# William Alatalo

William Alatalo (born 19 April 2002) is a Finnish and Ethiopian racing driver from Ilmajoki currently competing in the Italian GT Championship with Lazarus Corse. He most recently raced for Jenzer Motorsport in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.

## 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. 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. He achieved two podiums and a pole position during the season and finished 8th in the standings with 92 points.

### Formula Regional European Championship
#### 2021

The following year, Alatalo moved to Arden Motorsport, partnering Alex Quinn and Nicola Marinangeli in the Formula Regional European Championship. His campaign proved to be consistent, with Alatalo finishing every race and being outside of the top ten on only seven occasions. The Finn's best result would end up being a third place at the Circuit Paul Ricard, and he finished the season in eleventh place, two positions behind Quinn.

#### 2022

Alatalo was called up to replace Santiago Ramos at the season finale in Mugello with KIC Motorsport, a month after the final round of Alatalo's F3 season.

### FIA Formula 3 Championship

In 2022 Alatalo made the step-up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Jenzer Motorsport, having taken part in a number of test days with the Swiss team in the winter. Upon the announcement of his signing, Alatalo commented that this move brought him "one step closer to [his] dream". He managed to score a points in the first feature race at Bahrain, and followed that up with another point in the next feature race in Imola, benefiting from a penalty for Ollie Bearman. The Finnish driver then went on a points-scoring drought lasting five races, until he managed to collect four points in tricky weather conditions at the Red Bull Ring. Two point-less races in Budapest would come before a fruitful weekend at Spa: there, Alatalo took points in both races, ending up sixth on Saturday and seventh in the feature race. Despite this, a mistake at the restart of the sprint race, where he went into the gravel and lost four positions, cost him a chance at a higher position, which Alatalo took full blame for and described as having been "quite rubbish". A disappointing round at Zandvoort followed, where the Finn caused a premature end to qualifying after a crash in turn 3, but he would score a best qualifying result of seventh in the final round at Monza, which he called "a good way to end the last qualifying of the season". Alatalo had more points than either his teammates Ido (2 pts) or Malvestiti (0 pts), scoring 24 points and thus finishing 18th in the standings.

## Personal life

Alatalo goes to school at Kuortaneen urheilulukio.
Alatalo was born to a Finnish father, Markku, and an Ethiopian mother, Mini. He has a younger brother, Daniel.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2013 | Finnish Cup — Raket | | 5th |
| 2014 | Rotax Max Challenge Finland — Mini Max | | 26th |
| 2014 | Finnish Junior Championship — Raket | | 1st |
| 2015 | South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ | Mad-Croc Karting | DNF |
| 2015 | Göteborgs Stora Pris — KF3 | Mad-Croc Karting | 7th |
| 2015 | Finnish Cup Championship — KFJ | Mad-Croc Karting | 7th |
| 2015 | CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ | Mad-Croc Karting | 46th |
| 2015 | CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ | Mad-Croc Karting | 28th |
| 2016 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Mad-Croc Karting | 32nd |
| 2016 | South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | | NC |
| 2016 | X30 Challenge Europa — X30 Junior | | 23rd |
| 2016 | Finnish Championship — OKJ | | 1st |
| 2016 | German Karting Championship — OKJ | | 46th |
| 2016 | WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | Mad-Croc Karting | 35th |
| 2016 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | RB Racing | 27th |
| 2016 | WSK Final Cup — OKJ | RB Racing | 18th |
| 2016 | CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | RB Racing | 33rd |
| 2017 | WSK Champions Cup — OK | CRG SpA | 14th |
| 2017 | South Garda Winter Cup — OK | | 31st |

### Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2015 | Mad-Croc Karting | KFJ | PRT QH 44 | SAR R DNQ | PFI QH 45 | PFI R DNQ | KRI QH 35 | KRI R DNQ | | | | | | | 46th | 0 |
| 2016 | RB Racing | OKJ | ZUE QH 25 | ZUE PF 10 | ZUE R 31 | ADR QH 35 | ADR PF 17 | ADR R 13 | PRT QH 23 | PRT PF 16 | PRT R 33 | GEN QH 31 | GEN PF 9 | GEN R 17 | 27th | 23 |

## 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 |
| 2019 | ADAC Formula 4 Championship | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 16th |
| 2019 | 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 |
| 2022 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Jenzer Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18th |
| 2022 | Formula Regional European Championship | KIC Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2023 | Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 | AKM Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2024 | Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 Pro-Am | Lazarus Corse | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 4th |
| 2024 | Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 Pro-Am | Lazarus Corse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14* | 12th* |
$^†$ As Alatalo was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * 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 | KNU 1 8 | KNU 2 9 | ALA 1 4 | ALA 2 DNS | RUD 1 3 | RUD 2 4 | FAL 1 5 | FAL 2 Ret | KAR 1 2 | KAR 2 5 | AND 1 6 | AND 2 1 | MAN 1 5 | MAN 2 3 | 5th | 142 |

### Complete Formula 4 UAE 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 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Points |
| 2017-18 | Mücke Motorsport | YMC1 1 | YMC1 2 | YMC1 3 | YMC1 4 | YMC2 1 | YMC2 2 | YMC2 3 | YMC2 4 | DUB1 1 | DUB1 2 | DUB1 3 | DUB1 4 | YMC3 1 11 | YMC3 2 6 | YMC3 3 3 | YMC3 4 3 | YMC4 1 4 | YMC4 2 8 | YMC4 3 1 | YMC4 4 1 | DUB2 1 | DUB2 2 | DUB2 3 | DUB2 4 | 9th | 104 |

### 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 ADAC Formula 4 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 | Pos | Points |
| 2019 | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | RBR 1 3 | RBR 2 2 | RBR 3 5 | HOC1 1 | HOC1 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | HOC2 1 | HOC2 2 | HOC2 3 | SAC 1 | SAC 2 | SAC 3 | 16th | 43 |

### 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 |
| 2022 | KIC Motorsport | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | MCO 1 | MCO 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | MUG 1 22 | MUG 2 26 | NC† | 0 |
† As Alatalo was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

### Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
| 2022 | Jenzer Motorsport | BHR SPR 11 | BHR FEA 9 | IMO SPR 15 | IMO FEA 10 | CAT SPR 15 | CAT FEA 12 | SIL SPR 19 | SIL FEA 16 | RBR SPR Ret | RBR FEA 8 | HUN SPR 16 | HUN FEA 16 | SPA SPR 6 | SPA FEA 7 | ZAN SPR 30 | ZAN FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 14 | MNZ FEA 7 | 18th | 24 |

### Complete Italian GT Championship results
#### Italian GT Sprint Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Co-Driver | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
| 2023 | AKM Motorsport | Lorenzo Ferrari | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO 2020 | MIS1 | MIS2 | MON1 14 | MON2 15 | MUG1 | MUG2 | IMO1 | IMO2 | NC | 0 |
| 2024 | Lazarus Corse | Mattia di Giusto | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | MIS1 18 | MIS2 12 | IMO1 10 | IMO2 10 | MUG1 5 | MUG2 16 | MON1 9 | MON2 10 | 15th | 13 |

#### Italian GT Endurance Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points |
| 2024 | Lazarus Corse | Jorge Lorenzo Mahaveer Raghunathan (Rd.1-2) Mattia di Giusto (Rd.3) | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | VAL 14 | MUG 11 | IMO Ret | MON | 20th | 0 |
$^*$ Season still in progress.