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🇫🇮 Luka Sammalisto

Racing driver from Finland. Italian F4, US Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Luka Sammalisto
Nationality
Finland
Current team
US Racing
Series
Italian F4
Status
Active
Career wins
0
Career podiums
3
Career starts
31
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
3,974
Luka Sammalisto
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,974
Rank 3646 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Luka Sammalisto is a racing driver from Finland who competes in Italian F4 for US Racing. Sammalisto has recorded 0 wins and 3 podiums from 31 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,974 ranks Sammalisto 3646th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2025 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNF
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2025-10-10MisanoItalian F4P4+70
2025-10-10MisanoItalian F4P3+78
2025-10-10MisanoItalian F4P3+90
2025-10-10MisanoItalian F4P23−112
2025-09-19CatalunyaItalian F4P5+74
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+116Monza 2025Italian F4P2
+108Monza 2025Italian F4P4
+107Imola 2024Italian F4P7
+106Monza 2025Italian F4P5
+99Monza 2024Italian F4P8
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Monza6 starts+51
Struggles
Imola5 starts-29
Vallelunga5 starts-28
Misano8 starts-8
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2025▸Italian F4US Racing1903000P7+6273,974
2024▸Italian F4R-ace GP1200000P17+1,9983,348
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Sammalisto finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇷🇺 Maksimilian Popov4,24827141352%
🇮🇹 Alex Powell3,9792791833%
🇮🇹 Emanuele Olivieri3,79627131448%
🇯🇵 Kean Nakamura-Berta4,973252238%
🇷🇴 Luca Viisoreanu2,8782518772%
🇸🇬 Kabir Anurag3,5602217577%
🇩🇪 Maxim Rehm4,1922112957%
🇳🇱 Reno Francot4,3582071335%
🇷🇸 Andrija Kostic3,8572015575%
🇺🇦 Oleksandr Bondarev3,7122015575%
🇯🇵 Hiyu YamakoshiHigher-rated4,957124833%
🇦🇺 Gianmarco PradelHigher-rated4,648102820%
🇦🇺 Jack BeetonHigher-rated4,639101910%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
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3,638🇲🇾 Weng Sun MokWEC3,975
3,639🇭🇺 Csaba WalterNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,974
3,640🇮🇹 David Cleto FUMANELLILe Mans Cup3,974
3,641🇮🇹 Diego BertonelliPorsche Mobil 1 Supercup3,974
3,642🇮🇹 Fabio ManciniFIA GT Championship3,974
3,643🇧🇪 Jef MachielsGT World Challenge Europe3,974
3,644🇵🇱 Kacper SztukaFormula Regional European3,974
3,645🇪🇪 Karl-Oscar LiivFormula Renault Eurocup3,974
3,646🇫🇮 Luka SammalistoItalian F43,974
3,647🇩🇪 Max MoritzEuropean Le Mans Series3,974
3,648🇩🇪 Michael HeimrichNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,974
3,649🇺🇸 C.W. SmithNASCAR Xfinity3,973
3,650🇺🇸 John PotterIMSA WeatherTech3,973
3,651🇺🇸 Ken RaganNASCAR Xfinity3,973
3,652🏳️ Matt Neal24H Series3,973
3,653🇧🇷 Rodrigo BaptistaGT4 America3,973
3,654🇬🇧 Ross KAISERLe Mans Cup3,973
3,655🇺🇸 Blake JonesNASCAR Cup Series3,972
3,656🇺🇸 Cooper ShipmanFormula Regional Americas3,972
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Luka Sammalisto is a professional racing driver competing in the Italian F4 Championship for US Racing, a national single-class series that fields amateur and professional drivers together. The Finnish driver is in his second season of indexed racing, with 31 starts across the 2024 and 2025 campaigns.[1]

Sammalisto finished seventh in the 2025 Italian F4 Championship standings with three podiums across 19 rounds. His record places him closely matched with Maksimilian Popov, a professional and regular opponent in the series, though he typically finishes behind fellow regular Alex Powell, an entry-level professional with 45 Italian F4 starts. He has beaten the series' 2025 champion Kean Nakamura-Berta twice and the more experienced professional Hiyu Yamakoshi, who has raced in Formula Regional European and French F4 at semi-professional level, on four occasions.[2]

US Racing, which fields him, has produced 48 wins across 35 drivers in the index, including elite professional Oliver Bearman among its roster. In a mixed field of amateurs and established professionals, Sammalisto competes as a professional in the mid-order.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
Luka Sammalisto Wins at Monza to Take the Italian F4 Championship Lead[1]
ACI Sport
14 Jul 2026
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ITALIAN F.4 CHAMPIONSHIP - Luka Sammalisto storms to Race 1 victory at Vallelunga from the third row[2]
ACI Sport
4 Jul 2026
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ITALIAN F.4 CHAMPIONSHIP - Luka Sammalisto storms to Race 1 victory at Vallelunga from the third row[3]
ACI Sport
4 Jul 2026
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