William Alatalo

William Alatalo (born 19 April 2002) is a Finnish-Ethiopian[1] racing driver from Ilmajoki who currently competes for Arden Motorsport in the Formula Regional European Championship.[2]

William Alatalo
Alatalo at the Red Bull Ring in 2021
Nationality Finnish
Ethiopian
via dual nationality
Born (2002-04-19) 19 April 2002
Ilmajoki, Finland
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamArden Motorsport
Car number8
Starts10 (10 entries)
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2021
Previous series
2020
2018-19
2017		Formula Renault Eurocup
Italian F4 Championship
Formula STCC Nordic

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.

Personal life

Alatalo goes to school at Kuortaneen urheilulukio.[4]

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 — KFJ 33rd
2017 WSK Champions Cup — OK CRG SpA 14th
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 31st

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

* Season still in progress.

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 MNZ
1
8		 MNZ
2
9		 IMO
1
4		 IMO
2
DNS		 NÜR
1
3		 NÜR
2
4		 MAG
1
5		 MAG
2
Ret		 ZAN
1
2		 ZAN
2
5		 CAT
1
6		 CAT
2
1		 SPA
1
5		 SPA
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 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

References
  1. "William Alatalo interview with etv". YouTube. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. "A-MAAJOUKKUE Nuorten A-maajoukkue".
  3. "Mücke Motorsport at the Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth with three drivers". Tkart. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. "Formulalupaus William Alatalo siirtyy Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup -sarjaan". Moottoriurheilu.tv (in Finnish). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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