# Mattia Colnaghi

Mattia Colnaghi (born 26 July 2008) is an Italian–Argentine racing driver who is set to compete in the 2025 Eurocup-3 season with MP Motorsport. He is the 2024 F4 Spanish champion.

## Career
### Karting

He made his karting debut in 2020, coming 7th in the Trofeo Italiano Easykart, in the Easykart 60 category. For the 2022 season, he raced for Forza Racing in the OK Junior category, coming 12th in the 50° Trofeo delle Industrie, and making his debut in the CIK-FIA World Championship, coming in 26th place.
Colnaghi made his OK debut in 2023, first competing in the CIK-FIA European Championship, where he finished the championship in 15th. The Italian drove for CRG in the CIK-FIA World Championship and came in 6th.

### Formula 4
#### Formula Winter Series

Colnaghi made his single-seater and Formula 4 debut in the 2024 Formula Winter Series driving for MP Motorsport, where he drove in the first two rounds of the season.
At his debut race in the first round at Jerez, Colnaghi came in seventh place, getting his first points in the series. For the next two races he came nineteenth and then seventh again in the third race.
He scored only one points finish in the second round at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, where he came eighth in the second race after finishing a lowly thirty-first in his first race. Colnaghi would retire from his final race. He finished the drivers championship in 18th with 16 points.

#### F4 Spanish Championship

After winning the Richard Mille Young Talent Shootout, Colnaghi was announced to be making his full-time Formula 4 debut in the 2024 F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport. Targeting top rookie honours for the campaign, he experienced a difficult start to the season in with only an eighth place, despite scoring his first pole in the third race. He secured his first wins in the category with a double in Paul Ricard. Although Colnaghi would not win in the next two rounds, he would score double podiums which allowed him to maintain his title charge alive. This would be followed by an outstanding four wins in the next five races in Jerez and Barcelona, allowing him to take the championship lead from longtime leader Keanu Al Azhari heading into the final race. Finishing fifth in the final race, Colnaghi was able to clinch the title, ten points ahead of Al Azhari. He became the first rookie to win the Spanish F4 championship since Nikola Tsolov, who won in 2022.

### Formula Regional
#### Macau Grand Prix

Colnaghi made his debut in Formula Regional machinery with MP during the 2024 Formula Regional World Cup. He did not finish the race due to a crash at the end of lap 13, but was classified in 14th since he finished 85% of the race.

#### Eurocup-3

Colnaghi is set to compete in the 2025 Eurocup-3 season, continuing with MP Motorsport.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2020 | Trofeo Italiano Easykart - Easykart 60 | | 7th |
| 2021 | 32° Trofeo Andrea Margutti - X30 Junior | Zanchi Motorsport | |
| 2022 | 50° Trofeo delle Industrie - OK Junior | Forza Racing | 12th |
| 2022 | CIK-FIA World Championship - OK Junior | Forza Racing | 26th |
| 2023 | CIK-FIA European Championship - OK | | 15th |
| 2023 | CIK-FIA World Championship - OK | CRG | 6th |

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2024 | Formula Winter Series | MP Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18th |
| 2024 | Macau Grand Prix | MP Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 14th† |
| 2024 | F4 Spanish Championship | KCL by MP Motorsport | 21 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 282 | 1st |
| 2025 | Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship | MP Motorsport | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47* | 1st* |
| 2025 | Eurocup-3 | MP Motorsport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete Formula Winter Series results

(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 | DC | Points |
| 2024 | MP Motorsport | JER 1 7 | JER 2 19 | JER 3 7 | CRT 1 31 | CRT 2 8 | CRT 3 Ret | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | ARA 3 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | CAT 3 | 18th | 16 |

### Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(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 |
| 2024 | KCL by MP Motorsport | JAR 1 8 | JAR 2 Ret | JAR 3 17 | ALG 1 2 | ALG 2 4 | ALG 3 9 | LEC 1 1 | LEC 2 1 | LEC 3 5 | ARA 1 2 | ARA 2 7 | ARA 3 3 | CRT 1 14 | CRT 2 2 | CRT 3 3 | JER 1 1 | JER 2 3 | JER 3 1 | CAT 1 1 | CAT 2 1 | CAT 3 5 | 1st | 282 |

### Complete Macau Grand Prix results

| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
| 2024 | MP Motorsport | Tatuus F3 T-318 | 14th | DNF | 14th |

### Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2025 | MP Motorsport | JER 1 1 | JER 2 7 | JER 3 3 | POR 1 5 | POR 2 2 | POR 3 1 | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | ARA 3 | 1st* | 97* |

### Complete Eurocup-3 results

(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 | DC | Points |
| 2025 | MP Motorsport | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | JER 1 | JER 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | TBD | TBD |