Alberto Naska

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Alberto Naska
NationalityItaly Italia
BornAlberto Fontana
(1990-06-14) June 14, 1990 (age 34)
Turin, Italy
FX Pro, Lotus Cup Italy, Mitjet Italian Series career
Debut season2024, 2023
Current teamHarp Racing #54, PB Racing #54, GRT Motorsport #54
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
TeamsCAAL Racing
Car number88, 54
Crew chiefLuca Canneori
Starts0 (EuroNASCAR PRO)
24 (EuroNASCAR 2)
Championships2
Wins0 (EuroNASCAR PRO)
7 (EuroNASCAR 2)
Poles0 (EuroNASCAR PRO)
3 (EuroNASCAR 2)
Fastest laps0 (EuroNASCAR PRO)
4 (EuroNASCAR 2)
Best finish2nd in 2022 (EuroNASCAR 2)
Finished last season6th in 2023 (EuroNASCAR 2)
Previous series
2021–2022Legend Cars Italia
Championship titles
20233- 2012 Abarth Make It Your Race, 2019 Race Attack 1000, 2023 EuroLegend Cup
Alberto Naska
Personal information
Born
Alberto Fontana

(1990-06-14) June 14, 1990 (age 34)
Turin, Italy
YouTube information
Channel
Genre
Subscribers966 thousand (main channel)
1.14 million (combined)[b][1]
Total views348.0 million
362.4 million (combined)[a][1]
100,000 subscribers2018
Last updated: 09 April 2024

Alberto Fontana (born 14 June 1990), known professionally as Alberto Naska, is an Italian social media personality and racing driver. He has over 900,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, with content related to motorsport, and real life racing.

Naska most recently competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series with the italian team CAAL Racing, getting the best result a second place in the EuroNascar 2 category in 2022.

Early life and education

Alberto Naska was born in Turin[2], in the Piedmont region, in 1990. In 2012, he graduated in 2012 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 videomaker.[3]

Racing career

In sim racing

Naska 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 motorsport

2018: Motorcycle racing debut

In 2018, Naska began his amateur motorcycle racing career in the Trofeo Motoestate in the Race Attack 1000 division, he ended up his first season in 5th, claiming three podiums in the process.[4]

The next season he stays in the championship and after an impressive late run of five consecutive wins he clinched the title at the last round in Varano.[5]

In 2020, he decided to switch 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 racing

After the bad accident that compromised his motorcycle career, Naska decided to focus exclusively on car racing, where he had started racing occasionally since 2018.

He compete in the Formula X Italian Series for Harp Racing in 2021, where he show 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 the second in the standings.

In 2021, he also raced in the Legend Cars Italia series where he ended up 2nd depsite 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 Series

In 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 in the general standings.[7][8]

For the 2023 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season, Naska switched to the number 54, still with CAAL Racing. He also raced in the Mitjet Italian Series , sharing car number 54 from GRT Motorsport with Ian Rocca and in EuroLegend Cup, also with car number 54, together with 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 a rainy 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; Tziortzis, the championship leader, ended up 4th. 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; he was now 2nd in the championship 3 points behind Tziortzis, with only the final races at Circuit Zolder still to be raced and with double points awarded. After two unsuccessful races at Circuit Zolder (in Race 1 he collided with Paul Jouffreau in Race 1, while he had reliability issues in Race 2), 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) after a season tormented by problems. Naska also won the 2023 EuroLegend Cup championship.

2024: Back to racing in Italy

In 2024, Naska races in Formula X Italian Series's Championships, FX Pro, and Lotus Cup Italy, and also 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 category, 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 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, while Race 2 at the 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.

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.

Personal life

In 2016, Naska opened his YouTube channel, which through the years reached over 900,000 followers. In his channel, he makes blogs 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, which he met in 2020 and married after 2 years on July 18th 2022.[11]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 MotoEstate - Race Attack 1000 TecnicaMoto 10 0 2 1 3 143 5th
FormulaX Italian Series - Trofeo Predator's PC015 SRZ 6 0 1 0 7 0 NC†
2019 MotoEstate - Race Attack 1000 TecnicaMoto 10 5 2 0 7 174 1st
FormulaX Italian Series - Trofeo Predator's PC015 SRZ 6 0 0 0 1 0 NC
Harp Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0
24h di Adria - Ibiza Cup Team AdriaRaceway 1 0 0 0 1 - 3rd
TCR DSG Endurance Scuderia del Girasole 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 Coppa Italia - Superior Cup TecnicaMoto 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
FormulaX Italian Series - Trofeo Predator's PC015 Harp Racing
2021 FormulaX Italian Series - Trofeo Predator's FX3 Harp Racing 14 3 2 0 8 - 2nd
Legend Cars Italia Heroes Valley 16 8 8 2 9 - 2nd
Smart EQ Cup Merbag Milano 8 0 2 0 1 - 19th
2022 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR 2 CAAL Racing 12 5 2 3 9 444 2nd
Legend Cars Italia Heroes Valley 11 3 - - 7 - 2nd
BMW M2 CS Racing Italia 2 0 0 0 0 14
Italian GT Championship - GT4 Endurance 1 0(1) 0(1) 0(1) 0(1) 20 1st
2023 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR 2 CAAL Racing 12 2 3 1 6 371 6th
Mitjet Italian Series GRT Motorsport 10 0 1 0 1 99 15th
EuroLegend Cup Heroes Valley 14 3 1 2 8 534 1st
Italian GT Championship - GT3 Endurance Nova Race 1 0 0 0 0 2 9th
FormulaX Italian Series - GT4 Italy Autorlando Italia 2 1 2 0 2 0 NC
2024 FormulaX Italian Series - Formula 4 Harp Racing 6 3 1 1 76* 1st*
Lotus Cup Italia PB Racing 6 3 0 3 134* 1st*
Mitjet Italian Series GRT Motorsport 8 1 1 0 6 133.5* 2nd*

