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Alessio Deledda

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]

Alessio Deledda
Deledda in 2022
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 29)
Genzano di Roma, Italy
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season2022
Racing licence FIA Silver
TeamsGRT Grasser Racing Team
Car number23
Starts32 (32 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish26th 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

Early career

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Beginnings

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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

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2019

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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

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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

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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

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2022: Switch to DTM

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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

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Deledda in 2023

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

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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

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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 on to say that his mistake was "probably not to specify that it was an act of complaint".[19]

Racing record

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Career summary

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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 14 2 0 0 4 108 2nd
Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 Pro-Am Imperiale Racing 2 0 0 0 0 22 NC

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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(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

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(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

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(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

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

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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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
1 		RBR
2
9 		CAT
1
5 		CAT
2
4 		MNZ
7 		2nd 108

*Season still in progress.

References

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  1. ^ "HWA sign Italian duo Nannini and Deledda for 2021". fiaformula2.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ Costa, Massimo (28 February 2018). "Technorace porta al debutto il centauro Deledda". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ "HWA sign Italian duo Nannini and Deledda for 2021". fiaformula2.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ "F2: Pourchaire takes Monaco pole as Deledda fails to qualify · RaceFans". RaceFans. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. ^ Wood, Ida (2021-05-20). "Deledda permitted to race in Monaco despite missing F2 qualifying cut". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  6. ^ "GRT Confirm Four Driver DTM Line-Up | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  7. ^ Seiwert, Robert (2022-02-16). "GRT präsentiert DTM-Fahrer 2022: Überraschung aus der Formel 2". Motorsport-Magazin.com (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  8. ^ "DTM". www.dtm.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  9. ^ "DTM Hockenheim race 2 classification - Wittmann wins from Rast and Sheldon van der Linde Champion 2022 - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "DTM". www.dtm.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  11. ^ Staff, Sportscar365 (9 January 2023). "NTE Sport Sets Rolex 24 Lineup – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2023-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Goodwin, Graham (2023-02-23). "SSR Performance Switch To Lamborghini With Three-Car DTM Entry". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  13. ^ "Oregon Team to bid for the GT Open title with three Lambos". International GT Open. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  14. ^ "GT Open - First win of the year for an Oregon Lambo with Pepper-Deledda". Endurance Info. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  15. ^ "Lamborghini takes first International GT Open victory of the year at Hockenheim". Lamborghini.com (in German). 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  16. ^ "Les brèves du dimanche 26 mai". Endurance Info (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  17. ^ Formula Passion (27 November 2020). "Deledda, follie in autostrada". formulapassion.it (in Italian). Formula Passion. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  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.
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