Sean Gelael

Sean Gelael during free practice for Toro Rosso Malaysia 2017

Sean Gelael (born November 1, 1996 in Jakarta ) is an Indonesian automobile racing driver . He has been competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship (formerly GP2 series) since 2015 .

Career

Sean Gelael at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2014 European Formula 3 Championship

Sean Gelael at the Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2018

Sean Gelael at the Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2019

Gelael began his motorsport career in rallying , in which he was active from 2007 to 2009. In 2010 he switched to karting , which he practiced until 2012. In 2012 Gelael made his debut in formula racing . He competed for Eurasia Motorsport in the Formula Pilota China Series . He won the season finale and finished fourth in the drivers' championship with a total of six podium finishes. His teammate Antonio Giovinazzi , who has received financial support from Gelael's family since this year, won the championship. In addition, Gelael took part in a Formula Abarth event as a guest starter.

In 2013 Gelael moved to Europe and competed for Double R Racing in the European Formula 3 championship . A 13th place was his best result. In addition, Gelael took part in the British Formula 3 Championship for Double R Racing in 2013 . With three third places as the best results, he finished the season in eighth place, while his team-mate Giovinazzi was runner-up. In 2014 Gelael stayed in the European Formula 3 championship and received a cockpit with Jagonya Ayam with Carlin . Carlin was responsible for the team's races, Gelael's family financed the team. In addition to Giovinazzi, Tom Blomqvist became his teammate, who also acted as a mentor for the two. While Blomqvist and Giovinazzi won races, a sixth place was Gelael's best result. He finished the season in 18th place in the drivers' championship. In addition, he made three guest starts for Carlin in the British Formula 3 Championship, where he was twice second and once third.

In 2015 Gelael stayed with Carlin and switched to Formula Renault 3.5 . He finished 20th overall at the end of the season. Internally, he was defeated by his teammate Tom Dillmann with 7 to 122 points . In addition, Gelael took part in some races of the GP2 series for Carlin in 2015 . In the winter of 2015/16 Gelael and Giovinazzi drove two races in the Asian Le Mans Series (AsLMS) for Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia . The duo achieved two victories and came third in the LMP2 classification. In 2016 Gelael competed as a regular driver in the GP2 series for Pertamina Campos Racing . With a second place in Spielberg , he achieved a podium placement. Internally he was defeated by Mitch Evans with 24 to 90 points and was 15th in the drivers' standings. In addition, Gelael was active in endurance sports. First he contested a race in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) for the SMP Racing team, which is supported by AF Corse . He then went to the last three races of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) for Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports . He was 31st in the drivers' championship.

Gelael moved to Arden in 2017 and stayed in the GP2 series, which had been renamed the FIA Formula 2 Championship in the winter . He achieved his best result with a fifth place. He finished the championship with 17 points in 15th place. He also competed in Formula 2 in 2018 , but switched to Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing , for which he also competed in 2019 . In 2019 he finished 17th in the overall ranking. Despite a less than successful season, he was able to show off with a fastest race lap in Monte Carlo. For the 2020 season, Gelael switched to the winner of the 2019 DAMS Motorsport team championship , which is his sixth season in the fifth team. His teammate is the Briton Daniel Ticktum .

Personal

Gelael is the son of the Indonesian actress Rini S. Bono and the entrepreneur Ricardo Gelael, who used to compete as a rally driver himself. Ricardo Gelael's fast-food companies, who sell Kentucky Fried Chicken in Indonesia, are also often sponsors of Sean Gelael's racing cars.

statistics

Career stations

2007–2009: rally 2010–2012: karting 2012: Formula Pilota China Series (4th place) 2013 : European Formula 3 2013 : British Formula 3 (8th place) 2014 : European Formula 3 (18th place)

2015 : Formula Renault 3.5 (19th place) 2015 : GP2 series (30th place) 2016 : AsLMS , LMP2 (3rd place) 2016 : GP2 series (15th place) 2016 : WEC (31st place) 2016: ELMS , LMP2 (24th place)

2017 : Formula 2 (15th place) 2018 : Formula 2 (15th place) 2019 : Formula 2 (17th place) 2020 : Formula 2

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
2013	Double R Racing	Mercedes	MON			SIL			HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2						-	-
			14th	16	18th	25th	16	18 *	21st	27	DNF	23	22nd	DNF	22nd	17th	20 *	DNF	21st	15th	20th	18th	13	17th	20th	20th	DNF	21st	DNF	25th	24	13
2014	Jagonya Ayam with Carlin	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			25th	18th
			15th	20th	NC	13	20th	22nd	10	DNF	DNF	10	21st	13	18th	13	13	9	17th	6th	17th	17th	11	12	7th	10	16	21 *	11	10	16	DNF	10	18th	8th

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	Jagonya Ayam with Carlin	ALC		MON	SPA		HUN		SPI		SIL		ONLY		LMS		JRZ		7th	19th
		DNF	15th	8th	15th	12	15th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	15th	16	16	17th	16	9

Individual results in the GP2 series / 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
2015	Carlin	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE				0	30th
												18th	20th	20th	21st			19th	20th	23	15th	DNF	C.
2016	Pertamina Campos Racing	ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE				24	15th
		17th	13	13	DNF	7th	DNF	2	DNF	21st	18th	22nd	10	DNF	19 *	18th	18th	20th	16	16	DNF	DNF	21st
2017	Pertamina Arden	BRN		ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				17th	15th
		17th	17th	15th	16	13	12	14th	10	10	11	9	16	14th	10	15th	17th	5	6th	16	16	15th	14th
2018	Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		29	15th
		7th	16	10	DNF	DNF	6th	2	DNF	DNF	18th	13	DNF	DNF	15th	13	11	16	DNF	11	DNF	DNS	12	17th	DNF
2019	Prema Racing	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		15th	17th
		DNF	10	6th	8th	9	9	DNF	15th	DNF	17th	16	12	WD	WD	15th	17th	C.	C.	9	DNF	11	7th	17th	DNF

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 results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

year	team	vehicle	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	Points	rank
2016	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	Nissan	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	3.5	31.
										10	9	13

( Legend )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “Profiles”. sean-gelael.com, accessed March 9, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Peter Allen: “Blomqvist confirmed alongside Giovinazzi and Gelael at Carlin”. paddockscout.com, January 20, 2014, accessed January 24, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Peter Allen: Dillmann recruited alongside Gelael for Carlin's FR3.5 return. paddockscout.com, January 21, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Peter Allen: Sean Gelael fills Carlin GP2 vacancy for four rounds. paddockscout.com, July 17, 2015, accessed July 17, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Peter Allen: Evans confirmed to stay in GP2 with Campos alongside Gelael. paddockscout.com, January 19, 2016, accessed January 19, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: GP2 race winner Norman Nato and Sean Gelael join Arden for 2017. autosport.com, February 3, 2017, accessed on February 3, 2017 (English). 
7. ↑ Alex Kalinauckas: Gelael joins top F2 team Prema for 2018. motorsport.com, November 20, 2017, accessed on April 30, 2018 (English). 
8. ↑ Peter Allen: Sean Gelael stays at Prema F2 team for 2019 alongside Mick Schumacher. Formula Scout, November 28, 2018, accessed December 9, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Sean Gelael | Racing career profile | Driver Database. Retrieved March 3, 2020 . 
10. ↑ With Ticktum and Gelael: DAMS is repositioning itself for the F2 season 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Sean Gelael: On Chicken Legs to Toro Rosso. Retrieved March 3, 2020 . 

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