DANIELE SCHILLACI IN THE ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP WITH NOVALUX RACING TEAM

Defined program for Daniele Schillaci, who will be protagonist in the Italian ACI Karting Championship with the Lenzo Kart (Junior) material of Novalux Racing Team.

For the young promise of Ragusa (14 years old next May 26) it will be the debut in Junior, after some fruitful testing days.

Giovanni Minardi “I am very happy to have been able to define this program for Daniele, after a period of strong uncertainty. We hope it will be a new beginning and that he will have a chance to get on the track with regularity. For this I thank the whole team for the support they have given us so far.“

Daniele Schillaci “I am very happy to be able to contest the championship in OK-N J, which is a new adventure for me in the category and with LenzoKart. I thank Giovanni Minardi, Lenzo and all those who support me for this great opportunity.“

Michele Lenzo “Soon the Italian championship will start and our team will debut in the new OK-N category. Our team will see among our ranks Daniele Schillaci who after the excellent results in the Italian Cup race leaves us confident that we will be able to do well throughout the season.”

JAMES EGOZI AND PHM RACING TOGETHER AT IMOLA IN THE ITALIAN F4 CHAMPIONSHIP

James Egozi is ready to sign his debut in the Italian Formula 4 Championship

After a few profitable test sessions under the watchful eye of manager Giovanni Minardi, the young premise American motorsport, class of 2007 from Miami, will be at the Autodromo Enzo and Dino Ferrari of Imola from 21 to 23 April for the first of the seven rounds of the tricolour championship, defending the colours of PHM Racing directed by Mikhail Aleshin.

Giovanni Minardi “I am very happy to have reached this agreement and to give James the opportunity to take part in the first round of Italian F4 Championship. A special thanks goes to Mikhail Aleshin and the whole PHM Racing team, with the wish to extend the collaboration soon. We have a lot of work ahead of us, but given the results of the tests we will be on track at Imola to do well right from the start”.

James Egozi “The moment has arrived and I cannot thank Giovanni Minardi and Paul Müller of PHM Racing enough for this opportunity. I am very grateful and excited to debut my Formula career with PHM Racing at Imola for Round 1 of the Italian F4 Championship. I intend to give it my all.”

ACHILLE REA JOINS MINARDI MANAGEMENT

Giovanni Minardi and Minardi Management are pleased to welcome Achille Rea, a young karting promise from Frosinone – class of 2013.

At six years old, in the 2019/20 season, he starts racing in the Entry Level category, winning the Lazio Regional Championship on debut, becoming the youngest ever winner. Having obtained the National licence, at the age of eight, he starts racing in the Italian Championship – Mini Gr3 category – as well as some WSK events.

Starting from this season Achille will be followed in his growth path by Giovanni Minardi, who will see him as a protagonist in the WSK circuit, where this weekend he will be involved in Cremona in the 2nd round of the WSK Open Series with CRG – U10 material, in the Italian ACI Championship and IAME X30 Mini.

Giovanni Minardi: “I am very happy to start working with Achille, I have been following him for months and I have been very impressed by the ease he possesses in learning the things he is told, he is very fast and has great potential. I am sure that with him we will have fun and achieve a lot of satisfaction.”

Achille Rea: “I am happy and proud to have joined Minardi Management and I hope to deserve this opportunity and with the help of Giovanni Minardi crown my dream: one day racing in the Formula 1 World Championship.”

MANUEL QUONDAMCARLO IN FORMULA 4 WITH AS MOTORSPORT

Manuel Quondamcarlo, after a fruitful career in karting and having had a taste of the Italian Formula 4 Championship in 2022 by taking to the track at Misano and Vallelunga with AS Motorsport, is now ready to race the entire season with the team led by Andrej Slak.

The 16-year-old from Avezzano will appear at the inaugural round of the Italian F.4 Championship at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari racetrack in Imola (April 21 – 23) after a few days of profitable testing, carried out under the watchful eye of manager Giovanni Minardi.

Manuel Quondamcarlo «I am very enthusiastic about the start of the championship and happy about the continuation with Minardi Management. I hope I don’t disappoint”

Giovanni Minardi «I’m happy that we managed to get back on track for the 2023 season. I hope that the efforts will be repaid with greater continuity than in 2022. I’m sure that if we succeed in this, Manuel will be able to take away some good satisfaction.»

The championship will then move to Misano (5 – 7 May), Spa-Francorchamsp (26 – 28 May) for the first away match outside the national borders, Monza (23 – 25 June) and Le Castellet (21 – 23 July) before the summer break. Mugello (29 September – 1 October) will host the sixth and penultimate round on the calendar, which will end in Vallunga on 15 October.

MINARDI MANAGEMENT DRIVERS TRAIN WITH FORMULA MEDICINE

Thanks to the close collaboration between Giovanni Minardi and Dr. Riccardo Ceccarelli, Minardi Management drivers have the great opportunity to train and prepare for races supported by the Formula Medicine team, a leading center in training methodologies, thanks to the results of innovative research directly contact with Formula 1 drivers for thirty years now.
Throughout the season the runners will be followed in both individual and group training. The first internship is scheduled from 28 February to 2 March and will involve Manuel Quondamcarlo (born in 2007), Mattia Bucci (born in 2007), Giacomo Pedrini (born in 2008) and Thomas Baldassarri (born in 2008).

Riccardo Ceccarelli – CEO Formula Medicine “If today Formula Medicine is a consolidated worldwide reality in the field of driver training, it is also thanks to the experience acquired during the eight years of collaboration – starting from 1993 – with the Minardi F1 Team where I had possibility of carrying out numerous studies and research on which Formula Medici still bases the preparation of all young talents. In those years I met Giovanni and his father, appreciating not only professional but also human qualities. Today having the possibility of strengthening this relationship through the collaboration with Minardi Management, aimed at the growth of its young talents, represents for me the same honor that had distinguished my years in F1”

Giovanni Minardi – Chief Executive Officer of Minardi Management «I am very happy to re-establish a collaboration with Riccardo and his structure which today is a leader in the sector of physical and mental preparation for pilots. I’m sure this will be an added value for all my drivers and it will certainly pay off.»

