Emanuele Olivieri (born 2 August 2008 in Canelli) is an Italian racing driver who last competed in the Formula Regional European Championship for R-ace GP.
Olivieri is the 2025 F4 Middle East and the 2026 FREC champion.
He is the godson of three-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Rinaldo Capello and is part of Oliver Victor Kristensen's 5P Agency.
Career Karting (2019–2023) Ahead of 2020, it was announced that Olivieri would step up to WSK-organized championships. In his first full year in WSK championships, he finished seventh in the WSK Open Cup and eighth in the 25th edition of Trofeo Ayrton Senna. In 2021, Olivieri won the Andrea Margutti Trophy in 60 Mini, finished runner-up in WSK Champions Cup and WSK Super Master Series and placed third in WSK Euro Series.
Stepping up to OKJ for 2022, Olivieri had a difficult year, but won the WSK Final Cup towards the end of the year. Moving to OK in 2023, Olivieri finished fifth in the South Garda Winter Cup and eighth in the WSK Champions Cup before joining Birel ART ahead of the final round of the Champions of the Future series.
Near the end of his karting career, Olivieri attended the Ferrari Driver Academy scout camp and the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy shootout, while also winning the 20° Supercorso Federale after impressing in the FDA scout camp.
Formula 4 (2024–2025) 2024
In early 2024, AKM Motorsport announced that Olivieri would compete in the Formula Winter Series, Italian F4 Championship and Euro 4 championships. In Formula Winter Series, Olivieri competed in the first two rounds, scoring points with a ninth place in the third Valencia race, ending the season 28th in the standings. In Italian F4, Olivieri capitalised on post-race penalties to score points in the first two races at Imola and the first Vallelunga race. After not scoring points at Mugello, Olivieri stayed out of trouble in a wet-dry race three at Paul Ricard to take sixth place. He ended the season 17th in the standings on 11 points. Competing in the Italian rounds of the Euro 4 Championship, Olivieri finished seventh in the second Monza race, but he would be relegated to 17th post-race after being given a 25-second penalty for contact with Davide Larini. In the following race, he finished tenth on track but would be promoted to ninth after post-race penalties. Olivieri finished 19th in the standings with two points.
2025
After testing with them in Italian F4's post-season tests, Olivieri joined R-ace GP to compete in the 2025 F4 Middle East Championship. In the first qualifying session of the season at Yas Marina, Olivieri took his first pole in Formula 4 ahead of Alex Powell. From pole, Olivieri took a dominant lights-to-flag win in race one, before climbing from tenth to third in race two, and winning race three by 0.071 seconds over Kean Nakamura-Berta. In the second round of the season, held at the Corkscrew layout of Yas Marina, Olivieri took both pole positions and grew his points lead by taking his third win of the season in race one. In race two Olivieri charged from 10th place to finish fourth, while in race three, he won from pole by holding off Nakamura-Berta following several safety car restarts.
At Dubai, Olivieri led pre-event testing before taking pole for race one and leading from lights to flag to take his fifth win of the season. From tenth in race two, Olivieri charged through the pack to take second, while in race three he held on to third place after defending from Reno Francot. In the second-to-last round of the season at Abu Dhabi, Olivieri qualified on pole for race one, which he won on track but was later penalized for jumping the start, dropping him back to third. After retiring in race two, Olivieri rebounded to end the weekend with a third-place finish, to extend his championship lead. In the season-ending Lusail round, Olivieri finished second on track to Adam Al Azhari in race one, before inheriting the win post-race after Al Azhari was disqualified on technical grounds. In race two, Olivieri wrapped up the title with a race to spare after finishing second to teammate Alex Powell, a feat he repeated in the finale.
In Italian F4, Olivieri opened up the season by scoring two podiums at Misano and one at Vallelunga, before scoring a double pole position at Barcelona and finishing third in race one en route to a seventh-place points finish at the end of the season. At the end of the year, Olivieri raced in the FIA F4 World Cup, in which he won the qualification race and finished second in the main race to Jules Roussel.
