Alexandre "Alex" Tagliani (G pronounced in last name; born October 18, 1973), nicknamed "Tag", is a Canadian professional auto racing driver. He currently competes in the NASCAR Pinty's Series, driving the No. 18 Chevrolet Impala entry for car owner Colin Livingston. He also competes on an intermittent basis in the Xfinity Series, Camping World Truck Series, and the Verizon IndyCar Series.

Tagliani raced in the Champ Car series from 2000, when it was still known as CART, until its demise in 2007. He was signed by Forsythe Racing for the 2000 season replacing Greg Moore.

He came close to obtaining his first victory in his third start, after taking pole position at Brazil and leading most of the race, but spun out from the lead with nine laps to go.

In 2001 he was involved in the collision with Alex Zanardi at the Lausitzring that resulted in the loss of Zanardi's legs.

He remained at Forsythe until the end of 2002, when he was substituted by Paul Tracy. He found a job with the Rocketsports team in 2003, and remained there for the 2004 season, in which he earned his first and only Champ Car victory at Road America.

In 2005 he joined Team Australia, which was a rebranding of Derrick Walker's long-running team with the support of Australian businessman Craig Gore, and finished 7th in the championship despite lacking a race engineer. 7th would equal the best of his 3 top-10 championship finishes.

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