Luca Viișoreanu
| Luca Viișoreanu | |
|---|---|
Viișoreanu in 2024 | |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Born | Luca Paul Viișoreanu[1] 4 April 2009 |
| Italian F4 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | R-ace GP |
| Former teams | Real Racing |
| Starts | 38 (39 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 24th in 2025 |
Luca Paul Viișoreanu (born 4 April 2009) is a Romanian racing driver currently competing in the Italian F4 Championship for R-ace GP.
Career
Karting
Viișoreanu made his competitive karting debut in 2018, winning the Romanian Karting Masters in the Mini ROK category. He won the title again in 2019 and began his partnership with Real Racing.[2]
In 2021, Viișoreanu competed in the Romanian Karting Masters in the Junior ROK category, coming runner-up to the title. He also competed in 49° Trofeo delle Industrie and 32° Trofeo Andrea Margutti in X30 Junior categories, placing 13th and 12th, respectively. Viișoreanu won the Romanian Karting Masters and the International Karting Masters in 2022.[3]
Formula 4
2024
Viișoreanu made his car racing and single-seater debut in the 2024 Italian F4 Championship, where he drove for Real Racing and was teammates with compatriot Andrei Dună.[4][5] In his and the team's first year in single-seater racing, he only managed to achieve a highest finish of eleventh place at the first race of the fifth round at Mugello Circuit. He got his maiden rookie podium in the first race of the third round at Vallelunga Circuit. The Romanian finished the championship 29th in the standings.[6]
Viișoreanu also raced in the 2024 Euro 4 Championship for the same team. In the three-round series, he scored three points finishes – all tenth places, two in the second round at the Red Bull Ring and one in the final race of the series at the Monza Circuit. He finished 22nd in the championship with three points.[7][8]
Viișoreanu also drove in an one-off at the 2024 Formula 4 CEZ Championship with Real Racing at the Red Bull Ring, where he came sixth, ninth and fifth in the races, finishing 21st in the overall championship with 22 points.[9]
2025
Viișoreanu kicked off his Formula 4 campaign with a cameo at the Red Bull Ring in the first round of the 2025 Formula 4 CEZ Championship with Real Racing,[10] where he came fourth in the first race, retired in the second race and in the third race he won his first single-seater race after a gamble with slick tyres, he would also bag a fastest lap as well.[11]
For his full-time campaign, he contested the 2025 Italian F4 Championship with Real Racing for a second year in a row alongside the same teammate, Andrei Dună.[12][13]
At the first round in Misano World Circuit, he came 21st in the first race and retired from the second race. In the first of three 4-race weekends of the season, Viișoreanu's best result in those two races was not able to qualify for the main race.[14] The following round at Vallelunga followed the same format, but Viișoreanu was able to qualify for the third race and got his first points in the series with a ninth place in race three.[15]
From Monza Circuit onwards, the series returned to the three-race format. Viișoreanu came twelfth in the first race, fourteenth in the second race and a career-best fourth in the third race.[16] The next round at Mugello bore no points for him and neither did the first round of the 2025 E4 Championship at Circuit Paul Ricard where he came a highest of twelfth in the second race after a retirement in the first race. After another difficult round in Italian F4 at Imola Circuit, he announced his departure from Real Racing and would not continue the rest of the season with them.[17]
Viișoreanu returned to Italian F4 Championship with R-ace GP ahead of the sixth round of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.[18]
Euroformula Open
Instead of continuing Italian F4, Viișoreanu moved up to the 2025 Euroformula Open Championship with Motopark Academy at the Red Bull Ring.[19] In his debut race he came in ninth after a first lap tangle with debutant Ricardo Baptista, he also came ninth in the second race and improved with a seventh place in the third race.[20][21]
Viișoreanu competed for Nielsen Racing in the final round of the championship at Monza Circuit and recorded his highest finish in the series with a sixth place at the second race and ended the championship in eighteenth with eighteen points.
