Sean Gelael

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Sean Gelael
2021 4 Hours of Monza - Overall podium Gelael.jpg
Gelael in 2021
NationalityIndonesia Indonesian
BornMuhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael
(1996-11-01) 1 November 1996 (age 24)
Jakarta, Indonesia
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2017
Former teamsPertamina Arden
Prema Racing
DAMS
Starts79 (86 entries)
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish15th in 2017, 2018
Previous series
2017
2015–16
2015
2013–14
2013–14
2012
2012		FIA Formula 2 Championship
GP2 Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
FIA European Formula 3
British Formula 3
Formula Pilota China
Formula Abarth

Muhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael[1] (born 1 November 1996) is an Indonesian racing driver. He was previously competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, racing for DAMS, and has recently joined Jota Sport for 2021.

Career[]

Open-wheel single-seater formula auto racing[]

Karting[]

He won first place in Asian Karting Open Championship – Formula 125 Senior Open 2011.

Asian series[]

Sean began his car racing career in his native continent, competing in the Formula Pilota China in 2012. He finished his debut season fourth in the overall standings and second in the "Best Asian Trophy" standings. Sean raced for the BVM team in the last round of the 2012 Formula Abarth season at Monza.[2]

FIA European Formula 3 Championship[]

Sean Gelael in F3 – Hockenheimring 2014

In 2013, he participated in the 2013 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season, joining the Double R Racing team.[3] In 2014, he signed with Carlin to compete in the 2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season.[4] He scored his first ever point in the championship on 10 May 2014 finishing 10th gaining 1 point in Pau Grand Prix.[5] He finished the 2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season in 18th position with 25 points.[6]

British Formula 3 Championship[]

He also competed in the 2013 British Formula 3 season alongside Antonio Giovinazzi.[7] He claimed his first podium in F3 at Silverstone by finishing 3rd in the second race.[8] He finished eight in the final overall standings.[9]

Masters of Formula 3[]

He made his debut in the 2013 Masters of Formula 3 on 7 July 2013, but was forced to retire.[10]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series[]

On 20 January 2015, it was announced that he will compete in the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season with Carlin partnering with Tom Dillmann.[11]

GP2 Series later FIA Formula 2 Championship[]

Sean Gelael made his GP2 Series début with Carlin Motorsport in Hungary on 24–26 July 2015. Gelael finished 18th in the feature race and 20th in the sprint race.[12]

In 2016, Gelael competed full-time in the GP2 Series with Campos Racing partnering Mitch Evans.[13] At Catalunya, Gelael finished 19th in the feature race having started from 22nd on the grid. Gelael had his first podium in Spielberg, Austria, where he finished in 2nd alongside his teammate Mitch Evans who won the race.

For 2017 Gelael moved to the Pertamina Arden team, joining Norman Nato.[14] Gelael lost the team battle, finishing in points-paying positions just in four races.

In 2018 Gelael raced for the Prema Racing team, joining Dutch driver Nyck de Vries.[15] He finished in 15th with 29 points, the highlight of his season being a second place in the Monaco feature race, although he did not score points again after that result.

For the 2019 season, Gelael remained with Prema, partnered by 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship winner Mick Schumacher. Gelael lost the team battle, finishing in 17th position in the drivers' standings by scoring points in just five races.

In 2020, Gelael left Prema to join reigning FIA Formula 2 teams' champion DAMS, replacing Sérgio Sette Câmara. Gelael was joined by two-time Macau Grand Prix winner and Williams Driver Academy member Dan Ticktum. Gelael scored points in both races of the second round at the Red Bull Ring, finishing tenth and seventh. He broke a vertebra from an impact with a kerb during the Barcelona feature race, and was unable to start the sprint race. He was replaced at DAMS by Red Bull Junior Team driver Jüri Vips for the next four rounds. At the time of his injury Gelael had scored three points, compared to 61 points for teammate Ticktum.

