Alessio Deledda

Alessio Deledda is an Italian racing driver. He currently competes in the 2025 [GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup] with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing. Deledda previously raced in the International GT Open and the DTM.

Early career

Beginnings

Deledda was born in Genzano di Roma. He did not start in karting like most racing drivers. Among other things, he participated in the Italian Superstock 600 motorcycle championship in 2017. After little success, he switched to auto racing in 2018 and made his Formula 4 debut in the Italian F4 Championship, racing for Technorace, an Italian team dedicated to bringing drivers up the junior ranks.
Deledda struggled through his debut season and scored no points. With 17th place at Autodromo Nazionale Monza as his best result, he finished in 39th place in the championship, and only 16th among the rookie drivers.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2019

In 2019, Deledda started the season in the winter championship of the Euroformula Open Championship, where he drove for Campos Racing. The two-races took place solely at Circuit Paul Ricard, and Deledda finished the races in eighth and ninth place. Subsequently, he made the switch to the new FIA [Formula 3 Championship], in which he also drove for Campos. Deledda had a rough debut Formula 3 season, and finished 29th.

2020

Despite this, Deledda was retained for the 2020 [FIA Formula 3 Championship|2020 F3 season], and partnered 2019 teammates Alex Peroni and German Sophia Flörsch. By the conclusion of his second season in Formula 3, his best finish had been 16th place, while all of his other finishes across several dozen races had been 20th or lower.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

On January 22, 2021, Deledda was announced to be signing for HWA Racelab in Formula 2 Championship|Formula 2], partnering fellow countryman Matteo Nannini.
At the second round of the season in Monaco, Deledda qualified 6.8 seconds slower than polesitter Théo Pourchaire, which was outside of the 107% rule. Despite this, he was given permission to start the races from 22nd and last place on the grid. He finished the season 25th in the driver's championship standings, with no points scored, whereas even Mahaveer Raghunathan scored one point who Deledda was usually compared with as "the worst Formula 2 driver".

Sportscar career

2022: Switch to DTM

For the 2022 season, Deledda left single-seaters to join the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, driving a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo for Grasser Racing. He scored his only point of the campaign during the final race at Hockenheim and finished 26th in the standings.

2023: Daytona debut

Deledda took part in the 24 Hours of Daytona at the start of 2023, competing for NTE Sport in the GTD category.
Deledda's main campaign would once again lie in the DTM, where he teamed up with Mirko Bortolotti and Franck Perera at SSR Performance. With a best race finish of 18th, the Italian ended up 32nd in the standings, failing to score points throughout the year.

2024: IGTO victory

For the 2024 season, Deledda entered the International GT Open as part of the Oregon Team, driving alongside Lamborghini factory driver Jordan Pepper. At the second round in Hockenheim, Deledda was able to inherit second place following Pepper's stint, before passing Anthony Bartone to take his first win in GT3 competition. Subsequently, Deledda and Pepper finished second in the IGTO's endurance event at Spa.

Controversy

On 26 November 2020, Deledda caused a stir after publishing several videos on his Instagram profile of himself driving recklessly and with high speed on an Italian motorway near Pomezia, Lazio. In one of the videos he slalomed around many cars during a traffic jam, and in another video he filmed the dashboard of his own car reaching 300 km/h in the process. A third video showed a point-of-view shot driving a Lamborghini Urus on a public road, reaching again around 200 km/h while driving with one arm on the steering wheel. Deledda was criticized by former F1 driver Giedo van der Garde, along with a handful of other notable F1 personalities.
Deledda posted a statement in Italian on his Twitter on November 27, saying that he's sorry they associated the video with his name and that his intent was and will always be to "raise awareness" among his followers about "similar acts of villainy". He went on to say that his mistake was "probably not to specify that it was an act of complaint".

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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
2018	Technorace	ADR 1 26	ADR 2 Ret	ADR 3 22	LEC 1 27	LEC 2 30	LEC 3 29	MNZ 1 19	MNZ 2 17	MNZ 3 18	MIS 1 22	MIS 2 Ret	MIS 3 19	IMO 1 21	IMO 2 23	IMO 3 19	VLL 1 18	VLL 2 21	VLL 3 19	MUG 1 21	MUG 2 Ret	MUG 3 28	39th	0

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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	GRS	MNZ 1 16	MNZ 2 Ret	SIL 1	SIL 2	MON 1 15	MON 2 16	LEC 1 19	LEC 2 19	SPA 1 18	SPA 2 19	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	HOC 1 DNS	HOC 2 Ret	YMC 1 18	YMC 2 18	24th	0

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

Year

Entrant

Points

2019–20 [F3 Asian Championship|2019–20]

Hitech Grand Prix

SEP
1
11

SEP
2
13

SEP
3
12

DUB
1
13

DUB
2
Ret

DUB
3
12

ABU
1
10

ABU
2
9

ABU
3
12

SEP
1
Ret

SEP
2
9

SEP
3
10

CHA
1
7

CHA
2
10

CHA
3
13†

15th

2021

Pinnacle Motorsport

DUB
1
13

DUB
2
6

DUB
3
13

ABU
1
22

ABU
2
15

ABU
3
Ret

ABU
1
16

ABU
2
13

ABU
3
15

DUB
1
17

DUB
2
10

DUB
3
16

ABU
1
13

ABU
2
13

ABU
2
Ret

15th

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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
	HWA Racelab	BHR SP1 18	BHR SP2 Ret	BHR FEA Ret	MCO SP1 18	MCO SP2 12	MCO FEA 17	BAK SP1 Ret	BAK SP2 15	BAK FEA 19	SIL SP1 Ret	SIL SP2 Ret	SIL FEA 22	MNZ SP1 13	MNZ SP2 19	MNZ FEA Ret	SOC SP1 18	SOC SP2 C	SOC FEA 17	JED SP1 Ret	JED SP2 Ret	JED FEA 20	YMC SP1 18	YMC SP2 Ret	YMC FEA 19	25th	0