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William Alatalo (born 19 April 2002) is a Finnish-Ethiopian[1] racing driver from Ilmajoki currently competing in the Italian GT Championship with Lazarus Corse. He most recently raced for Jenzer Motorsport in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.[2]
| William Alatalo | |
|---|---|
Alatalo at the Red Bull Ring in 2022 | |
| Nationality |  Finnish |
| Born | 19 April 2002 Ilmajoki, Finland |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2022 |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Former teams | Jenzer Motorsport |
| Starts | 18 (18 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 18th in 2022 |
| Previous series | |
| 2021 2020 2018-19 2017 | FR European Championship Formula Renault Eurocup Italian F4 Championship Formula STCC Nordic |
Alatalo started karting in 2009. He had a successful karting career winning the Finnish championship in Cadet (2010), Raket (2014) and OKJ classes (2016).
In 2017, Alatalo made his single-seater debut in Formula STCC Nordic with Kart In Club Driving Academy. Alatalo won one race at Anderstorp and finished the season 5th with 142 points.
Alatalo moved to the Italian F4 Championship for 2018 where he spent two years driving for Mücke Motorsport.[3] The two seasons in Italy netted him one win and another podium finish in 42 races.
In 2020 Alatalo contested the Formula Renault Eurocup driving for JD Motorsport.[4] He achieved two podiums and a pole position during the season and finished 8th in the standings with 92 points.
The following year, Alatalo moved to Arden Motorsport, partnering Alex Quinn and Nicola Marinangeli in the Formula Regional European Championship.[5] His campaign proved to be consistent, with Alatalo finishing every race and being outside of the top ten on only seven occasions. The Finn's best result would end up being a third place at the Circuit Paul Ricard, and he finished the season in eleventh place, two positions behind Quinn.
Alatalo was called up to replace Santiago Ramos at the season finale in Mugello with KIC Motorsport, a month after the final round of Alatalo's F3 season.[6]
In 2022 Alatalo made the step-up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Jenzer Motorsport, having taken part in a number of test days with the Swiss team in the winter. Upon the announcement of his signing, Alatalo commented that this move brought him "one step closer to [his] dream".[7] He managed to score a points in the first feature race at Bahrain, and followed that up with another point in the next feature race in Imola, benefiting from a penalty for Ollie Bearman. The Finnish driver then went on a points-scoring drought lasting five races, until he managed to collect four points in tricky weather conditions at the Red Bull Ring. Two point-less races in Budapest would come before a fruitful weekend at Spa: there, Alatalo took points in both races, ending up sixth on Saturday and seventh in the feature race. Despite this, a mistake at the restart of the sprint race, where he went into the gravel and lost four positions, cost him a chance at a higher position, which Alatalo took full blame for and described as having been "quite rubbish".[8] A disappointing round at Zandvoort followed, where the Finn caused a premature end to qualifying after a crash in turn 3, but he would score a best qualifying result of seventh in the final round at Monza, which he called "a good way to end the last qualifying of the season".[9] Alatalo had more points than either his teammates Ido (2 pts) or Malvestiti (0 pts), scoring 24 points and thus finishing 18th in the standings.
Alatalo goes to school at Kuortaneen urheilulukio.[4]
Alatalo was born to a Finnish father, Markku, and an Ethiopian mother, Mini. He has a younger brother, Daniel.[10]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Finnish Cup — Raket | 5th | |
| 2014 | Rotax Max Challenge Finland — Mini Max | 26th | |
| Finnish Junior Championship — Raket | 1st | ||
| 2015 | South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ | Mad-Croc Karting | DNF |
| Göteborgs Stora Pris — KF3 | 7th | ||
| Finnish Cup Championship — KFJ | 7th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ | 46th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ | 28th | ||
| 2016 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Mad-Croc Karting | 32nd |
| South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | NC | ||
| X30 Challenge Europa — X30 Junior | 23rd | ||
| Finnish Championship — OKJ | 1st | ||
| German Karting Championship — OKJ | 46th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | Mad-Croc Karting | 35th | |
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | RB Racing | 27th | |
| WSK Final Cup — OKJ | 18th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 33rd | ||
| 2017 | WSK Champions Cup — OK | CRG SpA | 14th |
| South Garda Winter Cup — OK | 31st |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Formula STCC Nordic | Kart in Club Driving Academy | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 142 | 5th |
| 2017–18 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Mücke Motorsport | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 9th |
| 2018 | Italian F4 Championship | BWT Mücke Motorsport | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 8th |
| 2019 | Italian F4 Championship | BWT Mücke Motorsport | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 9th |
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 16th | |
| FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup | Team Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd | |
| 2020 | Formula Renault Eurocup | JD Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 8th |
| 2021 | Formula Regional European Championship | Arden Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 11th |
| 2022 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Jenzer Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18th |
| Formula Regional European Championship | KIC Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2023 | Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 | AKM Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2024 | Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 Pro-Am | Lazarus Corse | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 4th |
| Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 Pro-Am | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14* | 12th* |
† As Alatalo was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(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 | 22 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | ADR 1 9 |
ADR 2 Ret |
ADR 3 Ret |
LEC 1 26 |
LEC 2 32 |
LEC 3 13 |
MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 1 |
MNZ 3 2 |
MIS 1 12 |
MIS 2 13 |
MIS 3 6 |
IMO 1 8 |
IMO 2 19 |
IMO 3 Ret |
VLL 1 5 |
VLL 2 7 |
VLL 3 6 |
MUG 1 4 |
MUG 2 10 |
MUG 3 12 |
8th | 108 | |
| 2019 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | VLL 1 8 |
VLL 2 6 |
VLL 3 Ret |
MIS 1 6 |
MIS 2 9 |
MIS 3 C |
HUN 1 4 |
HUN 2 13 |
HUN 3 5 |
RBR 1 4 |
RBR 2 5 |
RBR 3 6 |
IMO 1 6 |
IMO 2 Ret |
IMO 3 Ret |
IMO 4 14 |
MUG 1 9 |
MUG 2 7 |
MUG 3 8 |
MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 4 |
MNZ 3 22 |
9th | 118 |
| Year | Entrant | Cup | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Team Finland |
Formula 4 | 10th | 5th | 3rd |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Arden Motorsport | IMO 1 6 |
IMO 2 5 |
CAT 1 6 |
CAT 2 7 |
MCO 1 8 |
MCO 2 14 |
LEC 1 9 |
LEC 2 3 |
ZAN 1 12 |
ZAN 2 4 |
SPA 1 9 |
SPA 2 10 |
RBR 1 8 |
RBR 2 15 |
VAL 1 13 |
VAL 2 13 |
MUG 1 4 |
MUG 2 16 |
MNZ 1 14 |
MNZ 2 9 |
11th | 91 |
| 2022 | KIC Motorsport | MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
MCO 1 |
MCO 2 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
MUG 1 22 |
MUG 2 26 |
NC† | 0 |
† As Alatalo was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lazarus Corse |  Jorge Lorenzo Mahaveer Raghunathan (Rd.1-2) Mattia di Giusto (Rd.3) |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | VAL 14 |
MUG 11 |
IMO Ret |
MON | 20th | 0 |
* Season still in progress.
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