Due to string of DNFs (accidents and technical failures) and seldom scoring points in FIA Formula 2 Championship that contributed to poor seasons, Ricardo Gelael announced that his son Sean Gelael will no longer continue racing in Formula 2 after the 2020 season.[16]

Formula One[]

Gelael driving a Toro Rosso during free practice for the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix

Gelael had his first experience of Formula One machinery driving the Toro Rosso STR12 at the in-season test after the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix, completing 78 laps.[17] He continued to drive for Toro Rosso in a testing capacity throughout the 2017 season, including tests at the Hungaroring and Yas Marina Circuit as well as Friday practice appearances in Singapore, Malaysia, the United States and Mexico.[18] He continued his association with Toro Rosso during the 2018 season, appearing at testing days in Spain, Hungary and Abu Dhabi, and at the Friday practice session of the United States Grand Prix.[19][20][21] In 2019, Gelael again took part in the post-season tyre test for Toro Rosso in Abu Dhabi.[22]

Sports car endurance racing[]

Asian Le Mans Series[]

Gelael made his Asian Le Mans Series debut in the second half of 2015–16 season. Competing for Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia alongside Antonio Giovinazzi, the pair won both races they drove in and finished third in the standings. Gelael returned to the series for the full 2021 season, driving for Jota Sport alongside Stoffel Vandoorne and Tom Blomqvist in LMP2. He finished second and fifth in Dubai and won both races in Abu Dhabi.[23]

European Le Mans Series[]

FIA World Endurance Championship[]

In 2021 Gelael will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship, partnering Formula E drivers Stoffel Vandoorne and Tom Blomqvist in a Jota Sport LMP2 class squad.[24] Previously Sean Gelael competed in the World Endurance Championship was in 2016.

Personal life[]

Sean Gelael is the son of the owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise for Indonesia Ricardo "Kadok" Gelael and actress Rini S Bono.[25] He is the grandson of Dick Gelael, the founder of Gelael Supermarket.

Racing record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season Series Team Position
2010 CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific Championship — KF2 Sean GP 19th
2011 CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific Championship — KF1 14th
Asian Karting Open Championship — Formula 125 Senior Open 3rd
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KF2 32nd
2012 CIK-FIA World Karting Championship — KF1 43rd

Racing career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 Formula Pilota China Eurasia Motorsport 18 1 1 2 6 132 4th
Formula Abarth BVM 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Double R Racing 30 0 0 0 0 0 28th
British Formula 3 Championship 12 0 0 1 3 78 8th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 33 0 0 0 0 25 18th
British Formula 3 Championship 3 0 0 0 3 0 NC†
2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin 17 0 0 0 0 7 19th
GP2 Series 9 0 0 0 0 0 30th
2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia 2 2 1 0 2 51 3rd
2016 GP2 Series Pertamina Campos Racing 22 0 0 0 1 24 15th
European Le Mans Series SMP Racing 1 0 0 0 0 10 24th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Extreme Speed Motorsports 3 0 0 0 1 40 12th
2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Pertamina Arden 22 0 0 0 0 17 15th
Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso Test driver
2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 23 0 0 0 1 29 15th
Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso Test driver
2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship Prema Racing 20 0 0 0 0 15 17th
Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso Test driver
2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship DAMS 14 0 0 0 0 3 21st
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jota Sport 4 0 1 0 3 89 1st*
Asian Le Mans Series 4 2 0 0 3 78 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
European Le Mans Series 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC†

† As Gelael was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European 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 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2013 Double R Racing MNZ
1
14 		MNZ
2
16 		MNZ
3
17 		SIL
1
24 		SIL
2
16 		SIL
3
18† 		HOC
1
21 		HOC
2
27 		HOC
3
Ret 		BRH
1
23 		BRH
2
22 		BRH
3
Ret 		RBR
1
22 		RBR
2
17 		RBR
3
20† 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
21 		NOR
3
15 		NÜR
1
20 		NÜR
2
18 		NÜR
3
13 		ZAN
1
17 		ZAN
2
20 		ZAN
3
20 		VAL
1
Ret 		VAL
2
21 		VAL
3
Ret 		HOC
1
25 		HOC
2
24 		HOC
3
13 		28th 0
2014 Carlin SIL
1
15 		SIL
2
20 		SIL
3
NC 		HOC
1
13 		HOC
2
20 		HOC
3
22 		PAU
1
10 		PAU
2
Ret 		PAU
3
Ret 		HUN
1
10 		HUN
2
21 		HUN
3
13 		SPA
1
18 		SPA
2
13 		SPA
3
13 		NOR
1
9 		NOR
2
17 		NOR
3
6 		MSC
1
17 		MSC
2
17 		MSC
3
11 		RBR
1
12 		RBR
2
7 		RBR
3
10 		NÜR
1
16 		NÜR
2
21† 		NÜR
3
11 		IMO
1
10 		IMO
2
16 		IMO
3
Ret 		HOC
1
10 		HOC
2
18 		HOC
3
8 		18th 25

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 Pos Points
2015 Carlin ALC
1
Ret 		ALC
2
15 		MON
1
8 		SPA
1
15 		SPA
2
12 		HUN
1
15 		HUN
2
Ret 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
Ret 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
10 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
16 		BUG
1
16 		BUG
2
17 		JER
1
16 		JER
2
9 		19th 7

