Jean Alesi
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 French |
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| Born | Giovanni Alesi 11 June 1964 Avignon, Vaucluse, France |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
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| Active years | 1989–2001 |
| Teams | Tyrrell, Ferrari, Benetton, Sauber, Prost, Jordan |
| Entries | 202 (201 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 32 |
| Career points | 241 |
| Pole positions | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 4 |
| First entry | 1989 French Grand Prix |
| First win | 1995 Canadian Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1995 Canadian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2001 Japanese Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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| Participating years | 1989, 2010 |
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Team Schuppan AF Corse |
| Best finish | 4th in LMGT2 (2010) |
| Class wins | 0 |
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| Team(s) | No. 64 (Fan Force United) | ||||||
| First race | 2012 Indianapolis 500 (Indy) | ||||||
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Jean Alesi (born Giovanni Alesi; 11 June 1964) is a French racing driver of Italian origin. His father, Franco, was a mechanic from Alcamo, Sicily, and his mother was from Riesi.
After successes in the minor categories, notably winning the 1989 Formula 3000 Championship, his Formula One career included spells at Tyrrell, Benetton, Sauber, Prost, Jordan and Ferrari, where he proved very popular among the tifosi. During his spell at Ferrari from 1991 to 1995, his aggressive driving style, combined with the use of the number 27 on his car, led some journalists, and the tifosi, to compare him to Gilles Villeneuve and he won the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix, but this proved to be the only win of his Formula One career. During his time in Formula One, Alesi was particularly good in the wet, and was a mercurial and passionate racer, whose emotions sometimes got the better of him
After leaving Formula One, from 2002 to 2006 Alesi raced in the DTM championship, winning some races, and his best result was a fifth place in the drivers' championship. He raced in the Speedcar Series in 2008 and 2009, and raced at Le Mans in 2010. He raced in the Indianapolis 500 in 2012 and became the oldest professional driver to perform the rookie test for admission to the competition. For several years he was also a commentator for the Italian TV show Pole Position. In 2006 Alesi was awarded Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur.
Giovanni Alesi was born Avignon, Vaucluse, to expatriate Sicilian parents. His father ran an automotive bodywork repair garage in the town, where Alesi spent much of his formative years and developed a love of cars. After starting school, Giovanni and his older brother, Giuseppe, found that in the prevailing nationalistic atmosphere of France at the time their Italian names attracted some criticism from their schoolmates. To avert this, they decided to change their names to Jean and José, respectively. In addition to spending time in the family garage, Alesi's father also provided his first taste of motorsport, being a keen amateur competitor in rallying and hillclimb events. On weekends that he was unable to compete he would sometimes lend his rally cars to family friend and future Monte Carlo Rally-winning professional rally driver Jean Ragnotti, who would commonly return them "destroyed".
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