Giuliano Ryu Alesi (born 20 September 1999) is a

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racing driver. He is the son of Japanese former actress

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and former

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driver

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Career

Karting

Born in

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, Alesi began karting in 2013 before competing in the KF3 category in 2013 where he finished 14th overall and the KFJ category in 2014 with Baby Race SRL, finishing 28th in the standings.

French F4 Championship

In March 2015, it was announced that Alesi would step up from karting to cars in the 2015 season. In the first race, he took pole position and took victory as well as setting the fastest lap. He secured two more victories and two junior victories and finished second in the junior category and fourth in the overall standings.

GP3 Series

2016

In December 2015, Alesi took part in GP3 post-season testing with

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and

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. That same month, it was announced that Alesi would race in the 2016 season. In February 2016, it was announced that Alesi would race with

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. After several races at the back of the grid, he scored his first point in

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in the feature race of

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2017

Alesi remained in GP3 for the 2017 season, once again driving with

. Having scored his first podium at the

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, the Frenchman took victory in the Sprint race at

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. He followed this up by another win in

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, with a third win coming at the round in

. He ended up fifth in the standings, having taken more points from two of the final three events.

2018

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he scored 100 points and finished seventh in the standings, only six points behind his

teammate,

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. Alesi won one race and finished on the podium on three other occasions.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2019

On December 8, 2018,

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announced that Alesi would be driving for the team in the

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, alongside

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. Alesi had a slow start to the season, scoring only one point during the first half of the season, that being at the Paul Ricard feature race. From the event at Monza however, he only failed to score points at the feature race in Sochi. He finished the season in 15th place, scoring 20 points, however, he could not prevent Trident from finishing last in the team championship.

2020

For the 2020 Formula 2 season, Alesi switched to his father's former

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team

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, driving alongside

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. Despite a strong start to his season with a sixth place at the opening race in

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, Alesi failed to score points with the team afterwards. As his father Jean later clarified, they had "banked on the wrong team", with the Frenchman eventually switching to

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for the final three rounds. He finished his season by scoring another sixth place at the season finale, which landed him 17th in the championship.

Formula One

In March 2016, Alesi was inducted into the

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(along with fellow GP3 driver

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), aligning him with the same team his father raced for in the early nineties. He left the academy after his first F1 test, in which he drove a

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Super Formula Lights

After leaving the

, Alesi set his sights on Formula racing in Asia, and more specifically Super Formula Lights, where he was signed to

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, alongside Japanese pair Kazuko Kotaka and Hibiki Taira.

Super Formula

Alesi made his debut in the Super Formula on 25 April 2021 filling in for

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, where he managed to finish ninth and get two points. On 15 May 2021, he managed to get his first pole in

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and converted the pole to his first win in the series on the 16 May 2021.

Racing record

Karting career summary

Racing career summary

Complete French F4 Championship results

(

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

Complete GP3 Series results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete Super GT results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Super Formula Lights results

(

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

Complete Super Formula results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alesi, Giuliano 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Avignon French racing drivers French F4 Championship drivers MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers French GP3 Series drivers FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers French people of Sicilian descent French people of Japanese descent French sportspeople of Italian descent Trident Racing drivers MP Motorsport drivers Japanese racing drivers Super GT drivers Super Formula drivers Toyota Gazoo Racing drivers TOM'S drivers Auto Sport Academy drivers HWA Team drivers