Alex Fontana

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Alex Fontana

Alessandro "Alex" Fontana (born August 5, 1992 in Lugano ) is a Swiss - Greek racing driver . He starts with a Swiss racing license. In 2011 he won the overall ranking of the European F3 Open . From 2011 to 2015 he started in the GP3 series .

Career

Alex Fontana at the sprint race of the GP3 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

Fontana began his motorsport career in karting , in which he was active until 2008. Among other things, he became the Swiss KF3 kart champion in 2007. In 2009 he switched to the single-seater racing and entered the Formula Azzurra on. While his team-mate Alberto Cerqui won the championship title, Fontana finished seventh with two wins. In 2010 Fontana competed for Corbetta Competizioni in the Italian Formula 3 championship . With a twelfth place as the best result, he remained without points. In 2011 Fontana switched to the European F3 Open , in which he also competed for Corbetta Competizioni. With two wins he decided the overall standings for himself. He won the title duel with 120 to 115 points against David Fumanelli . In addition, Fontana made her debut for Jenzer Motorsport in the GP3 series this season and took part in a race weekend. He scored a point straight away.

In 2012 Fontana switched to the FIA Formula 2 Championship . With a win he finished the season in seventh place overall. In addition, Fontana returned to Jenzer Motorsport for two events in the GP3 series. With a fourth place as the best result, he was 18th overall. In 2013 Fontana contested a full season in the GP3 series for Jenzer Motorsport for the first time. With a third place as the best result, he finished the season in 17th place overall. In addition, he was accepted into the support program of the Formula 1 racing team Lotus . In 2014 Fontana switched to ART Grand Prix within the GP3 series . While his teammates Marvin Kirchhöfer and Dino Zamparelli regularly scored points, Fontana only scored points in four races. He came third twice. As the worst ART driver, he was eleventh overall at the end of the season. In 2015 Fontana completed his third full season in the GP3 series for Status Grand Prix . He finished this as the best pilot of his team in 16th place overall. In 2015 Fontana also took part in two races in the FIA Formula E Championship for the Trulli Formula E Team, which is supported by Super Nova Racing , and in a Formula Renault 3.5 race for Pons Racing .

Personal

Fontana has Swiss and Greek citizenship. He starts with a Swiss license. His father competed in Formula Ford races in the 1980s .

statistics

Career stations

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
2011 Jenzer Motorsport TurkeyTurkey DOOR SpainSpain ESP SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA     1 24.
                        14th 6th        
2012 Jenzer Motorsport SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA     8.5 18th
                    17th 15th 10 4th        
2013 Jenzer Motorsport SpainSpain ESP SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     18th 17th
10 9 14th 11 7th 3 DNF 17th 10 19th 20th 12 DNF DNF 13 10    
2014 ART Grand Prix SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 43 11.
11 19th DNF 17th 15th DNF 11 13 14th 13 6th 3 DNF 10 3 DNF 6th 15th
2015 Status Grand Prix SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS BahrainBahrain BRN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 16 16.
9 16 10 6th 19th 18th 14th 13 10 6th 8th 16 19th 11 19th 19th 15th 13

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th Points rank
2015 Pons Racing SpainSpain ALC MonacoMonaco MON BelgiumBelgium SPA HungaryHungary HUN AustriaAustria SPI United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LMS SpainSpain JRZ 2 24.
    9                            

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 Points rank
2014/15 Trulli China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China AT MalaysiaMalaysia PUT UruguayUruguay PUN ArgentinaArgentina BUE United StatesUnited States MIA United StatesUnited States LBH MonacoMonaco MON GermanyGermany BER RussiaRussia MOS United KingdomUnited Kingdom LON 0 32.
                  DNF 14th

Legend

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Alex Fontana Replaces Vittorio Ghirelli At Jenzer” (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on August 24, 2011)
  2. ↑ “Reigning European F3 Open champion Alex Fontana to make F2 switch” (autosport.com on March 9, 2012)
  3. ↑ Jamie O'Leary: “Alex Fontana to contest 2013 GP3 Series with Jenzer”. autosport.com, February 15, 2013, accessed February 15, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "GP3 - Swiss Alex Fontana changes to ART". Aiming for fifth title. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 4, 2014, accessed February 4, 2014 .
  5. ^ Peter Allen: Alex Fontana makes status switch for 2015 GP3 season. paddockscout.com, February 24, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Alex Fontana gets Trulli call-up. fiaformulae.com, June 25, 2015, accessed June 25, 2015 .
  7. ^ Peter Allen: Merhi to focus on F1 in Monaco, Fontana to fill in for Pons in FR3.5. paddockscout.com, May 18, 2015, accessed May 29, 2015 .
  8. ↑ MaP: “Alex Fontana graduates to Formula Two”. automobilsport.com, March 9, 2012, accessed December 22, 2012 .

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personal data
SURNAME Fontana, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fontana, Alessandro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Lugano , Switzerland