Alessandro Marchesi
Alessandro Marchesi (born April 2, 1992 in Bari, Italy) is a Italian racing driver who will drive for Team Pelfrey in the 2019 Indy Lights season.
Racing Career
Marchesi started out karting before going over to the 2013 Formula 2 series with Super Nova Racing, which he placed 2nd in the championship. Despite that, nobody would sign Marchesi in Formula One so he signed with Aston Martin in the new F2RWRS for 2014.
He placed 4th in Turkey, but the celebrations were muted as teammate Andrej Kremnicky was injured earlier in the race. Since then, he placed 4th in France, Austria and Italy, and got his first podium in the Czech Republic. His 5th place finish in the championship led him to be signed with MRT for the 2015 season.
Despite winning a race in Great Britain, his results through the whole season were mixed, and Marchesi rejoined Aston Martin for the 2016 season. The season started out dismally, but he gained podiums in Britain and Italy, vaulting him up in the standings. It was all for naught, though, after he collided with Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen, taking out a flag marshal in the process. He was banned for two races as a result. His return in Germany was no better as he stalled his car on the racing line and got in the way of a couple of cars. Marchesi was handed down a ban for the rest of the season and was immediately sacked from Aston Martin, with stand-in Marie Simon taking over the seat on a regular basis.
For 2017, he joined Jones,in AR3.5, and won the first feature race of the year in Australia. His performance then dropped, and he would only score points again in Germany and Japan, this last being on the podium, and he finished the season classified 14th, with 50 points. In 2018, he decided to sign for Turismo Algarve for the F5000 second season.
F2RWRS Results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aston Martin | TUR 4 |
MON 9 |
FRA 4 |
GBR 8 |
AUT 4 |
GER Ret |
NED Ret |
BEL Ret |
HUN Ret |
CZE 3 |
ITA 4 |
POR 5 |
ESP 10 |
CAN Ret |
USA 3 |
5th | 37 | |
| 2015 | Melrose Racing Team | TAS 9 |
RSA Ret |
TUR 3 |
MON 7 |
FRA Ret |
GBR 1 |
GER 7 |
BEL 13 |
AUT 10 |
ITA 8 |
NDS 7 |
SIN 16 |
JPN 9 |
USA 12* |
100 Ret |
12th | 23 | |
| 2016 | Aston Martin | AUS 7 |
PAC 15* |
GBR 3 |
ITA 3 |
AUT DSQ |
TUR EX |
USA EX |
GER 15* |
NDS EX |
BEL EX |
MON EX |
MEX EX |
CHN EX |
JPN EX |
100A EX |
100B EX |
17th | 14 |
Auto Reject 3.5 Results
| Year | Team | Engine | AUS | FRA | AUT | ITA | GBR | USA | NED | GER | BEL | JAP | DC | Pts. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | F | H | F | H | F | H | F | H | F | H | F | H | F | H | F | H | F | H | F | |||||
| 2017 | National Jones Auto Reject Racing | Ford | A:3 | 1 | A:15 | DNQ | A:13 | 20 | A:15 | DNQ | A:11 | 17 | A:6 | Ret | A:9 | 16 | A:7 | 7 | A:7 | 11 | A:8 | 3 | 14 | 50 |