Career
Martella began his karting career in 2020, racing Junior Briggs in Canada. [1] In his time karting in Canada, Martella most notably was the 2021 Canadian Karting Champion in the Briggs Junior Lite class, [2] and was also the 2023 Pro Shifter champion in the same series, [3] under the guidance of Marijn Kremers. [4] After making his debut in America in 2022, [5] Martella participated in the SKUSA SuperNationals at the end of the year, racing in both the KA 100 J and X30 Junior classes, most notably finishing eighth in the latter. [6]
Martella made his single-seater debut in 2024, joining Exclusive Autosport for the YACademy Winter Series. [7] After taking a best result of sixth at Homestead-Miami, [8] Martella stayed with the team to compete in USF Juniors. [9] Scoring his first top ten of the season in his second race in the series at NOLA Motorsports Park, [10] Martella took two more top-ten results at Virginia International Raceway before leaving the series. [11] During 2024, Martella also made a one-off appearance in the USF 2000 Championship at Road America. [12]
However, Martella's main programme in 2024 was in Canada, where he competed for his family-owned team in the TCR class of the Sports Car Championship Canada. [13] In his maiden season in TCR machinery, Martella took his maiden win at Toronto, [14] before taking further wins at Trois-Rivières and Mosport to finish runner-up in points to Richard Boake. [15] [16]
After testing USF2000 machinery at the end of 2024 with Exclusive Autosport, [17] Martella joined Jay Howard Driver Development for his rookie season in USF2000. [18] [19] Starting off the season with a sixth place finish in race one at St. Petersburg, [20] Martella scored a seventh place finish in race two at NOLA Motorsports Park to head to Indianapolis 13th in points. [21] After finishing no better than fourteenth at Indianapolis, Martella dominated the Freedom 75 two weeks later at Indianapolis Raceway Park to take his maiden win in single-seaters. [22] In the remaining four rounds Martella took six more top-tens, which included his second top five of the season, a fifth place in race two at the season-ending round at Portland. [23]
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