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Alberto Naska
Alberto Fontana (born 14 June 1990), known professionally as Alberto Naska, is an Italian social media personality and racing driver. He has over 1 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, with content related to motorsports and racing. Naska most recently competed in the NASCAR Euro Series with the Italian team CAAL Racing. With a best result of 2nd in the EuroNascar 2 category. Early life and educationAlberto Naska was born in Turin,[2] in the Piedmont region, in 1990. In 2012, he graduated at the Polytechnic University of Turin as computer engineer, and moved to Milan the next year where he opened a racing social network and worked as a videomaker.[3] Racing careerIn sim racingNaska debuted in 2006 as a virtual racer and won a championship in 2007 year.[citation needed] As a reward, he received the possibility of driving a Formula Renault 2000 Lite on track. In 2012, Naska took part at the Swiss racing reality show Make it Your Race, organized by Abarth and won the Abarth Benelux Trophy in 2013.[citation needed] In real-life motorsport2018: Motorcycle racing debutIn 2018, Naska began his amateur motorcycle racing career in the Trofeo Motoestate in the Race Attack 1000 division. He ended his first season in 5th place, claiming three podiums in the process.[4] The next season he stayed in the championship and after a run of five consecutive wins he claimed the title at the last round in Varano.[5] In 2020, he switched to the Coppa Italia Senior Cup, but an ankle injury following an accident in the first round of Misano cut short his season and ended his motorcycle career. 2021: Full switch to cars racingAfter the accident that had compromised his motorcycle career, Naska decided to focus exclusively on car racing, where he has competed occasionally since 2018. He competed in the Formula X Italian Series for Harp Racing in 2021, where he showed good pace winning three races, but a series of mechanical troubles during the first part of the season did not allow him to finish higher than second. In 2021, he also raced in the Legend Cars Italia series where he ended up 2nd despite eight race wins and in the Smart EQ Cup where a difficult adaptation to the car and the electric power did not allow him to express at his best, finishing 19th. 2022 and 2023: NASCAR Whelen Euro SeriesIn 2022, he announced he would race in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series[6] with the CAAL Racing's number 88 car for that season in the Euronascar 2 division. Naska finished his debut season with five wins and a 2nd place overall both in the rookie and general standings.[7][8] For the 2023 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season, Naska switched to the number 54, still with CAAL Racing. He raced in the Mitjet Italian Series, sharing car number 54 from GRT Motorsport with Ian Rocca. He also raced in the EuroLegend Cup, also with car number 54, with the Heroes Valley team. At the first round at Circuit Valencia, he finished 2nd in both Euro Series races behind Vladimiros Tziorzis. At the second round at Brands Hatch, he finished second in Race 1 behind Vladimiros Tziortzis and 3rd in Race 2 behind Vladimiros Tziortzis and Paul Jouffreau. At the third round at Autodromo Vallelunga, he won Race 1 in front of Paul Jouffreau and Gil Linster. Naska finished 2nd in Race 2 behind Jouffreau. At the fourth round at Autodrom Most, he ended up 14th in Race 1 and 1st in Race 2. At the fifth round at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, he took 2nd position in Race 1 and 15th in Race 2, making him 2nd in the championship 3 points behind Tziortzis. After two unsuccessful races at Circuit Zolder he ended the season in 6th, 57 points away from the lead, while his EuroNascar Pro teammate Gianmarco Ercoli won the championship with the number 54 car. He ended up 15th in Mitjet Italian Series championship, sharing car number 54 from GRT Motorsport with Ian Rocca (who ended up 31th). Naska also won the 2023 EuroLegend Cup championship. 2024: Back to racing in ItalyIn 2024, Naska raced in Formula X Italian Series's Championships, FX Pro, Lotus Cup Italy, and in Mitjet Italian Series. At the first two races at Mugello, he won Race 2 in Lotus Cup Italy, after concluding Race 1 in 2nd position. In FX Pro, he concluded Race 1 in 5th position, after having taken pole position. He took 2nd place in Race 2 because of grid inversion of the top-6. He concluded a sort-of-rainy Race 2 in 2nd position, losing the race at the last lap. After the disqualification of Patrik Fraboni, who concluded the race in 1st place at the beginning and whose car was found to not conform to technical regulations, Naska inherited the win in Race 2. At the second round, in Varano de Melegari, he ended Race 1 of FX Pro category with a win,and ended Race 2 in second place. In Lotus Cup Italy championship he won both races. At the third round at Circuito di Magione, he ended Race 1 of FX Pro category with a win, while he did not finish Race 2. In Lotus Cup Italy he ended Race 1 in P2 and Race 2 in P3. At the fourth round at Misano World Circuit, he ended Race 1 of FX Pro in sixth position, while Race 2 in second position. In Lotus Cup Italy he ended both races in second position. At the fifth round at Autodromo "Piero Taruffi" in Vallelunga, he concluded Race 1 of FX Pro with a second place, while Race 2 with a win. In Lotus Cup Italy he concluded Race 1 with a win, while Race 2 in P2 (this round had a 1.5 coefficient). At the sixth round at Mugello Circuit, he concluded Race 1 of FX Pro in seventh position, later promoted to sixth, due to a penalty to his close friend and fellow competitor Andrea Gilardoni. He then concluded Race 2 in third position, being promoted to second, due to a penalty to his closest rival in the championship, Patrik Fraboni. He concluded both Lotus Cup Italy races in third place. At the seventh round at Misano World Circuit, he concluded Race 1 of FX Pro in third position and Race 2 in thirteenth position, after a 25 second penalty due to a contact with his rival in the championship, Patrik Fraboni. He concluded this championship in third position, behind Francesco Pio Coppola, as well. In Lotus Cup Italy, he won the championship straight after Superpole Qualifying, then concluding both Race 1 and Race 2 in second position. In Mitjet Italian Series, his rivals include amongst others his friend Ian Rocca and EuroLegend Cup contender Davide Gaggianesi. At the first round at Circuit Paul Ricard, he ended Race 1 and 2 in P3, Race 3 in P2 and Race 4 in P6. At the second round at Autodromo Vallelunga he ended Race 1 in P1, Race 2 in P2, Race 3 in P3 and Race 4 in P2. At the third round at Autodromo di Pergusa, he ended both Race 1 and 2 in fourth position, Race 3 in seventh position and Race 4 in fifth position. At the fourth round at Mugello Circuit, he ended Race 1 in eleventh position, Race 2 in fifth position, Race 3 in eighth position and Race 4 in seventh position. At the fifth round at Misano World Circuit, he ended Race 1 in third position, Race 2 in seventh position, Race 3 in sixth position and Race 4 in fourth position. He concluded this championship in third position. Personal lifeIn 2016, Naska opened his YouTube channel, which through the years has reached over 1 million subscribers. On his channel he makes videos about his racing career and other experiences outside motorsport.[9] In 2020, Naska published his autobiographical book Fino all'ultima curva.[10] He is currently married with Sthefanny Vasquez, who he met in 2020 and married after 2 years on July 18th 2022.[11] Racing recordRacing career summary
† As Naska was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress. Complete Formula X Italian Series Results(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Italian Legend Cars Championship Results(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete EuroLegend Cup Results(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete NASCAR Whelen Euro Series results(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Mitjet Italian Series results(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Lotus Cup Italia results(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Motorcycle recordMotorcycle career summary
* Season still in progress. Complete Race Attack 1000 results(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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