Alessio Deledda

Alessio Deledda
Alessio Deledda
	Deledda in 2019
Nationality	Italian
Born	10 December 1994 (age 26); Imola, Italy
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2021
Teams	HWA Racelab
Starts	15 (15 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	TBA in 2021
Previous series
2021; 2020; 2019–20; 2019; 2019; 2018	F3 Asian Championship; FIA Formula 3 Championship; F3 Asian Championship; FIA Formula 3 Championship; Formula Renault Eurocup; Italian F4 Championship

Alessio Deledda (born 10 December 1994) is an Italian racing driver. He is currently competing in the 2021 Formula 2 Championship.^[1]

Career[]

Early Career[]

Deledda was born in Imola, the home of the famous Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari. 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 no successes, 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]

Emblematic of the struggles he would continue to face throughout his career, 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[]

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 showed little promise throughout his debut Formula 3 season, and finished a lowly 29th, thus securing his position as the worst driver to have competed at every event. Despite these poor results, 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[]

In spite of this lack of success, 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]

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 Pomezia, Lazio.^[6] 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.^[7]

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".^[8]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

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
2020	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro Cup	VS Racing	2	0	0	0	0	4	20th
2021	FIA Formula 2 Championship	HWA Racelab	15	0	0	0	0	0	22nd*
2021	F3 Asian Championship	Pinnacle Motorsport	15	0	0	0	0	9	15th

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results[]

(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[]

(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[]

(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[]

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

Complete F3 Asian Championship results[]

(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[]

(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	SOC SP2	SOC FEA	JED SP1	JED SP2	JED FEA	YMC SP1	YMC SP2	YMC FEA	22nd*	0*

* Season still in progress.

References[]

^ "HWA sign Italian duo Nannini and Deledda for 2021". fiaformula2.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ Costa, Massimo (28 February 2018). "Technorace porta al debutto il centauro Deledda". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
^ "HWA sign Italian duo Nannini and Deledda for 2021". fiaformula2.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "F2: Pourchaire takes Monaco pole as Deledda fails to qualify · RaceFans". RaceFans. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
^ Wood, Ida (2021-05-20). "Deledda permitted to race in Monaco despite missing F2 qualifying cut". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
^ Formula Passion (27 November 2020). "Deledda, follie in autostrada". formulapassion.it (in Italian). Formula Passion. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ Giedo van der Garde [@GvanderGarde] (26 November 2020). "It's also the first time Deladda is actually overtaking other cars. t.co/R8ieOUN5Qp" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.
^ 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" t.co/eW2N7X5tg2" (Tweet) (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.

External links[]

Alessio Deledda career summary at DriverDB.com

[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] Formula Passion (27 November 2020). "Deledda, follie in autostrada". formulapassion.it (in Italian). Formula Passion. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[7] Giedo van der Garde [@GvanderGarde] (26 November 2020). "It's also the first time Deladda is actually overtaking other cars. t.co/R8ieOUN5Qp" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.

[8] 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" t.co/eW2N7X5tg2" (Tweet) (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.

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