Alessandro Ghiretti

Alessandro Ghiretti (born 18 January 2002 in Montauban) is a French racing driver and former member of the Sauber Junior Team.

Alessandro Ghiretti
Ghiretti at the Red Bull Ring in 2023
Nationality	French
Born	(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 23) Montauban, France
ADAC Formula 4 career
Debut season	2019
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2024) FIA Gold (2025–)
Car number	28
Former teams	US Racing-CHRS
Starts	20
Best finish	6th in 2019
Previous series
2018-17	F4 South East Asia Championship
Championship titles
2018	F4 South East Asia Championship
Awards
2017	Meritus Awards - Up & Coming Talent

Early life

Alessandro was born in Montauban to a family from Italian origins. His father Alain Ghiretti is an entrepreneur in metal construction. In the 1980s his father was a racing driver in Formula Renault and Formula 3000.^[1][2] Since August 2017 Alessandro's family resides in Marrakesh.^[3]

Career

Karting

Ghiretti began karting at the age of seven, claiming numerous titles in his career,^[3] including the first place of the 2016 X30 Junior IAME National Final in Lavilledieu^[4] and the third place of the Challenge Europa X30 Junior B in Castelletto.^[5]

Lower formulae

In 2017, Ghiretti stepped up to single-seaters, contesting the Italian F4 championship.

In December 2018, Ghiretti signed with the British team Dragon Hitech GP to run in the 2019 F3 Asian Championship, both the winter and main sessions.^[6]

In 2019 he contested the ADAC Formula 4 Championship and Italian F4 Championship with US Racing-CHRS.^[7] In November, he attended the post-season tests of the Formula Renault Eurocup, at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza with ART Grand Prix^[8][9] and at Circuit Paul Ricard with Bhaitech.^[10] In March 2020 he took part in the pre-season test at Circuit Ricardo Tormo with MP Motorsport.^[11][12]

Formula One

As part of his signing with US Racing-CHRS, Ghiretti was named as part of the Sauber Junior Team's 2019 line-up.^[13]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F. Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	Italian F4 Championship	BDL Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2017-18	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship	Meritus.GP	6	1	0	1	5	92	11th
2018	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship	Meritus.GP	24	14	4	12	21	446	1st
	French F4 Championship	FFSA Academy	6	0	0	0	2	0	NC†
2019	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	US Racing-CHRS	20	0	0	0	3	136	6th
	F3 Asian Winter Series	Dragon Hitech GP	9	0	0	0	4	106	3rd
2020	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Team Virage	1	0	0	1	0	0	NC†
	Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3		3	2	?	?	3	68	2nd
2021	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Martinet by Alméras	12	0	0	1	6	181	4th
	Porsche Supercup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2022	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Martinet by Alméras	12	0	0	0	5	139	3rd
	Ultimate Cup Series Endurance GT-Touring Challenge - Porsche Cup		2	0	2	1	1	28	9th
2023	Ultimate Cup Series Endurance GT-Touring Challenge - Porsche Cup	Martinet by Alméras	3	1	1	1	1	37	11th
	Porsche Supercup		8	0	0	0	1	64	7th
	Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe - Sport Division - Pro		1	1	0	0	1	37	8th
	Porsche Carrera Cup France		11	2	1	2	10	215	2nd
2024	Porsche Supercup	Schumacher CLRT	8	1	0	1	1	85	6th
	Porsche Carrera Cup France		12	9	10	11	12	303	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Team Jebsen	14	8	2	9	12	308	1st

^† As Ghiretti was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2017	BDL Motorsport	MIS 1 17	MIS 2 22	MIS 3 22	ADR 1 15	ADR 2 18	ADR 3 17	VAL 1	VAL 2	VAL 3	MUG1 1	MUG1 2	MUG1 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	MUG2 1	MUG2 2	MUG2 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	NC	0

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	Pos	Points
2017-18	SEP1 1	SEP1 2	SEP1 3	SEP1 4	SEP1 5	SEP1 6	CLA 1	CLA 2	CLA 3	CLA 4	CLA 5	CLA 6	CHA 1	CHA 2	CHA 3	CHA 4	CHA 5	CHA 6	SEP2 1	SEP2 2	SEP2 3	SEP2 4	SEP2 5	SEP2 6	SEP3 1 3	SEP3 2 3	SEP3 3 2	SEP3 4 1	SEP3 5 2	SEP3 6 10	11th	92
2018	SEP1 1 1	SEP1 2 6	SEP1 3 2	SEP2 1 2	SEP2 2 1	SEP2 3 Ret	MAD1 1 1	MAD1 2 1	MAD1 3 3	MAD2 1 1	MAD2 2 2	MAD2 3 2	CHA1 1 1	CHA1 2 1	CHA1 3 1	CHA2 1 1	CHA2 2 1	CHA2 3 4	SEP3 1 1	SEP3 2 1	SEP3 3 1	SEP4 1 1	SEP4 2 2	SEP4 3 2							1st	446

