Alessio Lorandi

Alessio Lorandi at the first GP3 ​​race in Spielberg 2018

Alessio Lorandi (born September 8, 1998 in Salò ) is an Italian racing driver . He competed in the GP3 series and the FIA Formula 2 championship in 2018 .

Career

Alessio Lorandi at Spa-Francorchamps in the European Formula 3 Championship 2015

Lorandi began his motorsport career in karting in 2004 , where he remained active until 2014. In 2012 Lorandi won the Italian Kart Championship in the KF3 class. In addition, he was second in the KF3 class in the WSK Master Series and the WSK Final Cup and third in the WSK Euro Series . He finished sixth in the FIA ​​World Cup. In 2013 Lorandi won the WSK Super Master Series , the Italian Kart Championship and the CIK-FIA World Championship at junior level . In 2014 Lorandi competed in senior karting. He won the Trofeo Andrea Margutti and the KF2 class of the South Garda Winter Cup . In the WSK Champions Cup and the WSK Master Series Super he finished second in the European championship and sixth in the World Championship 21 Lorandi achieving in any WSK championship, he took in 2012-2014, a top 3 overall placement.

2015 changed Lorandi in Formula racing and decided directly in the 3 Championship Formula Europe at the start to go, after scoring the fastest time during testing in three of four meetings. He received a cockpit at Van Amersfoort Racing . Lorandi achieved a sixth place as the best result and reached the 20th place in the overall classification. In 2016 Lorandi completed his second season in the European Formula 3 championship for Carlin . He achieved his only victory at the Grand Prix de Pau . After the seventh race weekend Lorandi ended his Formula 3 involvement and switched to Jenzer Motorsport in the GP3 series . There he played the last two events of the 2016 season .

In 2017 Lorandi continued to drive for Jenzer Motorsport in the GP3 series. He started the 2018 season again in the GP3 series, but this time with the Trident Racing team . In the overall ranking he finished 11th. After Santino Ferrucci was fired from the FIA Formula 2 championship , he switched to Formula 2 within the team from the race on the Hungaroring . Here he finished the season in 20th place.

Personal

Lorandi is sponsored, among others, by the coffin manufacturer Gruppo Lorandi , the company of his father Sandro. His brother Leonardo, who is two years younger than him, is also active in karting. Alessio Lorandi is managed by Jean Alesi .

statistics

Career stations

2004–2014: karting 2015 : European Formula 3 (20th place) 2016 : European Formula 3 (14th place)

2016 : GP3 series (23rd place) 2017 : GP3 series (7th place) 2018 : GP3 series (11th place)

2018 : Formula 2 (20th place)

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2015	Van Amersfoort Racing	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			MNZ			SPA			NOR			ZAN			SPI			POR			ONLY			HO2			26th	20th
			DNF	16	14th	DNF	30th	DNF	6th	13	7th	18th	13	17th	10	10	7th	17th	9	9	30th	28	19th	15th	28	20th	17th	27	DNF	19th	DNF	DNF	12	13	12
2016	Carlin	Volkswagen	LEC			HUN			PAU			SPI			NOR			ZAN			SPA			ONLY			IMO			HOC						96	14th
			12	6th	9	6th	6th	12	10	15th	1	11	9	17th	12	DNF	8th	3	5	4th	10	14th	17th

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2016	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		0	23.
																11	9	12	20th
2017	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				92	7th
		3	3	7th	8th	3	6th	4th	DNF	12	14th	DNF	C.	8th	1	5	17th
2018	Trident	ESP		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		42	11.
		11	16	5	4th	3	4th	10	12

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2018	Trident	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		6th	20th
																14th	DNF	13	15th	15th	12	7th	DNF	13	14th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} ITALIAN CSAI KARTING CHAMPIONSHIP: THE 4 CHAMPIONS OF 2012. (No longer available online.) Acisportitalia.it, October 10, 2012, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 14, 2015 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Gruz David: Karting star Alessio Lorandi to race in European F3 for Van Amersfoort. paddockscout.com, January 20, 2015, accessed March 7, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Ten more karting stars to watch. paddockscout.com, September 18, 2014, accessed March 14, 2015 . 
4. ^ ^{A b} Mathias Brunner: After Max Verstappen: Who brings talent Alessio Lorandi? speedweek.com, January 8, 2015, accessed March 14, 2015 . 
5. ^ Peter Allen: Alessio Lorandi makes Carlin move for his second F3 season. paddockscout.com, January 19, 2016, accessed January 19, 2016 . 
6. ^ Peter Allen: Alessio Lorandi makes GP3 move for final two rounds. paddockscout.com, September 23, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Rachit Thukral: Lorandi lands full-time drive with GP3 Jenzer. motorsport.com, March 17, 2017, accessed March 17, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Phillip Horton: Alessio Lorandi moves to Trident for 2018 GP3 campaign. Motorsport Week, February 19, 2018, accessed August 1, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Markus Lüttgens, Jack Benyon: Formula 2 team throws out scandal driver Santino Ferrucci! Motorsport Total, July 18, 2018, accessed August 1, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Jack Benyon: Lorandi steps up to take Ferrucci's F2 seat. Motorsport Network, July 24, 2018, accessed August 1, 2018 . 

Web links

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