| Gabriele Minì | |
|---|---|
 Minì driving theDallara F2 2024 during the2025 Spielberg Formula 2 round | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Born | (2005-03-20)20 March 2005 (age 20) Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | MP Motorsport |
| Car number | TBA |
| Former teams | Prema Racing |
| Starts | 29 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 4 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 3 |
| Best finish | 13th in2025 |
| Previous series | |
| Championship titles | |
| 2020 | Italian F4 |
| Awards | |
| 2019 | CIK-FIA Rookie of the Year |
Gabriele Minì (Italian pronunciation:[ɡabriˈɛːlemiˈni]; born 20 March 2005) is an Italianracing driver who is set to compete in theFIA Formula 2 Championship forMP Motorsport as part of theAlpine Academy after previously competing forPrema in2025.
A member of theAlpine Academy since 2023, he is the2020 Italian F4 Champion, and was runner-up during the2022 Formula Regional European Championship and the2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Minì grew up inMarineo, a small city nearPalermo inSicily, Italy on 20 March 2005.[1] His father is amechanic who brought him up to the single-seater category.[2]
Minì is also noted for his ability to solve aRubik's Cube quickly, usually solving it in under twenty seconds.[3][importance?]
Minì started his karting career in 2012. His first karting title came in theItalian Championship in 2017 in the 60 Mini Class at the age of twelve.[4] The year after, Minì mainly competed in international competitions, he became champion in theWSK Super Master Series, beating thenMercedes Academy driverPaul Aron among others, and finishing as runner-up in theCIK-FIA Karting World Championship.[5] Following these achievements, Minì was signed toNicolas Todt's All Road Management scheme.[6] 2019 would be Minì's final year in karting; he finished second in theWSK Champions Cup and theFIA Karting European Championship respectively, and his achievements awarded him the FIA Karting Rookie of the Year.[7][8]
In late January 2020 it was announced that the Italian would make his car racing debut in theItalian F4 Championship and race in two rounds of theADAC F4 Championship forPrema Powerteam alongsideSebastián Montoya,Gabriel Bortoleto andFDA-MemberDino Beganovic.[9] Minì started his season off strongly by scoring all three pole positions at the first round inMisano,[10] winning his first ever race in single-seaters.[11][12] He would not score a podium during the firstImola round, although he finished each one of those races in the points. Minì bounced back with a hattrick of podiums at theRed Bull Ring, where he also won the third race of the weekend.[13] A double podium followed the next round inMugello, where he was also victorious in the final race.[14] However inMonza, Minì only took one second place, as he was stripped from a win during the first race due to an illegal pass.[15][16] In the second Imola round, a triple podium which included another win enlarged the points gap to his nearest rivalFrancesco Pizzi,[17] such that a second-place finish in race two allowed Minì to be crowned champion of the series.[18] He rounded out his season with a pole and a podium during theVallelunga finale.[19][20] Throughout his campaign, Minì took four wins, nine poles, twelve points and 284 points, becoming the youngest Italian F4 champion to date.
Minì also raced in two rounds of theADAC F4 Championship, winning his first race in that series at theNürburgring from pole position.[21][22] After earning three more third-places in the next five races, Minì would finish tenth in the standings.
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In December 2020 Minì took part in the post-season rookie test for theFormula Regional European Championship forART Grand Prix alongside his F4 title rivalFrancesco Pizzi andGrégoire Saucy.[23] Without prior experience in a car at that level Minì completed the second-fastest laptime of the day.[24] After a second test later that month, the French outfit confirmed Minì would race with them in the2021 season.[25][26] 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.[27] In the second weekend inBarcelona, Minì achieved his first podium in the category in the first race, while he went on to score more points in the second race.[28] After two tenth-placed finishes inMonaco, Minì returned to the podium in the first race atPaul Ricard.[29] Minì had his best weekend of the season atZandvoort, where he finished second and third, whilst also being the best rookie of the event.[30] Minì did not score any podiums in the second half of the season, but did score consistently and finished the season seventh overall and second behindIsack Hadjar in the rookie standings.