Formula Regional (2026–present) In early 2026, Olivieri raced the final two rounds of the Formula Regional Middle East Trophy with R-ace GP. Racing at Dubai and Lusail, Olivieri scored a best result of third in race three of the former round as he ended the season 14th in points. For the rest of the year, Olivieri remained with the French team to race in the Formula Regional European Championship. After a quiet start to the season, which included a lone podium at Zandvoort, Olivieri won at Monza and Imola, as well as six other podiums to clinch the rookie and overall titles.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2019WSK Open Cup — 60 MiniFabrizio Olivieri 53rdTrofeo Invernal Ayrton Senna — 60 Mini 24th2020WSK Champions Cup — 60 MiniFabrizio OlivieriNCWSK Super Master Series — 60 MiniBirel ART Racing42ndWSK Euro Series — 60 MiniFormula K Serafini18thROK Cup International Final — Mini ROK19thAndrea Margutti Trophy — 60 Mini10thWSK Open Cup — 60 Mini7thTrofeo Ayrton Senna — Mini8th2021WSK Champions Cup — 60 MiniFormula K Serafini 2ndWSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 2ndWSK Euro Series — 60 Mini 3rdAndrea Margutti Trophy — 60 Mini 1stWSK Open Cup — 60 Mini5thTrofeo delle Industrie — 60 Mini12thWSK Final Cup — 60 MiniNCItalian Championship — 60 Mini9th2022WSK Champions Cup — OK-JIPK Official Racing Team26thWSK Super Master Series — OK-J41stCIK-FIA European Championship — OK-J20thChampions of the Future — OK-J72ndWSK Euro Series — OK-J32ndCIK-FIA World Championship — OK-J102ndWSK Final Cup — OK-J 1stItalian Championship — OK-J18th2023South Garda Winter Cup — OKIPK Official Racing Team5thWSK Champions Cup — OK8thWSK Super Master Series — OK13thCIK-FIA European Championship — OK34thChampions of the Future — OKIPK Official Racing TeamBirel ART Racing 15thWSK Euro Series — OKBirel ART Racing49thCIK-FIA World Championship — OK35thWSK Final Cup — OK26thSources:
Complete CIK-FIA results Complete CIK-FIA World Championship results YearEntrantClassCircuit2022IPK Official Racing TeamOK-J Sarno102ndDNQ2023Birel ART RacingOK Franciacorta25th29thSource:
Complete CIK-FIA European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearEntrantClass123456789101112Points2022IPK Official Racing TeamOK-J20th132023IPK Official Racing TeamOK34th2Source:
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2024Formula Winter SeriesAKM Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 2 28thItalian F4 Championship 21 0 0 0 0 11 17thEuro 4 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 2 23rd2025 F4 Middle East Championship R-ace GP 15 6 5 9 13 339 1stItalian F4 Championship 20 0 2 2 4 140 7thFIA F4 World Cup 1 0 1 0 1 2nd2026Formula Regional Middle East TrophyR-ace GP 5 0 0 1 1 31 14thFormula Regional European Championship 19 2 2 3 9 218 1stSources: Season still in progress
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 Points2024 AKM Motorsport JER1 JER2 JER3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3ARA1ARA2ARA3CAT1CAT2CAT3 28th 2
Complete Italian F4 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 22 23 24 25 DC Points 2024 AKM MotorsportMIS1 MIS2MIS3IMO1 IMO2IMO3VLL1VLL2VLL3MUG1MUG2MUG3LEC1 LEC2LEC3CAT1CAT2CAT3MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3 17th 11 2025 R-ace GPMIS11MIS12 MIS13MIS14VLL1VLL2VLL3VLL4MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3MUG1MUG2MUG3IMO1IMO2IMO3CAT1 CAT2CAT3MIS21MIS22MIS23MIS24MIS25 7th 140 Season still in progress.
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 2024 AKM Motorsport MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 23rd 2
Complete F4 Middle East 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 DC Points 2025 R-ace GPYMC11YMC12YMC13YMC21YMC22YMC23DUB1DUB2DUB3YMC31YMC32YMC33LUS1LUS2LUS31st339
Complete FIA F4 World Cup results Year Car Qualifying Quali Race Main Race 2025 Mygale M21-F4 3rd 1st 2nd
Complete Formula Regional Middle East Trophy results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2026 R-ace GP YMC11 YMC12 YMC13 YMC21 YMC22 YMC23 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 LUS1 LUS2 LUS3 14th 31
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 2026 R-ace GP RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC21st218
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