Francisco Soldavini | |
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| Soldavini at the Red Bull Ring in 2025 | |
| Born | Juan Francisco Soldavini Nores 3 March 2007 |
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Juan Francisco "Panchito" Soldavini Nores [1] (born 3 March 2007) is an Argentine racing driver who last competed for Nielsen Racing in Euroformula Open.
Soldavini began karting at the age of seven. [2] Initially competing in the America, Soldavini began competing in Europe in 2017 with Birel ART Racing, finishing 29th on his debut in the WSK Champions Cup. [3] Soldavini remained in karting until 2021, most notably finishing third in the 2018 IAME International Finals in the X30 Mini class. [4]
Stepping up to single-seaters in 2022, Soldavini made his F4 debut in the Italian F4 Championship with Maffi Racing. [5] In the two rounds, Soldavini took a best result of 21st in race one at Monza. [6] One month later, Soldavini competed in the final round of the F4 Spanish Championship with Cram-Pinnacle at Barcelona, [7] scoring a best result of 25th in race one. [8] Soldavini then ended the year with a one-off appearance for KTF Sports in the final round of the F4 Brazilian Championship, [9] taking his maiden career points by finishing 10th in race one. [10]
In 2023, Soldavini joined Team Virage to make a one-off appearance in the Ultimate Cup Series' Challenge Monoplace series at Estoril, winning on debut and finishing third in the other two races. [11] [12] Soldavini then joined G4 Racing to compete in the last two rounds of the Formula Regional European Championship. [13] Racing at both the Zandvoort and Hockenheimring rounds, Soldavini scored a best result of 22nd in race two at Zandvoort. [14]
Soldavini mainly raced in Ultimate Cup Series' Challenge Monoplace the following season, joining ART-Line Virage from the second round of the season onwards. Having taken his maiden win in cars in race three at Algarve, [15] Soldavini then won the first two races of the following round at Hockenheimring, [16] before retiring in race three. [17] In the following round at Mugello, Soldavini won all three races, [18] before taking a best result of third at in the following round at Magny-Cours, after taking pole earlier in the weekend. [19] That turned out to be Soldavini's last podium of the season as he withdrew from the final round at Le Castellet, as he ended the year third in points. [20]
Having sat much of 2025 on the sidelines, Soldavini returned to racing in September by joining Nielsen Racing to make his debut in Euroformula Open at the Red Bull Ring round, [21] scoring a best result of ninth in race three. [22]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | SKUSA SuperNationals — TaG Cadet | CRG SoCal | 71st |
| 2016 | SKUSA SuperNationals — Mini Swift | 2Wild Karting | 71st |
| 2017 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | Birel ART Racing | 29th |
| WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | 76th | ||
| South Garda Winter Cup — Mini Rok | NC | ||
| Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini | 16th | ||
| 2018 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | AV Racing | 23rd |
| WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | 29th | ||
| South Garda Winter Cup — Mini Rok | NC | ||
| Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini | 32nd | ||
| WSK Open Cup — 60 Mini | NC | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OK-J | 66th | ||
| Italian Karting Championship — 60 Mini | 23rd | ||
| IAME International Final — X30 Mini | 3rd | ||
| 2019 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | Novalux Racing Team | 18th |
| WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | 46th | ||
| WSK Euro Series — 60 Mini | 47th | ||
| Karting European Championship — OK-J | 102nd | ||
| Karting World Championship — OK-J | NC | ||
| WSK Open Cup — OK-J | 89th | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OK-J | NC | ||
| X30 Codasur Junior Argentina | 16th | ||
| 2020 | WSK Super Master Series — OK-J | CRG | 104th |
| Karting European Championship — OK-J | 37th | ||
| WSK Euro Series — OK-J | 60th | ||
| Champions of the Future — OK-J | DPK Racing | NC | |
| Karting World Championship — OK-J | NC | ||
| 2021 | WSK Champions Cup — OK-J | DPK Racing | NC |
| WSK Super Master Series — OK-J | 72nd | ||
| Sources: [23] [24] [25] | |||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Italian F4 Championship | Maffi Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50th |
| F4 Spanish Championship | Cram-Pinnacle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| F4 Brazilian Championship | KTF Sports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18th | |
| 2023 | Ultimate Cup Series Challenge Monoplace – F3R | Team Virage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 136 | 7th |
| Formula Regional European Championship | G4 Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0† | NC† | |
| 2024 | Ultimate Cup Series Challenge Monoplace – F3R (13 inch) | ART-Line Virage | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 230 | 3rd |
| 2025 | Euroformula Open Championship | Nielsen Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20th |
| Sources: [26] [23] | |||||||||
† As Soldavini was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Maffi Racing | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | MIS 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | VLL 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 23 | RBR 3 24 | RBR 4 DNQ | MNZ 1 21 | MNZ 2 27 | MNZ 3 C | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | 50th | 0 |
(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cram-Pinnacle | ALG 1 | ALG 2 | ALG 3 | JER 1 | JER 2 | JER 3 | CRT 1 | CRT 2 | CRT 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | ARA 3 | NAV 1 | NAV 2 | NAV 3 | CAT 1 25 | CAT 2 28 | CAT 3 Ret | NC† | 0 |
† As Soldavini was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | KTF Sports | MOG1 1 | MOG1 2 | MOG1 3 | INT1 1 | INT1 2 | INT1 3 | INT2 1 | INT2 2 | INT2 3 | MOG2 1 | MOG2 2 | MOG2 3 | GYN 1 | GYN 2 | GYN 3 | INT3 1 10 | INT3 2 Ret | INT3 3 DNS | 18th | 1 |
(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 | DC | Points |
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| 2023 | G4 Racing | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | ZAN 1 26 | ZAN 2 22 | HOC 1 24 | HOC 2 26 | NC† | 0 |
† As Soldavini was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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| 2025 | Nielsen Racing | PRT 1 | PRT 2 | PRT 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | HUN 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | RBR 1 10 | RBR 2 10 | RBR 3 9 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | CAT 3 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | 20th | 4 |