Jean Alesi
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| First start: | 1989 French Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 2001 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1989–1990 Tyrrell • 1991–1995 Ferrari • 1996–1997 Benetton • 1998–1999 Sauber • 2000–2001 Prost • 2001 Jordan | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | World Cup fourth ( 1996 , 1997 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 241 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 32 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 265 over 1285.2 km | ||||||||
Giovanni "Jean" Alesi (born June 11, 1964 in Montfavet near Avignon ) is a former French racing car driver with Sicilian roots. Between 1989 and 2001 he competed in 201 Formula 1 Grand Prix races . From 2002 to 2006 Alesi drove in the DTM , in 2007 and 2008 he was active in the Speedcar Series .
During his Formula 1 days, Alesi drove for the traditional Italian racing team Ferrari . His impetuous and spirited manner earned him a special admiration from the Italian fans. He reminded the Tifosi of the Canadian Gilles Villeneuve , who died in 1982, who had an accident in the Ferrari with starting number 27, which Alesi later also wore on his Ferrari.
Career
Beginnings in motorsport
Jean Alesi began his motorsport career with karting in 1981 . In 1986, after several mediocre years in the Renault 5 Turbo Cup and Formula Renault , he switched to the French Formula 3 championship and immediately came second in the overall standings behind Yannick Dalmas . The following year he secured the title and got a Formula 3000 contract with the ORECA team for the 1988 season . Alesi only finished tenth overall, but in the next season he came under the Jordan team and secured the title ahead of his compatriot Érik Comas with the same points .
formula 1
Also in 1989 , Jean Alesi began his career with Tyrrell in Formula 1 . He replaced the old star Michele Alboreto in the middle of the season and came fourth in his first race, the French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard Circuit . In 1989 he scored World Championship points in two other races. In Formula 1 circles he was now considered one of the greatest talents, and it was only a matter of time before he would switch to a top team. After he had delivered some other excellent performances on the Tyrrell 018 the following year - including second place at the Grand Prix in Phoenix after a fierce battle with the eventual world champion Ayrton Senna - offers from top teams such as Ferrari and Williams followed . Alesi signed two contracts, but was awarded the Italian racing team by the World Council. Alesi was unlucky enough to join Ferrari at a time when the team was in decline. Often times his material let him down as he was on his way to safe spots. But Alesi was also unable to give his team any decisive support in developing a more competitive and reliable vehicle. Only with the signing of the Austrian Gerhard Berger at the side of the French was a clear upward trend noticeable. At the end of 1995 , Alesi left Ferrari after five years and switched to Benetton . He combined the hope of being able to fight for the world championship again, since the team around Flavio Briatore had won the world championship title in previous years. Despite a few highlights, it wasn't enough for a win or even the title in two years. After 1997 he drove successively for Sauber , Prost and Jordan , where he ended his Formula 1 career in 2001.
Jean Alesi competed in 201 Formula 1 races between July 9, 1989 and October 14, 2001, scoring a total of 241 championship points. He celebrated his only victory in 1995 , on his 31st birthday, at the Canadian Grand Prix in a Ferrari. His best World Cup placements were fourth overall in 1996 and 1997.
Alesi was admired by many other drivers for his unbelievable vehicle control, but was considered extremely emotional and temperamental. Observers are unanimous to this day in the assessment that this temperament prevented greater successes, for which Alesi undoubtedly had the talent. In addition, the French were repeatedly said to have a lack of technical understanding and not be able to further develop a racing car. Rather, he relies on his natural talent and in this way circumvents many problems.
DTM
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| First race: | Hockenheimring I 2002 | ||||||||
| Last race: | Hockenheimring II 2006 | ||||||||
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| 2002–2005 HWA • 2006 Persson (all Mercedes-Benz ) | |||||||||
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| Podiums: | 7th | ||||||||
| Overall wins: | - | ||||||||
| Points: | 122 | ||||||||
In 2002 Alesi switched to the HWA DTM team and drove an AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM . In the meantime he was one of the most popular drivers in the series. There, too, he remained true to his daring driving style, which often cost him good results in the Superpole , an individual time trial for the first ten starting positions after qualifying. In his very first race at Hockenheim he was able to achieve a podium place. In the first year the first win followed in the fourth race at Donington Park . Another victory followed; the 2003 season he finished fifth overall. In the 2004 season he finished seventh in the annual ranking. For the 2006 season he no longer got a factory car from Mercedes and had to make do with the car from last year. On October 29, 2006, he ended his involvement in the DTM with ninth place overall.
Speedcar Series
Jean Alesi participated as a founding member of the touring car series Speedcar Series . The series, which was started for the first time at the beginning of November 2007 (as a demonstration event), was only held on racetracks in Asia. The first season consisted of eight races and ran from January to April (among other things as part of the Formula 1 supporting program). Alesi won the first race on March 22, 2008 on the Malaysian track in Sepang ahead of his former Formula 1 colleague Johnny Herbert . After a total of ten races, however, he was only fourth in the ranking - Herbert was the first overall winner.
