Giuliano Alesi

Giuliano Alesi
Alesi at the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix
Nationality	French
Born	(1999-09-20) 20 September 1999 (age 24) Avignon, France
Related to	Jean Alesi (father) Kumiko Goto (mother)
Super GT career
Debut season	2022
Current team	TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	37
Former teams	arto Team Thailand
Starts	28
Wins	1
Podiums	2
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	10th in 2022
Super Formula Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Vantelin Team TOM'S
Car number	36
Starts	20
Wins	1
Podiums	1
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	11th in 2021
Previous series
2021 2021 2019–20 2016–18 2015–16 2015	Super GT GT300 Super Formula Lights FIA Formula 2 GP3 Series MRF Challenge French F4 Championship

Giuliano Ryu Alesi (born 20 September 1999) is a French professional racing driver. He is the son of French racing driver and Formula One Grand Prix winner Jean Alesi and Japanese actress and TV personality Kumiko Goto.

Career

Karting

Born in Avignon, ^[1] Alesi began karting in 2013 before competing in the KF3 category in 2013 where he finished 14th overall and the KFJ category in 2014 with Baby Race SRL, finishing 28th in the standings. ^[2]

French F4 Championship

In March 2015, it was announced that Alesi would step up from karting to cars in the 2015 season. ^[3] In the first race, he took pole position ^[4] and took victory as well as setting the fastest lap. He secured two more victories and two junior victories and finished second in the junior category and fourth in the overall standings.

GP3 Series

2016

In December 2015, Alesi took part in GP3 post-season testing with Arden International and Jenzer Motorsport. ^[5] That same month, it was announced that Alesi would race in the 2016 season. ^[6] In February 2016, it was announced that Alesi would race with Trident. After several races at the back of the grid, he scored his first point in GP3 Series in the feature race of Spa-Francorchamps.

2017

Alesi remained in GP3 for the 2017 season, once again driving with Trident. Having scored his first podium at the Red Bull Ring, the Frenchman took victory in the Sprint race at Silverstone. He followed this up by another win in Hungary, with a third win coming at the round in Spa-Francorchamps. He ended up fifth in the standings, having taken more points from two of the final three events.

2018

In 2018 he scored 100 points and finished seventh in the standings, only six points behind his Trident teammate, Pedro Piquet. Alesi won one race and finished on the podium on three other occasions.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2019

Alesi at the 2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round with Trident

On December 8, 2018, Trident Racing announced that Alesi would be driving for the team in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship, alongside Ralph Boschung. Alesi had a slow start to the season, scoring only one point during the first half of the season, that being at the Paul Ricard feature race. From the event at Monza however, he only failed to score points at the feature race in Sochi. He finished the season in 15th place, scoring 20 points, however, he could not prevent Trident from finishing last in the team championship.

2020

For the 2020 Formula 2 season, Alesi switched to his father's former DTM team HWA Racelab, driving alongside Artem Markelov. ^[7] Despite a strong start to his season with a sixth place at the opening race in Austria, Alesi failed to score points with the team afterwards. As his father Jean later clarified, they had "banked on the wrong team", with the Frenchman eventually switching to MP Motorsport for the final three rounds. ^[8] He finished his season by scoring another sixth place at the season finale, which landed him 17th in the championship. ^[9]

Formula One

In March 2016, Alesi was inducted into the Ferrari Driver Academy (along with fellow GP3 driver Charles Leclerc), aligning him with the same team his father raced for in the early nineties. ^[10] He left the academy after his first F1 test, in which he drove a Ferrari SF71H.

Super Formula Lights

After leaving the Ferrari Driver Academy, Alesi set his sights on Formula racing in Asia, ^[11] and more specifically Super Formula Lights, where he was signed to TOM'S, ^[12] alongside Japanese pair Kazuko Kotaka and Hibiki Taira. With four wins and fourteen podiums, Alesi clinched 2nd in the championship, losing to Teppei Natori by six points.

