Alex Rullo | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Perth, Western Australia | 15 June 2000
Super2 Series career | |
Debut season | 2016 |
Former teams | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport MW Motorsport |
Starts | 32 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 3 |
Poles | 2 |
Best finish | 4th in 2018 |
Supercars Championship career | |
Car number | 78 |
Current team | Kelly Racing (Endurance race co-driver) |
Championships | 0 |
Races | 30 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
2019 position | 43rd (329 pts) |
Alexander John Rullo (born 15 June 2000) is an Australian racing car driver. He currently drives in the TCR Australia Series for Kelly Racing. He is also co-driving with Simona de Silvestro in the No. 78 Nissan Altima in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.
In February 2017 it was confirmed that Rullo would race in the 2017 Supercars Championship for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport and become the youngest driver in the championship's history. [1]
Alex Rullo made his debut in the V8 Touring Car National Series at the age of 14, winning a race in his second event. [2] He managed to win four races out of the 15 contested and finished the season second overall for MW Motorsport.
Rullo made his Dunlop Series debut for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in 2016, driving a Castrol-backed Holden VF Commodore for the full season. Rullo's best race finish was sixth (twice) and he finished 17th in the championship. In 2018 he will drive a Nissan Altima L33 with MW Motorsport.
In February 2017, an announcement was made that 16-year-old Rullo was to make his Supercars debut with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, the team which he raced with in the Development Series the year prior. Coincidentally, the previous driver to hold the record was Paul Dumbrell, the brother of Lucas, who debuted in 1999. [1] It was reported that Alex would run the number No. 62 in which he had raced since his karting days. Rullo did not qualify for the new-for-2017 CAMS Superlicense, and was given special dispensation to be reviewed on a race-by-race basis. [1]
In 2019 he raced in the inaugural TCR Australia Touring Car Series for Kelly Racing in a Holden Astra TCR. [3]
Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
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2014 | Western Australian Formula Vee 1600 Championship | 13th | Ajay 06 Volkswagen | |
Australian Swift Racing Series | 11th | Suzuki Swift Sport | ||
2015 | Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series | 2nd | Ford BF Falcon | MW Motorsport |
Western Australia Super GT Series | 4th | Performance West | ||
2016 | Supercars Dunlop Series | 17th | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
Australian GT Championship | 46th | Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 | Performance West | |
2017 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 29th | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
2018 | Super2 Series | 4th | Nissan Altima L33 | MW Motorsport |
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 50th | Nissan Motorsport | ||
2019 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 43rd | Nissan Altima L33 | Kelly Racing |
TCR Australia | 13th | Holden Astra TCR |
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Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Position | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 24 | PHI 19 | BAR 15 | TOW 19 | SAN 16 | BAT 16 | HOM 11 | 17th | 686 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | MW Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | ADE 12 | SYM 7 | BAR 4 | TOW 4 | SAN 5 | BAT 2 | NEW 12 | 4th | 1328 |
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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2017 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore VF | Alex Davison | 15th | 159 |
2018 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Simona de Silvestro | 14th | 161 |
2019 | Kelly Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | Simona de Silvestro | 13th | 160 |
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