William Alatalo
William Alatalo | |
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![]() Alatalo at the Red Bull Ring in 2021 | |
Nationality | ![]() ![]() via dual nationality |
Born | Ilmajoki, Finland | 19 April 2002
Formula Regional European Championship career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | Arden Motorsport |
Car number | 8 |
Starts | 10 (10 entries) |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 1 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | TBD in 2021 |
Previous series | |
2020 2018-19 2017 | Formula Renault Eurocup Italian F4 Championship |
William Alatalo (born 19 April 2002) is a Finnish-Ethiopian[1] racing driver from Ilmajoki who currently competes for Arden Motorsport in the Formula Regional European Championship.[2]
Career[]
Karting[]
Alatalo started karting in 2009. He had a successful karting career winning the Finnish championship in Cadet (2010), Raket (2014) and OKJ classes (2016).
Formula STCC Nordic[]
In 2017, Alatalo made his single-seater debut in with Kart In Club Driving Academy. Alatalo won one race at Anderstorp and finished the season 5th with 142 points.
Italian F4 Championship[]
Alatalo moved to the Italian F4 Championship for 2018 where he spent two years driving for Mücke Motorsport.[3] The two seasons in Italy netted him one win and another podium finish in 42 races.
Formula Renault Eurocup[]
In 2020 Alatalo contested the Formula Renault Eurocup driving for JD Motorsport.[4] He achieved two podiums and a pole position during the season and finished 8th in the standings with 92 points.
Personal life[]
Alatalo goes to school at Kuortaneen urheilulukio.[4]
Karting record[]
Karting career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2013 | Finnish Cup — Raket | 5th | |
2014 | Rotax Max Challenge Finland — Mini Max | 26th | |
Finnish Junior Championship — Raket | 1st | ||
2015 | South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ | Mad-Croc Karting | DNF |
Göteborgs Stora Pris — KF3 | 7th | ||
Finnish Cup Championship — KFJ | 7th | ||
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ | 46th | ||
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ | 28th | ||
2016 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Mad-Croc Karting | 32nd |
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | NC | ||
X30 Challenge Europa — X30 Junior | 23rd | ||
Finnish Championship — OKJ | 1st | ||
German Karting Championship — OKJ | 46th | ||
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | Mad-Croc Karting | 35th | |
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | RB Racing | 27th | |
WSK Final Cup — OKJ | 18th | ||
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ | 33rd | ||
2017 | WSK Champions Cup — OK | CRG SpA | 14th |
South Garda Winter Cup — OK | 31st |
Racing record[]
Racing career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Formula STCC Nordic | Kart in Club Driving Academy | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 142 | 5th |
2017���18 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Mücke Motorsport | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 9th |
2018 | Italian F4 Championship | BWT Mücke Motorsport | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 8th |
2019 | Italian F4 Championship | BWT Mücke Motorsport | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 9th |
ADAC Formula 4 Championship | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 16th | |
FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup | Team Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd | |
2020 | Formula Renault Eurocup | JD Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 8th |
2021 | Formula Regional European Championship | Arden Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 11th |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula STCC Nordic 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 | Pos | Points |
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2017 | Kart in Club Driving Academy | KNU 1 8 |
KNU 2 9 |
ALA 1 4 |
ALA 2 DNS |
RUD 1 3 |
RUD 2 4 |
FAL 1 5 |
FAL 2 Ret |
KAR 1 2 |
KAR 2 5 |
AND 1 6 |
AND 2 1 |
MAN 1 5 |
MAN 2 3 |
5th | 142 |
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 | 22 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | ADR 1 9 |
ADR 2 Ret |
ADR 3 Ret |
LEC 1 26 |
LEC 2 32 |
LEC 3 13 |
MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 1 |
MNZ 3 2 |
MIS 1 12 |
MIS 2 13 |
MIS 3 6 |
IMO 1 8 |
IMO 2 19 |
IMO 3 Ret |
VLL 1 5 |
VLL 2 7 |
VLL 3 6 |
MUG 1 4 |
MUG 2 10 |
MUG 3 12 |
8th | 108 | |
2019 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | VLL 1 8 |
VLL 2 6 |
VLL 3 Ret |
MIS 1 6 |
MIS 2 9 |
MIS 3 C |
HUN 1 4 |
HUN 2 13 |
HUN 3 5 |
RBR 1 4 |
RBR 2 5 |
RBR 3 6 |
IMO 1 6 |
IMO 2 Ret |
IMO 3 Ret |
IMO 4 14 |
MUG 1 9 |
MUG 2 7 |
MUG 3 8 |
MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 4 |
MNZ 3 22 |
9th | 118 |
Complete FIA Motorsport Games results[]
Year | Entrant | Cup | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
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2019 | ![]() |
Formula 4 | 10th | 5th | 3rd |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | JD Motorsport | MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 5 |
IMO 1 3 |
IMO 2 2 |
NÜR 1 5 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
MAG 1 9 |
MAG 2 8 |
ZAN 1 11 |
ZAN 2 10 |
CAT 1 12 |
CAT 2 8 |
SPA 1 9‡ |
SPA 2 9 |
IMO 1 8 |
IMO 2 9 |
HOC 1 7 |
HOC 2 9 |
LEC 1 11 |
LEC 2 7 |
8th | 92 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete Formula Regional European 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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Arden Motorsport | IMO 1 6 |
IMO 2 5 |
CAT 1 6 |
CAT 2 7 |
MCO 1 8 |
MCO 2 14 |
LEC 1 9 |
LEC 2 3 |
ZAN 1 12 |
ZAN 2 4 |
SPA 1 9 |
SPA 2 10 |
RBR 1 8 |
RBR 2 15 |
VAL 1 13 |
VAL 2 13 |
MUG 1 4 |
MUG 2 16 |
MNZ 1 14 |
MNZ 2 9 |
11th | 91 |
References[]
- ^ "William Alatalo interview with etv". YouTube. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "A-MAAJOUKKUE Nuorten A-maajoukkue".
- ^ "Mücke Motorsport at the Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth with three drivers". Tkart. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Formulalupaus William Alatalo siirtyy Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup -sarjaan". Moottoriurheilu.tv (in Finnish). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
External links[]
- William Alatalo career summary at DriverDB.com
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Finnish racing drivers
- Italian F4 Championship drivers
- Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
- ADAC Formula 4 drivers
- Formula Regional European Championship drivers