The 17-year-old Italian made his single-seater debut in 2022 in Formula 4, signing with AS Motorsport after spending the off-season testing for the Slovenian team. Giovanni Maschio graduated from the Italian Karting Championship’s ROK Senior class, where he had finished eighth in 2021. Maschio’s rookie year in F4 was primarily focused on the FIA’s Italian F4 championship, and he came 43rd in the standings with a best finish of 18th achieved twice. He missed one round, and in October switched to R-ace GP for the season finale. He also contested the Monza finale of Formula X’s Pro Series for first-generation F4 cars, finishing third in race one and dominating race two, and two rounds of the Italian Sport Prototypes series. It will be Maschio his second year in FRECA, after debuting with Monolite in 2023.