Emanuele Olivieri
Italian racing driver (born 2008)
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Emanuele Olivieri (born 2 August 2008 in Canelli[1]) is an Italian racing driver who last competed in the Formula Regional European Championship for R-ace GP.
| Emanuele Olivieri | |
|---|---|
Olivieri in 2025 | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Born | 2 August 2008 Canelli, Italy |
| Formula Regional European Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2026 |
| Current team | R-ace GP |
| Car number | 73 |
| Starts | 19 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 9 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 3 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2026 |
| Previous series | |
| Championship titles | |
| 2026 2025 | FR European F4 Middle East |
| Statistics up to date as of 18 September 2026. | |
Olivieri is the 2025 F4 Middle East and the 2026 FREC champion.
He is the godson of three-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Rinaldo Capello and is part of Oliver Victor Kristensen's 5P Agency.[2][3][4]
Career
Karting (2019–2023)
Ahead of 2020, it was announced that Olivieri would step up to WSK-organized championships.[5] In his first full year in WSK championships, he finished seventh in the WSK Open Cup and eighth in the 25th edition of Trofeo Ayrton Senna. In 2021, Olivieri won the Andrea Margutti Trophy in 60 Mini, finished runner-up in WSK Champions Cup and WSK Super Master Series and placed third in WSK Euro Series.[6][7]
Stepping up to OKJ for 2022, Olivieri had a difficult year, but won the WSK Final Cup towards the end of the year.[8] Moving to OK in 2023, Olivieri finished fifth in the South Garda Winter Cup and eighth in the WSK Champions Cup before joining Birel ART ahead of the final round of the Champions of the Future series.[9]
Near the end of his karting career, Olivieri attended the Ferrari Driver Academy scout camp and the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy shootout, while also winning the 20° Supercorso Federale after impressing in the FDA scout camp.[10][11][1]
Formula 4 (2024–2025)
2024
In early 2024, AKM Motorsport announced that Olivieri would compete in the Formula Winter Series, Italian F4 Championship and Euro 4 championships.[12][13] In Formula Winter Series, Olivieri competed in the first two rounds, scoring points with a ninth place in the third Valencia race, ending the season 28th in the standings.[14][15] In Italian F4, Olivieri capitalised on post-race penalties to score points in the first two races at Imola and the first Vallelunga race.[16][17][18] After not scoring points at Mugello, Olivieri stayed out of trouble in a wet-dry race three at Paul Ricard to take sixth place.[19] He ended the season 17th in the standings on 11 points. Competing in the Italian rounds of the Euro 4 Championship, Olivieri finished seventh in the second Monza race, but he would be relegated to 17th post-race after being given a 25-second penalty for contact with Davide Larini.[20] In the following race, he finished tenth on track but would be promoted to ninth after post-race penalties.[21] Olivieri finished 19th in the standings with two points.
2025
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After testing with them in Italian F4's post-season tests, Olivieri joined R-ace GP to compete in the 2025 F4 Middle East Championship.[22][23] In the first qualifying session of the season at Yas Marina, Olivieri took his first pole in Formula 4 ahead of Alex Powell.[24] From pole, Olivieri took a dominant lights-to-flag win in race one,[25] before climbing from tenth to third in race two,[26] and winning race three by 0.071 seconds over Kean Nakamura-Berta.[27] In the second round of the season, held at the Corkscrew layout of Yas Marina, Olivieri took both pole positions and grew his points lead by taking his third win of the season in race one.[28][29] In race two Olivieri charged from 10th place to finish fourth, while in race three, he won from pole by holding off Nakamura-Berta following several safety car restarts.[30][31]
At Dubai, Olivieri led pre-event testing before taking pole for race one and leading from lights to flag to take his fifth win of the season.[32] From tenth in race two, Olivieri charged through the pack to take second, while in race three he held on to third place after defending from Reno Francot.[33][34] In the second-to-last round of the season at Abu Dhabi, Olivieri qualified on pole for race one, which he won on track but was later penalized for jumping the start, dropping him back to third.[35][36][37] After retiring in race two,[37] Olivieri rebounded to end the weekend with a third-place finish, to extend his championship lead.[38] In the season-ending Lusail round, Olivieri finished second on track to Adam Al Azhari in race one,[39] before inheriting the win post-race after Al Azhari was disqualified on technical grounds.[40] In race two, Olivieri wrapped up the title with a race to spare after finishing second to teammate Alex Powell,[41] a feat he repeated in the finale.[42]
