Nicola Marinangeli

Nicola Marinangeli (born 14 May 2003) is an Italian racing driver from the town of Foligno. He's currently competing in the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup for Bhaitech Racing.
==Career==
===Italian F4===
Marinangeli's first season in single seaters was in 2018 racing in the Italian F4 Championship for PR Formula. He competed in the final round at Mugello, wet and unpredictable conditions saw the rookie finish all 3 races below 20th along with a retirement in race two.http://www.acisport.it/public/2018/pdf/F4/2018_2393Mugello//Elenco_iscritti_mugello_28102018_entry_list_if4c.pdf 2019 saw Marinangeli return to the series full time this time with Bhaitech Racing in the number 14 car.https://www.italiaracing.net/Marinangeli-si-accasa-da-Bhaitech/236783/79 Despite not scoring any points throughout the season Marinangeli had a few midfield battles and his best finish of 13th came on two separate occasions.
===UAE F4===
Marinangeli was one of 5 drivers to race for Xcel Motorsport in the 2019 Formula 4 UAE Championship. His first race resulted in him colliding with Omani driver Shihab Al Habsi half way through the race causing him to finish 9th and last of the finishers. A string of bad results followed, along with a four way crash with all three Dragon Racing cars and Cram Motorsport’s Filip Kaminiarz causing damage to Marinangeli's car forcing him to take his second of three retirements that season. Marinangeli finished the season early with a best result of 7th, he ended the season last with 37 points. The 2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship saw 10 cars fielded by Xcel Motorsport, one of which being driven by the returning Marinangeli.https://www.instagram.com/p/B5R_IQ8lpXk/ He started the season off well by finishing 2nd in the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix support race, along with the fastest lap of the race. The first 6 races saw Marinangeli finish on the podium 5 times, it would've been 6 out of 6 if he hadn't been out of position in the second race of round 2 as he was awarded a 10 second penalty after finishing 2nd. Contact caused him to retire for the first time that season in the last race of round 2. Marinangeli took his first ever victory after passing Mexican Erick Zuñiga late on at the Yas Marina Circuit. He would finish on the podium three more times and end the season 5th with 202 points.https://formulascout.com/francesco-pizzi-wins-f4-uae-title-in-dubai-finale/60481
===Formula Renault Eurocup===
On June 20 2020, Bhaitech Racing announced Marinangeli will partner László Tóth and Lorenzo Colombo for their Formula Renault Eurocup campaign in 2020.https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2020/06/bhaitech-racing-completes-eurocup-line-up-with-nicola-marinangeli/
==Racing record==
===Career summary===
Season	Series 	Team 	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2018 	Italian F4 Championship	PR Formula 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	43rd
2019 	Italian F4 Championship	Bhaitech 	21 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	29th
2019 	UAE F4 Championship 	Xcel Motorsport	15 	0 	0 	0 	0 	37 	11th
2019 	F1 Support Trophy Round	Xcel Motorsport	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	- 	N/A
2020 	UAE F4 Championship 	Xcel Motorsport	18 	1 	0 	1 	9 	202 	5th
==References==
==External links==
*Nicola Marinangeli career summary at DriverDB.com
*Nicola Marinangeli on Instagram
Category:2003 births
Category:Italian racing drivers
Category:Italian Formula One drivers
Category:Formula One drivers from Italy
Category:People from Foligno
Category:Formula One drivers
Category:Formula 4 drivers
Category:Living people