23 Facts About Leonardo Fornaroli

Leonardo Fornaroli was born on 3 December 2004 and is an Italian racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Invicta Racing.

Leonardo Fornaroli is the 2022 Formula Regional European rookie champion.

Leonardo Fornaroli began karting competitively in his native Italy around the age of ten, first winning the Mini Academy class of the Championkart championship in 2016 before moving up to X30 Junior the following year.

Leonardo Fornaroli came runner-up in the 2017 X30 Challenge Italy, in a season that included entry to international IAME events, but found more success in 2018, when he was third in the Italian Karting Championship and made his full-time European debut in the WSK Super Master Series.

Leonardo Fornaroli's final year in karting would prove to be his best, as he was a front-runner in the 2019 WSK Euro Series on his OK debut and finished 3rd in the prestigious Trofeo Andrea Margutti.

Leonardo Fornaroli repaid the faith straightaway, taking a solid fourth-place finish on debut at Misano.

Leonardo Fornaroli would go on to score eight top-five finishes from 20 races, including a podium at Monza, and finished ninth in the overall standings on 108 points.

In 2021 Leonardo Fornaroli remained in the series with Iron Lynx, partnering new Ferrari Driver Academy recruit Maya Weug and Pietro Armanni.

Leonardo Fornaroli was the highest-placed driver in the 2020 standings to return.

Leonardo Fornaroli took part in the ADAC Formula 4 with the team as a guest driver for the first two rounds.

In 2022 Leonardo Fornaroli made the step up to Formula Regional, first doing a partial campaign in the Asian Championship for Hitech Grand Prix, with a fourth-place qualifying result and a fifth-place finish as highlights, before returning to Europe for the main season with new team Trident, alongside F4 rival Tramnitz and Roman Bilinski.

Leonardo Fornaroli finished 8th in the overall standings, as the best-placed rookie and well ahead of both of his teammates.

Leonardo Fornaroli's best finish was a fourth place in race one at the Hungaroring.

On 3 December 2022, on his 18th birthday, it was announced that Leonardo Fornaroli would be part of the team's 2023 line-up alongside Bortoleto and Goethe.

Leonardo Fornaroli started his season with eighth in Bahrain, but was a victim of puncture in the feature race.

Leonardo Fornaroli would prove his worth in Melbourne, where he qualified and finished fourth in the feature race.

Leonardo Fornaroli took his first podium with second in Monaco during the sprint race after holding off Gregoire Saucy.

Leonardo Fornaroli followed it up with a third place during the Barcelona sprint race.

Leonardo Fornaroli was on the hunt for more points in the feature race, but was pushed off-track by Luke Browning on the opening lap.

Leonardo Fornaroli remained consistent at Budapest and Spa, where he paired up respective points finishes in the sprint races with third-place finishes on both Sundays.

Leonardo Fornaroli's weekend started in perfect fashion, as he took his second pole position of the year, though the championship remained close following a scrappy race from both Fornaroli and Mini on Saturday.

In November 2024, Leonardo Fornaroli announced that he would make his Formula 2 debut early for the Yas Marina round with Rodin Motorsport in place of Zane Maloney, as the Barbadian has clashing Formula E commitments.

Just days after Leonardo Fornaroli clinched the 2024 FIA Formula 3 title, he announced that he would step up to Formula 2 with Invicta Racing for 2025.