Nicola Lacorte

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Nicola Lacorte
FREC 2024 Mogyorod Nicola Lacorte.jpg
Lacorte in 2024
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Full nameNicola Lacorte
Born (2007-06-01) 1 June 2007 (age 17)
Pisa, Italy
Related to Roberto Lacorte (father)
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season 2024
Current team Trident
Car number7
Starts20 (20 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish21st in 2024
Previous series
2024
2024
2023
2023
2022–2023 		FR European Championship
FR Oceania Championship
Euro 4 Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Italian F4 Championship

Nicola Lacorte (born 1 June 2007) is an Italian racing driver who is set to race for DAMS Lucas Oil in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship, having last raced in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship with Trident. He was a race winner in the Italian F4 Championship.

Contents

Lacorte is also a member of the Alpine Academy.

Career

Karting

Lacorte finished 56th in the 2021 FIA Karting European Championship. [1] In July 2022, he contested in a scouting camp conducted by the Ferrari Driver Academy. [2]

Formula 4

2022

Lacorte racing at the Red Bull Ring during the 2022 Italian F4 Championship. F4 Italy 2022 Nr. 47 (1).jpg
Lacorte racing at the Red Bull Ring during the 2022 Italian F4 Championship.

Lacorte made his single-seater debut at the Red Bull Ring round of the 2022 Italian F4 Championship with Iron Lynx. [3] His only points came in his first race, where he ended 28th in the standings. [4]

2023

Lacorte driving at the Mugello Circuit during the 2023 Italian F4 Championship. F4 Italy 2023 Mugello Nr. 47 Lacorte (1).jpg
Lacorte driving at the Mugello Circuit during the 2023 Italian F4 Championship.

Lacorte signed with Prema Racing in 2023 to compete in Formula 4 UAE and Italian F4. [5] In the former, the Italian did not have a very successful campaign, he only managed two points finishes and was 24th in the standings with five points.

In his main campaign, he started the season well with a third placed podium in the first race in Imola. [6] He would proceed to take his first win during the third race after polesitter and teammate Ugo Ugochukwu was eliminated on the opening lap. [7] However, those were the only podiums of his season, only finishing in the points seven more times. At the conclusion of the season, Lacorte placed ninth in the standings, amassing 75 points. [8]

Formula Regional

Lacorte driving at the Red Bull Ring during the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship FREC 2024 Spielberg Nr. 7 Lacorte.jpg
Lacorte driving at the Red Bull Ring during the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship

Lacorte participated in the 2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship with M2 Competition. [9] He took part in the first three rounds of the year, and won a race in Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. [10] He finished tenth in the championship.

For his main campaign, Lacorte was promoted to the Formula Regional European Championship with Trident. [11] He had a difficult season, only managing to finish in the points twice with tenth in Spa-Francorchamps and Paul Ricard. [12] [13] Scoring three points, the Italian finished 21st in the standings.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

For 2025, Lacorte was announced to be stepping up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship with new team DAMS Lucas Oil. [14]

Formula One

In December 2023, Lacorte joined the Alpine Academy. [15]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
201924° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ KR MotorsportNC
WSK Champions Cup — OKJ NC
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ NC
WSK Euro Series — OKJ NC
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ NC
FIA Karting European Championship — OKJ NC
2020 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ KR MotorsportNC
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 31st
25° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ NC
WSK Euro Series — OKJ 51st
31° Andrea Margutti Trophy — OKJ Team Driver Racing Kart5th
2021 WSK Champions Cup — OK KR Motorsport25th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 48th
WSK Euro Series — OK 27th
WSK Open Cup — OK 34th
FIA Karting European Championship — OK 56th
Source: [16]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2022 Italian F4 Championship Iron Lynx 80000128th
2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship Prema Racing 150000524th
Italian F4 Championship 211102759th
Euro 4 Championship 9000057.59th
2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship M2 Competition 9101213010th
Formula Regional European Championship Trident 200010321st
2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship DAMS Lucas Oil 000000TBD

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2022 Iron Lynx 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
10		 RBR
2
Ret		 RBR
3 		RBR
4
26		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
35†		 MNZ
3
C		 MUG
1
19		 MUG
2
12		 MUG
3
Ret		28th1
2023 Prema Racing IMO
1
3		 IMO
2 		IMO
3
1		 IMO
4
4		 MIS
1
8		 MIS
2
11		 MIS
3
8		 SPA
1
16		 SPA
2
13‡		 SPA
3
8		 MNZ
1
11		 MNZ
2
7		 MNZ
3
9		 LEC
1
32		 LEC
2
12		 LEC
3
15		 MUG
1
29†		 MUG
2
10		 MUG
3
17		 VLL
1
9		 VLL
2
24		 VLL
3
12		9th75

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415PosPoints
2023 Prema Racing DUB1
1
Ret		 DUB1
2
15		 DUB1
3
11		 KMT1
1
18		 KMT1
2
23		 KMT1
3
16		 KMT2
1
11		 KMT2
2
18		 KMT2
3
11		 DUB2
1
10		 DUB2
2
12		 DUB2
3
16		 YMC
1
29†		 YMC
2
Ret		 YMC
3
8		24th5

Complete Euro 4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789DCPoints
2023 Prema Racing MUG
1
5		 MUG
2
24†		 MUG
3
7		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
10		 MNZ
3
10		 CAT
1
Ret		 CAT
2
4		 CAT
3
6		9th57.5

Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415DCPoints
2024 M2 Competition TAU
1
Ret		 TAU
2
11		 TAU
3
6		 MAN
1
2		 MAN
2
5		 MAN
3
Ret		 HMP
1
7		 HMP
2
1		 HMP
3
4		 CHR
1
CHR
2
CHR
3
HIG
1
HIG
2
HIG
3
10th130

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2024 Trident HOC
1
18		 HOC
2
10		 SPA
1
16		 SPA
2
13		 ZAN
1
18		 ZAN
2
16		 HUN
1
13		 HUN
2
Ret		 MUG
1
20		 MUG
2
20		 LEC
1
9		 LEC
2
16		 IMO
1
19		 IMO
2
13		 RBR
1
22		 RBR
2
21		 CAT
1
16		 CAT
2
16		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
14		21st3

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2025 DAMS Lucas Oil BHR
SPR
BHR
FEA
MEL
SPR
MEL
FEA
IMO
SPR
IMO
FEA
MON
SPR
MON
FEA
CAT
SPR
CAT
FEA
RBR
SPR
RBR
FEA
SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SPA
SPR
SPA
FEA
HUN
SPR
HUN
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MNZ
FEA
TBDTBD

* Season still in progress.

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