Luka Sammalisto

2024

Stepping up to Formula 4 competition for 2024, Sammalisto joined R-ace GP to compete in the Formula 4 UAE Championship.^[5] Taking his first points in race two of the first Dubai round by finishing eighth in race two,^[6] Sammalisto took his season-best result at the same venue two weeks later by finishing sixth in race two.^[7]

Remaining with the same team for the rest of the year, Sammalisto competed with them in both the Italian F4 and Euro 4 Championships.^[8][9] In the former, Sammalisto scored his first points at Imola by finishing seventh in race three.^[10] After not scoring points at Vallelunga and Barcelona and missing two rounds due fractures in three vertebrae,^[11] Sammalisto scored two points finishes in the season-ending round at Monza en route to an 18th-place points finish.^[12] In Euro 4, Sammalisto raced in the final two rounds of the season, only scoring points in the season-ending round at Monza by finishing eighth in race three.^[13]

2025

Sammalisto switched to US Racing for 2025,^[14] beginning his season in the Formula Winter Series,^[15] where he contested the first and last rounds of the season, taking a best result of fourth in race two at Algarve.^[16] Sammalisto then returned to the Italian F4 Championship for the rest of the year,^[17] in which he started off the season with a seventh-place finish at Misano.^[18] Following a best result of ninth at Vallelunga, he scored his maiden series podium by finishing second in race three at Monza.^[19] In the following three rounds, Sammalisto scored a best result of fifth at both Mugello and Barcelona, before ending the year with back-to-back third-place finishes at Misano en route to an eighth-place points finish.^[20][21]