William Alatalo

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William Alatalo
File:William Alatalo Austria 2022.jpg
Alatalo at the Red Bull Ring in 2022
Nationality Finland Finnish
Born (2002-04-19) 19 April 2002 (age 22)
Ilmajoki, Finland
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season 2022
Current team Jenzer Motorsport
Car no. 25
Starts 18 (18 entries)
Wins 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

William Alatalo (born 19 April 2002) is a Finnish-Ethiopian[1] racing driver from Ilmajoki who most recently raced for Jenzer Motorsport in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.[2]

Career

Karting

Alatalo started karting in 2009. He had a successful karting career winning the Finnish championship in Cadet (2010), Raket (2014) and OKJ classes (2016).

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 5th with 142 points.

Italian F4 Championship

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.

Formula Renault Eurocup

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.

Formula Regional European Championship

2021

File:FREC 2021 Spielberg Nr. 8 Alatalo.jpg
Alatalo racing in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship

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.

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.[6]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

File:FIA F3 Austria 2022 Nr. 25 Alatalo.jpg
Alatalo driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round

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.

Personal life

Alatalo goes to school at Kuortaneen urheilulukio.[4] He was born to an Ethiopian mother and Finnish father.[10]

Karting record

Karting career summary

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

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

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

Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2015 Mad-Croc Karting KFJ PRT
QH
44		 SAR
R
DNQ		 PFI
QH
45		 PFI
R
DNQ		 KRI
QH
35		 KRI
R
DNQ		 46th 0
2016 RB Racing OKJ ZUE
QH
25		 ZUE
PF
10		 ZUE
R
31		 ADR
QH
35		 ADR
PF
17		 ADR
R
13		 PRT
QH
23		 PRT
PF
16		 PRT
R
33		 GEN
QH
31		 GEN
PF
9		 GEN
R
17		 27th 23

Racing record

Racing career summary

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†

† As he was a guest driver, Alatalo was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula STCC Nordic 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 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 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 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 FIA Motorsport Games results

Year Entrant Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 Finland Team Finland Formula 4 10th 5th 3rd

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup 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
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

(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.

Complete FIA Formula 3 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 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

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