drivers
• Argentine racing drivers
• Monolite Racing drivers
• Karting World Championship drivers
• Indy Lights drivers
• Juncos Hollinger Racing drivers
• UAE F4 Championship drivers
• Sportspeople from Faenza