Alessandro Giardelli (racecar driver)

Alessandro Giardelli (born 5 October 2002 in Seriate) is an Italian professional racing driver. Is considered one of the greatest young talent in Italy, Currently racing in the official team Dinamic Motorsport officially supported by Porsche, in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italy, one of the most important motor racing championships in Italy. He was champion of the Karting Italian Championship, Giardelli is the Youngest driver ever to race in the KZ1 top karting category in Karting World Championship in 2017 at only 14 years old. 
Career.
Karting.
Giardelli began his career in 2012. Since then he has won numerous national and international competitions and awards. Accomplishments include first place in the Italian Open Masters, third place at WSK Night Edition, eighth place and fifth place in the WSK Champions Cup, fourth place in the WSK Final Cup, first place in the Rok Cup Italy, fifth place in the Rok Cup International final, fifth place in the Trofeo Margutti, second place in the industry trophy, First place in the 500 miles of Granja Viana, third place in the race of Karting European Championship and the victory of a race in the Karting World Championship. He competed for the CRG (kart manufacturer) official team, and Tony Kart which is part of the OTK group and also racing for the official team Lariomotorsport.
Formula.
Giardelli took part in official tests both with a Formula Renault car and a Formula 4 car.
Touring car racing.
Giardelli in 2020 he signed with the team Elite Motorsport and did it to race in the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship. One of the most important motor racing championships in Italy. Before the start of the championship Giardelli ends the contract with the Elite Motorsport team to join the B.D Racing team. Makes his debut at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola in the Coppa Italia Turismo obtaining a second place in qualifying and third and second place in the two races of the weekend. The following week he made his debut in the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship on the Mugello Circuit always with the same team he obtained a surprising pole position giving eight tenths of a second to the second classified and he finished third in race 1 for technical problems, in Race 2 managed to obtain a victory at the debut and with this result he in first position in the championship with 43 points. In the second round of TCR Italy Touring Car Championship on Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli after a fifth place in qualifying, in Race 1 an engine problem while he was fighting for the podium forces him to the tenth position, during Race 2 a contact with another driver damages his car finish the race in eleventh position but getting the fastest lap of the race.
In the third round of TCR Italy Touring Car Championship in Autodromo enzo e dino ferrari of Imola he switches to a Honda Civic Type R TCR with sequential gearbox in the MM Motorsportt team officially supported by Honda JAS Motorsport. In qualifying Giardelli gets fifteenth place for a red flag that forces him to cancel his lap when he was about to set a time that would take him to the top five positions, in race 1 he starts fifteenth and some problems force him to a difficult race but still manages finishing in eleventh position, in race 2 instead, in the rain, he always starts in fifteenth position and another driver during the first lap at the first corner misses the braking point hitting him and damaging his car, forcing him to retire. In the fourth round of the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship in Vallelunga Circuit Giardelli immediately proved very competitive in free practice 1 he obtained the fourth time by completing only 2 laps, in free practice 2 he managed to get the first absolute time. In qualifying Giardelli gets a second place. In race one he starts second and maintains this position until the end of the race. In race 2 instead Giardelli starts seventh due to the regulation of the inverted grid which foresees the inversion of the first eight of the qualifications but despite this he puts in place an excellent comeback with many battles and closes with an excellent second position overall and first among the under 25. Giardelli obtained the best time on the official test day in Autodromo Nazionale di Monza before the fifth round of the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship. In the fifth round of the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Giardelli obtained the best time in the first free practice and the seventh time in the second free practice. In qualifying Giardelli obtained third place Giardelli in race 1 finished eighth after a contact with another driver then penalized. Giardelli in race 2 while he was fighting for the victory has a puncture after a contact with another driver penalized also in this case which forces him to stop in the pits to replace the tire making him finish the race in twelfth position. Giardelli did not take part in the last race of the championship in Autodromo enzo e dino ferrari.
GT Car racing.
After the excellent results obtained in the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship, in September 2020 Giardelli had the opportunity to make his debut driving the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup of the Centro Porsche Ticino team in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Suisse at Mugello Circuit, immediately obtaining an extraordinary pole position on his debut and victory in the race.
Giardelli in 2021 after the good results obtained in 2020 signs for the Dinamic Motorsport team and it is announced that he will take part in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italy, one of the most important car championships in Italy. Giardelli makes his debut in the Italian GT Championship in May on the occasion of the first championship race at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza he always does it with the Dinamic Motorsport team in the GT CUP class Giardelli obtains excellent results during the weekend with both dry and wet track scoring the 2 place in qualifying 1 and the pole position in qualifying 2 instead in the respective two races he gets a second and a fourth place.
Formula One.
In 2018 when he was in the official Tony Kart team he wore the Ferrari Driver Academy logo on both the helmet, the suit and the Kart.
Personal life.
Giardelli's brother Luca Giardelli is also a racing driver.
In 2013 the Giardelli family opened a circuit and called it Lariomotorsport and then a Karting team with the same name.
Public image and influence.
Giardelli went viral with his videos on Facebook several times, the most surprising video was a video shot on his personal track Lariomotorsport with shifter kart KZ1, the video reached over 10 million view sand another time always in Lariomotorsport during a video of a Ohvale test as well this has reached millions of views.
Racing record.
Career summary.
† As Giardelli was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.