Complete French F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2018	NOG 1	NOG 2	NOG 3	PAU 1	PAU 2	PAU 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	DIJ 1	DIJ 2	DIJ 3	MAG 1	MAG 2	MAG 3	JER 1 3	JER 2 9	JER 3 2	LEC 1 13	LEC 2 9	LEC 3 16	NC	–

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2019	US Racing-CHRS	OSC 1 10	OSC 2 7	OSC 3 3	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 6	HOC 1 18	HOC 2 6	ZAN 1 13	ZAN 2 4	ZAN 3 2	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 4	NÜR 3 4	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 14	HOC 3 8	SAC 1 8	SAC 2 7	SAC 3 DSQ	6th	136

Complete F3 Asian Winter Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Points
2019	Dragon Hitech GP	CHA 1 2	CHA 2 5	CHA 3 Ret	SEP1 1 3	SEP1 2 3	SEP1 3 3	SEP2 1 12	SEP2 2 6	SEP2 3 4	3rd	106

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup France results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2021	Martinet by Alméras	MAG 1 2	MAG 2 3	LEC 1 5	LEC 2 6	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 4	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 5	CAT 1 3	CAT 2 2	ALG 1 Ret	ALG 2 2	4th	181
2022	Martinet by Alméras	NOG 1 2	NOG 2 2	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 7	MAG 1 2	MAG 2 5	ZAN 1 2	ZAN 2 Ret	VAL 1 4	VAL 2 Ret	LEC 1 3	LEC 2 Ret	3rd	139
2023	Martinet by Alméras	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 1	MAG 1 2	MAG 2 2	LMS 3	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 2	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 2	LEC 1 2	LEC 2 8		2nd	215
2024	Schumacher CLRT	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 1	LEC 1 1	LEC 2 3	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 1	DIJ 1	DIJ 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	ALG 1	ALG 2	1st*	154*

^*Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2021	Martinet by Alméras	MON	RBR	RBR	HUN	SPA 30	ZND	MNZ	MNZ	NC†	0
2023	Martinet by Alméras	MON Ret	RBR 7	SIL 3	HUN Ret	SPA 5	ZND 5	ZND 6	MNZ Ret	7th	64
2024	Schumacher CLRT	IMO Ret	MON 8	RBR 6	SIL 5	HUN 6	SPA 5	ZAN 9	MNZ 1	5th	85

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. Jean-Luc Taillade. "Alessandro GHIRETTI tente sa chance en Formula 4 du Sud-Est Asiatique". fortylaps.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
2. Jacques Ramon (2002-12-12). "Alain Ghiretti, l'homme pressé". lesechos.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-02-24.
3. Karim El Medkouri (18 June 2018). "Qui est ce jeune pilote ?". Sportautomoto.ma (in French). Retrieved 2019-02-24.
4. "Finale Nationale X30 Junior" (PDF). 2016.
5. "X 30 CHALLENGE EUROPA 2016" (PDF). 2016.
6. "Hitech GP add Alessandro Ghiretti to their 2019 FIA Asian F3 and Winter Series Line-Up". hitechgp.co.uk. 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
7. "Ghiretti, Pourchaire and Stanek join Sauber F4 campaign". f1feederseries.com. 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
8. Mattia Tremolada (2019-11-13). "Test a Monza, 1° giorno Cordeel beffa Collet". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-08.
9. Mattia Tremolada (2019-11-14). "Test a Monza, 2° giorno Cordeel si conferma". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-08.
10. "Victor Martins le plus rapide au Paul Ricard des essais de l'Eurocup". autonewsinfo.com (in French). 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
11. Wood, Elliot (2020-03-11). "ART Grand Prix sets test pace on Formula Renault Eurocup return". FormulaScout. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
12. Wood, Elliot (2020-03-13). "Caio Collet lowers pace on second Eurocup test day at Valencia". FormulaScout. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
13. Jack Benyon (2019-02-19). "Sauber Junior Team reveals 2019 line-up". Retrieved 2019-02-24.

External links

• Alessandro Ghiretti career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Daniel Cao	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Champion 2018	Succeeded by Lucca Allen