Super Formula

Alesi made his debut in the Super Formula on 25 April 2021 filling in for Kazuki Nakajima in the TOM'S team; ^{[13] [14]} he would finish 11th in the series, getting a win at Autopolis, having converted it from a pole position. ^{[15] [16]} Alesi remained with TOM'S for 2022 and 2023 but was dropped by the team in June 2023 after a string of poor results; he was replaced by Ukyo Sasahara for the remaining rounds. ^[17]

Super GT

Alesi competed in Super GT with team Arto alongside Sean Walkinshaw in the GT300 category in 2021. He was promoted to the GT500 category, joining 2021 champions Toyota Team au TOM'S alongside Sho Tsuboi; he replaced Yuhi Sekiguchi, who moved to SARD; the highlight of their season was a second in the first Fuji race, the race being stopped midway due to a heavy crash by Mitsunori Takaboshi. Alesi swapped seats with Ritomo Miyata for 2023, now racing alongside former Honda driver Ukyo Sasahara in the Deloitte car.

Personal life

Alesi can speak English, French, Italian and Japanese fluently. ^[18]

Racing record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2013	Trofeo delle Industrie — KF3		14th
2014	Italian Championship  — KF3		16th
	Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KFJ	Baby Race Srl	28th

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	French F4 Championship	Auto Sport Academy	21	3	2	2	4	168.5	4th
2015–16	MRF Challenge Formula 2000	MRF Racing	4	0	0	0	0	3	23rd
2016	GP3 Series	Trident	15	0	0	0	0	1	22nd
2017	GP3 Series	Trident	15	3	0	1	4	99	5th
2018	GP3 Series	Trident	18	1	0	1	4	100	7th
2019	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Trident	22	0	0	0	0	20	15th
2020	FIA Formula 2 Championship	BWT HWA Racelab	18	0	0	1	0	12	17th
		MP Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0
2021	Super Formula Lights	TOM'S	17	4	2	5	14	103	2nd
	Super GT - GT300	arto Team Thailand	8	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Super Formula	Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S	5	1	1	0	1	20	11th
	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Porsche Team EBI Waimarama	1	0	0	0	0	52.5‡	7th‡
2022	Super Formula	Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S	10	0	0	0	0	3	20th
	Super GT	TGR Team au TOM'S	8	0	0	0	1	29.5	10th
	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Porsche Team EBI Waimarama	1	0	0	1	0	80‡	5th‡
2023	Super Formula	Vantelin Team TOM'S	5	0	0	0	0	3	20th
	Super GT	TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S	8	0	0	0	0	15	15th
	Super Taikyu - ST-Z	Porsche Team EBI Waimarama	1	0	0	0	0	50‡	8th‡
2024	Super GT	TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S	4	1	1	0	1	28	4th*
	Super Taikyu - ST-X	Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing	2	2	1	2	2	67	1st

^* Season still in progress.

‡ Team standings

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2015	LÉD 1 1	LÉD 2 Ret	LÉD 3 1	LMS 1 7	LMS 2 5	LMS 3 12	PAU 1 5	PAU 2 2	PAU 3 4	HUN 1 8	HUN 2 Ret	HUN 3 6	MAG 1 12	MAG 2 5	MAG 3 Ret	NAV 1 1	NAV 2 8	NAV 3 5	LEC 1 6	LEC 2 10	LEC 3 Ret	4th	168.5

