Sean Gelael

Muhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael[1] (born 1 November 1996) is an Indonesian racing driver. He was previously competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, racing for DAMS, and has recently joined Jota Sport for 2021.

Sean Gelael
BornMuhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael
(1996-11-01) 1 November 1996
Jakarta, Indonesia
Debut season2017
Former teamsPertamina Arden
Prema Racing
DAMS
Starts79 (86 entries)
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish15th in 2017, 2018
Previous series
2017
2015–16
2015
2013–14
2013–14
2012
2012		FIA Formula 2 Championship
GP2 Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
FIA European Formula 3
British Formula 3
Formula Pilota China
Formula Abarth

Career

Karting

He won first place in Asian Karting Open Championship – Formula 125 Senior Open 2011.

Asian series

Sean began his car racing career in his native continent, competing in the Formula Pilota China in 2012. He finished his debut season fourth in the overall standings and second in the "Best Asian Trophy" standings. Sean raced for the BVM team in the last round of the 2012 Formula Abarth season at Monza.[2]

FIA European Formula 3 Championship
Sean Gelael in F3 – Hockenheimring 2014

In 2013, he participated in the 2013 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season, joining the Double R Racing team.[3] In 2014, he signed with Carlin to compete in the 2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season.[4] He scored his first ever point in the championship on 10 May 2014 finishing 10th gaining 1 point in Pau Grand Prix.[5] He finished the 2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season in 18th position with 25 points.[6]

British Formula 3 Championship

He also competed in the 2013 British Formula 3 season alongside Antonio Giovinazzi.[7] He claimed his first podium in F3 at Silverstone by finishing 3rd in the second race.[8] He finished eight in the final overall standings.[9]

Masters of Formula 3

He made his debut in the 2013 Masters of Formula 3 on 7 July 2013, but was forced to retire.[10]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

On 20 January 2015, it was announced that he will compete in the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season with Carlin partnering with Tom Dillmann.[11]

GP2 Series later FIA Formula 2 Championship

Sean Gelael made his GP2 Series début with Carlin Motorsport in Hungary on 24–26 July 2015. Gelael finished 18th in the feature race and 20th in the sprint race.[12]

In 2016, Gelael competed full-time in the GP2 Series with Campos Racing partnering Mitch Evans.[13] At Catalunya, Gelael finished 19th in the feature race having started from 22nd on the grid. Gelael had his first podium in Spielberg, Austria, where he finished in 2nd alongside his teammate Mitch Evans who won the race.

For 2017 Gelael moved to the Pertamina Arden team, joining Norman Nato.[14] Gelael lost the team battle, finishing in points-paying positions just in four races.

In 2018 Gelael raced for the Prema Racing team, joining Dutch driver Nyck de Vries.[15] He finished in 15th with 29 points, the highlight of his season being a second place in the Monaco feature race, although he did not score points again after that result.

For the 2019 season, Gelael remained with Prema, partnered by 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship winner Mick Schumacher. Gelael lost the team battle, finishing in 17th position in the drivers' standings by scoring points in just five races.

In 2020, Gelael left Prema to join reigning FIA Formula 2 teams' champion DAMS, replacing Sérgio Sette Câmara. Gelael was joined by two-time Macau Grand Prix winner and Williams Driver Academy member Dan Ticktum. Gelael scored points in both races of the second round at the Red Bull Ring, finishing tenth and seventh. He broke a vertebra from an impact with a kerb during the Barcelona feature race, and was unable to start the sprint race. He was replaced at DAMS by Red Bull Junior Team driver Jüri Vips for the next four rounds. At the time of his injury Gelael had scored three points, compared to 61 points for teammate Ticktum.