WELCOME MARKAS SILKUNAS

Giovanni Minardi and Minardi Management are pleased to welcome Markas Šilkūnas, a young promise of Lithuanian karting – born in 2009 – from Kaunas.

Starting this season, Markas will be followed in his growth path by Giovanni Minardi, who will see him protagonist in fifteen seasonal appointments divided between the competition fields of the Champions of the future, FIA World Championship, FIA Academy FIA Europe, Lithuanian championship, Baltic CUP, DKM, Baltic Cup Latvi with «OKJ» material from Salvatore Gatto’s team. Despite his young age, Markas already boasts a respectable palmares thanks to the title of vice-champion in the Mini60 Lithuania (2019) and the victory in the Karting R85 Latvia, and the title conquered in 2021 in the Mini60.

Giovanni Minardi: «I am very pleased to welcome Markas to the agency. He is a boy with a great desire to grow up, as well as being about to switch to cars. Let’s start this new journey together with another year of karting. With his arrival, Minardi Management becomes more and more international. For the first time it welcomes a Lithuanian boy and this makes me very proud».

Markas Šilkūnas: «I am very happy to be able to start this journey with the support of Giovanni Minardi which I am sure will lead us to obtain important results»

ANDREA KIMI ANTOENLLI CHAMPION FORMULA REGIONAL MIDDLE EST

After last year’s successes in the Italian and German Formula 4 championships and the seal at the FIA ​​Motorsport Games in Le Castellet, Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s new season began with the conquest (as a rookie) of the title in the Formula Regional Middle East.

At the wheel of the Prema single-seater of the Indian team Mumbai Falcons, the 16-year-old from Bologna imposed himself on the Kuwait Motor Town and Dubai Autodrome tracks, both in the general and rookie standings, closing the championship with 192 points in the standings.

Now “Kimi”‘s efforts will be aimed at the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine which will start on April 23 from the Imola racetrack with a calendar made up of ten appointments on the most prestigious circuits including Spa-Francorchamps, Mugello, Monza and Hockenaim, also passing through Barcelona, ​​Hungaroring, Le Castellet, Spielberg and Zandvoort.

WELCOME VLADIMIR IVANNIKOV

Giovanni Minardi and Minardi Management are pleased to welcome Vladimir Ivannikov, a young promise in karting – born in 2010 – from Moscow.

Starting this season, Vladimir will be followed in his growth path by Giovanni Minardi, who will see him as a protagonist in the WSK circuit where he has already won 5th place in the Winter Cup, 2nd place in the Champions Cup and 3rd place in the first round of the Super Master Series in Lonato, in the ACI Italian Championship and Margutti Trophy with the «Mini» material of Salvatore Gatto’s Team, with the possibility of already making his debut in OKJ arriving to participate in the World Championship in Franciacorta.

Giovanni Minardi: «I am very pleased to welcome Vladimir to the agency. He is a rider who has already demonstrated his worth and I think he has everything it takes to become a professional. A lot of work awaits us, but the foundations are already solid and for this I thank all the Gamoto team»

Vladimir Ivannikov: «I’m very happy to announce that since now, I’ve started my partnership with Minardi Management. This is a big opportunity for me on my long way. We’re looking forward to see what the future brings. Everything is still ahead, I will do my best.»

WELCOME VLADIMIR IVANNIKOV

Giovanni Minardi and Minardi Management are pleased to welcome Vladimir Ivannikov, a young promise in karting – born in 2010 – from Moscow.

Starting this season, Vladimir will be followed in his growth path by Giovanni Minardi, who will see him as a protagonist in the WSK circuit where he has already won 5th place in the Winter Cup, 2nd place in the Champions Cup and 3rd place in the first round of the Super Master Series in Lonato, in the ACI Italian Championship and Margutti Trophy with the «Mini» material of Salvatore Gatto’s Team, with the possibility of already making his debut in OKJ arriving to participate in the World Championship in Franciacorta.

Giovanni Minardi: «I am very pleased to welcome Vladimir to the agency. He is a rider who has already demonstrated his worth and I think he has everything it takes to become a professional. A lot of work awaits us, but the foundations are already solid and for this I thank all the Gamoto team»

Vladimir Ivannikov: «I’m very happy to announce that since now, I’ve started my partnership with Minardi Management. This is a big opportunity for me on my long way. We’re looking forward to see what the future brings. Everything is still ahead, I will do my best.»

JAMES EGOZI RENEWS WITH TONY KART RACING TEAM

For the second consecutive year James Egozi will wear the colors of the Tony Kart Racing Team in “OK” and on the most prestigious competition fields of the international karting panorama.

After the past season as a rookie, the young promise of American Motorsport, born in Miami in 2007, has the opportunity to put the important know-how acquired to good use, taking part in the FIA ​​European and World championship, the RGMCC championship and WSK Promotion for a total of twenty-six appointments.

Giovanni Minardi: “I am very happy that James has the opportunity to continue the collaboration with such an important group as OTK. After the season spent as a rookie, he will continue his growth path by putting the important work started last year to good use, with the aim of improving his results. Once again the program is top notch.

James Egozi: “I am proud of the confirmation received from the OTK group as official driver of the Tony Kart Racing Team 2023. Also this year I will have the opportunity to race in the WSK and FIA championships. Last year was an apprenticeship season where I learned a lot. Together with the team we have high expectations”