Gianmarco Pradel

Gianmarco Pradel (born 8 March 2006) is an Australian racing driver who competes in Eurocup-3 with MP Motorsport.

Pradel previously competed in the 2025 GB3 Championship with Rodin Motorsport, finishing fourth, and is the runner-up of the 2023 Formula Winter Series. He has also competed in the Italian F4 with US Racing in 2023 and 2024.

Career

Karting Pradel began karting in Australia, where he consistently finished in the top ten in the Australian Kart Championship.

Formula 4 (2022–2024) 2022 In 2022, Pradel joined the New South Wales Formula Race Car Championship driving for AGI Sport. He did not complete the full season, however he finished sixth in the championship after securing two wins and five podiums over nine races. Pradel made his Formula 4 debut as a guest driver in the final round of the 2022 F4 Spanish Championship for Cram-Pinnacle, where he got a best result of 18th over three races.

At the end of the year, Pradel was selected for Ferrari's World Scouting Final for its junior programme.

2023

Pradel kicked off his 2023 campaign by driving in the inaugural season of the Formula Winter Series for US Racing. On his way to the rookie title, the Australian amassed six podiums – five of them being third places, while one was a second place – and a pole position at the final round in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. He finished runner-up in the championship with 116 points, behind the dominant Pole Kacper Sztuka.

For his main campaign of the season, Pradel stayed with US Racing to compete in both the Italian F4 Championship and the newly formed Euro 4 Championship.

Pradel's debut round at Imola Circuit was eventful for him, as he retired from his first race after being clipped into the gravel at Tamburello by Tuukka Taponen as they were fighting for ninth position. Pradel came eleventh in the second race and achieved his first points in the final round in a ninth place. Throughout the rest of the season, he scored a string of seventh–tenth place positions and got his maiden podium – a third place – at the first race of the sixth round at Mugello Circuit. After a points-scarce round at Vallelunga Circuit, he finished the drivers' championship in 13th with 42 points.

Meanwhile for his Euro 4 campaign, Pradel scored scattered points in the form of eighth to tenth, finishing 13th in the drivers championship with 16 points.

2024

Pradel remained with US Racing for the Formula Winter Series, Italian F4 Championship and the Euro 4 Championship.

In the Formula Winter Series, Pradel had a podiumless first half of the season, but would score three podiums – in the form of third places – at the final two rounds of the season at Aragón and Barcelona-Catalunya. He finished fourth in the championship with 79 points.

Pradel kicked off his sophomore year in the Italian F4 Championship with a third place in the first race at Misano Circuit. He was consistent throughout the rest of the season and got his second podium at the third race of the sixth round at Barcelona-Catalunya.

Pradel concluded his campaign by getting his first Formula 4 win at the final round in Monza Circuit, where he denied Freddie Slater his 16th win of the season.

For his Euro 4 Championship campaign, Pradel had a similar season to the previous year, except that he would grab a podium and a maiden fastest lap in the final round at Monza Circuit. He finished the drivers championship in tenth with 49 points.

Formula Regional (2025–)

2025 In 2025, Pradel joined Rodin Motorsport in stepping up to the GB3 Championship. For the season, his teammates were 2024 F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling and 2024 F4 British runner-up Alex Ninovic. Pradel took two wins and nine podiums to take fourth in the championship being in the fight for second in the championship with Patrick Heuzenroeder and Deagen Fairclough at the final round in Monza but losing out to both Heuzenroeder and Fairclough over the weekend. Pradel's team Rodin Motorsport took the Teams Championship, With Ninovic taking a dominant championship victory and Pulling taking tenth in the championship.

2026 In the pre-season, Pradel competed in the Eurocup-3 winter series with MP Motorsport.

Pradel remained with MP Motorsport for the main season as he moved to Eurocup-3.

Karting record

Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition 2018 Australian Kart Championship - Cadet 12 77th 2019 Australian Kart Championship - KA4 Junior 18th Race of Stars - KA3 Junior 16th New South Wales Kart Championship - KA3 Junior 4th Brian Farley Memorial - Junior Max 4th 2020 Australian Kart Championship - KA2 9th Australasian Gold Cup - Junior Performance 3rd 2021 Australian Kart Championship - KA2 9th Victorian Kart Championship - KA3 Junior 5th City of Adelaide Titles - KA2 3rd 2022 Australian Kart Championship - X30 8th Victorian Kart Championship - X30 4th City of Adelaide Titles - X30 9th

Racing record

Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2022 New South Wales Formula Race Car Championship AGI Sport 9 2 0 1 5 153 6th F4 Spanish Championship Cram-Pinnacle 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2023 Formula Winter Series US Racing 8 0 1 0 6 1162nd Italian F4 Championship 21 0 0 0 1 42 13th Euro 4 Championship 9 0 0 0 0 16 13th 2024 Formula Winter Series US Racing 11 0 0 0 3 79 4th Italian F4 Championship 21 1 0 0 3 110 7th Euro 4 Championship 9 0 0 1 1 49 10th 2025 GB3 Championship Rodin Motorsport 24 2 0 2 9 364 4th 2026Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship MP Motorsport 9 1 1 0 3 61 6th Eurocup-3 3 0 1 0 0 18 6th* † As Pradel was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.* Season still in progress.

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 Pradel was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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 2023 US Racing JER1 JER2 CRT1 CRT2 NAV1 NAV2 CAT2 CAT2 2nd 116 2024 US Racing JER1 JER2 JER3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 4th 79

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

Complete Euro 4 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 2023 US Racing MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 13th 16 2024 US Racing MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 10th 49

Complete GB3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup-3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.