In the pre-season, Minì joinedHitech Grand Prix to partake in theFormula Regional Asian Championship.[31] In the first round, Minì started strong with a podium in the first race,[32] but not before taking his first pole and win in the series during the third race.[33] A mixed second round inDubai followed, as he was only able to salvage a fourth place in Race 3.[34] After initially bein scheduled for only the first two rounds, Minì returned for the fourth round with points finishes.[35] He ended his campaign strongly with another win and a podium finish inYas Marina, lifting him to fourth in the standings with 130 points.[36]
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Minì remained withART Grand Prix for the2022 season.[37] Minì started the season with a third place in theMonza opener,[38] before taking a commanding double pole forImola.[39][40] He was stripped of his first win during the first race due to a false start,[41] but secured redemption the next day in the wet with a first victory.[42][43] Following aMonaco rostrum,[44] Minì triumphed inLe Castellet, holding off championship leaderDino Beganovic for his second win.[45] This was followed with a run of four consecutive podiums inZandvoort and at theHungaroring.[46][47] However, Minì would be absent from the podium in the next three rounds, which included a disqualification from second place in the firstSpa-Francorchamps race.[48] Despite a total of nine podium finishes across the year, he was beaten to the title by Beganovic.[49] However, Minì clinched second overall in the standings by winning the final race inMugello by overcoming two rivals, allowing him to move ahead ofPaul Aron in the standings by a single point.[50]
Minì joinedHitech Grand Prix for the2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship during the opening two rounds, to prepare for his main Formula 3 campaign.[51] He took pole for the first race inDubai,[52] and despite leading most of the race, Minì celebrated one lap early thinking the race was over, which caused him to drop to sixth; a further time penalty for an aggressive maneuver withDino Beganovic plummeted him outside the points.[53] His only points of the campaign came during the third race, where he finished in fifth, resulting in Minì being confined to 22nd in the standings.
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In September 2022, Minì took part in theFIA Formula 3 post-season test atJerez, driving forHitech Grand Prix, setting the fastest lap during the first day.[54][55] Minì ended up driving for the team during the2023 FIA Formula 3 season, partneringLuke Browning and thenRed Bull juniorSebastián Montoya.[56] He began the campaign by claiming pole on debut atSakhir.[57][58] However, a five-second penalty for a starting grid infringement in the feature race meant that a commanding race which he ended first on track culminated in eighth place on the results sheet.[59] Qualifying third inMelbourne,[60] Minì made up six positions in the sprint race to finish fourth.[61] In a relatively straightforward feature race, Minì defended third place againstLeonardo Fornaroli during the closing laps to clinch his first Formula 3 podium.[62] Minì took a second pole atMonaco, by an astonishing gap of six tenths.[63][64] Having resisted race-long pressure fromDino Beganovic, Minì persevered as he took his maiden FIA F3 victory.[65][66] A scoreless round atBarcelona followed; he collected a penalty for spinningChristian Mansell out in the sprint, while he lacked pace in the feature race.[67] Minì qualified 11th and secured second place in a wetSpielberg sprint race, after battling for the lead.[68] However, his fortunes took a reverse turn on Sunday as he retired on the opening lap due to contact with teammate Browning.[69]
