Tony D'Alberto

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Tony D'Alberto
Tony D'Alberto at the 2007 Bathurst 1000.jpg
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born9 December 1985 (1985-12-09) (age 38)
Melbourne, Victoria
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Supercars Championship career
Car number11
Current team Dick Johnson Racing
(Endurance race co-driver)
Championships0
Races200
Wins0
Podiums2
Pole positions0
2020 position29th (240 pts)

Antonio Alvano "Tony" D'Alberto (born 9 December 1985) is an Australian professional racing driver. He currently drives the No.11 Ford Mustang GT for Dick Johnson Racing as a co-driver in the Bathurst 1000.

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Racing career

Formula Ford

D'Alberto began his career in the early 2000s running a Formula Ford in his home state of Victoria, making a brief appearance in the 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

V8 Supercar Development Series

2003 saw D'Alberto venture into V8Supercars for the first time, stepping into a John Faulkner Racing Commodore at the third round of the second tier Konica V8 Supercar Series held at Eastern Creek Raceway. In just his sixth race he had climbed into the top ten at Phillip Island and finished his first partial season with a fifth place overall at the series final at Mallala Motor Sport Park.

Joining the Independent Racing Cars team for 2004 D'Alberto evolved into a regular top ten runner, but podiums eluded him as he raced to eighth place in the championship. That first podium came, though, on the biggest stage at the non-championship round held as a support race for the 2004 Bathurst 1000, driving a Ford Falcon for the first and thus far only time he gave his temporary Howard Racing team a third-place finish.

Tony D'Alberto Racing was formed around the developing racer and a serious attempt for the champion was run for the first time in the 2005 season and he claimed third places at the Adelaide Street Circuit, Eastern Creek and Bathurst rounds of the championship on his way to fifth place. His form, however, did translate to his first invite to race in the main series endurance races and he stepped into the second Tasman Motorsport Commodore but did not finish either enduro.

2006 was frustrating for D'Alberto as the team expanded to a second car for Mark McNally but slid backwards and apart from again starring at the Bathurst round, heading for the familiar third place, was absent from the Fujitsu Series podiums, although the enduros this year saw him join the championship winning team HSV Dealer Team although a confused driver swapping situation with Holden Racing Team saw D'Alberto deposited into the combined squads fourth car and results were not strong.

Series champion

2007 would see a season long battle between a revitalised Tony D'Alberto Racing team and the big new team in the Fujitsu series, the Jim Morton run Ford team, Ford Rising Stars Racing and its lead driver Michael Caruso. Second at the Adelaide Clipsal 500 round lead to his first race win at Wakefield Park Raceway in the third race of the weekend, which also gave him his first round win, and the points lead as Caruso faltered. Consistent seconds and a third at Winton gave D'Alberto another round win, but Queensland Raceway was a miss-step and Caruso gained ground. Owen Kelly took over the Oran Park Raceway round as D'Alberto slid to sixth for the round but it was worse for Caruso. Bathurst, too, was a mixed result, but Caruso gained ground as Luke Youlden took the win. At the Phillip Island finale Caruso reigned supreme but a late race collision with Dale Wood saw D'Alberto limp to the line for the first race in ninth place. A repaired Commodore raced home to fifth position, more than enough to secure the crown despite Caruso's race win. [1]

In the 2007 enduro season might have looked modest as D'Alberto joined the smallest team in the series, the Independent Race Cars run Rod Nash Racing Commodore driven by Steve Owen. Eleventh place had been a good result at the 2007 Sandown 500 but the team starred at Bathurst. Despite the team's relative lack of resources they were involved in the fight at the fringe of the lead pack in the desperate, rain-affected final stage of the race and Owen brought the car home in a superb sixth position.

Supercars Championship

Tony D'Alberto Racing ran under the Rod Nash Racing franchise for the team's first assault on the V8 Supercar Championship Series in 2008, fulfilling the team's long held ambitions. While a long running court case over past ownership of the No. 55 franchise threw some doubt over the team's entry in that series, [2] it was able to compete in all events in the 2008 championship.

D'Alberto's Ford FG Falcon at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Ford FG Falcon of Tony D'Alberto 2012.JPG
D'Alberto's Ford FG Falcon at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
D'Alberto's Holden VF Commodore at the 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Holden VF Commodore of Tony D'Alberto 2013.JPG
D'Alberto's Holden VF Commodore at the 2013 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

In 2013, under the new Car of the Future rules, D'Alberto drove the Walkinshaw Racing-backed No. 3 VF Commodore under the standalone team of Tony D'Alberto Racing. Although his success was limited, with his best race results being a 4th at Winton, and a 4th at Surfers Paradise (with co-driver Jonny Reid), D'Alberto finished the Championship season in 16th place, his best result yet.

In 2014, due to insufficient sponsorship and funding, Tony D'Alberto Racing sold their car and equipment to Walkinshaw Racing, leaving D'Alberto without a full-time drive. D'Alberto will drive with Walkinshaw Racing's Tim Slade, as co-driver of the No. 47 VF Commodore in the enduro races in 2014.

In 2016 Tony will be joining Scott Pye in No. 17 as co-driver at DJR Penske FG X Falcon for the enduro series (Sandown, Bathurst and Gold Coast) of the V8 Supercar Championship.

