is a French professional racing driver. He is the son of French racing driver and Formula One Grand Prix winner Jean Alesi and Japanese actress and TV personality Kumiko Goto.
Career
Karting Born in Avignon, Alesi began karting in 2013 before competing in the KF3 category in 2013 where he finished 14th overall and the KFJ category in 2014 with Baby Race SRL, finishing 28th in the standings.
French F4 Championship In March 2015, it was announced that Alesi would step up from karting to cars in the 2015 season. In the first race, he took pole position and took victory as well as setting the fastest lap. He secured two more victories and two junior victories and finished second in the junior category and fourth in the overall standings.
GP3 Series 2016 In December 2015, Alesi took part in GP3 post-season testing with Arden International and Jenzer Motorsport. That same month, it was announced that Alesi would race in the 2016 season. In February 2016, it was announced that Alesi would race with Trident. After several races at the back of the grid, he scored his first point in GP3 Series in the feature race of Spa-Francorchamps.
2017 Alesi remained in GP3 for the 2017 season, once again driving with Trident. Having scored his first podium at the Red Bull Ring, Alesi took victory in the Sprint race at Silverstone. He followed this up with another win in Hungary, with a third win coming at the round in Spa-Francorchamps. He ended up fifth in the standings, having taken more points from two of the final three events.
2018
In 2018, Alesi scored 100 points and finished seventh in the standings, only six points behind his Trident teammate, Pedro Piquet. Alesi won one race and finished on the podium on three other occasions.
FIA Formula 2 Championship 2019
On 8 December 2018, Trident Racing announced that Alesi would be driving for the team in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship, alongside Ralph Boschung. Alesi had a slow start to the season, scoring only one point during the first half of the season, that being at the Paul Ricard feature race. From the event at Monza, however, he only failed to score points at the feature race in Sochi. He finished the season in 15th place, scoring 20 points; however, he could not prevent Trident from finishing last in the team championship.
2020 For the 2020 Formula 2 season, Alesi switched to his father's former DTM team HWA Racelab, driving alongside Artem Markelov. Despite a strong start to his season with a sixth place at the opening race in Austria, Alesi failed to score points with the team afterwards. As his father Jean later clarified, they had "banked on the wrong team", with the Frenchman eventually switching to MP Motorsport for the final three rounds. He finished his season by scoring another sixth place at the season finale, which landed him 17th in the championship.
Formula One In March 2016, Alesi was inducted into the Ferrari Driver Academy (along with fellow GP3 driver Charles Leclerc), aligning him with the same team his father raced for in the early nineties. He left the academy after his first F1 test, in which he drove a Ferrari SF71H.
Super Formula Lights After leaving the Ferrari Driver Academy, Alesi set his sights on Formula racing in Asia, and more specifically Super Formula Lights, where he was signed to TOM'S, alongside Japanese pair Kazuko Kotaka and Hibiki Taira. With four wins and fourteen podiums, Alesi clinched second in the championship, losing to Teppei Natori by six points.
Super Formula Alesi made his debut in the Super Formula on 25 April 2021 filling in for Kazuki Nakajima in the TOM'S team; he would finish 11th in the series, getting a win at Autopolis, having converted it from a pole position. Alesi remained with TOM'S for 2022 and 2023 but was dropped by the team in June 2023 after a string of poor results; he was replaced by Ukyo Sasahara for the remaining rounds.
Super GT
GT300 Alesi competed in Super GT with team Arto alongside Sean Walkinshaw in the GT300 category in 2021.
GT500 Alesi was promoted to the GT500 category, joining 2021 champions Toyota Team au TOM'S alongside Sho Tsuboi; he replaced Yuhi Sekiguchi, who moved to SARD; the highlight of their season was a second in the first Fuji race, the race being stopped midway due to a heavy crash by Mitsunori Takaboshi. Alesi swapped seats with Ritomo Miyata for 2023, now racing alongside former Honda driver Ukyo Sasahara in the Deloitte car.
Personal life Giuliano Ryu Alesi was born on 20 September 1999 in Avignon, France. His father is a former professional racing driver Jean Alesi, and his mother is a Japanese model, actress, and former pop singer Kumiko Goto. He has three siblings: an older half-sister from his father's first marriage, his brother John, and younger sister Helena Alesi, who is also a fellow racing driver. Alesi is multilingual; he can speak English, French, Italian, and Japanese fluently.
