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Alessandro Santin (born 6 October 1958 in Venice, Italy) is an Italian former race car driver.
Santin's main title was in the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1984, in which he drove a Ralt-Alfa to four wins. From 1985 to 1988, Santin drove in the European Formula 3000 championship for many teams (Sanremo in 1985; Coloni, Sanremo, Lola Sport, Eddie Jordan Racing and Formula Team in 1986; Genoa in 1987 and Eddie Jordan Racing in 1988), without great results. His better results were two sixth places in Silverstone and Vallelunga in 1986, driving a Lola T86/50. His best start position was in Mugello in 1986, when he started from the second position, also driving a Lola T86/50.
Santin has also raced in prototypes championships and drove in the 1989 Le Mans 24 Hours with Pascal Fabre. Nowadays, he attends historical Formula 3 events in Italy.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | San Remo Racing | March 85B | Cosworth | SIL Ret | THR 9 | EST Ret | NÜR C | VAL Ret | PAU | SPA | DIJ | PER 7 | ÖST 7 | ZAN 7 | DON 9 | NC | 0 |
| 1986 | Lola Motorsport | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | SIL 6 | VAL 6 | PAU Ret | SPA 10 | MUG Ret | 19th | 1.5 | |||||||
| Formula Team Ltd | IMO 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Jordan Racing | March 86B | PER 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Coloni Racing | March 85B | ÖST 17 | BIR 12 | ||||||||||||||
| San Remo Racing | March 86B | BUG Ret | JAR Ret | ||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Genoa Racing | March 87B | Cosworth | SIL DNQ | VAL | SPA | PAU | DON | PER | BRH | BIR | IMO | BUG | JAR | NC | 0 | |
| 1988 | Eddie Jordan Racing | Reynard 88D | Cosworth | JER | VAL | PAU | SIL | MNZ | PER 11 | BRH | BIR | BUG | ZOL | DIJ | NC | 0 |
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