Alessandro Giardelli (racecar driver)

Alessandro Giardelli (born 5 October 2002 in Seriate) is an Italian professional racing driver. Is considered one of the greatest young talent in Italy[1] he was champion of the Italian Open Masters,[2] Giardelli is the Youngest driver ever to race in the KZ1 top karting category in Karting World Championship in 2017 at only 14 years old.[3] Currently racing in the official team Elite Motorsport in the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship.,[4][5] one of the most important motor racing championships in Italy.

Alessandro Giardelli
Giardelli in the center in 2018
Nationality Italian
Born (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002
Seriate, Bergamo, Italy
2020 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamElite Motorsport
Car number25
Starts0*
Wins0*
Poles0*
Fastest laps0*

Career

Karting
Giardelli leading the Group during 2018 Karting World Championship.

Giardelli began his career in 2012.[6] Since then he has won numerous national and international competitions and awards.[7] Accomplishments include first place in the Italian Open Masters,[8] third place at WSK Night Edition,[9] eighth place[10] and fifth[11] place in the WSK Champions Cup, fourth place in the WSK Final Cup,[12] first place in the Rok Cup Italy,[13] fifth place in the Rok Cup International final,[14] fifth place in the Trofeo Margutti,[15] second place in the industry trophy,[16] First place in the 500 miles of Granja Viana,[17][18] third place in the race of Karting European Championship[19] and the victory of a race in the Karting World Championship.[20] He competed for the CRG (kart manufacturer) official team,[21][22][23] and Tony Kart [24][25] which is part of the OTK group and also racing for the official team Lariomotorsport.[10]

Formula
Giardelli in the box on the right during the tests formula 4 with the team Prema Powerteam.

Giardelli took part in official tests both with a Formula Renault car and a Formula 4 car.[26]

Touring car racing
Giardelli during a pre-season 2020 test with the team Elite Motorsport.

Giardelli in 2020 he signed with the team Elite Motorsport and did it to race in the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship.[4][5] One of the most important motor racing championships in Italy.

Formula One

In 2018 when he was in the official Tony Kart team he wore the Ferrari Driver Academy logo on both the helmet, the suit and the Kart.[27]

Personal life

Giardelli's brother Luca Giardelli is also a racing driver.[28] In 2013 the Giardelli family opened a circuit and called it Lariomotorsport[29] and then a Karting team with the same name.[30]

Public image and influence

Giardelli went viral with his videos on Facebook several times, the most surprising video was a video shot on his personal track Lariomotorsport with shifter kart KZ1, the video reached over 10 million view [31][32] sand another time always in Lariomotorsport during a video of a Ohvale test as well this has reached millions of views.[33]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 2020 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Elite Motorsport 0 0 0 0 0 0* NC*

Motorsports career results

Complete TCR Italy Touring Car Championship

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

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2020 Elite Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR MNZ

 MNZ

MIS

 MIS

 MUG

MUG

 IMO

 IMO

 VAL

 VAL

 MNZ

 MNZ

 NC* 0*

References
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  2. "Alessandro Giardelli è campione italiano successo per un giovane pilota della lario motor sport". colico.netweek.it. colico.netweek. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. "CIK-FIA World Championship - KZ 2017 standings". Driver Database. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. "TCR Italy: Giardelli sale sulla Volkswagen di Elite Motorsport". it.motorsport.com (in Italian). 16 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. "Brescia – Il giovane Giardelli con Elite Motorsport nel TCR". Fai Informazione - Social News (in Italian). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. "Trofeo Nazionale Easykart - 60cc 2012 standings". Driver Database. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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  9. "Kart: podio per Giardelli alla WSK Night Edition in Adria". leccotoday.it. Leccotoday. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  10. "WSK Champions Cup – Giardelli subito promosso in OKJ: "L'8a posizione è una buona base per il futuro!"". stopandgo.tv. Stop&Go. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  11. "WSK Champions Cup, Giardelli torna da Adria con una grande rimonta e un po' di rammarico". sondriotoday.it. SondrioToday. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  12. "WSK - Final Cup Result" (PDF). wskkarting.it. WSK. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  13. "ROK CUP ITALIA 2015 "Gioie e Dolori". kgtmotorsport.com. kgtmotorsport. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  14. "ROK Cup International Final - Junior ROK 2015 standings". Driver Database. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  15. "Lario MotorSport, grande prestazione al Trofeo Margutti". leccotoday.it. Leccotoday. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  16. "Kart: grande performance del Lario Motorsport al 45° Trofeo delle Industrie". leccotoday.it. Leccotoday. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  17. "Massa i Di Grassi na podium". lat.motorsport.com. motorsport.com. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  18. "America Net Car Racing KTF é bicampeã das 500 Milhas de Kart e vence nas 3 categorias". f1mania.lance.com. F1Mania. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  19. "CIK-FIA EUROPEAN KZ CHAMPS (ROUND 2), CIK-FIA EUROPEAN KZ2 CHAMPS (ROUND 2), CIK-FIA KARTING ACADEMY TROPHY (ROUND 2)". web.archive.org. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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  21. "Kart: esordio di Alessandro e Luca Giardelli nel CRG racing team". leccotoday.it. Leccotoday. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  22. "CRG renewed a block of 11 drivers". tkart.it. tkart. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  23. "Pedro Hiltbrand, Alessandro Giardelli, CRG". lat.motorsport.com. motorsport.com. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  24. "Giardelli Alessandro - TONY KART". tonykart.com. Tonykart. 20 July 2018. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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  27. "Tony Kart Racing Team renews partnership with Ferrari Driver Academy". Kart360. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  28. "Luca Giardelli career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  29. "L'inaugurazione del kartodromo indoor LARIO MOTORSPORT di Colico in TV!". storia.italiankart.it. italiankart. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  30. "Gianluca Beggio lascia BirelART e approda al Lario Motorsport Racing Team". vroomkart.com. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  31. "90mph go-Kart in an insane indoor track in italy! and you thought Americans were crazy!". Facebook.com. Facebook. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  32. "Lario Motorsport: folle corsa a 144 km/h nel kartodromo indoor (VIDEO)". tuttomotoriweb.com. TuttoMotoriWeb. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  33. "Como: sfida all'ultimo giro nel kartodromo "impossibile"". La Repubblica. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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