Alessio Lorandi (born 8 September 1998) is an Italian

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Career

Karting

Lorandi began his racing career in karting in 2007. Lorandi won the Karting Federation Junior championship in 2013. He remained in karting until 2014.

Formula 3

In 2015, Lorandi debuted in

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, in

European Formula 3 Championship The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a European Formula Three(F3) auto racing competition, organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). After one season of the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy, the FIA revived th ...

with

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. The following year, he switched to Carlin and claimed his maiden victory at the third race at Pau.

GP3 Series

Lorandi made his debut in the series at the final two rounds of the 2016 season with

Jenzer Motorsport Jenzer Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Switzerland. Founded in 1993 by Andreas Jenzer the team is currently competing in FIA Formula 3, Italian F4 and F4 Spanish and has had a number of drivers who would turn out to be successful in ...

. In

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, he reunited with the team to contest the series full-time.

Formula 2

In July 2018, Lorandi was called up to be a temporary replacement for

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at Trident's Formula 2 team, after Ferrucci aggressively crashed into his team-mate

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on the cool-down lap at the

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. This replacement was set to last for four races. But shortly after the Trident team chose to sack Ferrucci due to unsportsmanlike behaviour, resulting in Lorandi replacing Ferrucci for the remainder of the season.

Personal life

Lorandi's younger brother

Leonardo Lorandi Leonardo Lorandi (born 20 July 2000) is an Italian racing driver who was the 2018 Italian F4 vice-champion and last competed for JD Motorsport in the 2019 edition of the Formula Renault Eurocup. In 2019 he was part of the Renault Sport Academy ...

is also a racing driver.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorandi, Alessio 1998 births Living people Italian racing drivers Karting World Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Italian GP3 Series drivers FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers Carlin racing drivers Van Amersfoort Racing drivers Jenzer Motorsport drivers Trident Racing drivers