Matteo De Palo (born 8 November 2007) is an

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racing driver currently competing in the

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with

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, having recently raced in the series last year with

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. He previously competed in the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship with

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, finishing fifth overall.

Career

Formula Winter Series

De Palo made his car racing debut at the second round in

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during the 2023 Formula Winter Series. He won the first race on debut, while taking both poles for the round. In July 2022, De Palo took part in a scouting camp conducted by the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Formula 4

Spanish F4

De Palo joined

for the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship. He took his only Spanish F4 win of the year during the first round in Spa-Francorchamps, after original winner Valerio Rinicella received a penalty for track limits. A further podium came the next round in Aragón where he finished third from pole. He would next stand on the podium during the penultimate round at

, scoring a double podium. Despite only four podiums, his consistent points scoring saw him fifth in the standings, with 171 points.

Italian F4

De Palo took part in the opening round of the 2023 Italian F4 Championship with

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. With ten points, De Palo was ranked 20th in the standings.

British F4

De Palo made a cameo appearance in two rounds during the 2023 F4 British Championship.

Formula Regional

2024

For 2024, De Palo was promoted to the

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with

. In the pre-season, he partook in the first two rounds of the Formula Regional Middle East Championship with the team. He scored two points finishes with the highest being a seventh, putting him 18th in the standings. In his main campaign, De Palo scored his first points with fifth in the second round in Spa-Francorchamps. He improved his personal best to fourth during the second race at the

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. With six points finishes, De Palo finished 17th in the drivers' standings with 29 points. De Palo also took part in the

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with PHM Racing. In an incident-packed race, De Palo managed to find his way to finish in fifth place, but was disqualified due to a car infringement.

2025

For the final two rounds of the Formula Regional Middle East campaign, De Palo joined the grid with Evans GP. De Palo remained in Formula Regional Europe for 2025, switching over to

for his sophomore campaign. De Palo won the first race of the season at the Misano World Circuit, a maiden win in the series for both him and Trident. He followed this result with a podium in race two, putting him second in the overall standings behind Evan Giltaire.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

* Season still in progress