Luca Pieri

Turin, Italy

**Luca Pieri** (born 19 March 2004) is an Italian racing driver competing with Tsukuda Formula A Team in the 2025 Formula A World Championship.

## **Early Life**

Motorsport runs in the Pieri family, as his father, Andrea Pieri, was a succesful sportscar driver. Luca didn't think much about racing until his father once brought him to the local Kartodrome. After some laps in the kart, Luca had decided his future: to become a racing driver. At the age of 4, he won the Little Racers Karting Championship in Italy and soon found himself getting a deal to start racing in more competitive championships.

## **Racing Career**

### **National Italian Karting Championship (2014-2018)**

At the age of 10, he found himself driving in his first major Karting championship, the National Italian Karting Series. Here he found some decent success, winning 14 races in his 4 years of competition and placing consistently in the top 5 of the standings, only just missing out on the title in his third year. His next step would lead him to formula cars for the first time.

### **British Formula D (2019)**

At the age of 15, Luca moved to the UK to pursue his dreams further, competing in the British Formula D championship. Here, he managed to win the championship in his first year of competition, winning 4 rounds along the way. He progressed to British Formula C

### **WMA Formula C (2020-2021)**

A big step up from Formula D, Luca took part in the official Formula C championship. Immediately competitive in his first year, Luca managed to get 2 poles and several podiums, while ultimately finishing the championship in 6th. His next year however, Luca managed to nearly win the title, after only losing out on it by 2 points. He had multiple wins and poles throughout the season. However, this impressive perfomance took him to the International Formula Juniors Series

### **International Formula Juniors (2022)**

Once again a big step forward, Luca proved his worth even as a rookie, as he managed to even take a win and 3 poles before ultimately ending the season in 4th. After his succesful junior career, Luca managed to land a seat at McKenzie FA Team for the first ever season of Formula A

### **Formula A (2023-)**

After signing with McKenzie for the 2023 season, Luca started his first race at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Even though he just missed out on points in his first race, he would score his first career point the following race at the Spanish Grand Prix. Throughout the season, he managed to score consistent points with his best finish being a 4th place at the Japanese Grand Prix. He ended the season on 35 points, finishing 10th in the standings, ahead of his teammate Danilo Donizetti.

For 2024, Luca stayed with McKenzie, this time partnered up by Oswald Speed. He started the season well, scoring points in the first 2 rounds and consistently ending in the points. At the Belgian Grand Prix, Luca managed to score his first ever FA podium by ending the race in 2nd place, which is currently his best result in his Formula A career. He would end the sesaon with 55 points scored and once again finishing 10th in the standings.

For the 2025 season, Luca and McKenzie have parted ways, as Luca goes on to join Tsukuda to partner Enzo Vandewalle, replacing the departing Matthyas van de Velde.

## **Personal Life**

Luca was able to finance his career thanks to his father, Andrea, who used his money gained as a racing driver to finance his son's path to the top. However, it was not always easy for Luca, as he stated he used to be bullied in school for wanting to become a racing driver. This caused him to be cold and introverted off the track. This can be seen with his aggressive driving style, which many fans love as it has caused some memorable overtakes and battles.