Sean Gelael

Muhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael[1] (born 1 November 1996) is an Indonesian racing driver. He is currently competing in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship, racing for DAMS alongside Dan Ticktum.

Sean Gelael
Born	Muhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael (1996-11-01) 1 November 1996 Jakarta, Indonesia
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2017
Current team	DAMS
Car number	1
Former teams	Pertamina Arden Prema Racing
Starts	75 (82 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	15th in 2017, 2018
Previous series
2017 2015–16 2015 2013–14 2013–14 2012 2012	FIA Formula 2 Championship GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series FIA European Formula 3 British Formula 3 Formula Pilota China Formula Abarth

Career

Karting

He won first place in Asian Karting Open Championship – Formula 125 Senior Open 2011.

Asian series

Sean began his car racing career in his native continent, competing in the Formula Pilota China in 2012. He finished his debut season fourth in the overall standings and second in the "Best Asian Trophy" standings. Sean raced for the BVM team in the last round of the 2012 Formula Abarth season at Monza.[2]

FIA European Formula 3 Championship

Sean Gelael in F3 – Hockenheimring 2014

In 2013, he participated in the 2013 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season, joining the Double R Racing team.[3] In 2014, he signed with Carlin to compete in the 2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season.[4] He scored his first ever point in the championship on 10 May 2014 finishing 10th gaining 1 point in Pau Grand Prix.[5] He finished the 2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season in 18th position with 25 points.[6]

British Formula 3 Championship

He also competed in the 2013 British Formula 3 season alongside Antonio Giovinazzi.[7] He claimed his first podium in F3 at Silverstone by finishing 3rd in the second race.[8] He finished eight in the final overall standings.[9]

Masters of Formula 3

He made his debut in the 2013 Masters of Formula 3 on 7 July 2013, but was forced to retire.[10]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

On 20 January 2015, it was announced that he will compete in the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season with Carlin partnering with Tom Dillmann.[11]

GP2 Series

Sean Gelael made his GP2 Series début with Carlin Motorsport in Hungary on 24–26 July 2015. Gelael finished 18th in the feature race and 20th in the sprint race.[12]

In 2016, Gelael competed full-time in the GP2 Series with Campos Racing partnering Mitch Evans.[13] At Catalunya, Gelael finished 19th in the feature race having started from 22nd on the grid. Gelael had his first podium in Spielberg, Austria, where he finished in 2nd alongside his teammate Mitch Evans who won the race.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

For 2017 Gelael moved to the Pertamina Arden team, joining Norman Nato.[14] Gelael lost the team battle, finishing in points-paying positions just in four races.

In 2018 Gelael raced for the Prema Racing team, joining Dutch driver Nyck de Vries.[15] He finished in 15th with 29 points, the highlight of his season being a second place in the Monaco feature race, although he did not score points again after that result.

For the 2019 season, Gelael remained with Prema, partnered by 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship winner Mick Schumacher. Gelael lost the team battle, finishing in 17th position in the drivers' standings by scoring points in just five races.

In 2020, Gelael left Prema by joining reigning FIA Formula 2 teams' champion DAMS for replacing Sérgio Sette Câmara. Gelael was joined by the Briton Dan Ticktum, who competed in the 2019 Super Formula Championship for the first three races and won the Macau Grand Prix twice. During an incident in Barcelona he broke a vertebra, this caused him to miss the second race in Barcelona.

Formula One

Gelael driving a Toro Rosso during free practice for the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix

Gelael was contracted to four Free Practice drives for Scuderia Toro Rosso during the 2017 season - in Singapore, Malaysia, the United States and Mexico.[16]

Personal life

Sean Gelael's father Ricardo runs the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise for Indonesia.[17]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Formula Pilota China	Eurasia Motorsport	18	1	1	2	6	132	4th
	Formula Abarth	BVM	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2013	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Double R Racing	30	0	0	0	0	0	28th
	British Formula 3 Championship		12	0	0	1	3	78	8th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2014	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Carlin	33	0	0	0	0	25	18th
	British Formula 3 Championship		3	0	0	0	3	0	NC†
2015	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin	17	0	0	0	0	7	19th
	GP2 Series		9	0	0	0	0	0	30th
2015–16	Asian Le Mans Series	Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia	2	2	1	0	2	51	3rd
2016	GP2 Series	Pertamina Campos Racing	22	0	0	0	1	24	15th
	European Le Mans Series	SMP Racing	1	0	0	0	0	10	24th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Extreme Speed Motorsports	3	0	0	0	1	40	12th
2017	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Pertamina Arden	22	0	0	0	0	17	15th
	Formula One	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Test driver
2018	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	23	0	0	0	1	29	15th
	Formula One	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Test driver
2019	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Prema Racing	20	0	0	0	0	15	17th
	Formula One	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Test driver
2020	FIA Formula 2 Championship	DAMS	10					3*	17th*

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(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	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	DC	Points
2013	Double R Racing	MNZ 1 14	MNZ 2 16	MNZ 3 17	SIL 1 24	SIL 2 16	SIL 3 18†	HOC 1 21	HOC 2 27	HOC 3 Ret	BRH 1 23	BRH 2 22	BRH 3 Ret	RBR 1 22	RBR 2 17	RBR 3 20†	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 21	NOR 3 15	NÜR 1 20	NÜR 2 18	NÜR 3 13	ZAN 1 17	ZAN 2 20	ZAN 3 20	VAL 1 Ret	VAL 2 21	VAL 3 Ret	HOC 1 25	HOC 2 24	HOC 3 13				28th	0
2014	Carlin	SIL 1 15	SIL 2 20	SIL 3 NC	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 20	HOC 3 22	PAU 1 10	PAU 2 Ret	PAU 3 Ret	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 21	HUN 3 13	SPA 1 18	SPA 2 13	SPA 3 13	NOR 1 9	NOR 2 17	NOR 3 6	MSC 1 17	MSC 2 17	MSC 3 11	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 7	RBR 3 10	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 21†	NÜR 3 11	IMO 1 10	IMO 2 16	IMO 3 Ret	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 18	HOC 3 8	18th	25