Complete GP2 Series 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 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2015 Carlin BHR
FEA 		BHR
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		MON
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HUN
FEA
18 		HUN
SPR
20 		SPA
FEA
20 		SPA
SPR
21 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		SOC
FEA
19 		SOC
SPR
21 		BHR
FEA
23 		BHR
SPR
15 		YMC
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR
C 		26th 0
2016 Pertamina Campos Racing CAT
FEA
17 		CAT
SPR
13 		MON
FEA
13 		MON
SPR
Ret 		BAK
FEA
7 		BAK
SPR
Ret 		RBR
FEA
2 		RBR
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
21 		SIL
SPR
18 		HUN
FEA
22 		HUN
SPR
10 		HOC
FEA
Ret 		HOC
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
18 		SPA
SPR
15 		MNZ
FEA
DSQ 		MNZ
SPR
16 		SEP
FEA
16 		SEP
SPR
Ret 		YMC
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR
21 		15th 24

Complete European Le Mans Series results[]

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2016 SMP Racing LMP2 BR Engineering BR01 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
5 		IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 24th 10
2021 Jota Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ
3 		SPA
 ALG
 NC† 0†

† As Gelael was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2016 Extreme Speed Motorsports LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ
4 		SHA
2 		BHR
5 		12th 40
2021 Jota Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
3 		ALG
2 		MNZ
5 		LMS
2 		BHR
 BHR
 1st* 89*

* Season still in progress.

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
2017 Pertamina Arden BHR
FEA
17 		BHR
SPR
17 		CAT
FEA
15 		CAT
SPR
16 		MON
FEA
13 		MON
SPR
12 		BAK
FEA
14 		BAK
SPR
10 		RBR
FEA
10 		RBR
SPR
11 		SIL
FEA
9 		SIL
SPR
16 		HUN
FEA
14 		HUN
SPR
10 		SPA
FEA
15 		SPA
FEA
17 		MNZ
FEA
5 		MNZ
SPR
6 		JER
FEA
16 		JER
SPR
16 		YMC
FEA
15 		YMC
SPR
14 		15th 17
2018 Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing BHR
FEA
7 		BHR
SPR
16 		BAK
FEA
10 		BAK
SPR
Ret 		CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
6 		MON
FEA
2 		MON
SPR
Ret 		LEC
FEA
Ret 		LEC
SPR
18 		RBR
FEA
13 		RBR
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
15 		HUN
FEA
13 		HUN
SPR
11 		SPA
FEA
16 		SPA
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA
11 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		SOC
FEA
DNS 		SOC
SPR
12 		YMC
FEA
17 		YMC
SPR
Ret 		15th 29
2019 Prema Racing BHR
FEA
Ret 		BHR
SPR
10 		BAK
FEA
6 		BAK
SPR
8 		CAT
FEA
9 		CAT
SPR
9 		MON
FEA
Ret 		MON
SPR
15 		LEC
FEA
Ret 		LEC
SPR
17 		RBR
FEA
16 		RBR
SPR
12 		SIL
FEA
WD 		SIL
SPR
WD 		HUN
FEA
15 		HUN
SPR
17 		SPA
FEA
C 		SPA
SPR
C 		MNZ
FEA
9 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		SOC
FEA
11 		SOC
SPR
7 		YMC
FEA
17 		YMC
SPR
Ret 		17th 15
2020 DAMS RBR
FEA
Ret 		RBR
SPR
Ret 		RBR
FEA
10 		RBR
SPR
7 		HUN
FEA
17 		HUN
SPR
12 		SIL
FEA
15 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
DNS 		CAT
FEA
19† 		CAT
SPR
DNS 		SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MUG
FEA
 MUG
SPR
 SOC
FEA
 SOC
SPR
 BHR
FEA
13 		BHR
SPR
14 		BHR
FEA
19 		BHR
SPR
17 		21st 3

Complete Formula One participations[]

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 WDC Points
2017 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR12 Toro Rosso 1.6 V6 t AUS CHN BHR RUS ESP MON CAN AZE AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA SIN
TD 		MAL
TD 		JPN USA
TD 		MEX
TD 		BRA ABU – –
2018 Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda Toro Rosso STR13 Honda RA618H 1.6 V6 t AUS BHR CHN AZE ESP MON CAN FRA AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN RUS JPN USA
TD 		MEX BRA ABU – –

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2021 United Kingdom Jota United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 363 7th 2nd

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