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Minì had a respectable weekend inSilverstone, scoring points in both races with fifth and seventh place.[70] In a tyre wear-intensive sprint inHungary, Minì overcameNikita Bedrin, who had initially overtaken him at the start, to win the sprint race.[71][72] He would drop to 16th place in the feature race.[73] However, Minì failed to score atSpa despite qualifying third;[74] he was involved a collision withPepe Martí on Saturday for which the Italian received a five-place grid penalty,[75][76] and not being able to start on Sunday after crashing on the sighting lap.[77] Minì was disqualified fromMonza qualifying prompting him to start both races from 26th,[78] but starred in a recovery drive during the sprint race to finish in sixth place.[79] He failed to score points on Sunday, as two time penalties demoted him to 19th.[80] With two poles, two wins, four podiums and 92 points, Minì placed seventh in the standings.[81] Minì also raced in theMacau Grand Prix with Prema.[82] He missed out on pole by 0.006s, in which he stated that he was "a bit sad".[83] He would proceed to finish third in both the qualification and main race.[84][85]
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Minì reunited withPrema Racing for the2024 season, partneringDino Beganovic andArvid Lindblad.[86] Qualifying third for theBahrain opener,[87] Minì made up positions in the sprint and narrowly missed out on sixth by 0.004 seconds.[88] A slow feature race start dropped Minì to sixth at the chequered flag.[89] Qualifying third again inMelbourne,[90] Following a sixth place in the sprint race,[91] Minì scored his first podium of the year by finishing third in theAustralia feature race, with a penultimate lap pass onLuke Browning for the position.[92][93] Two sixth places inImola moved him into the championship lead.[94] InMonaco, Minì claimed his first pole of the season.[95][96] He proceeded to fend offChristian Mansell, helping him to get back-to-back feature race wins in Monaco; in doing so he took the championship lead.[97][98][99] At the next round inBarcelona however Minì went pointless, as he retired from the sprint after contact withSebastián Montoya and dropped positions during the feature.[100][101] Qualifying fourth inAustria,[102] Amidst many fights, he fought his way back to sixth place in the sprint race.[103] He bounced back with a feature race podium in having come out on top in a bout for second with teammate Beganovic.[104]
Another tough qualifying followed inSilverstone with 14th,[105] After a super start in the sprint race, Minì battled with his fellowAlpine juniorNikola Tsolov, but came up short and finished sixth.[106] A feature race greeted by mixed conditions saw Minì up and down the order, but a late dry spell on slick tyres allowed him to surge up the order and finish in second place.[107][108] The next round inHungary became a disappointment, as Minì failed to score points after qualifying 13th.[109] He then finished second behind Beganovic in theSpa-Francorchamps sprint race despite overtaking him on the opening lap.[110] Unfortunately, he missed out on points again on Sunday, having been spun around at the first corner on the opening lap, but still sat one point off championship leaderLeonardo Fornaroli heading into the season finale.[111][112]
Minì qualified third for theMonza finale.[113] Despite earning a grid penalty for the sprint race for driving unnecessarily slowly during qualifying, he managed to finish ninth in the sprint race,[114] meaning that he entered the final feature race three points behind compatriot and championship leader Fornaroli.[115] Though Minì battled past Fornaroli for second in the feature race and the latter dropped to fourth by the final lap, a final-corner overtake by Fornaroli onChristian Mansell allowed him to snatch the title away from Minì by two points.[116][117] To compound matters, Minì was later disqualified from the race due to his tyre pressures being below the minimum limit.[118] Nevertheless, Minì finished second in the drivers' standings, taking one win, one pole and five podiums as well as 130 points during the season.[119]
