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William Alatalo

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William Alatalo
Born (2002-04-19) April 19, 2002 (age 24)
Ilmajoki, Finland
OccupationRacing driver
Years active2017–present
Known forCompeting in FIA Formula 3 Championship and Italian GT Championship

William Alatalo (born 19 April 2002) is a Finnish racing driver with Ethiopian heritage, currently competing in the Italian GT Championship representing Lazarus Corse. His most recent participation was with Jenzer Motorsport in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship.

Karting

Originating from Ilmajoki, Alatalo started karting at the age of seven and went on to claim Finnish titles in the Cadet (2010), Raket (2014), and OKJ (2016) categories.

Formula STCC Nordic

Alatalo made his single-seater debut in 2017, driving for Kart In Club Driving Academy in the Formula STCC Nordic series. He secured one victory at Anderstorp and ended the season fifth overall with a total of 142 points.

Italian F4 Championship

Between 2018 and 2019, Alatalo competed in the Italian F4 Championship with Mücke Motorsport, where he achieved one race win and an additional podium finish throughout 42 starts.

Formula Renault Eurocup

In 2020, he joined JD Motorsport to contest the Formula Renault Eurocup, earning two podiums and one pole position, ultimately ranking eighth in the championship with 92 points.

2021

For the 2021 season, Alatalo signed with Arden Motorsport alongside teammates Alex Quinn and Nicola Marinangeli. Demonstrating remarkable consistency, he completed every race and finished outside the top ten only seven times. His highest finish was third place at Circuit Paul Ricard, concluding the year 11th in the standings, just behind Quinn by two positions.

2022

Alatalo stepped in for Santiago Ramos at KIC Motorsport for the final round at Mugello, shortly after wrapping up his FIA F3 campaign.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

In 2022, Alatalo progressed to the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Jenzer Motorsport, having participated in winter testing sessions with the Swiss outfit. He described this advancement as moving "one step closer to [his] dream." He scored points in Bahrain’s opening feature race and again at Imola, benefiting from a penalty imposed on Ollie Bearman. After a five-race stretch without points, he collected four points under difficult conditions at the Red Bull Ring. Despite two races without scoring in Budapest, he delivered a strong performance at Spa-Francorchamps, finishing sixth and seventh across the weekend’s events. A restart error during the sprint race cost him potential higher placements, which he candidly called "quite rubbish." A crash prematurely ended his qualifying session at Zandvoort; however, he achieved his best qualifying position of seventh at Monza, describing it as "a good way to end the last qualifying of the season." Alatalo completed the year 18th overall with 24 points, outperforming teammates Ido (2 points) and Malvestiti (0 points).

Personal life

Alatalo is a student at Kuortaneen urheilulukio. He was born to Markku, his Finnish father, and Mini, his mother of Ethiopian descent. He also has a younger brother named Daniel.

Summary of Karting Career

Season Competition Team Final Standing
2013 Finnish Cup — Raket 5th place
2014 Rotax Max Challenge Finland — Mini Max 26th place
Finnish Junior Championship — Raket Champion
2015 South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ Mad-Croc Karting Did Not Finish
Göteborgs Stora Pris — KF3 7th place
Finnish Cup Championship — KFJ 7th place
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ 46th place
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 28th place
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Mad-Croc Karting 32nd place
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ Not Classified
X30 Challenge Europa — X30 Junior 23rd place
Finnish Championship — OKJ Winner
German Karting Championship — OKJ 46th place
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ Mad-Croc Karting 35th place
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ RB Racing 27th place
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 18th place
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ 33rd place
2017 WSK Champions Cup — OK CRG SpA 14th place
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 31st place

Full CIK-FIA Karting European Championship Results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Events in bold denote pole position) (Events in italics denote fastest lap)

Year Team Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Overall Position 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

... [remaining results as original] ...

27th 23


Summary of Racing Career

Season Championship Team Events Victories Pole Positions Fastest Laps Podium Finishes Points Scored Final Standing
2017 Formula STCC Nordic Kart in Club Driving Academy 13 1 0 1 4 142 5th place
2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship Mücke Motorsport 8 2 0 0 4 104 9th place
2018 Italian F4 Championship BWT Mücke Motorsport 21 1 0 0 2 108 8th place
2019 Italian F4 Championship BWT Mücke Motorsport 21 0 0 2 0 118 9th place
ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 3 0 0 0 2 43 16th place
FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup Team Finland 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd place

† Competed as a guest driver, not eligible for championship points.
* Current season in progress.

Full Results in Formula STCC Nordic

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (bold denotes pole position; italics indicate fastest lap)

Year ! Team !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 ! Final Position ! Total Points
2017 Formula STCC Nordic Kart in Club Driving Academy KNU
8 		KNU
9 		ALA
4 		ALA
DNS 		RUD
3 		RUD
4 		FAL
5 		FAL
Ret 		KAR
2 		KAR
5 		AND
6 		AND
1 		MAN
5 		MAN
3 		5th place 142 points