Complete GP3 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	Pos	Points
2016	Trident	CAT FEA 22	CAT SPR 16	RBR FEA DNS	RBR SPR DNS	SIL FEA 16	SIL SPR Ret	HUN FEA 19	HUN SPR 16	HOC FEA Ret	HOC SPR 14	SPA FEA 10	SPA SPR 12	MNZ FEA DNS	MNZ FEA 19	SEP FEA 16	SEP SPR 13	YMC FEA 11	YMC SPR 10	22nd	1
2017	Trident	CAT FEA 17	CAT SPR 11	RBR FEA 6	RBR SPR 2	SIL FEA 7	SIL SPR 1	HUN FEA 6	HUN SPR 1	SPA FEA 7	SPA SPR 1	MNZ FEA 6	MNZ SPR C	JER FEA 9	JER SPR 7	YMC FEA Ret	YMC SPR 10			5th	99
2018	Trident	CAT FEA 7	CAT SPR 1	LEC FEA 3	LEC SPR 6	RBR FEA 6	RBR SPR Ret	SIL FEA 8	SIL SPR 2	HUN FEA 17†	HUN SPR 16	SPA FEA 9	SPA SPR 6	MNZ FEA 6	MNZ SPR 2	SOC FEA 14	SOC SPR 17	YMC FEA 6	YMC SPR 10	7th	100

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% 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
2019	Trident	BHR FEA 12	BHR SPR DSQ	BAK FEA Ret	BAK SPR Ret	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 16	MON FEA 11	MON SPR Ret	LEC FEA 10	LEC SPR 14	RBR FEA 13	RBR SPR Ret	SIL FEA 17	SIL SPR Ret	HUN FEA 13	HUN SPR 12	SPA FEA C	SPA SPR C	MNZ FEA 7	MNZ SPR 7	SOC FEA 13	SOC SPR 8	YMC FEA 8	YMC SPR 5	15th	20
2020	BWT HWA Racelab	RBR FEA 6	RBR SPR Ret	RBR FEA 21	RBR SPR 15	HUN FEA 11	HUN SPR 10	SIL FEA 19	SIL SPR 18	SIL FEA 16	SIL SPR 20	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 19	SPA FEA 18	SPA SPR 14	MNZ FEA 18	MNZ SPR 12	MUG FEA Ret	MUG SPR Ret							17th	12
	MP Motorsport																			SOC FEA 14	SOC SPR 16	BHR FEA 17	BHR SPR 13	BHR FEA 15	BHR SPR 6

Complete Super GT 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	DC	Points
2021	arto Team Thailand	Lexus RC F GT3	GT300	OKA 24	FUJ 22	MOT Ret	SUZ 20	SUG 17	AUT Ret	MOT 17	FUJ 20	NC	0
2022	TGR Team au TOM'S	Toyota GR Supra GT500	GT500	OKA 6	FUJ 2‡	SUZ 10	FUJ 4	SUZ 9	SUG 10	AUT 8	MOT 9	10th	29.5
2023	TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S			OKA 13	FUJ 6	SUZ 11	FUJ 8	SUZ 11	SUG 10	AUT 7	MOT 9	15th	15
2024				OKA 7	FUJ 11	SUZ 1	FUJ 10	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT	4th*	28*

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Super Formula Lights 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	DC	Points
2021	TOM'S	FUJ 1 3	FUJ 2 6	FUJ 3 3	SUZ 1 2	SUZ 2 3	SUZ 3 2	AUT 1 2	AUT 2 2	AUT 3 C	SUG 1 1	SUG 2 4	SUG 3 1	MOT 1 3	MOT 2 2	MOT 3 2	MOT 1 1	MOT 2 12	MOT 3 1	2nd	103

Complete Super Formula 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	DC	Points
2021	Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S	FUJ	SUZ 9	AUT 1‡	SUG 9	MOT 16	MOT	SUZ 8				11th	20
2022		FUJ 17	FUJ 8	SUZ 15	AUT Ret	SUG 13	FUJ Ret	MOT 13	MOT Ret	SUZ 21	SUZ 16	20th	3
2023	Vantelin Team TOM'S	FUJ Ret	FUJ Ret	SUZ 8	AUT 13	SUG Ret	FUJ	MOT	SUZ	SUZ		20th	3

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

References

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2. "Giuliano Alesi - Driver Database" . Retrieved January 7, 2015.
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15. "Autopolis Super Formula: Giuliano Alesi takes shock pole". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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17. Klein, Jamie (20 June 2023). "Alesi loses TOM'S Super Formula drive, Sasahara returns". motorsport.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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External links

• Giuliano Alesi career summary at DriverDB.com