Career results

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2002Victorian Formula Ford Championship3rd Mygale SJ00 Tony D'Alberto Racing
Australian Formula Ford Championship 22nd
2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series 21st Holden VX Commodore Holden Young Lions
Victorian Formula Ford Championship21st Mygale SJ00 Tony D'Alberto Racing
2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series 8th Holden VX Commodore Independent Racing Cars Australia
2005 HPDC V8Supercar Championship Series 5th Holden VY Commodore Tony D'Alberto Racing
2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 6th Holden VZ Commodore Tony D'Alberto Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 53rd HSV Dealer Team
2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 1st Holden VZ Commodore Tony D'Alberto Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 28th Rod Nash Racing
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 25th Holden VE Commodore Tony D'Alberto Racing
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 24th Holden VE Commodore Tony D'Alberto Racing
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 20th Holden VE Commodore Tony D'Alberto Racing
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 26th Holden VE Commodore
Ford FG Falcon
Tony D'Alberto Racing
2012 V8SuperTourer Championship 22nd Holden VE Commodore AV8 Motorsport
International V8 Supercars Championship 23rd Ford FG Falcon Tony D'Alberto Racing
2013 V8SuperTourer Championship 36th Ford FG Falcon Cunningham Racing
International V8 Supercars Championship 16th Holden VF Commodore Tony D'Alberto Racing
2014 Australian GT Championship 6th Ferrari 458 Italia DeFelice Homes & IL Bello Rosso
International V8 Supercars Championship 39th Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing
2015 Australian GT Championship 7th Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport
International V8 Supercars Championship 36th Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing
2016 Australian Endurance Championship 13th Ferrari 458 Italia
Audi R8 LMS
Maranello Motorsport
International V8 Supercars Championship 36th Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 27th Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske
2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 36th Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 35th Ford Mustang GT DJR Team Penske
TCR Australia Touring Car Series 2nd Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) Wall Racing
2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 29th Ford Mustang GT DJR Team Penske
2021 TCR Australia Touring Car Series 14th Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) Wall Racing
2022 TCR Australia Touring Car Series 1st Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) Wall Racing
Repco Supercars Championship 35th Ford Mustang GT Dick Johnson Racing
2023 TCR Australia Touring Car Series 2nd Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) Wall Racing
TCR World Tour 12th
Repco Supercars Championship 28th Ford Mustang GT Dick Johnson Racing

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2005 Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DNF108
2006 HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Tratt DNF93
2007 Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore VZ Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen 6th161
2008 Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bargwanna DNF159
2009 Rod Nash RacingHolden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Thompson 10th161
2010 Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden Commodore VE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Price DNF38
2011 Tony D'Alberto Racing Ford Falcon FG Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood 9th161
2012 Tony D'Alberto RacingFord Falcon FG Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale WoodDNF122
2013 Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden Commodore VF Flag of New Zealand.svg Jonny Reid 24th149
2014 Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade DNF102
2015 Walkinshaw RacingHolden Commodore VF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade14th161
2016 DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye 5th161
2017 DJR Team PenskeFord Falcon FG X Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard3rd161
2018 DJR Team PenskeFord Falcon FG X Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard9th161
2019 DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang Mk.6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard21st161
2020 DJR Team PenskeFord Mustang Mk.6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard4th161
2021 Dick Johnson RacingFord Mustang Mk.6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale DNF139
2022 Dick Johnson RacingFord Mustang Mk.6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale7th161
2023 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale3rd161

TCR Australia results

TCR Australia results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021PositionPoints
2019 Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) SMP
R1

2
SMP
R2

3
SMP
R3

6
PHI
R4

4
PHI
R5

15
PHI
R6

15
BEN
R7

13
BEN
R8

9
BEN
R9

7
QLD
R10

4
QLD
R11

4
QLD
R12

3
WIN
R13

6
WIN
R14

7
WIN
R15

5
SAN
R16

15
SAN
R17

4
SAN
R18

3
BEN
R19

3
BEN
R20

5
BEN
R21

5
2nd567
2021 Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) SYM
R1

5
SYM
R2

9
SYM
R3

12
PHI
R4

5
PHI
R5

4
PHI
R6

2
BAT
R7

10
BAT
R8

Ret
BAT
R9

21
SMP
R10

4
SMP
R11

10
SMP
R12

9
BAT
R13
BAT
R14
BAT
R15
14th290
2022 Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) SYM
R1

8
SYM
R2

3
SYM
R3

2
PHI
R4

7
PHI
R5

3
PHI
R6

5
BAT
R7

7
BAT
R8

6
BAT
R9

8
SMP
R10

8
SMP
R11

4
SMP
R12

14
QLD
R13

1
QLD
R14

5
QLD
R15

1
SAN
R16

4
SAN
R17

4
SAN
R18

5
BAT
R19

12
BAT
R20

C
BAT
R21

11
1st658
2023 Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)
SYM
R1

2
SYM
R2

7
SYM
R3

2
PHI
R4

Ret
PHI
R5

13
PHI
R6

11
WIN
R7

6
WIN
R8

6
WIN
R9

6
QLD
R13

2
QLD
R14

7
QLD
R15

10
SAN
R16

1
SAN
R17

9
SAN
R18

3
SMP
R19

15
SMP
R20

12
SMP
R21

10
BAT
R22

3
BAT
R23

8
BAT
R24

4
2nd759
2024 Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) SAN
R1

3
SAN
R2

7
SAN
R3

6
SYM
R4

1
SYM
R5

4
SYM
R6

Ret
PHI
R7

PHI
R8

PHI
R9

BND
R10

BND
R11

BND
R12

QLD
R13

QLD
R14

QLD
R15

SMP
R19

SMP
R20

SMP
R21

BAT
R22

BAT
R23

BAT
R24

10th124

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References

  1. D'Alberto Wins Fujitsu Series [ permanent dead link ] GMAC Racing. Retrieved 30 January 2008
  2. A full field Archived 21 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine motorsport enews. Retrieved 29 January 2008
Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series
2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series
2022
Succeeded by