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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	Pos	Points
2015	Carlin	ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 15	MON 1 8	SPA 1 15	SPA 2 12	HUN 1 15	HUN 2 Ret	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 Ret	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 10	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 16	BUG 1 16	BUG 2 17	JER 1 16	JER 2 9	19th	7

Complete GP2 Series results

(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	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2015	Carlin	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA 18	HUN SPR 20	SPA FEA 20	SPA SPR 21	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA 19	SOC SPR 21	BHR FEA 23	BHR SPR 15	YMC FEA Ret	YMC SPR C	30th	0
2016	Pertamina Campos Racing	CAT FEA 17	CAT SPR 13	MON FEA 13	MON SPR Ret	BAK FEA 7	BAK SPR Ret	RBR FEA 2	RBR SPR Ret	SIL FEA 21	SIL SPR 18	HUN FEA 22	HUN SPR 10	HOC FEA Ret	HOC SPR Ret	SPA FEA 18	SPA SPR 15	MNZ FEA DSQ	MNZ SPR 16	SEP FEA 16	SEP SPR Ret	YMC FEA Ret	YMC SPR 21	15th	24

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2016	SMP Racing	LMP2	BR Engineering BR01	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 5	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	24th	10

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2016	Extreme Speed Motorsports	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ 4	SHA 2	BHR 5	12th	40

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(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
2017	Pertamina Arden	BHR FEA 17	BHR SPR 17	CAT FEA 15	CAT SPR 16	MON FEA 13	MON SPR 12	BAK FEA 14	BAK SPR 10	RBR FEA 10	RBR SPR 11	SIL FEA 9	SIL SPR 16	HUN FEA 14	HUN SPR 10	SPA FEA 15	SPA FEA 17	MNZ FEA 5	MNZ SPR 6	JER FEA 16	JER SPR 16	YMC FEA 15	YMC SPR 14			15th	17
2018	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	BHR FEA 7	BHR SPR 16	BAK FEA 10	BAK SPR Ret	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 6	MON FEA 2	MON SPR Ret	LEC FEA Ret	LEC SPR 18	RBR FEA 13	RBR SPR Ret	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 15	HUN FEA 13	HUN SPR 11	SPA FEA 16	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 11	MNZ SPR Ret	SOC FEA DNS	SOC SPR 12	YMC FEA 17	YMC SPR Ret	15th	29
2019	Prema Racing	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR 10	BAK FEA 6	BAK SPR 8	CAT FEA 9	CAT SPR 9	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 15	LEC FEA Ret	LEC SPR 17	RBR FEA 16	RBR SPR 12	SIL FEA WD	SIL SPR WD	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 17	SPA FEA C	SPA SPR C	MNZ FEA 9	MNZ SPR Ret	SOC FEA 11	SOC SPR 7	YMC FEA 17	YMC SPR Ret	17th	15
2020	DAMS	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR Ret	RBR FEA 10	RBR SPR 7	HUN FEA 17	HUN SPR 12	SIL FEA 15	SIL SPR Ret	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR DNS	CAT FEA 19	CAT SPR DNS	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	MUG FEA	MUG SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR					17th*	3*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula One participations

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	WDC	Points
2017	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR12	Toro Rosso 1.6 V6 t	AUS	CHN	BHR	RUS	ESP	MON	CAN	AZE	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN TD	MAL TD	JPN	USA TD	MEX TD	BRA	ABU		–	–
2018	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Toro Rosso STR13	Honda RA618H 1.6 V6 t	AUS	BHR	CHN	AZE	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	AUT	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	RUS	JPN	USA TD	MEX	BRA	ABU	–	–

References

1. Mengenal Toro Rosso, Tim yang Tarik Sean Gelael Jadi Pembalap Penguji, Republika
2. "Engines are still on". Acisportitalia.it. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
3. "Double R confirms three car FIA F3 European Championship Entry". doublerracing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
4. Arnau, Viñals Vendrell (19 December 2013). "Giovinazzi, King, Blomqvist and Gelael with Carlin at F3". FormulaRapida.net. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
5. "POINTS IN PAU FOR JAGONYA AYAM WITH CARLIN". carlin.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
6. "Sean Gelael Mengakhiri Musim Dengan Manis" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
7. "Three car British F3 return confirmed for Double R". doublerracing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
8. "Superb Silverstone weekend delivers first win of year for Double R". doublerracing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
9. "Giovinazzi Vice-Champion as Calderon makes British F3 history". doublerracing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
10. "Giovinazzi finishes top 10 on Masters of F3 debut". doublerracing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
11. "Carlin return to FR3.5 with Gelael and Dillmann". carlin.co.uk. Carlin. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
12. "Sean Gelael Raih Awalan yang Baik di GP2" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 11 August 2015.
13. Khorounzhiy, Valentin (1 December 2015). "Evans and Gelael to join Campos for 2016 GP2 campaign". motorsport.com. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
14. "Pertamina Arden confirm 2017 line up". 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
15. Allen, Peter (19 November 2017). "Sean Gelael seals Prema F2 seat for 2018". formulascout.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
16. "Sean GELAEL - Involvement". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
17. Alan Baldwin (22 March 2017). "Indonesian Gelael to test with Toro Rosso F1 team". Reuters.com.

External links

• Official website
• Sean Gelael career summary at DriverDB.com
• Sean GP
• Sean Gelael Kian Mendekat ke F1