Karting record
Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2013Trofeo delle Industrie — KF314th2014Italian Championship — KF316thAndrea Margutti Trophy — KFJBaby Race Srl28th
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2015 French F4 Championship Auto Sport Academy 21 3 2 2 4 168.5 4th 2015–16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 4 0 0 0 0 3 23rd 2016 GP3 Series Trident 15 0 0 0 0 1 22nd 2017 GP3 Series Trident 15 3 0 1 4 99 5th 2018 GP3 Series Trident 18 1 0 1 4 100 7th 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 22 0 0 0 0 20 15th 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship BWT HWA Racelab 18 0 0 1 0 12 17th MP Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 2021 Super Formula Lights TOM'S 17 4 2 5 14 103 2nd Super GT - GT300 arto Team Thailand 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC Super Formula Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S 5 1 1 0 1 20 11th Super Taikyu - ST-Z Porsche Team EBI Waimarama1000052.5‡7th‡ 2022 Super Formula Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S 10 0 0 0 0 3 20th Super GT - GT500 TGR Team au TOM'S 8 0 0 0 1 29.5 10th Super Taikyu - ST-Z Porsche Team EBI Waimarama1001080‡5th‡ 2023 Super Formula Vantelin Team TOM'S 5 0 0 0 0 3 20th Super GT - GT500 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 8 0 0 0 0 15 15th Super Taikyu - ST-Z Porsche Team EBI Waimarama1000050‡8th‡ 2024 Super GT - GT500 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 8 2 1 0 2 51 5th Super Taikyu - ST-X Zhongsheng ROOKIE Racing5212267‡ 1st‡ 2025 Super GT - GT500 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 8 1 0 0 1 49.5 6th Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP8T Toyota Gazoo RacingToyo Tires with Ring RacingSuper Taikyu - ST-TCRWaimarama RacingSuper Taikyu - ST-USA-2TechSport Racing 2026 Super GT - GT500 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S 5 0 0 0 1 18 12th*Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP10Toyo Tires with Ring RacingNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT3 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx10000N/A16thSuper FormulaKCMG 3 0 0 0 0 0 24th* * Season still in progress.
‡ Team standings
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 2015 LÉD1 LÉD2 LÉD3 LMS1 LMS2 LMS3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 MAG1 MAG2 MAG3 NAV1 NAV2 NAV3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 4th 168.5
Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2016 Trident CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZFEA SEPFEA SEPSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 22nd 1 2017 Trident CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR JERFEA JERSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 5th 99 2018 Trident CATFEA CATSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 7th 100 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points Trident BHRFEA BHRSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 15th 20 BWT HWA Racelab RBRFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SILFEA SILSPR SILFEA SILSPR CATFEA CATSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR 17th 12 MP Motorsport SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR
Complete Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2021 arto Team Thailand Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ MOT SUZ SUG AUT MOT FUJ 36th 0 2022 TGR Team au TOM'S Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 10th 29.5 2023 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 15th 15 2024 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUG AUT MOT SUZ 5th 51 2025 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ SEP FS1 FS2 SUZ SUG AUT MOT 6th 49.5 2026 TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 OKA FUJ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 12th* 18* ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. (Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result. * Season still in progress.
Complete Super Formula Lights results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2021 TOM'SFUJ1FUJ2FUJ3 SUZ1 SUZ2 SUZ3 AUT1 AUT2 AUT3 SUG1 SUG2 SUG3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 2nd 103
Complete Super Formula results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 DC Points 2021 Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S Toyota FUJ SUZ AUT SUG MOT MOT SUZ 11th 20 2022 Kuo Vantelin Team TOM'S Toyota FUJ FUJ SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT MOT SUZ SUZ 20th 3 2023 Vantelin Team TOM'S Toyota FUJ FUJ SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT SUZ SUZ 20th 3 2026 KCMG Toyota MOT MOT SUZ SUZ FUJFUJ FUJ SUG FUJ FUJ SUZ SUZ 24th* 0* ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2026 Team Qatar by Iron Lynx Abdulla Al-Khelaifi Julian Hanses Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo LMGT3 324 48th 16th
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