Two weeks following the Formula 3 season finale, Minì would make hisFormula 2 debut inBaku forPrema Racing, in place ofOliver Bearman, as the Briton was called to stand in forHaas inFormula One.[120] He finished third in the sprint race despite having led some part of the race early on after passingChristian Mansell.[121] However, he crashed out of the feature race while running in the points with just a handful of laps to go.[122][123]
Minì made a full step up toFormula 2 in 2025, remaining withPrema Racing where he partners his formerFormula 3 teammateSebastián Montoya.[124]
Despite initially being tipped to leave the series after just one year,[125] Minì ultimately remained in Formula 2 for2026, this time moving toMP Motorsport alongsideOliver Goethe.[126]
At the start of 2023, Minì was announced to be joining theAlpine Academy.[127]
In May 2024, Minì made his Formula E debut during the rookie test at theTempelhof Airport Street Circuit, for theNissan Formula E Team.[128][129] He returned to Nissan once again in 2025 for the rookie practice sessions inJeddah[130] and Berlin, topping the timesheets in the latter test.[131][132] In 2026, Minì made another rookie appearance during theMiami ePrix.[133]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Trofeo Nazionale — 60 Baby | Minì, Fabrizio | 2nd |
| Italian Championship— Formula 60 | 11th | ||
| Italian Regional Championship Sicilia Region — 60 Baby | 1st | ||
| World Cup Trophy — 60 Baby | 1st | ||
| Trofeo Leotta — 60 Baby | 3rd | ||
| 2014 | Trofeo Nazionale — 60 Baby | Minì, Fabrizio | 16th |
| Italian Regional Championship Sicilia Region — 60 Baby | 1st | ||
| Italian Cup Central Zone — 60 Baby | 12th | ||
| Italian Cup South Zone — 60 Baby | 1st | ||
| Trofeo Leotta — 60 Mini | 1st | ||
| 2015 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | Lenzokart Srl | 12th |
| WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | 16th | ||
| Trofeo Nazionale — 60 Mini | Giugliano Kart | 6th | |
| Italian Championship — 60 Mini | 6th | ||
| WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini | Giugliano Kart | 5th | |
| 2016 | Italian Championship — 60 Mini | 1st | |
| WSK Night Edition — 60 Mini | 8th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | Minì, Fabrizio | 3rd | |
| ROK Cup Italy Area Nord — Mini ROK | 51st | ||
| ROK Cup International Final — Mini ROK | 10th | ||
| 2017 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | Parolin Racing Kart | 2nd |
| Andrea Margutti Trophy — 60 Mini | 4th | ||
| Italian Championship — 60 Mini | 1st | ||
| Trofeo delle Industrie —OKJ | 12th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | 1st | ||
| WSK Final Cup —OKJ | 19th | ||
| SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior | Russell Karting Specialties | 7th | |
| 2018 | WSK Champions Cup —OKJ | Parolin Racing Kart | 6th |
| WSK Super Master Series —OKJ | 1st | ||
| SKUSA SuperNationals — X30 Junior | 30th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship —OKJ | 2nd | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship —OKJ | 2nd | ||
| WSK Final Cup —OKJ | 2nd | ||
| 2019 | WSK Champions Cup —OK | Parolin Racing Kart | 2nd |
| South Garda Winter Cup —OK | DNF | ||
| WSK Euro Series —OK | 4th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship —OK | 2nd | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship —OK | 8th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series —OK | 5th |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Parolin Racing Kart Srl | OKJ | SAR QH (9) | SAR R 2 | PFI QH 4 | PFI R 3 | AMP QH 5 | AMP R (14) | AUB QH 5 | AUB R 1 | 2nd | 80 |
| 2019 | Parolin Racing Kart Srl | OK | ANG QH 3 | ANG R 3 | GEN QH 13 | GEN R (5) | KRI QH 3 | KRI R 2 | LEM QH 4 | LEM R 1 | 2nd | 84 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Italian F4 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 20 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 284 | 1st |