Le Mans Series
In 2010 Alesi signed a contract with AF Corse for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Le Mans Series . Alesi tested a Ferrari F430 GTC together with Giancarlo Fisichella and Toni Vilander at the pre-test in Paul Ricard .
Lotus ambassador and guest start in Indianapolis
In January 2011 Alesi became brand ambassador for the Lotus Group and developer of the Lotus T125 customer program , a project to develop a commercially sold formula racing car for private individuals. In September 2011, Alesi announced that it would be competing in the 2012 Indianapolis 500 with a Lotus-powered car . After initially talking about the Newman / Haas Racing team , he competed on a Dallara used by Fan Force United . He qualified for the 33rd and final place on the grid for the race. However, the race management decided after 10 laps to take the two Lotus-powered racing cars from Alesi and Simona de Silvestro with the black flag out of the race, as the cars could not drive lap times within 105 percent of the laps at the top. At the end of the year, Alesi announced that he would finally end his active driving career.
Personal
Alesi's son Giuliano is also a racing car driver.
Others
Alesi's helmet has a similar design to that of the Italian Elio de Angelis, who died in 1986 at the Circuit Paul Ricard . Alesi completed his racing driver training at the Winfield Racing School on this track .
With onboard recordings you can see that, in contrast to other drivers, he is touching the steering wheel quite high up, which many drivers have described as "uncomfortable".
statistics
Formula 3 and Formula 3000
- 1986 French Formula 3 runner-up
- 1987 French Formula 3 champion
- 1989 Formula 3000 European Champion
Statistics in Formula 1
Grand Prix victories
- 1995 Canadian Grand Prix ( Montréal )
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Round |
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| 1989 | Tyrrell Racing Organization | Tyrrell 018 | Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 9. |
| 1990 | Tyrrell Racing Organization | Tyrrell 018B / 019 | Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 | 15th | - | 2 | - | - | - | 13 | 9. |
| 1991 | Scuderia Ferrari SpA | Ferrari 642 / Ferrari 643 | Ferrari 3.5 V12 | 16 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 21st | 7th |
| 1992 | Scuderia Ferrari SpA | Ferrari F92A / F92AT | Ferrari 3.5 V12 | 16 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 18th | 7th |
| 1993 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari F93A | Ferrari 3.5 V12 | 16 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 16 | 6th |
| 1994 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 412T1 / T1B | Ferrari 3.5 V12 | 14th | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 24 | 5. |
| 1995 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 412T2 | Ferrari 3.0 V12 | 17th | 1 | 4th | - | - | 1 | 42 | 5. |
| 1996 | Mild Seven Benetton Renault | Benetton B196 | Renault 3.0 V10 | 16 | - | 4th | 4th | - | 2 | 47 | 4th |
| 1997 | Mild Seven Benetton Renault | Benetton B197 | Renault 3.0 V10 | 17th | - | 4th | 1 | 1 | - | 36 | 4th |
| 1998 | Red Bull Sauber Petronas | Clean C17 | Petronas 3.0 V10 | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | 11. |
| 1999 | Red Bull Sauber Petronas | Clean C18 | Petronas 3.0 V10 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15th |
| 2000 | Gauloises cheers Peugeot | Cheers AP03 | Peugeot 3.0 V10 | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22nd |
| 2001 | Cheers to Acer | Cheers AP04 | Acer 3.0 V10 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 15th |
| B&H Jordan Honda | Jordan EJ11 | Honda 3.0 V10 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| total | 201 | 1 | 16 | 15th | 2 | 4th | 241 | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th |
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| 1990 |
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| 1991 |
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| 1993 |
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| 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 |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Individual results in the IndyCar Series
| season | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | Points | rank |
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| 2012 | Fan Force United | STP | ALA | LBH | SAO |
INDY 33 |
DET | TXS | Mil | IOW | GOAL | EDM | MDO | SNM | BAL | HAIRDRYER | 13 | 34. |
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 2010 |
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Ferrari F430 GT2 |
Giancarlo Fisichella
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 Toni Vilander
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Rank 16 |
Victories in the DTM
- 2002 Great Britain ( Donington Park )
- 2003 Great Britain (Donington Park)
- 2003 Germany ( Hockenheim )
- 2005 Germany (Hockenheim)
Web links
Wikinews: Jean Alesi - on the news- Official website (eng., Fr.)
- Literature by and about Jean Alesi in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Roman Wittemeier: Lotus brings Alesi on board. Motorsport-Total.com, January 13, 2011, accessed November 25, 2014 .
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Alesi at the start of the Indy 500! Motorsport-Total.com, September 23, 2011, accessed November 25, 2014 .
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Alesi says "Au revoir": retirement from racing. Motorsport-Total.com, December 19, 2012, accessed November 25, 2014 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Alesi, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alesi, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French racing driver; Formula 1 driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montfavet |