Due to string of DNFs (accidents and technical failures) and seldom scoring points in FIA Formula 2 Championship that contributed to poor seasons, Ricardo Gelael announced that his son Sean Gelael will no longer continue racing in Formula 2 after the 2020 season.[16]

Formula One
Gelael driving a Toro Rosso during free practice for the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix

Gelael had his first experience of Formula One machinery driving the Toro Rosso STR12 at the in-season test after the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix, completing 78 laps.[17] He continued to drive for Toro Rosso in a testing capacity throughout the 2017 season, including tests at the Hungaroring and Yas Marina Circuit as well as Friday practice appearances in Singapore, Malaysia, the United States and Mexico.[18] He continued his association with Toro Rosso during the 2018 season, appearing at testing days in Spain, Hungary and Abu Dhabi, and at the Friday practice session of the United States Grand Prix.[19][20][21] In 2019, Gelael again took part in the post-season tyre test for Toro Rosso in Abu Dhabi.[22]

FIA World Endurance Championship

In 2021 Gelael will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship, partnering Formula E drivers Stoffel Vandoorne and Tom Blomqvist in a Jota Sport LMP2 class squad.[23] Previously Sean Gelael competed in the World Endurance Championship was in 2016.

Personal life

Sean Gelael is the son of the owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise for Indonesia Ricardo Gelael and actress Rini S Bono.[24] He is also the grandson of Dick Gelael, the founder of Gelael Supermarket.

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2012 Formula Pilota China Eurasia Motorsport 18 1 1 2 6 132 4th
Formula Abarth BVM 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Double R Racing 30 0 0 0 0 0 28th
British Formula 3 Championship 12 0 0 1 3 78 8th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 33 0 0 0 0 25 18th
British Formula 3 Championship 3 0 0 0 3 0 NC†
2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin 17 0 0 0 0 7 19th
GP2 Series 9 0 0 0 0 0 30th
2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia 2 2 1 0 2 51 3rd
2016 GP2 Series Pertamina Campos Racing 22 0 0 0 1 24 15th
European Le Mans Series SMP Racing 1 0 0 0 0 10 24th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Extreme Speed Motorsports 3 0 0 0 1 40 12th
2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Pertamina Arden 22 0 0 0 0 17 15th
2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing 23 0 0 0 1 29 15th
2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship Prema Racing 20 0 0 0 0 15 17th
2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship DAMS 14 0 0 0 0 3 21st
2021 Asian Le Mans Series Jota Sport
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2

† As Gelael was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship 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 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2013 Double R Racing MNZ
1
14		 MNZ
2
16		 MNZ
3
17		 SIL
1
24		 SIL
2
16		 SIL
3
18†		 HOC
1
21		 HOC
2
27		 HOC
3
Ret		 BRH
1
23		 BRH
2
22		 BRH
3
Ret		 RBR
1
22		 RBR
2
17		 RBR
3
20†		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
21		 NOR
3
15		 NÜR
1
20		 NÜR
2
18		 NÜR
3
13		 ZAN
1
17		 ZAN
2
20		 ZAN
3
20		 VAL
1
Ret		 VAL
2
21		 VAL
3
Ret		 HOC
1
25		 HOC
2
24		 HOC
3
13		 28th 0
2014 Carlin SIL
1
15		 SIL
2
20		 SIL
3
NC		 HOC
1
13		 HOC
2
20		 HOC
3
22		 PAU
1
10		 PAU
2
Ret		 PAU
3
Ret		 HUN
1
10		 HUN
2
21		 HUN
3
13		 SPA
1
18		 SPA
2
13		 SPA
3
13		 NOR
1
9		 NOR
2
17		 NOR
3
6		 MSC
1
17		 MSC
2
17		 MSC
3
11		 RBR
1
12		 RBR
2
7		 RBR
3
10		 NÜR
1
16		 NÜR
2
21†		 NÜR
3
11		 IMO
1
10		 IMO
2
16		 IMO
3
Ret		 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
18		 HOC
3
8		 18th 25

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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 Carlin ALC
1
Ret		 ALC
2
15		 MON
1
8		 SPA
1
15		 SPA
2
12		 HUN
1
15		 HUN
2
Ret		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
Ret		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
10		 NÜR
1
15		 NÜR
2
16		 BUG
1
16		 BUG
2
17		 JER
1
16		 JER
2
9		 19th 7

