Alessio Deledda

Alessio Deledda
Deledda in 2022
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 29) Genzano di Roma, Italy
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season	2022
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Teams	GRT Grasser Racing Team
Car number	23
Starts	32 (32 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	26th 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 International GT Open, having previously raced in FIA Formula 2 and the DTM. ^[1]

Early career

Beginnings

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

2019

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

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

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

2022: Switch to DTM

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

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] With a best race finish of 18th, the Italian ended up 32nd in the standings, failing to score points throughout the year.

2024: IGTO victory

For the 2024 season, Deledda entered the International GT Open as part of the Oregon Team, driving alongside Lamborghini factory driver Jordan Pepper. ^[13] At the second round in Hockenheim, Deledda was able to inherit second place following Pepper's stint, before passing Anthony Bartone to take his first win in GT3 competition. ^{[14] [15]} Subsequently, Deledda and Pepper finished second in the IGTO's endurance event at Spa. ^[16]

Controversy

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. ^[17] 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. ^[18]

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". ^[19]

Racing record

Career summary

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 Sprint Championship - GT3	Oregon Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2024	International GT Open	Oregon Team	5	1	0	0	2	45*	2nd*
	Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3	Imperiale Racing

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship 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	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

(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

(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

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

Complete F3 Asian 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	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

(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

(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

(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

(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

Complete International GT Open results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2024	Oregon Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	PRT 1 11	PRT 2 21	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 5	SPA 2	HUN 1 7	HUN 2 7	LEC 1 5	LEC 2 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	MNZ	2nd*	69*

^*Season still in progress.

References

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18. Giedo van der Garde [@GvanderGarde] (26 November 2020). "It's also the first time Deladda is actually overtaking other cars. https://t.co/R8ieOUN5Qp" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021– via Twitter.
19. AlessioDeledda [@DeleddaAlessio] (27 November 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.

External links

• Alessio Deledda career summary at DriverDB.com