Salim Hanna

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Salim Hanna
Italian F4 2025 - Misano - Salim Hanna.jpg
Hanna in 2025
Nationality Flag of Colombia.svg Colombian
Born (2009-11-20) 20 November 2009 (age 15)
Barranquilla, Colombia

Salim Hanna Hernandez (born 20 November 2009) is a Colombian racing driver currently competing for Prema Racing in the Italian F4 Championship.

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Personal life

Hanna is the son of Jalil Hanna, a former racing driver and is of Lebanese descent. [1]

Career

Karting and single-seater debut (2016–2024)

Hanna began karting at the age of seven. [2] [3] During his karting career, in which he was coached by Juan Pablo Montoya, [4] Hanna most notably won the WSK Open Cup and Trofeo Delle Industrie in 2022 whilst racing in the OK-J class. [5] [6]

Hanna made his single-seater debut at the end of 2024, racing for Prema-run Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited in the Formula Trophy UAE. [7] In the three-round series, Hanna scored a best result of fourth in the season-ending round at Yas Marina en route to seventh in points. [8]

First full-time year in single-seaters and maiden wins (2025)

Remaining with Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited for the 2025 F4 Middle East Championship, [9] Hanna scored his first podium in single-seaters at the third Yas Marina round by finishing second in race two, [10] which helped him secure the rookie title and sixth overall. [11]

Hanna then moved to the Prema mainteam for the rest of 2025, [12] competing in both the Italian F4 and E4 Championships. [13] [14] Opening up the season by qualifying on pole at Misano, [15] Hanna then took his maiden Italian F4 podium by finishing second in race one, [16] before closing out the weekend by finishing fourth and third in the other two races. [17] Following that up with a third podium of the season at Vallelunga by finishing third in race four, [18] Hanna then finished third in race three at Monza, [19] but dropped to 30th after being given a 25-second penalty for causing a collision with Dante Vinci. [20] A difficult weekend at Mugello then ensued, before Hanna returned to the podium at Imola by finishing second in race one, [21] a feat he repeated in the following round at Barcelona. [22]

In E4, Hanna began the three-round season by finishing tenth in race one at Le Castellet. [23] After not scoring points in the other two races, Hanna finished no lower than sixth in the following round at Mugello and was the highest finishing rookie in all three races. [24]

During 2025, Hanna also joined Virtuosi Racing for a part-time schedule in the F4 British Championship. [25] On his debut round at Thruxton, Hanna took his maiden win in single-seaters in race three ahead of his teammate Martin Molnár. [26] Hanna then made his second and final appearance of the season in the British Grand Prix-supporting Silverstone round, dominating the weekend as he won both races. [27]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2018National Series Karting – MinimeEnergy Corse26th
SKUSA SuperNationals – Micro SwiftTeam Montoya17th
2019SKUSA Pro Tour – Mini Swift15th
Florida Winter Tour – Mini RokTeam Montoya22nd
Biloxi ROK Fest – Mini Rok15th
ROK the Rio – Mini Rok34th
WSK Euro Series – 60 MiniGamoto90th
Rok Cup Superfinal – Mini RokNC
SKUSA SuperNationals – Mini Swift22nd
2020SKUSA Winter Series – Mini Swift10th
Florida Winter Tour – Mini RokTeam Montoya7th
SKUSA Pro Tour – Mini Swift6th
WSK Euro Series – 60 MiniEnergy Corse38th
ROK Cup International Final – Mini Rok4th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti – 60 Mini34th
WSK Open Cup – 60 Mini8th
2021 WSK Champions CupOK-J Birel ART RacingNC
WSK Super Master SeriesOK-J Birel ART Racing
Ricky Flynn Motorsport [a]
57th
WSK Euro SeriesOK-J Ricky Flynn Motorsport51st
Champions of the FutureOK-J 90th
Karting European ChampionshipOK-J 64th
Deutsche Kart-MeisterschaftOK-J 43rd
WSK Open Cup – OK-J 59th
Karting World ChampionshipOK-J NC
South Garda Winter Cup – OK-J NC
WSK Final CupOK-J 33rd
Italian Karting Championship – X30 Junior56th
Karting Academy Trophy Jalil Hanna9th
SKUSA SuperNationals – X30 JuniorTeam Montoya16th
SKUSA SuperNationals – KA 100 Jr.3rd
2022 WSK Super Master SeriesOK-J Ricky Flynn Motorsport27th
Champions of the Future Winter SeriesOK-J 32nd
Champions of the FutureOK-J 45th
Karting European ChampionshipOK-J [b] 26th
Karting World ChampionshipOK-J 13th
WSK Open Cup – OK-J 1st
Trofeo delle Industrie – OK-J 1st
WSK Final CupOK-J 8th
LeCont Trophy – OK-J 8th
Italian Karting ChampionshipOK-J 40th
2023 WSK Super Master SeriesOK-J Ricky Flynn Motorsport4th
Karting European ChampionshipOK-J 18th
Champions of the FutureOK-J Ricky Flynn Motorsport
Prema Racing [c]
19th
WSK Euro SeriesOK-J Prema Racing 25th
Karting World ChampionshipOK-J 21st
WSK Open Cup – OK-J 14th
2024 WSK Champions CupOK Prema Racing 3rd
WSK Super Master SeriesOK 5th
IAME Winter Series – X30 SeniorNC
Champions of the FutureOK 10th
Karting European ChampionshipOK 12th
Karting World ChampionshipOK 20th
WSK Euro SeriesOK KR Motorsport12th
Sources: [28] [29]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2024 Formula Trophy UAE Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 70000407th
2025 F4 Middle East Championship Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 1500011126th
Italian F4 Championship Prema Racing 160105138*4th*
E4 Championship 6000033*6th*
F4 British Championship Virtuosi Racing 310014119th
Sources: [30] [28]