Complete GP2 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 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2015 Carlin BHR
FEA		 BHR
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 MON
FEA		 MON
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 HUN
FEA
18		 HUN
SPR
20		 SPA
FEA
20		 SPA
SPR
21		 MNZ
FEA 11		 MNZ
SPR 9		 SOC
FEA
19		 SOC
SPR
21		 BHR
FEA
23		 BHR
SPR
15		 YMC
FEA
Ret		 YMC
SPR
C		 26th 0
2016 Pertamina Campos Racing CAT
FEA
17		 CAT
SPR
13		 MON
FEA
13		 MON
SPR
Ret		 BAK
FEA
7		 BAK
SPR
Ret		 RBR
FEA
2		 RBR
SPR
Ret		 SIL
FEA
21		 SIL
SPR
18		 HUN
FEA
22		 HUN
SPR
10		 HOC
FEA
Ret		 HOC
SPR
Ret		 SPA
FEA
18		 SPA
SPR
15		 MNZ
FEA
DSQ		 MNZ
SPR
16		 SEP
FEA
16		 SEP
SPR
Ret		 YMC
FEA
Ret		 YMC
SPR
21		 15th 24

Complete European Le Mans Series results
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2016 SMP Racing LMP2 BR Engineering BR01 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
5		 IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 24th 10

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2016 Extreme Speed Motorsports LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ
4		 SHA
2		 BHR
5		 12th 40
2021 Jota Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR

Complete FIA Formula 2 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 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2017 Pertamina Arden BHR
FEA
17		 BHR
SPR
17		 CAT
FEA
15		 CAT
SPR
16		 MON
FEA
13		 MON
SPR
12		 BAK
FEA
14		 BAK
SPR
10		 RBR
FEA
10		 RBR
SPR
11		 SIL
FEA
9		 SIL
SPR
16		 HUN
FEA
14		 HUN
SPR
10		 SPA
FEA
15		 SPA
FEA
17		 MNZ
FEA
5		 MNZ
SPR
6		 JER
FEA
16		 JER
SPR
16		 YMC
FEA
15		 YMC
SPR
14		 15th 17
2018 Pertamina Prema Theodore Racing BHR
FEA
7		 BHR
SPR
16		 BAK
FEA
10		 BAK
SPR
Ret		 CAT
FEA
Ret		 CAT
SPR
6		 MON
FEA
2		 MON
SPR
Ret		 LEC
FEA
Ret		 LEC
SPR
18		 RBR
FEA
13		 RBR
SPR
Ret		 SIL
FEA
Ret		 SIL
SPR
15		 HUN
FEA
13		 HUN
SPR
11		 SPA
FEA
16		 SPA
SPR
Ret		 MNZ
FEA
11		 MNZ
SPR
Ret		 SOC
FEA
DNS		 SOC
SPR
12		 YMC
FEA
17		 YMC
SPR
Ret		 15th 29
2019 Prema Racing BHR
FEA
Ret		 BHR
SPR
10		 BAK
FEA
6		 BAK
SPR
8		 CAT
FEA
9		 CAT
SPR
9		 MON
FEA
Ret		 MON
SPR
15		 LEC
FEA
Ret		 LEC
SPR
17		 RBR
FEA
16		 RBR
SPR
12		 SIL
FEA
WD		 SIL
SPR
WD		 HUN
FEA
15		 HUN
SPR
17		 SPA
FEA
C		 SPA
SPR
C		 MNZ
FEA
9		 MNZ
SPR
Ret		 SOC
FEA
11		 SOC
SPR
7		 YMC
FEA
17		 YMC
SPR
Ret		 17th 15
2020 DAMS RBR
FEA
Ret		 RBR
SPR
Ret		 RBR
FEA
10		 RBR
SPR
7		 HUN
FEA
17		 HUN
SPR
12		 SIL
FEA
15		 SIL
SPR
Ret		 SIL
FEA
Ret		 SIL
SPR
DNS		 CAT
FEA
19†		 CAT
SPR
DNS		 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MUG
FEA
 MUG
SPR
 SOC
FEA
 SOC
SPR
 BHR
FEA
13		 BHR
SPR
14		 BHR
FEA
19		 BHR
SPR
17		 21st 3

Complete Formula One participations

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 WDC Points
2017 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR12 Toro Rosso 1.6 V6 t AUS CHN BHR RUS ESP MON CAN AZE AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA SIN
TD		 MAL
TD		 JPN USA
TD		 MEX
TD		 BRA ABU – –
2018 Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda Toro Rosso STR13 Honda RA618H 1.6 V6 t AUS BHR CHN AZE ESP MON CAN FRA AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN RUS JPN USA
TD		 MEX BRA ABU – –

References
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