Alessio Deledda (born 10 December 1994) is an

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racing driver. He currently competes in the

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and previously competed in the Formula 2 Championship for

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Early career

Beginnings

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

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in 2018 and made his

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debut in the

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, racing for Technorace, an Italian team dedicated to bringing drivers up the junior ranks. 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.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2019

In 2019, Deledda started the season in the winter championship of the

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, where he drove for

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. The two-races took place solely at

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, and Deledda finished the races in eighth and ninth place. Subsequently, he made the switch to the new

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, in which he also drove for Campos. Deledda had a rough debut Formula 3 season, and finished 29th.

2020

Despite this, he was retained for the 2020 F3 season, and partnered 2019 teammates

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and German

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. 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.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

On January 22, 2021, Deledda was announced to be signing for

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, partnering fellow countryman

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. At the second round of the season in

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, Deledda qualified 6.8 seconds slower than polesitter

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, which was outside of the

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. Despite this, he was given permission to start the races from 22nd and last place on the grid. He finished the season 25th in the driver's championship standings, with no points scored.

Sportscar career

2022: Switch to DTM

For the 2022 season, Deledda left single-seaters to join the

, driving a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo for Grasser Racing. He scored his only point of the campaign during the final race at

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and finished 26th in the standings.

2023: Daytona debut

The Italian took part in the

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at the start of 2023, competing for NTE Sport in the GTD category. His main campaign would once again lie in the DTM, where Deledda teamed up with

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and

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at SSR Performance.

Controversy

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

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. 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

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driving a

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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

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, along with a handful of other notable F1 personalities. 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 onto say that his mistake was "probably not to specify that it was an act of complaint".

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† 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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Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deledda, Alessio 1994 births Living people Italian racing drivers Italian F4 Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers F3 Asian Championship drivers FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers People from Imola Campos Racing drivers Hitech Grand Prix drivers HWA Team drivers Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Bologna Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Pinnacle Motorsport drivers Euronova Racing drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers