Santino Panetta (born 10 December 2009) is an Argentine racing driver who competes in Eurocup-3 for Hitech.
Panetta is a member of Bullet Sports Management and is coached by Lucas Benamo.
Personal life Panetta is the older brother of fellow racing driver Bautista Panetta.
Career Panetta began karting in 2018, competing until 2024. Starting out in mini karts, Panetta most notably won the 2021 RMC Buenos Aires title, which earned him an invitation to the RMC Grand Finals, as well as finishing eighth overall in the South Garda Winter Cup. Moving up to junior karts for the next two seasons, Panetta sealed the 2021–22 Argentinian Championship, as well as finishing fourth in the 2023 Karting Academy Trophy while representing Argentina. For his final year of karting in 2024, Panetta moved up to OK, as he became a factory driver for CRG Racing Team in Europe.
In 2025, Panetta moved up to single-seaters, joining TC Racing for a dual campaign in the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter and F4 Spanish Championships. In the former, Panetta took a best result of 11th at Algarve to end the three-round series 21st in the overall standings. After a quiet start to the main season, which saw him take a best result of 11th twice, Panetta took a season-best seventh at Valencia and two points finishes at Barcelona to end the year 18th in points.
Ahead of 2026, Panetta joined Hitech for a dual campaign in the Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship and the main series. In the three-round Winter Championship, Panetta took his first points in the Jarama sprint, before taking his best result of seventh in the Aragón sprint to take 18th in overall points. Panetta then began the main series with double points finishes at Le Castellet and Algarve, before further points finishes at Imola and Silverstone.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2019Rok Cup Superfinal — Mini Rok2020South Garda Winter Cup — Mini RokMaldonado Luciana Belen40thWSK Super Master Series — 60 MiniRCK94th2021RMC Buenos Aires — Mini Max1stWSK Euro Series — 60 MiniGamoto ASD97thItalian Karting Championship — Mini Gr.376thIAME Warriors Final — X30 MiniGamoto ASD20thTrofeo Delle Industrie — 60 MiniGamoto SNC25thSouth Garda Winter Cup — Mini RokGamoto ASD8thWSK Final Cup — 60 MiniNCRMC Grand Finals — Mini MaxDiego Alejandro Panetta11th 2021–22Argentinian Championship — Junior1st2022Andrea Margutti Trophy — X30 JuniorGamoto Srl29thKarting Academy TrophyFederico Damian Panetta11thItalian Karting Championship — X30 Junior33rdKarting World Championship — OK-JGamoto Srl86th2023South Garda Winter Cup — OK-JGamoto Srl18thWSK Champions Cup — OK-J43rdWSK Super Master Series — OK-J94thItalian Karting Championship — OK-J13thChampions of the Future Euro Series — OK-JGamoto Srl39thKarting Academy TrophyFederico Panetta4thKarting World Championship — OK-JGamoto Srl87th2024WSK Super Master Series — OKCRG Racing Team43rdChampions of the Future Euro Series — OK54thKarting European Championship — OK38thWSK Euro Series — OK43rdKarting World Championship — OK77thSources:
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2025 Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship TC Racing 8 0 0 0 0 0 21st F4 Spanish Championship 21 0 0 0 0 9 18th2026 Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship Hitech 9 0 0 0 0 8 18th Eurocup-3 12 0 0 0 0 16* 16th*Sources:
Complete Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeam123456789DCPoints 2025 TC RacingJER1JER2JER3POR1POR2POR3NAV1NAV2NAV3 21st 0
Complete F4 Spanish 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 DC Points 2025 TC Racing ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 NAV1 NAV2 NAV3 POR1 POR2 POR3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 JER1 JER2 JER3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 18th 9
Complete Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter 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 2026 HitechPOR1PORSRPOR2JAR1JARSRJAR2ARA1ARASRARA2 18th 8
Complete Eurocup-3 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 DC Points 2026 HitechLEC1LECSRLEC2POR1POR2IMO1IMOSRIMO2MNZ1MNZ2SIL1SIL2JER1JERSRJER2HUN1HUN2CAT1CAT2 16th* 16* Season still in progress.
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