FEDERICO SBARDELLATI TO DEBUT IN PROTOTYPE RACING WITH WOLF RACING IN 2025

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Federico Sbardellati begins a new chapter in his career. After the magnificent performance in last year’s Wolf Racing Cars Contest, the 14-year-old Italian got his chance to participate in the 2025 Wolf Racing Cars Academy. As a consequence, his karting career is over.

Alongside his racing, Federico is set to drive the Wolf car in a testing program in order to get ready for his debut in the 2026 Italian Sport Prototypes Championship.

Giovanni Minardi: «I’m really excited for the journey Federico is about to embark on. After his beautiful performance in the contest organized by the Bellarosa family on the Magione Circuit last November with Wolf cars, we decided it was right to continue in this direction.After talking with Ivan, who showed us their Academy program, despite Federico’s young age, just 14 years old, we considered right not to continue in karting, rather beginning a 2026 season’s preparation program, so that we are ready and competitive right from the get-go in the 2026 Italian Sport Prototypes Championship».

Federico Sbardellati: «Il 2024 concluded with the Wolf Racing Cars Contest, which gave me the chance to be selected for the 2025 Wolf Racing Cars Academy. There I start a new chapter! My passion for motorsport began in 2015 by watching the “Rush” movie. Among its protagonists was James Hunt, who drove for Wolf in 1979. For me it’s incredible thinking about it. I’m grateful to everyone who contributed to this new fantastic opportunity, in which I join the world of cars a bit early, but with great desire to learn and perform well. The journey is still long, challenging and full of hurdles, but with my feet steady on the ground, I keep dreaming!».

Ivan Bellarosa: «We are very excited to welcome Federico in our Academy, and to do so working closely with Giovanni Minardi. We are sure Federico will show his great skills, as he did at the Steering Wheel Award, and together we’ll be able to show an alternative route towards professionalism».

Author: Jacopo Rava