Francisco Soldavini

Juan Francisco "Panchito" Soldavini Nores (born 3 March 2007) is an Argentine racing driver who last competed for Nielsen Racing in Euroformula Open.

Career Soldavini began karting at the age of seven. Initially competing in the America, Soldavini began competing in Europe in 2017 with Birel ART Racing, finishing 29th on his debut in the WSK Champions Cup. Soldavini remained in karting until 2021, most notably finishing third in the 2018 IAME International Finals in the X30 Mini class.

Stepping up to single-seaters in 2022, Soldavini made his F4 debut in the Italian F4 Championship with Maffi Racing. In the two rounds, Soldavini took a best result of 21st in race one at Monza. One month later, Soldavini competed in the final round of the F4 Spanish Championship with Cram-Pinnacle at Barcelona, scoring a best result of 25th in race one. Soldavini then ended the year with a one-off appearance for KTF Sports in the final round of the F4 Brazilian Championship, taking his maiden career points by finishing tenth in race one.

In 2023, Soldavini joined Team Virage to make a one-off appearance in the Ultimate Cup Series' Challenge Monoplace series at Estoril, winning on debut and finishing third in the other two races. Soldavini then joined G4 Racing to compete in the last two rounds of the Formula Regional European Championship. Racing at both the Zandvoort and Hockenheimring rounds, Soldavini scored a best result of 22nd in race two at Zandvoort.

Soldavini mainly raced in Ultimate Cup Series' Challenge Monoplace the following season, joining ART-Line Virage from the second round of the season onwards. Having taken his maiden win in cars in race three at Algarve, he then won the first two races of the following round at Hockenheimring, before retiring in race three. In the following round at Mugello, Soldavini won all three races, before taking a best result of third at in the following round at Magny-Cours, after taking pole earlier in the weekend. That turned out to be Soldavini's last podium of the season as he withdrew from the final round at Le Castellet, as he ended the year third in points.

Having sat much of 2025 on the sidelines, Soldavini returned to racing in September by joining Nielsen Racing to make his debut in Euroformula Open at the Red Bull Ring round, scoring a best result of ninth in race three.

Karting record Karting career summary

Racing record Racing career summary

† As Soldavini was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 2022 Cram-Pinnacle ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 JER1 JER2 JER3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 NAV1 NAV2 NAV3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 NC† 0

† As Soldavini was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete F4 Brazilian Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Regional European 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 DC Points 2023 G4 Racing IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 NC† 0 † As Soldavini was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)