Alessio Deledda

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Alessio Deledda
Deledda in 2022
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 29)
Genzano di Roma, Italy
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season2022
Racing licence FIA Silver
TeamsGRT Grasser Racing Team
Car number23
Starts32 (32 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish26th in 2022
Previous series
2021
2021
2020
2019–20
2019
2019
2018
FIA Formula 2 Championship
F3 Asian Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
F3 Asian Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Formula Renault Eurocup
Italian F4 Championship

Alessio Deledda (born 10 December 1994) is an Italian racing driver. He currently competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and previously competed in the 2021 Formula 2 Championship for HWA Racelab.[1]

Early career[edit]

Beginnings[edit]

Deledda was born in Genzano di Roma. He did not start in karting like most racing drivers. Among other things, he participated in the Italian Superstock 600 motorcycle championship in 2017. After little success, he switched to auto racing in 2018 and made his Formula 4 debut in the Italian F4 Championship, racing for Technorace, an Italian team dedicated to bringing drivers up the junior ranks. [2]

Deledda struggled through his debut season and scored no points. With 17th place at Autodromo Nazionale Monza as his best result, he finished in 39th place in the championship, and only 16th among the rookie drivers.[citation needed]

FIA Formula 3 Championship[edit]

2019[edit]

In 2019, Deledda started the season in the winter championship of the Euroformula Open Championship, where he drove for Campos Racing. The two-races took place solely at Circuit Paul Ricard, and Deledda finished the races in eighth and ninth place. Subsequently, he made the switch to the new FIA Formula 3 Championship, in which he also drove for Campos. Deledda had a rough debut Formula 3 season, and finished 29th.

2020[edit]

Despite this, he was retained for the 2020 F3 season, and partnered 2019 teammates Alex Peroni and German Sophia Flörsch. By the conclusion of his second season in Formula 3, his best finish had been 16th place, while all of his other finishes across several dozen races had been 20th or lower.[citation needed]

FIA Formula 2 Championship[edit]

Deledda (car in front) driving the Dallara F2 2018 at the 2021 Silverstone Formula 2 round

On January 22, 2021, Deledda was announced to be signing for HWA Racelab in Formula 2, partnering fellow countryman Matteo Nannini.[3]

At the second round of the season in Monaco, Deledda qualified 6.8 seconds slower than polesitter Théo Pourchaire, which was outside of the 107% rule.[4] Despite this, he was given permission to start the races from 22nd and last place on the grid.[5] He finished the season 25th in the driver's championship standings, with no points scored.

Sportscar career[edit]

2022: Switch to DTM[edit]

For the 2022 season, Deledda left single-seaters to join the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, driving a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo for Grasser Racing.[6][7][8] He scored his only point of the campaign during the final race at Hockenheim and finished 26th in the standings.[9][10]

2023: Daytona debut[edit]

The Italian took part in the 24 Hours of Daytona at the start of 2023, competing for NTE Sport in the GTD category.[11]

His main campaign would once again lie in the DTM, where Deledda teamed up with Mirko Bortolotti and Franck Perera at SSR Performance.[12]

Controversy[edit]

On 26 November 2020, Deledda caused a stir after publishing several videos on his Instagram profile of himself driving recklessly and with high speed on an Italian motorway near Pomezia, Lazio.[13] In one of the videos he slalomed around many cars during a traffic jam, and in another video he filmed the dashboard of his own car reaching 300 km/h in the process. A third video showed a Point-of-view shot driving a Lamborghini Urus on a public road, reaching again around 200 km/h while driving with one arm on the steering wheel. Deledda was criticized by former F1 driver Giedo van der Garde, along with a handful of other notable F1 personalities.[14]

Deledda posted a statement in Italian on his Twitter on November 27 saying that he's sorry they associated the video with his name and that his intent was and will always be to "raise awareness" among his followers about "similar acts of villainy". He went onto say that his mistake was "probably not to specify that it was an act of complaint".[15]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 Italian F4 Championship Technorace 20 0 0 0 0 0 39th
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 16 0 0 0 0 0 29th
Euroformula Open Winter Series 2 0 0 0 0 6 9th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 0 25th
Formula Renault Eurocup GRS 11 0 0 0 0 0 24th
FIA Central European Zone Circuit Championship - F3 N/A 2 1 ? ? 2 43 4th
2019–20 F3 Asian Championship Hitech Grand Prix 15 0 0 0 0 21 15th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 18 0 0 0 0 0 34th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro Cup VS Racing 2 0 0 0 0 4 20th
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship HWA Racelab 23 0 0 0 0 0 25th
F3 Asian Championship Pinnacle Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 9 15th
2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters GRT Grasser-Racing.com 16 0 0 0 0 1 26th
2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters SSR Performance 16 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD NTE Sport 1 0 0 0 0 120 69th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Tresor Attempto Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver Cup 2 0 0 0 0 6 19th
Italian GT Championship - GT3 Oregon Team
2024 International GT Open Oregon Team

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results[edit]

(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 Pos Points
2018 Technorace ADR
1

26
ADR
2

Ret
ADR
3

22
LEC
1

27
LEC
2

30
LEC
3

29
MNZ
1

19
MNZ
2

17
MNZ
3

18
MIS
1

22
MIS
2

Ret
MIS
3

19
IMO
1

21
IMO
2

23
IMO
3

19
VLL
1

18
VLL
2

21
VLL
3

19
MUG
1

21
MUG
2

Ret
MUG
3

28
39th 0

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results[edit]

