LUKA SAMMALISTO’S 2024 SEASON ENDS WITH THE F4 TESTING IN MISANO

Luka Sammalisto concluded his 2024 season in Misano testing the US Racing F4 car. The seventeen-year-old has driven 638 km (151 laps), with a consistent pace and a best time of 1:35.284.

The weather of the two days was partly cloudy, with temperatures around 15ºC.

Day 1
The morning started with a good pace of 1:37. He then improved consistently, until he was lapping in 1:35. The first half of the day ended with 58 laps and a personal best of 1:35.864, not far from the top of the chart.

In the afternoon session, he continued to work on race pace. In the 19 laps he completed, tyre degradation was low. Therefore, he managed to set the second best time of 1:36.213 towards the end.

Day 2
The day of his seventeenth birthday began with an encouraging race pace. Of the 41 laps, the fastest was an excellent 1:35.284, just nine thousandths away from “pole”. Unfortunately he struggled to keep consistency.

After the birthday celebrations, Luka started the afternoon setting the pace in 1:35.641. Moreover, consistency improved noticeably: in the last two sessions, he lapped with great precision in the 1:36s, showing good confidence with the car.

Preparation for the next season will continue in January 2025.

Luka Sammalisto: «For me the tests went really well. It was nice to be here in Misano and Imola, we tested many things. I think we found good pace in Imola already, and it was really good in Misano too».

«We managed to take “pole position” a couple of times and we were almost every time in top 5, or even top 3, so the pace was there. I’m really proud of the team, they’ve been pushing a lot for me».

«Now I’m really happy to go on the Christmas break. We’ll see at the start of next year what we can do, now we are pushing to the highest limits. Hopefully we can win!»

Author: Jacopo Rava