In Italian F4, Olivieri opened up the season by scoring two podiums at Misano and one at Vallelunga,[43][44] before scoring a double pole position at Barcelona and finishing third in race one en route to a seventh-place points finish at the end of the season.[45] At the end of the year, Olivieri raced in the FIA F4 World Cup,[46] in which he won the qualification race and finished second in the main race to Jules Roussel.[47][48]
Formula Regional (2026–present)
In early 2026, Olivieri raced the final two rounds of the Formula Regional Middle East Trophy with R-ace GP.[49] Racing at Dubai and Lusail, Olivieri scored a best result of third in race three of the former round as he ended the season 14th in points.[50] For the rest of the year, Olivieri remained with the French team to race in the Formula Regional European Championship.[51] After a quiet start to the season, which included a lone podium at Zandvoort,[52] Olivieri won at Monza and Imola,[53][54] as well as six other podiums to clinch the rookie and overall titles.[55]
Karting record
Karting career summary
Complete CIK-FIA results
Complete CIK-FIA World Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Circuit | QH | SH | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | IPK Official Racing Team | OK-J | Sarno |
102nd | DNQ | DNPQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Birel ART Racing | OK | Franciacorta |
25th | 29th | Ret[b] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source:[58][59] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Complete CIK-FIA European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | IPK Official Racing Team | OK-J | POR SH 62 |
POR F DNQ |
ZUE SH 25 |
ZUE F Ret |
KRI SH 7 |
KRI F 7 |
FRN SH 44 |
FRN F DNQ |
20th | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | IPK Official Racing Team | OK | VAL QH 51 |
VAL SH 57 |
VAL F DNQ |
TŘI QH 47 |
TŘI SH 46 |
TŘI F DNQ |
RØD QH 33 |
RØD SH 34 |
RØD F 14 |
CRE QH 28 |
CRE SH 30 |
CRE F Ret |
34th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source:[60][61] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Formula Winter Series | AKM Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28th |
| Italian F4 Championship | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17th | ||
| Euro 4 Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23rd | ||
| 2025 | F4 Middle East Championship | R-ace GP | 15 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 339 | 1st |
| Italian F4 Championship | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 140 | 7th | ||
| FIA F4 World Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/a | 2nd | ||
| 2026 | Formula Regional Middle East Trophy | R-ace GP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 14th |
| Formula Regional European Championship | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 218 | 1st | ||
| Sources:[62][56] | |||||||||
* Season still in progress
Complete Formula Winter Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | AKM Motorsport | MIS 1 19 |
MIS 2 19 |
MIS 3 26 |
IMO 1 10 |
IMO 2 10 |
IMO 3 11 |
VLL 1 10 |
VLL 2 21 |
VLL 3 Ret |
MUG 1 Ret |
MUG 2 27 |
MUG 3 12 |
LEC 1 16 |
LEC 2 12 |
LEC 3 6 |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 11 |
CAT 3 11 |
MNZ 1 17 |
MNZ 2 29 |
MNZ 3 33† |
17th | 11 | ||||
| 2025 | R-ace GP | MIS1 1 |
MIS1 2 3 |
MIS1 3 3 |
MIS1 4 4 |
VLL 1 |
VLL 2 5 |
VLL 3 20 |
VLL 4 2 |
MNZ 1 9 |
MNZ 2 34† |
MNZ 3 5 |
MUG 1 4 |
MUG 2 11 |
MUG 3 30 |
IMO 1 8 |
IMO 2 C |
IMO 3 21 |
CAT 1 3 |
CAT 2 5 |
CAT 3 C |
MIS2 1 |
MIS2 2 7 |
MIS2 3 22 |
MIS2 4 10 |
MIS2 5 5 |
7th | 140 |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Euro 4 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete F4 Middle East Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA F4 World Cup results
| Year | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main Race |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mygale M21-F4 | 3rd | 1st | 2nd |
Complete Formula Regional Middle East Trophy 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)
Notes
- Olivieri competed for IPK Official Racing Team in Rounds 1-4 before switching to Birel ART Racing for the final round.
- Did not finish, but was classified 35th.