Marcello Paniccia is a racing driver from Canada who competes in Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin for McCumbee McAleer Racing. Paniccia has recorded 3 wins and 12 podiums from 48 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,059 ranks Paniccia 8199th of 40,308 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.
| 2026-06-21 | Watkins Glen International SM | P10 | −32 |
| 2026-06-20 | Watkins Glen International SM | P30 | −203 |
| 2026-06-07 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P19 | −28 |
| 2026-06-06 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ND2 | P8 | +65 |
| 2026-03-01 | St- Petersburg Street Course (MX-5) ND2 | P20 | −6 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +128 | Sebring International Raceway 2025 | SCCA Majors | P3 |
| +127 | NJMP Thunderbolt Pro 2022 | SCCA Regionals | P4 |
| +111 | PIR 2024 | SCCA Majors | P1 |
| +111 | Sebring International Raceway 2025 | SCCA Majors | P3 |
| +107 | Pocono - N/S Combined 2023 | SCCA Majors | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | McCumbee McAleer Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +51 | 3,059 |
| ▸SCCA Majors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P63 | −234 | |||
| 2025 | ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +448 | 3,243 | |
| ▸Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | Saito Motorsport Group | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +89 | ||
| 2024 | ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | ↑836−22 | 2,705 | |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P73 | −201 | |||
| ▸SCCA Runoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +53 | |||
| 2023 | ▸SCCA Majors | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +433 | 2,039 | |
| ▸SCCA Regionals | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P43 | +386 | |||
| 2022 | ▸SCCA Regionals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P86 | −130 | 1,220 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Ethan Jacobs | 3,662 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 29% |
| 🇧🇷 Ethan Goulart | 3,189 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Noah Harmon | 3,637 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 24% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeremy Fletcher | 3,922 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Cam Ebben | 3,528 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Will Robinson | 2,739 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Justin Adakonis | 3,771 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 29% |
| 🇺🇸 Bobby Gossett | 3,393 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% |
| 🇺🇸 Logan Stretch | 2,898 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43% |
| 🇺🇸 John Salerno | 3,408 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46% |
| 🇫🇷 Sebastien BourdaisFIA Platinum | 5,133 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Tristan McKeeHigher-rated, 1× champion | 4,624 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 🇺🇸 Westin WorkmanFIA Silver, 1× champion | 4,397 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,189 | 🇬🇧 Ollie Brown | BTCC | 3,061 |
| 8,190 | 🇺🇸 Scott Herberg | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,061 |
| 8,191 | 🇧🇷 Alexandre de Andrade | International Formula 3000 | 3,060 |
| 8,192 | 🇨🇦 Claude Bourbonnais | IndyCar | 3,060 |
| 8,193 | 🇮🇹 Max Mugelli | Ferrari Challenge | 3,060 |
| 8,194 | 🇩🇰 Anders Bidstrup | Ferrari Challenge | 3,059 |
| 8,195 | 🇮🇹 Claudio Padovani | FIA GT Championship | 3,059 |
| 8,196 | 🇩🇰 David Walther | Italian F4 | 3,059 |
| 8,197 | 🇮🇹 Ivan Berets | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,059 |
| 8,198 | 🇫🇷 Jürgen van Hover | 24H Series | 3,059 |
| 8,199 | 🇨🇦 Marcello Paniccia | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,059 |
| 8,200 | 🇩🇪 Moritz Löhner | Le Mans Cup | 3,059 |
| 8,201 | 🇬🇧 Nathanael Hodgkiss | British F4 | 3,059 |
| 8,202 | 🇯🇵 Norio Matsubara | International Formula 3000 | 3,059 |
| 8,203 | 🇬🇧 Pranav VANGALA | Ferrari Challenge | 3,059 |
| 8,204 | 🇺🇸 Cory Kruseman | IndyCar | 3,058 |
| 8,205 | 🇮🇹 Gianluca Calcagni | International Formula 3000 | 3,058 |
| 8,206 | 🇫🇮 Juho Annala | IndyCar | 3,058 |
| 8,207 | 🏳️ Lukas Pank | International GT | 3,058 |
| 8,208 | 🇺🇸 Michael Guerity | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,058 |
| 8,209 | 🇧🇪 Michael Petit | 24H Series | 3,058 |
Marcello Paniccia is a semi-professional driver rated 3,610, placing him in the competitive amateur band; his record shows consistent participation in regional and club-level racing with occasional success against professional-calibre rivals. Across three seasons from 2024 to 2026, Paniccia has made 25 starts, winning once and reaching the podium five times, with an average finish of eleventh. His early success came in SCCA Majors, where he secured one victory and five podiums in twelve starts during 2024 and 2025. He has since transitioned into the Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin, where he has completed twelve starts for McCumbee McAleer Racing without finding the podium; his most recent activity in 2026 saw him finish twentieth across six rounds.[1]
Paniccia has built a mixed head-to-head record against his regular rivals in the semi-professional and competitive amateur sphere. He holds a winning record against Cam Ebben and Will Robinson, taking ten finishes ahead of them in fifteen shared races each, and has beaten the Silver-graded three-time champion Jared Thomas seven times in twelve meetings. Conversely, he has struggled consistently against Ethan Jacobs and Justin Adakonis, both established professionals one tier above his own rating; he finished ahead of them in only six of twenty-one races and four of fourteen races respectively. Notably, Paniccia has on occasion beaten drivers of considerably higher pedigree, including Austin Hill and Sebastien Bourdais, though these remain isolated results rather than patterns of competitive advantage. His participation in the competitive Mazda MX-5 Cup without podium finishes indicates the step up in field strength as he progresses.