Matteo De Palo

Spanish F4

De Palo joined Campos Racing for the 2023 F4 Spanish Championship.^[4] He took his only Spanish F4 win of the year during the first round in Spa-Francorchamps, after original winner Valerio Rinicella received a penalty for track limits.^[5] A further podium came the next round in Aragón where he finished third from pole.^[6] He would next stand on the podium during the penultimate round at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, scoring a double podium.^[7] Despite only four podiums, his consistent points scoring saw him fifth in the standings, with 171 points.

Italian F4

De Palo took part in the opening round of the 2023 Italian F4 Championship with R-ace GP at Imola.^[8] With ten points, De Palo was ranked 20th in the standings.^[9]

British F4

De Palo made a cameo appearance in two rounds during the 2023 F4 British Championship, where he drove for Phinsys by Argenti.^[10]

2024

For 2024, De Palo was promoted to the Formula Regional European Championship with Saintéloc Racing.^[11] In the pre-season, he partook in the first two rounds of the Formula Regional Middle East Championship with the team.^[12] He scored two points finishes with the highest being a seventh, putting him 18th in the standings.^[13] In his main campaign, De Palo scored his first points with fifth in the second round in Spa-Francorchamps.^[14] He improved his personal best to fourth during the second race at the Red Bull Ring.^[15] With six points finishes, De Palo finished 17th in the drivers' standings with 29 points.

De Palo also took part in the Macau Grand Prix with PHM Racing.^[16] In an incident-packed race, De Palo managed to find his way to finish in fifth place, but was disqualified due to a car infringement.^[17]

2025

For the final two rounds of the Formula Regional Middle East campaign, De Palo joined the grid with Evans GP.^[18] He score points on one occasion, with ninth place during the final round in Qatar, placing 19th in the standings.^[19]

De Palo remained in Formula Regional Europe for 2025, switching over to Trident for his sophomore campaign.^[20] He won the first race of the season at the Misano World Circuit, a maiden win in the series for both him and Trident.^[21] He followed this result with a podium in race two, putting him second in the overall standings behind Evan Giltaire.^[22] He seized the championship lead next time out in Spa-Francorchamps with a second place.^[23] However, he only managed a double sixth place finish in Zandvoort that saw him concede the lead to Freddie Slater.^[24] Despite this, he took his first pole at the Hungaroring,^[25] and followed it up with a second win of the campaign to take back the points lead.^[26] Despite a second place in Paul Ricard,^[27] a double victory from Slater swung favours back to the Briton.^[28] After being off the rostrum in Imola, De Palo won during the first race in Austria and regained the championship lead,^[29] but this was immediately lost with a retirement in race two.^[30] He secured his fourth and final victory of the year in Barcelona,^[31] and a double rostrum in Hockenheim to sit four points behind Slater into the title decider.^[32] However, his title chances derailed during the first Monza race, as an on-track incident necessitated a pit stop, and he finished outside the points.^[33] Despite this, he rounded the season with a second place the next day, finishing runner-up in the standings with four wins, two poles and eleven podiums.^[34]

Later in the year, De Palo raced in the Macau Grand Prix with R-ace GP.^[35]