Alessandro Giardelli (racecar driver)

Alessandro Giardelli (born 5 October 2002 in Seriate) is an Italian professional racing driver. Is considered one of the greatest young talent in Italy,[1][2] Currently racing in the official team B.D. Racing, in the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship,[3][4][5] one of the most important motor racing championships in Italy. He was champion of the Italian Open Masters,[6] Giardelli is the Youngest driver ever to race in the KZ1 top karting category in Karting World Championship in 2017 at only 14 years old.[7]

Alessandro Giardelli
Giardelli on the podium in 2020 at Autodromo Enzo and Dino Ferrari of Imola
Nationality Italian
Born (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002
Seriate, Bergamo, Italy
2020 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamB.D. Racing
Car number25
Starts2
Wins1
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Best finishTBA in 2020

Career

Karting
Giardelli leading the Group during 2016 Karting European Championship.

Giardelli began his career in 2012.[8] Since then he has won numerous national and international competitions and awards.[9] Accomplishments include first place in the Italian Open Masters,[10] third place at WSK Night Edition,[11] eighth place[12] and fifth[13] place in the WSK Champions Cup, fourth place in the WSK Final Cup,[14] first place in the Rok Cup Italy,[15] fifth place in the Rok Cup International final,[16] fifth place in the Trofeo Margutti,[17] second place in the industry trophy,[18] First place in the 500 miles of Granja Viana,[19][20] third place in the race of Karting European Championship[21] and the victory of a race in the Karting World Championship.[22] He competed for the CRG (kart manufacturer) official team,[23][24][25] and Tony Kart [26][27] which is part of the OTK group and also racing for the official team Lariomotorsport.[12]

Formula
Giardelli in the box on the right during the tests formula 4 with the team Prema Powerteam.

Giardelli took part in official tests both with a Formula Renault car and a Formula 4 car.[28]

Touring car racing
Giardelli during the debut race in TCR Italy Touring Car Championship. on the Mugello Circuit with B.D. Racing.

Giardelli in 2020 he signed with the team Elite Motorsport and did it to race in the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship.[29][30] One of the most important motor racing championships in Italy. Before the start of the championship Giardelli ends the contract with the Elite Motorsport team to join the B.D Racing team. Makes his debut at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola in the Coppa Italia Turismo obtaining a second place in qualifying and third and second place in the two races of the weekend. [31] The following week he made his debut in the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship on the Mugello Circuit always with the same team he obtained a surprising pole position giving eight tenths of a second to the second classified[32] and he finished third in race 1 for technical problems,[33] in Race 2 managed to obtain a victory at the debut and with this result he in first position in the championship with 43 points.[2]

Formula One

In 2018 when he was in the official Tony Kart team he wore the Ferrari Driver Academy logo on both the helmet, the suit and the Kart.[34]

Personal life

Giardelli's brother Luca Giardelli is also a racing driver.[35] In 2013 the Giardelli family opened a circuit and called it Lariomotorsport[36] and then a Karting team with the same name.[37]

Public image and influence

Giardelli went viral with his videos on Facebook several times, the most surprising video was a video shot on his personal track Lariomotorsport with shifter kart KZ1, the video reached over 10 million view [38][39] sand another time always in Lariomotorsport during a video of a Ohvale test as well this has reached millions of views.[40]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 2020 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship B.D. Racing 2 1 1 1 2 43 1st*
2020 2020 Coppa Italia turismo B.D. Racing 2 0 0 0 2 0 NC†

† As Giardelli was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.

Motorsports career results

Complete TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

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

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2020 B.D. Racing CUPRA León TCR DSG MUG
1
3		 MUG
2
1		 MIS

 MIS

 IMO

IMO

 VAL

 VAL

 MNZ

 MNZ

 IMO

 IMO

 1st* 43*
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gollark: Inventory System and Turtlegistics are a bit outdated now but generally work, Wyvern is my project and has a different CLI-only client/server approach but is a bit bad.
gollark: Milo, Artist, Turtlegistics, Inventory System, Wyvern.
gollark: Many of them.,
gollark: I don't see why you'd want to keep whatever it is proprietary.

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