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 82 | 10th | ||
| 2021 | Formula Regional European Championship | ART Grand Prix | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 122 | 7th |
| 2022 | Formula Regional Asian Championship | Hitech Grand Prix | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 130 | 4th |
| Formula Regional European Championship | ART Grand Prix | 20 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 242 | 2nd | |
| 2023 | Formula Regional Middle East Championship | Hitech Grand Prix | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22nd |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 92 | 7th | |
| Macau Grand Prix | SJM TheodorePrema Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd | |
| 2024 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Prema Racing | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 130 | 2nd |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 27th | ||
| 2025 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Prema Racing | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 13th |
| 2026 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | MP Motorsport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Prema Powerteam | MIS 1 1 | MIS 2 4 | MIS 3 2 | IMO1 1 7 | IMO1 2 5 | IMO1 3 4 | RBR 1 2 | RBR 2 3 | RBR 3 1 | MUG 1 4 | MUG 2 2 | MUG 3 1 | MNZ 1 10 | MNZ 2 2 | MNZ 3 Ret | IMO2 1 1 | IMO2 2 2 | IMO2 3 2 | VLL 1 7 | VLL 2 C | VLL 3 3 | 1st | 284 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | Pos | Points |
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| 2020 | Prema Powerteam | LAU1 1 | LAU1 2 | LAU1 3 | NÜR1 1 1 | NÜR1 2 3 | NÜR1 3 3 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 3 | HOC 3 4 | NÜR2 1 | NÜR2 2 | NÜR2 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | LAU2 1 | LAU2 2 | LAU2 3 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | 10th | 82 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ART Grand Prix | IMO 1 11 | IMO 2 6 | CAT 1 2 | CAT 2 5 | MCO 1 10 | MCO 2 10 | LEC 1 3 | LEC 2 Ret | ZAN 1 2 | ZAN 2 3 | SPA 1 6 | SPA 2 4 | RBR 1 11 | RBR 2 12 | VAL 1 14 | VAL 2 10 | MUG 1 9 | MUG 2 Ret | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 5 | 7th | 122 |
| 2022 | ART Grand Prix | MNZ 1 15 | MNZ 2 3 | IMO 1 28 | IMO 2 1 | MCO 1 4 | MCO 2 3 | LEC 1 5 | LEC 2 1 | ZAN 1 3 | ZAN 2 2 | HUN 1 2 | HUN 2 2 | SPA 1 DSQ | SPA 2 6 | RBR 1 7 | RBR 2 4 | CAT 1 5 | CAT 2 7 | MUG 1 Ret | MUG 2 1 | 2nd | 242 |
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Hitech Grand Prix | ABU 1 2 | ABU 2 Ret | ABU 3 1 | DUB 1 Ret | DUB 2 13 | DUB 3 4 | DUB 1 | DUB 2 | DUB 3 | DUB 1 5 | DUB 2 7 | DUB 3 4 | ABU 1 8 | ABU 2 1 | ABU 3 2 | 4th | 130 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hitech Grand Prix | DUB1 1 11 | DUB1 2 21 | DUB1 3 5 | KUW1 1 Ret | KUW1 2 Ret | KUW1 3 19 | KUW2 1 | KUW2 2 | KUW2 3 | DUB2 1 | DUB2 2 | DUB2 3 | ABU 1 | ABU 2 | ABU 3 | 22nd | 10 |
| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  SJM TheodorePrema Racing | Dallara F3 2019 | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd |
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | BHR SPR 17 | BHR FEA 8 | MEL SPR 4 | MEL FEA 3 | MON SPR 11 | MON FEA 1 | CAT SPR 20 | CAT FEA 14 | RBR SPR 2 | RBR FEA Ret | SIL SPR 5 | SIL FEA 7 | HUN SPR 1 | HUN FEA 16 | SPA SPR Ret | SPA FEA DNS | MNZ SPR 6 | MNZ FEA 19 | 7th | 92 | ||
| 2024 | Prema Racing | BHR SPR 7 | BHR FEA 6 | MEL SPR 6 | MEL FEA 3 | IMO SPR 6 | IMO FEA 6 | MON SPR 11 | MON FEA 1 | CAT SPR Ret | CAT FEA 21 | RBR SPR 6 | RBR FEA 2 | SIL SPR 6 | SIL FEA 2 | HUN SPR 14 | HUN FEA 11 | SPA SPR 2 | SPA FEA 13 | MNZ SPR 9 | MNZ FEA DSQ | 2nd | 130 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
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