Alex Fontana

Alex Fontana
Nationality	Swiss
Born	5 August 1992 Lugano, Switzerland
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2011
Current team	Status Grand Prix
Car no.	8
Former teams	Jenzer Motorsport, ART Grand Prix
Starts	58
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	11th in 2014
Previous series
2015 2014-15 2012 2011 2010 2009	Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula E FIA Formula Two Championship European F3 Open Championship Italian Formula Three Formula Azzurra
Championship titles
2011	European F3 Open Championship

Alex Fontana (born August 5, 1992 in Lugano) is a Swiss racing driver of Greek descent.

Career

Karting

Prior to his racing career, Fontana enjoyed a very successful period in the junior Karting ranks, the highlights of his career coming in 2007 when he won the Swiss KF3 championship and the following year when he became champion in the Bridgestone Cup Switzerland KF2 class.

Formula Azzurra

In 2009, Fontana graduated to single–seaters, racing in the Italian–based Formula Azzurra series for MG Motorsport. He took three podium places, including two race victories, to finish the year in seventh position, with team–mate Alberto Cerqui winning the title.^[1]

Formula Three

2010 saw Fontana step up to the Italian Formula Three Championship with the Corbetta Competizioni team.^[2] He failed to score a championship point in the sixteen races he contested, with a best race result of 12th coming in the second event at Hockenheim.

The following year saw Fontana remain with the team, but switching series to race in the European F3 Open Championship, alongside Italian Matteo Torta.^[3] He secured the title at the final round of the season in Barcelona, finishing five points clear of RP Motorsport's David Fumanelli courtesy of race wins at Spa–Francorchamps and Monza and a further five podium finishes.^[4]

GP3 Series

In August 2011, Fontana made his debut in the Formula One–supporting GP3 Series, replacing Vittorio Ghirelli at Jenzer Motorsport for the penultimate round of the season at Spa–Francorchamps.^[5] After finishing 14th in the first race, he took the final championship point in race two by finishing in sixth place.^[6] He was unable to take part in the final round of the year at Monza due to a prior Formula Three testing commitment and was replaced by countryman Christophe Hurni.^[7]

Formula Two

After completing a successful test session at Barcelona in December 2011, Fontana will graduate to the FIA Formula Two Championship in 2012.^[8]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Formula Azzurra	MG Motorsport	16	2	0	0	3	49	7th
2010	Italian Formula Three Championship	Corbetta Competizioni	16	0	0	0	0	0	27th
2011	European F3 Open	Corbetta Competizioni	16	2	1	1	7	120	1st
	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	1	24th
2012	FIA Formula Two Championship	Motorsport Vision	16	1	0	1	3	115	7th
	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	8.5	18th
2013	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	16	0	0	0	1	18	17th
2014	GP3 Series	ART Grand Prix	18	0	0	1	2	43	11th
2014-15	Formula E	Trulli GP	2	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
2015	GP3 Series	Status Grand Prix	18	0	0	0	0	16	16th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	1	0	0	0	0	2	24th
2016	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Garage 59	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2011	Jenzer Motorsport	TUR FEA	TUR SPR	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA 14	BEL SPR 6	ITA FEA	ITA SPR			24th	1
2012	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA 17	HUN SPR 15	BEL FEA 10^‡	BEL SPR 4	ITA FEA	ITA SPR			18th	8.5
2013	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP FEA 10	ESP SPR 9	VAL FEA 14	VAL SPR 11	GBR FEA 7	GBR SPR 3	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 17	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR 19	BEL FEA 21	BEL SPR 12	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR Ret	ABU FEA 13	ABU SPR 10			17th	18
2014	ART Grand Prix	ESP FEA 11	ESP SPR 19	AUT FEA Ret	AUT SPR 17	GBR FEA 15	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 11	GER SPR 13	HUN FEA 14	HUN SPR 13	BEL FEA 6	BEL SPR 3	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 10	RUS FEA 3	RUS SPR Ret	ABU FEA 6	ABU SPR 15	11th	43
2015	Status Grand Prix	ESP FEA 9	ESP SPR 16	AUT FEA 10	AUT SPR 6	GBR FEA 19	GBR SPR 18	HUN FEA 14	HUN SPR 13	BEL FEA 10	BEL SPR 6	ITA FEA 8	ITA SPR 16	RUS FEA 19	RUS SPR 11	BHR FEA 19	BHR SPR 19	ABU FEA 15	ABU SPR 13	16th	16

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Formula Two results

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

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2012	10	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 3	ALG 1 7	ALG 2 10	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 5	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 5	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 7	LEC 1 14	LEC 2 Ret	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 5	MNZ 1 9	MNZ 2 6	7th	115

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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	Pos	Points
2015	Pons Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	MON 1 9	SPA 1	SPA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	BUG 1	BUG 2	JER 1	JER 2	24th	2

Complete Formula E results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2014–15	Trulli GP	Spark-Renault SRT 01E	BEI	PUT	PDE	BNA	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON Ret	LON 14	33rd	0

References

1. "Formula Azzurra – Trofeo Alboreto 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 5 October 2011.
2. "Corbetta conferma Alex Fontana". italiaracing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 18 December 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
3. Wilkinson, Andy (22 March 2011). "Corbetta sign Fontana and Torta for F3 Open". motorstv.com (Motors TV). Retrieved 5 October 2011.
4. Weeks, James (31 October 2011). "Fontana seals title as Fumanelli rules in Spain". motorstv.com (Motors TV). Retrieved 1 November 2011.
5. Allen, Peter (24 August 2011). "Alex Fontana Replaces Vittorio Ghirelli At Jenzer". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk (BlackEagleMedia). Retrieved 5 October 2011.
6. Allen, Peter (28 August 2011). "Stanaway wins on debut weekend in GP3". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk (BlackEagleMedia). Retrieved 5 October 2011.
7. Allen, Peter (8 September 2011). "Jenzer field 48-year-old driver in GP3 season finale". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk (BlackEagleMedia). Retrieved 5 October 2011.
8. "Alex Fontana graduates to Formula Two". FIA Formula Two Championship (MotorSport Vision). 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Alex Fontana career summary at DriverDB.com