William Alatalo
William Alatalo is a Finnish racing driver of Ethiopian descent currently competing in the Italian GT Championship with Lazarus Corse. He most recently raced for Jenzer Motorsport in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Career
Karting
Born in Ilmajoki, Alatalo started karting at the age of seven. He won the Finnish championship in the Cadet, Raket and OKJ karting classes.Formula STCC Nordic
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 fifth with 142 points.Italian F4 Championship
Alatalo moved to the Italian F4 Championship for 2018 where he spent two years driving for Mücke Motorsport. The two seasons in Italy netted him one win and another podium finish in 42 races.Formula Renault Eurocup
In 2020, Alatalo contested the Formula Renault Eurocup driving for JD Motorsport. He achieved two podiums and a pole position during the season and finished 8th in the standings with 92 points.Formula Regional European Championship
2021
The following year, Alatalo moved to Arden Motorsport, partnering Alex Quinn and Nicola Marinangeli in the Formula Regional European Championship. His campaign proved to be consistent, with Alatalo finishing every race and being outside of the top ten on only seven occasions. His 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.2022
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.FIA Formula 3 Championship
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 dream". 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. Alatalo 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". A disappointing round at Zandvoort followed, where Alatalo 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". Alatalo had more points than either his teammates Cohen or Malvestiti, scoring 24 points and thus finishing 18th in the standings.Personal life
Alatalo goes to school at Kuortaneen urheilulukio.Alatalo was born to a Finnish father, Markku, and an Ethiopian mother, Mini. He has a younger brother, Daniel.
Racing record
Racing career summary
† As Alatalo was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.Complete Formula STCC Nordic results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
| 2017 | Kart in Club Driving Academy | KNU 1 8 | KNU 2 9 | ALA 1 4 | ALA 2 DNS | RUD 1 3 | RUD 2 4 | FAL 1 5 | FAL 2 Ret | KAR 1 2 | KAR 2 5 | AND 1 6 | AND 2 1 | MAN 1 5 | MAN 2 3 | 5th | 142 |
Complete Formula 4 UAE 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Points |
| 2017-18 | Mücke Motorsport | YMC1 1 | YMC1 2 | YMC1 3 | YMC1 4 | YMC2 1 | YMC2 2 | YMC2 3 | YMC2 4 | DUB1 1 | DUB1 2 | DUB1 3 | DUB1 4 | YMC3 1 11 | YMC3 2 6 | YMC3 3 3 | YMC3 4 3 | YMC4 1 4 | YMC4 2 8 | YMC4 3 1 | YMC4 4 1 | DUB2 1 | DUB2 2 | DUB2 3 | DUB2 4 | 9th | 104 |
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 | 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 |
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship 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 | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | RBR 1 3 | RBR 2 2 | RBR 3 5 | HOC1 1 | HOC1 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | HOC2 1 | HOC2 2 | HOC2 3 | SAC 1 | SAC 2 | SAC 3 | 16th | 43 |
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 |
| 2020 | JD Motorsport | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 5 | IMO 1 3 | IMO 2 2 | NÜR 1 5 | NÜR 2 Ret | MAG 1 9 | MAG 2 8 | ZAN 1 11 | ZAN 2 10 | CAT 1 12 | CAT 2 8 | SPA 1 9‡ | SPA 2 9 | IMO 1 8 | IMO 2 9 | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 9 | LEC 1 11 | LEC 2 7 | 8th | 92 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results
| 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.
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
| 2022 | Jenzer Motorsport | BHR SPR 11 | BHR FEA 9 | IMO SPR 15 | IMO FEA 10 | CAT SPR 15 | CAT FEA 12 | SIL SPR 19 | SIL FEA 16 | RBR SPR Ret | RBR FEA 8 | HUN SPR 16 | HUN FEA 16 | SPA SPR 6 | SPA FEA 7 | ZAN SPR 30 | ZAN FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 14 | MNZ FEA 7 | 18th | 24 |
Complete Italian GT Championship results
Italian GT Sprint Championship
| Year | Team | Co-Driver | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | |||
| 2023 | AKM Motorsport |  Italian GT Endurance Championship
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