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | WSK Super Master Series - 60 Mini | Praga Junior Team | 113rd |
| WSK Open Cup - 60 Mini | Maranello Kart | 72nd | |
| Romanian Karting Masters - Mini ROK | 1st | ||
| 2019 | WSK Euro Series - 60 Mini | Real Racing | 112nd |
| Romanian Karting Masters - Mini ROK | 1st | ||
| 2020 | WSK Super Master Series - 60 Mini | Real Racing | 120th |
| 25° South Garda Winter Cup - Mini ROK | 49th | ||
| Romanian Cup | 3rd | ||
| 2021 | Romanian Karting Masters - Junior ROK | 2nd | |
| 49° Trofeo delle Industrie - X30 Junior | Real Racing | 13th | |
| 32° Trofeo Andrea Margutti - X30 Junior | A.C.S Real Racing | 12th | |
| ROK Cup Superfinal - Junior ROK | |||
| 2022 | Romanian Karting Masters - Junior ROK | Real Racing | 1st |
| International Karting Masters – Junior Rok | 1st | ||
| Trofeo ROK Cup – Junior Rok | 9th | ||
| Super Rok Cup – Junior Rok | 36th | ||
| Ayrton Senna Trophy – X30 Junior | 12th | ||
| IAME Series Italy – X30 Junior | 12th | ||
| Sources:[22][23] | |||
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Italian F4 Championship | Real Racing | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th |
| Formula 4 CEZ Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 21st | ||
| Euro 4 Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22nd | ||
| 2025 | Formula 4 CEZ Championship | Real Racing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 15th |
| E4 Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | ||
| Italian F4 Championship | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24th | ||
| R-ace GP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Euroformula Open Championship | Team Motopark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18th | |
| Nielsen Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Complete Italian F4 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Real Racing | MIS 1 28 |
MIS 2 27† |
MIS 3 30† |
IMO 1 24 |
IMO 2 23 |
IMO 3 21 |
VLL 1 13 |
VLL 2 29 |
VLL 3 23 |
MUG 1 11 |
MUG 2 19 |
MUG 3 24 |
LEC 1 15 |
LEC 2 24 |
LEC 3 16 |
CAT 1 20 |
CAT 2 21 |
CAT 3 17 |
MNZ 1 31 |
MNZ 2 16 |
MNZ 3 32† |
29th | 0 | ||||
| 2025 | Real Racing | MIS1 1 21 |
MIS1 2 Ret |
MIS1 3 |
MIS1 4 DNQ |
VLL 1 |
VLL 2 17 |
VLL 3 9 |
VLL 4 21 |
MNZ 1 12 |
MNZ 2 14 |
MNZ 3 4 |
MUG 1 33† |
MUG 2 Ret |
MUG 3 18 |
IMO 1 16 |
IMO 2 C |
IMO 3 17 |
24th | 14 | ||||||||
| R-ace GP | CAT 1 32† |
CAT 2 35† |
CAT 3 C |
MIS2 1 |
MIS2 2 |
MIS2 3 |
MIS2 4 |
MIS2 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Complete Formula 4 CEZ Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Real Racing | BAL 1 |
BAL 2 |
BAL 3 |
RBR 1 6 |
RBR 2 9 |
RBR 3 5 |
SVK 1 |
SVK 2 |
SVK 3 |
MOS 1 |
MOS 2 |
MOS 3 |
BRN 1 |
BRN 2 |
BRN 3 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
SAL 3 |
21st | 22 |
| 2025 | Real Racing | RBR1 1 4 |
RBR1 2 Ret |
RBR1 3 1 |
RBR2 1 |
RBR2 2 |
RBR2 3 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
SAL 3 |
MOS 1 |
MOS 2 |
MOS 3 |
SVK 1 |
SVK 2 |
SVK 3 |
BRN 1 |
BRN 2 |
BRN 3 |
15th | 37 |
Complete Euro 4/E4 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Real Racing | MUG 1 16 |
MUG 2 24 |
MUG 3 18 |
RBR 1 10 |
RBR 2 23 |
RBR 3 10 |
MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 20 |
MNZ 3 10 |
22nd | 3 |
| 2025 | Real Racing | LEC 1 Ret |
LEC 2 12 |
LEC 3 17 |
MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
MUG 3 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
MNZ 3 |
24th | 0 |
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Team Motopark | PRT 1 |
PRT 2 |
PRT 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
HOC 3 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
HUN 3 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
RBR 1 9 |
RBR 2 9 |
RBR 3 7 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
CAT 3 |
18th | 18 | |||
| Nielsen Racing | MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 6 |
MNZ 3 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ vortex-rok.com. "CLASAMENT ETAPA 3" (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ Forbes.ro (18 July 2024). "Luca Viișoreanu povestea unui implinit" (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Antonia Vidican seals an unexpected title!". vortex rock.com. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "Luca Viișoreanu și Real Racing încep aventura din Formula 4 Italia pe circuitul de la Misano". racinglife.ro (in Romanian). 2 May 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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- ^ "Nakamura Berta wins wet-dry Italian F4 race with slick tyre strategy". formulascout.com. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Slater stays calm to win first Euro 4 race as Bohra keeps points lead". formulascout.com. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Rehm bounces back with victory as Bohra crowned Euro 4 champion". formulascout.com. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Campionul care a găsit "formula". Luca Viișoreanu, singurul pilot român de Formula 4". euronewsRO.com (in Romanian). 6 June 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "F4 CEZ: 2025 season guide". feederseries.net. 2025-04-09.
- ^ "Luca Viișoreanu aduce prima victorie românească în Formula 4 CEZ » FRAS" (in Romanian). 14 April 2025.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2025-01-04). "Real Racing Team retains its Italian F4 line-up for a second season". Formula Scout.
- ^ "Românul Luca Viișoreanu începe un nou sezon în Formula 4". revistabiz.ro (in Romanian). 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Nakamura-Berta takes dominant win in second Italian F4 race". Formula Scout. 2025-05-03.
- ^ "Sebastian Wheldon wins Italian F4's third heat race at Vallelunga". Formula Scout. 2025-05-25.
- ^ "Newman Chi victorious in Italian F4 as Prema team-mates collide". Formula Scout. 2025-06-22.
- ^ "Feeder Series weekend preview and schedule: 19–21 September". feederseries.net. 2025-09-19.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2025-09-19). "Nakamura pips Popov to top spot in Italian F4's Barcelona practice". Formula Scout.
- ^ "Luca Viisoreanu a debutat in campionatul euroformula open pe circuitul red bull ring". Revistaniz.ro. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Meet the 4 drivers who debuted in Euroformula Open's Spielberg round". feederseries. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "Luca Viișoreanu, pilotul român care a concurat pe Monza, explică punctul-cheie: „Cea mai violentă frânare din tot campionatul"". gsp.ro (in Romanian). 7 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ Forbes.ro (18 July 2024). "Luca Viișoreanu povestea unui implinit" (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "ROK CUP Superfinal: The best results ever for Romania!". vortex rok.com. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
External links
- Luca Viișoreanu career summary at DriverDB.com
- Official website