| Nicola Lacorte | |
| Nationality: |  Italian |
| Full Name: | Nicola Lacorte |
| Birth Date: | 1 June 2007 |
| Birth Place: | Pisa, Italy |
| Current Series: | Formula Regional European Championship |
| First Year: | 2024 |
| Current Team: | Trident |
| Car Number: | 7 |
| Starts: | 20 (20 entries) |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Podiums: | 0 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 1 |
| Best Finish: | 21st |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Prev Series: | FR European Championship FR Oceania Championship Euro 4 Championship Formula 4 UAE Championship Italian F4 Championship |
| Prev Series Years: | 2024 2024 2023 2023 2022–2023 |
| Related To: | Roberto Lacorte (father) |
Nicola Lacorte (born 1 June 2007) is an Italian racing driver who is set to race for DAMS Lucas Oil in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship, having last raced in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship with Trident. He was a race winner in the Italian F4 Championship.
Lacorte is also a member of the Alpine Academy.
Lacorte finished 56th in the 2021 FIA Karting European Championship.[1] In July 2022, he contested in a scouting camp conducted by the Ferrari Driver Academy.[2]
Lacorte made his single-seater debut at the Red Bull Ring round of the 2022 Italian F4 Championship with Iron Lynx.[3] His only points came in his first race, where he ended 28th in the standings.[4]
Lacorte signed with Prema Racing in 2023 to compete in Formula 4 UAE and Italian F4.[5] In the former, the Italian did not have a very successful campaign, he only managed two points finishes and was 24th in the standings with five points.
In his main campaign, he started the season well with a third placed podium in the first race in Imola.[6] He would proceed to take his first win during the third race after polesitter and teammate Ugo Ugochukwu was eliminated on the opening lap.[7] However, those were the only podiums of his season, only finishing in the points seven more times. At the conclusion of the season, Lacorte placed ninth in the standings, amassing 75 points.[8]
Lacorte participated in the 2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship with M2 Competition.[9] He took part in the first three rounds of the year, and won a race in Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.[10] He finished tenth in the championship.
For his main campaign, Lacorte was promoted to the Formula Regional European Championship with Trident.[11] He had a difficult season, only managing to finish in the points twice with tenth in Spa-Francorchamps and Paul Ricard.[12] [13]
For 2025, Lacorte was announced to be stepping up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship with new team DAMS Lucas Oil.[13]
In December 2023, Lacorte joined the Alpine Academy.[14]
| Season | Series | Team | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 24° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | KR Motorsport | NC | |
| WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | NC | |||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | NC | |||
| WSK Euro Series — OKJ | NC | |||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | NC | |||
| FIA Karting European Championship — OKJ | NC | |||
| 2020 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | KR Motorsport | NC | |
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 31st | |||
| 25° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | NC | |||
| WSK Euro Series — OKJ | 51st | |||
| 31° Andrea Margutti Trophy — OKJ | Team Driver Racing Kart | 5th | ||
| 2021 | WSK Champions Cup — OK | KR Motorsport | 25th | |
| WSK Super Master Series — OK | 48th | |||
| WSK Euro Series — OK | 27th | |||
| WSK Open Cup — OK | 34th | |||
| FIA Karting European Championship — OK | 56th | |||
| Source:[15] | ||||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Italian F4 Championship | Iron Lynx | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28th | |
| 2023 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Prema Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24th | |
| Italian F4 Championship | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 9th | |||
| Euro 4 Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.5 | 9th | |||
| 2024 | Formula Regional Oceania Championship | M2 Competition | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 130 | 10th | |
| Formula Regional European Championship | Trident | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21st | ||
| 2025 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | DAMS Lucas Oil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
(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 | DC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | nowrap | Iron Lynx | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | MIS 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | VLL 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | RBR 4 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | 28th | 1 | |
| 2023 | nowrap | Prema Racing | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | IMO 4 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | MIS 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | VLL 3 | 9th | 75 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)