Complete Results in Formula 4 UAE Championship

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (bold indicates pole position; italics indicates 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 !23 !24 Final Rank Total Points
2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship Mücke Motorsport [[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC1 YMC1
1]] 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC1 YMC1
2]] 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC1 YMC1
3]] 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC1 YMC1
4]] 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC2 YMC2
1]] 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC2 YMC2
2]] 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC2 YMC2
3]] 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC2 YMC2
4]] 		[[Dubai Autodrome#DUB1 DUB1
1]] 		[[Dubai Autodrome#DUB1 DUB1
2]] 		[[Dubai Autodrome#DUB1 DUB1
3]] 		[[Dubai Autodrome#DUB1 DUB1
4]] 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC3 YMC3
1]]
(11) 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC3 YMC3
2]]
(6) 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC3 YMC3
3]]
(3) 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC3 YMC3
4]]
(3) 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC4 YMC4
1]]
(4) 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC4 YMC4
2]]
(8) 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC4 YMC4
3]]
(1) 		[[Yas Marina Circuit#YMC4 YMC4
4]]
(1) 		[[Dubai Autodrome#DUB2 DUB2
1]] 		[[Dubai Autodrome#DUB2 DUB2
2]] 		[[Dubai Autodrome#DUB2 DUB2
3]] 		[[Dubai Autodrome#DUB2 DUB2
4]] 		9th place 104 points


Full Italian F4 Championship Results

(legend) (Races shown in bold signify pole positions) (Races in italics denote fastest laps)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Standing Points Earned
2018 BWT Mücke Motorsport ADR
1
9th 		ADR
2
Retired 		ADR
3
Retired 		LEC
1
26th 		LEC
2
32nd 		LEC
3
13th 		MNZ
1
4th 		MNZ
2
1st 		MNZ
3
2nd 		MIS
1
12th 		MIS
2
13th 		MIS
3
6th 		IMO
1
8th
[[Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari#IMO
2]]
19th 		[[Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari#IMO
3]]
Retired 		[[ACI Vallelunga Circuit#VLL
1]]
5th 		[[ACI Vallelunga Circuit#VLL
2]]
7th 		[[ACI Vallelunga Circuit#VLL
3]]
6th 		[[Mugello Circuit#MUG
1]]
4th 		[[Mugello Circuit#MUG
2]]
10th 		[[Mugello Circuit#MUG
3]]
12th 		8th 108
2019 Italian F4 Championship#2019 Mücke Motorsport#BWT Mücke Motorsport [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit#VLL
1 ]] < br > 8th 		ACI Vallelunga Circuit#VLL < br >2 < br > 6th
9th 118

Full ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

(legend) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position) (Races shown in italics represent fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Position Points
2019 ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg OSC
1 		OSC
2 		OSC
3 		RBR
1
3rd 		RBR
2
2nd 		RBR
3
5th 		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

FIA Motorsport Games complete results

Year Team Category Qualifying Qualifying Race Main Race
2019 Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Team Finland Formula 4 10th 5th 3rd

Formula Renault Eurocup complete results

(legend) (Pole positions shown in bold, fastest laps in italics)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Position Points
2020 JD Motorsport MNZ
1
Retired 		MNZ
2
5th 		IMO
1
3rd 		IMO
2
2nd 		NÜR
1
5th 		NÜR
2
Retired 		MAG
1
9th 		MAG
2
8th 		ZAN
1
11th 		ZAN
2
10th 		CAT
1
12th 		CAT
2
8th 		SPA
1
9‡ 		SPA
2
9th 		IMO
1
8th 		IMO
2
9th 		HOC
1
7th 		HOC
2
9th 		LEC
1
11th 		LEC
2
7th 		8th 92

‡ Half points were awarded due to the race covering less than three-quarters of the scheduled distance.

Full Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position) (Races in italics signify fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Final Position 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

style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MUG
1
22

style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MUG
2
26

NC† 0

† Due to Alatalo's status as a guest driver, he was not eligible to earn points.

Full FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps awarding points appear in italics)

Year Team Entry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final Standing Points Accumulated
2022 Jenzer Motorsport BHR
SPR
11 		BHR
FEA
9 		IMO
SPR
15 		IMO
FEA
10 		CAT
SPR
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Italian GT Sprint Championship

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole position; entries in italics denote fastest lap)

Year Team Co-Driver Vehicle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points

|- | 2023 !nowrap | Marco Antonelli#AKM Motorsport !nowrap | Lorenzo Ferrari !nowrap | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | | | 

style="background:#CFCFFF;" | Monza Circuit#MON1

| 

style="background:#CFCFFF;" | Monza Circuit#MON2

| | | | ! NC !0 | |- | 2024 ! Team Lazarus#Lazarus Corse ! Mattia di Giusto ! Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | 

style="background:#CFCFFF;" | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli#MIS1

| 

style="background:#CFCFFF;" | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli#MIS2

| 

style="background:#DFFFDF;" | Imola Circuit#IMO1

| 

style="background:#DFFFDF;" | Imola Circuit#IMO2

| 

style="background:#DFFFDF;" | Mugello Circuit#MUG1

| 

style="background:#CFCFFF;" | Mugello Circuit#MUG2

| 

style="background:#DFFFDF;" | Monza Circuit#MON1

| 

style="background:#DFFFDF;" | Monza Circuit#MON2

! 15th !13 | |- |}

Italian GT Endurance Championship

(key) (Entries in bold mark pole position; entries in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Co-Drivers Vehicle 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points
2024 Lazarus Corse Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jorge Lorenzo
Template:Country data INDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mahaveer Raghunathan (Rounds 1-2)
Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Mattia di Giusto (Round 3) 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo VAL
14th 		MUG
11th 		IMO
Retired 		MON 20th 0

* Current season ongoing.

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