Complete Formula Trophy UAE results

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

YearTeam1234567DCPoints
2024 Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited DUB
1

7
DUB
2

5
DUB
3

13
YMC1
1

9
YMC1
2

11
YMC2
1

4
YMC2
2

5
7th40

Complete F4 Middle East Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415DCPoints
2025 Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited YMC1
1

4
YMC1
2

17
YMC1
3

24†
YMC2
1

Ret
YMC2
2

17
YMC2
3

6
DUB
1

4
DUB
2

5
DUB
3

6
YMC3
1

5
YMC3
2

2
YMC3
3

5
LUS
1

13
LUS
2

Ret
LUS
3

9
6th112

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

YearTeam12345678910111213141516171819202122232425DCPoints
2025 Prema Racing MIS1
1

2
MIS1
2

4
MIS1
3
MIS1
4

3
VLL
1

5
VLL
2

13
VLL
3

VLL
4

3
MNZ
1

4
MNZ
2

Ret
MNZ
3

30
MUG
1

11
MUG
2

16
MUG
3

7
IMO
1

2
IMO
2

C
IMO
3

5
CAT
1

2
CAT
2

8
CAT
3
MIS2
1

MIS2
2

MIS2
3

MIS2
4

MIS2
5

4th*138*

Complete F4 British Championship results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132DCPoints
2025 Virtuosi Racing DPN
1

DPN
2

DPN
3

SILGP
1

SILGP
2

SILGP
3

SNE
1

SNE
2

SNE
3

THR
1

5
THR
2

74
THR
3

1
OUL
1

OUL
2

OUL
3

SILGP
1

1
SILGP
2

1
ZAN
1

ZAN
2

ZAN
3

KNO
1

KNO
2

KNO
3

DPGP
1

DPGP
2

DPGP
3

SILN
1

SILN
2

SILN
3

BHGP
1

BHGP
2

BHGP
3

19th41

Complete E4 Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789DCPoints
2025 Prema Racing LEC
1

10
LEC
2

24
LEC
3

25
MUG
1

4
MUG
2

4
MUG
3

6
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MNZ
3
6th*33*

* Season still in progress.

Notes

  1. Hanna competed for Birel ART Racing in rounds 1-2 and for Ricky Flynn Motorsport in rounds 3-4.
  2. Hanna competed for Ricky Flynn Motorsport in rounds 1-3 and for Ward Racing in round 4.
  3. Hanna competed for Ricky Flynn Motorsport in rounds 1-4 and for Prema Racing in round 5.

References

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  2. "Salim Hanna". premaracing.com. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  3. "Salim Hanna, la nueva generación del kartismo". elespectador.com (in Spanish). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  4. "Juan Pablo Montoya llena de elogios al piloto barranquillero Salim Hanna". elheraldo.co (in Spanish). 16 February 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  5. "WSK Open Cup, Lonato: OKJ Final – Salim Hanna Hernandez plays the solo to compose his first victory". tkart.it. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  6. "The five Champions of the 50th Trofeo delle Industrie 2022". kartcom.com. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
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  11. "SALIM HANNA CAMPEÓN DE NOVATOS F4 DE ORIENTE MEDIO". fedeautos.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  12. "El colombiano Salim Hanna le sigue los pasos a Sebastián Montoya: correrá la Fórmula 4". eltiempo.com (in Spanish). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
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  15. "F4 Italy | Misano #1 2025, Qualifying: Kean Nakamura-Berta takes his first pole position of the year. Hanna is fastest in the first group". p300.it. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  16. "Sebastian Wheldon wins debut Italian F4 race at Misano". formulascout.com. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  17. "Gran jornada de Salim Hanna en la segunda ronda de la F4 en el circuito de Misano". fedeautos.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  18. "El barranquillero Salim Hanna es el mejor novato en la F4 de Italia". elheraldo.co (in Spanish). 27 May 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  19. "F4 Italy | Monza 2025: Newman Chi takes his first win in the class, ahead of Sammalisto and Hanna". p300.it. 22 June 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  20. "Newman Chi wins Race 3 in a dramatic finale". kartxpress.com. 22 June 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  21. "Fórmula 4: Salim Hanna es podio, y mantiene su liderato entre los rookies". deportecolombiano.com.co (in Spanish). 5 August 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  22. "De novato a protagonista: Salim Hanna conquista Barcelona". deportecolombiano.com.co (in Spanish). 20 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  23. "Gomez and Francot win E4 season's first two French races". formulascout.com. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  24. "Triple triunfo en de novatos para Salim Hanna en la Euro 4". revistaautosmas.com (in Spanish). 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  25. "Salim Hanna adds British F4 programme to rookie year in cars". formulascout.com. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  26. "Hanna wins as Virtuosi team-mate Molnar reclaims British F4 lead". formulascout.com. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  27. "Triple triunfo en de novatos para Salim Hanna en la Euro 4". revistaturbo.com (in Spanish). 7 July 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
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  30. "Salim Hanna Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2025.