(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 Pos Points
2019 GRS MNZ
1

16
MNZ
2

Ret
SIL
1
SIL
2
MON
1

15
MON
2

16
LEC
1

19
LEC
2

19
SPA
1

18
SPA
2

19
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
HOC
1

DNS
HOC
2

Ret
YMC
1

18
YMC
2

18
24th 0

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2019 Campos Racing CAT
FEA

Ret
CAT
SPR

23
LEC
FEA

16
LEC
SPR

23
RBR
FEA

25
RBR
SPR

24
SIL
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

25
HUN
FEA

24
HUN
SPR

26
SPA
FEA

28
SPA
SPR

20
MNZ
FEA

23
MNZ
SPR

25
SOC
FEA

21
SOC
SPR

22
29th 0
2020 Campos Racing RBR
FEA

29
RBR
SPR

20
RBR
FEA

27
RBR
SPR

21
HUN
FEA

20
HUN
SPR

23
SIL
FEA

23
SIL
SPR

28
SIL
FEA

25
SIL
SPR

Ret
CAT
FEA

28
CAT
SPR

Ret
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

23
MNZ
FEA

23
MNZ
SPR

22
MUG
FEA

25
MUG
SPR

26
34th 0

Complete Macau Grand Prix results[edit]

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 Spain Campos Racing Dallara F3 2019 29th 24th 25th

Complete F3 Asian Championship results[edit]

(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 DC Points
2019–20 Hitech Grand Prix SEP
1

11
SEP
2

13
SEP
3

12
DUB
1

13
DUB
2

Ret
DUB
3

12
ABU
1

10
ABU
2

9
ABU
3

12
SEP
1

Ret
SEP
2

9
SEP
3

10
CHA
1

7
CHA
2

10
CHA
3

13†
15th 21
2021 Pinnacle Motorsport DUB
1

13
DUB
2

6
DUB
3

13
ABU
1

22
ABU
2

15
ABU
3

Ret
ABU
1

16
ABU
2

13
ABU
3

15
DUB
1

17
DUB
2

10
DUB
3

16
ABU
1

13
ABU
2

13
ABU
2

Ret
15th 9

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

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
2021 HWA Racelab BHR
SP1

18
BHR
SP2

Ret
BHR
FEA

Ret
MCO
SP1

18
MCO
SP2

12
MCO
FEA

17
BAK
SP1

Ret
BAK
SP2

15
BAK
FEA

19
SIL
SP1

Ret
SIL
SP2

Ret
SIL
FEA

22
MNZ
SP1

13
MNZ
SP2

19
MNZ
FEA

Ret
SOC
SP1

18
SOC
SP2

C
SOC
FEA

17
JED
SP1

Ret
JED
SP2

Ret
JED
FEA

20
YMC
SP1

18
YMC
SP2

Ret
YMC
FEA

19
25th 0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2022 GRT Grasser Racing.com Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo ALG
1

22
ALG
2

23
LAU
1

19
LAU
2

21
IMO
1

22
IMO
2

16
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

18
NÜR
1

20
NÜR
2

16
SPA
1

20
SPA
2

18
RBR
1

21
RBR
2

21
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

10
26th 1
2023 SSR Performance Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo OSC
1

19
OSC
2

20
ZAN
1

24
ZAN
2

Ret
NOR
1

19
NOR
2

Ret
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

DSQ
LAU
1

Ret
LAU
2

19
SAC
1

21
SAC
2

18
RBR
1

26
RBR
2

22
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

Ret
32nd 0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2023 NTE Sport GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
20
SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR IMS PET 69th 120

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2023 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver BRH
1
BRH
2
MIS
1

31
MIS
2

28
HOC
1
HOC
2
VAL
1
VAL
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
19th 6

References[edit]

  1. ^ "HWA sign Italian duo Nannini and Deledda for 2021". fiaformula2.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ Costa, Massimo (28 February 2018). "Technorace porta al debutto il centauro Deledda". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ "HWA sign Italian duo Nannini and Deledda for 2021". fiaformula2.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ "F2: Pourchaire takes Monaco pole as Deledda fails to qualify · RaceFans". RaceFans. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. ^ Wood, Ida (2021-05-20). "Deledda permitted to race in Monaco despite missing F2 qualifying cut". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  6. ^ "GRT Confirm Four Driver DTM Line-Up | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  7. ^ Seiwert, Robert (2022-02-16). "GRT präsentiert DTM-Fahrer 2022: Überraschung aus der Formel 2". Motorsport-Magazin.com (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  8. ^ "DTM". www.dtm.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  9. ^ "DTM Hockenheim race 2 classification - Wittmann wins from Rast and Sheldon van der Linde Champion 2022 - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  10. ^ "DTM". www.dtm.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  11. ^ Staff, Sportscar365 (9 January 2023). "NTE Sport Sets Rolex 24 Lineup – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Goodwin, Graham (2023-02-23). "SSR Performance Switch To Lamborghini With Three-Car DTM Entry". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  13. ^ Formula Passion (27 November 2020). "Deledda, follie in autostrada". formulapassion.it (in Italian). Formula Passion. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  14. ^ Giedo van der Garde [@GvanderGarde] (November 26, 2020). "It's also the first time Deladda is actually overtaking other cars. https://t.co/R8ieOUN5Qp" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ AlessioDeledda [@DeleddaAlessio] (November 27, 2020). "Alessio press "Mi dispiace che abbiano associato quel video al mio nome. Il mio intento è sempre e solo quello di sensibilizzare i miei follower su simili atti di scelleratezza. Il mio errore probabilmente è stato quello di non specificare che si trattasse di un atto di denuncia" https://t.co/eW2N7X5tg2" (Tweet) (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.

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