Dario Cabanelas Altukhov (born 21 July 2006) is a Swiss, Spanish and Ukrainian racing driver who most recently competed for Team Virage in the JS P4 class of the Ligier European Series.
Career Cabanelas began karting at the age of six. Competing in karting until 2020, he most notably won the Vega Trophy in 2020 before stepping up to French F4 the following year. In his first season in single-seaters, Cabanelas scored a best result of fourth in the reverse-grid race at Le Castellet, which helped him finish eighth in the standings at season's end.
Remaining in the French F4 Championship for 2022, Cabanelas took two third-place finishes at Pau and Lédenon, en route to a ninth-place points finish. During 2022, Cabanelas also represented Switzerland in the FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup.
Having spent most of 2023 testing for Saintéloc Racing, Cabanelas remained with them to race in the final four rounds of that year's Eurocup-3 season. Taking his maiden points on his debut round at Jerez, Cabanelas then finished ninth and tenth in both races at Estoril, before taking his fourth and final points finish of the season at Barcelona.
Remaining in Eurocup-3 for 2024, Cabanelas joined MP Motorsport for his only full-time season in the series. Taking points in a wet season opening race at Spa by finishing eighth, Cabanelas then finished tenth in race one at the Red Bull Ring and seventh in race one at Algarve. However, that turned out to be Cabanelas' best result of the season as he scored just one points finish across the next three rounds, a tenth at Zandvoort, before leaving the team and the series with two rounds to spare.
Cabanelas then switched to sports car racing for 2025, joining Team Virage to compete in the JS P4 class of the Ligier European Series. In the season-opening round at Barcelona, Cabanelas fought for the lead in his stints in both of the races, but finished no higher than 13th alongside Laura Villars. After Villars left the team after the round at Le Mans, Cabanelas finished fifth in both races at Spa before leaving the team with two rounds left.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2017 Asturias Karting Championship – Cadet La Morgal Sports2nd 2018 Asturias Karting Championship – Cadet DPK Racing2nd Spanish Championship Karting – Cadet 20th 2019 Asturias Karting Championship – Junior DPK Racing2nd Spanish Championship Karting – Junior 15th Karting European Championship – OK-J 113th WSK Open Cup – OK-J 67th 2020 25° South Garda Winter Cup – OK-J DPK Racing NC WSK Euro Series – OK Junior 57th WSK Super Master Series – OK-J Spirit-Racing.CH 108th Swiss Kart Championship – OK-J Spirit Racing3rd IAME International Games – X30 Junior 13th Vega Trofeo – Junior1stSources:
Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2021French F4 ChampionshipFFSA Academy 20 0 0 0 0 93 8th2022French F4 ChampionshipFFSA Academy 21 0 0 2 2 90 9th FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup Team Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 2023Eurocup-3Saintéloc Racing 8 0 0 0 0 5 18th 2024Eurocup-3MP Motorsport 12 0 0 1 0 13 16th 2025 Ligier European Series - JS P4 Team Virage 7 0 0 1 0 22 17thSources:
Complete French F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year123456789101112131415161718192021DCPoints 2021NOG1NOG2NOG3MAG11MAG12MAG13HUN1HUN2HUN3LÉD1LÉD2LÉD3MON1MON2MON3LEC1LEC2LEC3MAG21MAG22MAG23 8th 102 2022NOG1NOG2NOG3PAU1PAU2PAU3MAG1MAG2MAG3SPA1SPA2SPA3LÉD1LÉD2LÉD3CRT1CRT2CRT3LEC1LEC2LEC3 9th 90
Complete FIA Motorsport Games results Year Team Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main Race 2022 Team Switzerland Formula 4 7th 3rd NC
Complete Eurocup-3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeam1234567891011121314151617DCPoints 2023 Saintéloc Racing SPA1 SPA2 ARA1 ARA2 MON1 MON2 ZAN1 ZAN2JER1JER2EST1EST2CRT1CRT2BAR1BAR2 18th 5 2024 MP MotorsportSPA1SPA2RBR1RBR2ALG1ALG2ALG3LEC1LEC2ZAN1ZAN2ARA1ARA2JER1JER2 CAT1 CAT2 16th 13
Complete Ligier European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2025 Team Virage JS P4 Ligier JS P4 BAR1 BAR2 LEC1 LEC2 LMS SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 ALG1 ALG2 17th 22
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