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Gabriele Minì

Gabriele Minì

Italian racing driver (born 2005)

Gabriele Minì (Italian pronunciation: [ɡa.briˈɛ.le miˈni]; born 20 March 2005) is an Italian racing driver who is currently competing 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]

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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

Minì racing in the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 Championship

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.

Formula Regional

2021

Minì racing in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

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 racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

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]

FIA Formula 3

2023

Minì during the 2023 Macau Grand Prix.

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 would reunite with Prema Racing for the 2024 season.[22]

Formula One

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

Formula E

In May 2024, Minì would make his Formula E debut during the rookie test at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, for the Nissan Formula E Team.[24][25]

Karting record

Karting career summary

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Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

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Racing record

Racing career summary

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Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

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Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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References

  1. [1]
    "Gabriele Mini - Prema Powerteam". 11 March 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Gabriele Mini". Alpine Cars. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. [3]
    Allen, Peter (6 December 2020). "Todt's All Road Management signs karter Gabriele Mini". FormulaScout. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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    "Gabriele Minì is the FIA Karting Rookie of the Year 2019". 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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    "Karting-talent Gabriele Mini to race with Prema in Formula 4". 31 January 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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    "Gabriele Mini wins on car racing debut at Misano in Italian F4". 1 August 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Gabriele Mini crowned Italian F4 champion at Imola with second place to Crawford". 22 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Prema's Gabriele Mini wins on ADAC F4 debut at Nurburgring". 15 August 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  9. [9]
    "Mini, Pizzi and Saucy to drive for ART GP in 'FREC' rookie test". 7 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  10. [10]
    "ART GP's Saucy fastest on final day of 'FREC' Paul Ricard rookie test". 9 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  11. [11]
    Wood, Elliot (19 December 2020). "Montoya and Beganovic star in Euroformula and FREC test at Barcelona". FormulaScout. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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    "ART WELCOMES GABRIELE MINI TO ITS FORMULA REGIONAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP BY ALPINE CAMPAIGN". 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  13. [13]
    Wood, Ida (7 January 2023). "Hitech GP to run six drivers in FRegional Middle East". Formula Scout. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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    Wood, Ida (20 September 2022). "FIA F3 reveals full entry list for post-season Jerez test". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
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    "Mini fastest for Hitech on Day 1 at Jerez post-season test". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
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    "Hitech Grand Prix confirms Gabriele Mini for 2023 FIA Formula 3 season". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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    Wood, Ida (3 October 2023). "Lindblad and Mini join Prema for FIA Formula 3 post-season testing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
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    "Minì heads the field on opening day of Imola post-season test". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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    "Minì: Small tweaks make the biggest difference to maximising final testing opportunity". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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    "Minì quickest once again on final day of post-season testing in Imola". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  21. [21]
    Wood, Ida (25 October 2023). "Two-time winner Ticktum headlines 2023 Macau GP entry list". Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  22. [22]
    "Gabriele Minì switches to PREMA Racing for 2024 campaign". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  23. [23]
    "Mini and Tsolov join Alpine Academy for 2023 season". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  24. [24]
    "Collet and Minì to drive for Nissan Formula E Team at Rookie Test". nismo.com. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  25. [25]
    "Nissan Formula E Team completes strong Berlin Rookie Test with Collet and Minì". nismo.com. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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