Nicola Lacorte is a racing driver from Italy who competes in Formula 3 for DAMS Lucas Oil. Lacorte has recorded 2 wins and 3 podiums from 83 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,254 ranks Lacorte 2584th of 40,349 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.
| 2026-09-13 | Madrid FR2 | P20 | โ29 |
| 2026-09-12 | Madrid SR | P23 | โ69 |
| 2026-09-12 | Madrid FR1 | P20 | โ30 |
| 2026-09-06 | Monza FR | P1 | +180 |
| 2026-09-05 | Monza SR | P9 | +105 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +180 | Monza 2026 | Formula 3 | P1 |
| +140 | Budapest 2026 | Formula 3 | P7 |
| +138 | Imola 2023 | Italian F4 | P1 |
| +127 | Spielberg 2026 | Formula 3 | P9 |
| +117 | Imola 2023 | Italian F4 | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | โธFormula 3 | DAMS Lucas Oil | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +506 | 4,254 |
| 2025 | โธFormula 3 | DAMS Lucas Oil | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P28 | +103 | 3,749 |
| โธIMSA WeatherTech | CETILAR RACING | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P36 | โ39 | ||
| 2024 | โธFormula Regional European | Trident | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | โ409โ315 | 3,685 |
| 2023 | โธItalian F4 | Prema Racing | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P9 | +126 | 3,591 |
| 2022 | โธItalian F4 | Iron Lynx | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +2,115 | 3,465 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐ฆ๐บ James WhartonFIA Silver | 5,376 | 76 | 15 | 61 | 20% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Ugo Ugochukwu | 5,511 | 74 | 15 | 59 | 20% |
| ๐ฎ๐น Brando Badoer | 4,746 | 74 | 15 | 59 | 20% |
| ๐ซ๐ฎ Tuukka Taponen | 5,448 | 70 | 13 | 57 | 19% |
| ๐ซ๐ท Alessandro Giusti | 5,364 | 54 | 8 | 46 | 15% |
| ๐ซ๐ท Thรฉophile Naรซl | 5,364 | 53 | 13 | 40 | 25% |
| ๐ต๐น Ivan Franco Domingues | 4,042 | 53 | 22 | 31 | 42% |
| ๐น๐ญ Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi | 3,530 | 48 | 37 | 11 | 77% |
| ๐ง๐ท Rafael Cรขmara | 6,332 | 41 | 4 | 37 | 10% |
| ๐ซ๐ท Enzo Deligny | 4,863 | 40 | 15 | 25 | 38% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Arvid LindbladFIA Platinum | 7,139 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 22% |
| ๐ง๐ฌ Nikola TsolovHigher-rated | 6,074 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 17% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Taylor BarnardHigher-rated | 6,068 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,574 | ๐บ๐ธ Butch Lindley | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,256 |
| 2,575 | ๐ซ๐ท Fabrice Rossello | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,256 |
| 2,576 | ๐ซ๐ท Franck Frรฉon | International Formula 3000 | 4,256 |
| 2,577 | ๐ฎ๐น Jonathan Adam | WEC | 4,256 |
| 2,578 | ๐ฌ๐ง Matthew Richard Bell | European Le Mans Series | 4,256 |
| 2,579 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Meindert van Buuren | Formula V8 3.5 | 4,256 |
| 2,580 | ๐ธ๐ฌ Danial Nielsen Frost | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,255 |
| 2,581 | ๐ซ๐ท Jonathan Hirschi | Nรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,255 |
| 2,582 | ๐จ๐ณ Martin Cao | TCR World Tour | 4,255 |
| 2,583 | ๐ฉ๐ช Stefan Wackerbauer | Formula Renault Eurocup | 4,255 |
| 2,584 | ๐ฎ๐น Nicola Lacorte | Formula 3 | 4,254 |
| 2,585 | ๐บ๐ธ Ted Musgrave | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,254 |
| 2,586 | ๐บ๐ธ Chase Dowling | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 4,253 |
| 2,587 | ๐ฏ๐ต Takamitsu Matsui | Super GT | 4,253 |
| 2,588 | ๐ฏ๐ต Yutaka Yamagishi | WEC | 4,253 |
| 2,589 | ๐ซ๐ท Dominique Dupuy | FIA GT Championship | 4,252 |
| 2,590 | ๐น๐ท Jason Tahinci | GP2 Series | 4,252 |
| 2,591 | ๐ธ๐ช Joel GRANFORS | Le Mans Cup | 4,252 |
| 2,592 | ๐ฉ๐ช Claudio Torre | Formula 3 Euro Series | 4,251 |
| 2,593 | ๐ฏ๐ต Fairuz Fauzy | Super GT | 4,251 |
| 2,594 | ๐ฎ๐น Roberto del Castello | International Formula 3000 | 4,250 |
Nicola Lacorte is a professional racing driver competing in single-seater and endurance series across Europe and North America. He holds an FIA Silver grading, placing him among drivers developing towards the established professional level in sportscar racing. He has spent the past two seasons in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with DAMS Lucas Oil, a team fielding established professionals, while also making his entry into IMSA WeatherTech endurance racing in 2025.[1]
Lacorte began his racing career in Italian F4 in 2022, finishing ninth in the championship standings in 2023 after taking a win and two podiums across 21 rounds. He moved to Formula Regional European for a single season in 2024 with Trident before stepping up to Formula 3, where he has contested both the FR1 and FR2 classes. His sole win came at Monza in the 2026 Formula 3 Feature Race. Across 37 Formula 3 starts, he has added one further podium to his tally, competing in a grid that includes amateur and semi-professional drivers alongside graded professionals.[2]
In Formula 3, Lacorte's regular opponents have been James Wharton and Ugo Ugochukwu, both established professionals, against whom he has consistently finished behind. He has occasionally bettered elite and established professionals in the field; he finished ahead of Arvid Lindblad, an elite-level driver who has reached Formula 2, on five occasions, and ahead of Rafael Cรขmara, the 2024 Formula Regional European champion and 2025 Formula 3 champion, twice across their meetings.