† 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)

Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Pts
2018 SRZ 54 Predator PC015 CRE
5 		CRE
2 		NC† 0
Predator PC010 CER
2 		CER
3 		VAR
2 		VAR
3
2019 SRZ Predator PC015 CRE
5 		CRE
4 		VAR
DNS 		VAR
5 		?? ??
Harp Racing VAR
6 		VAR
Ret 		VAR
3 		VAR
C 		ADR ADR
2021 Harp Racing Predator FX3 PC015 VAR
5 		VAR
4 		MOD
4 		MOD
Ret 		VAL
5 		VAL
4 		MIS
1 		MIS
3 		VAR
2 		VAR
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		CER
2 		CER
1 		2nd ??
2024 Harp Racing FX Pro - Tatuus T014 MUG
5 		MUG
1 		VAR
1 		VAR
2 		MAG
1 		MAG
Ret 		MIS MIS VAL VAL MUG MUG MIS MIS 1st* 76*

Complete Italian Legend Cars Championship Results

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

Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts
2021 Heroes Valley 54 Legend Stock Car CAS
4 		CAS
2 		VAR
7 		VAR
5 		MOD
1 		MOD
1 		MOD
1 		MOD
1 		CAS
10 		CAS
9 		VAR
1 		VAR
1 		CAS
5 		CAS
4 		CER
1 		CER
1 		2nd ??
2022 Heroes Valley 54 Legend Stock Car VAR
1 		VAR
3 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		MOD
4 		MOD
3 		VAL
3 		VAL
1 		CAS
10 		CAS
Ret 		VAR
7 		VAR
5 		CER
TA 		CER
TA 		MON MON MUG MUG 2nd ??

Complete EuroLegend Cup Results

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

Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pt
2023 Heroes Valley 54 Legend Stock Car ESP
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
1 		ITA
6 		ITA
8 		ITA
3 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		CZE
5 		MIS
Ret 		MIS
2 		MIS
4 		MIS
4 		MIS
3 		1st 534

Complete NASCAR Whelen Euro Series results

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

Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pt
2022 CAAL Racing 88 Chevrolet Camaro ESP
2 		ESP
2 		GBR
1 		GBR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
5 		CZE
1 		CZE
1 		BEL
24 		BEL
5 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		2nd 444
2023 54 ESP
2 		ESP
2 		GBR
2 		GBR
3 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		CZE
14 		CZE
1 		GER
2 		GER
15 		BEL
18 		BEL
19 		6th 371

Complete Mitjet Italian Series results

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

Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Pt
2023 GRT Motorsport 54 Mitjet VAL
10 		VAL
Ret 		MUG
DNS 		MUG
DNS 		MON
Ret 		MON
10 		MIS
DNS 		MIS
DNS 		HOC
5 		HOC
2 		15th 99
2024 PRC
3 		PRC
3 		PRC
2 		PRC
6 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		VAL
3 		VAL
2 		PER
4 		PER
4 		PER
7 		PER
5 		MUG MUG MUG MUG MIS MIS MIS MIS 2nd* 133.5*

Complete Lotus Cup Italia results

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

Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pt
2024 PB Racing 54 Lotus Elise MUG
2 		MUG
1 		VAR
1 		VAR
1 		MAG
2 		MAG
3 		MIS MIS VAL VAL MUG MUG MIS MIS 1st* 134*

Motorcycle record

Motorcycle career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 MotoEstate - Race Attack 1000 TecnicaMoto 10 0 2 1 3 143 5th
2019 MotoEstate - Race Attack 1000 TecnicaMoto 10 5 2 0 7 174 1st
2020 Coppa Italia - Superior Cup TecnicaMoto 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC

* Season still in progress.

Complete Race Attack 1000 results

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

Race Attack 1000 Italian Championship- Results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pt
2018 TecnicaMoto 54 Yamaha R1 FRA
3 		FRA
3 		VAR
12 		VAR
4 		CER
5 		CER
C 		FRA
2 		FRA
Ret 		VAR
5 		VAR
5 		5th 143
2019 FRA
2 		FRA
C 		VAR
Ret 		VAR
3 		CER
4 		CER
1 		FRA
1 		FRA
1 		VAR
1 		VAR
1 		1st 174

Notes

  1. ^ Views, broken down by channel:
    348.0 million (Alberto Naska)
    2.8 million (Alberto Naska ENG)
    11.6 million (Naska Gaming)
  2. ^ Subscribers, broken down by channel:
    966 thousand (Alberto Naska)
    32 thousand (Alberto Naska ENG)
    151 thousand (Naska Gaming)

References

  1. ^ a b "About Alberto Naska". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Naska, l'arte della corsa - Panorama". www.panorama.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ Aldi, Silvia (9 January 2021). "Chi è Alberto Naska, ecco la sua vita "Fino all'ultima curva"". ildigitale.it. ildigitale. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Classifica Race Attack 1000". www.trofeimoto.it. trofeimoto. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Classifica Race Attack 1000". www.trofeimoto.it. trofeimoto. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. ^ Release, Team. "ALBERTO NASKA TO ENTER THE NASCAR WHELEN EURO SERIES WITH CAAL RACING". www.euronascar.com. euronascar. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  7. ^ Cavallari, Damiano (4 April 2022). "Alberto Naska, l'intervista al pilota youtuber". www.ilgiornaledigitale.it. ilgiornaledigitale. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  8. ^ Wiegold, André. "ALBERTO NASKA AND VLADIMIROS TZIORTZIS MADE THE CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE A NAILBITER". www.euronascar.com. euronascar. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Alberto Naska, La Vera Storia del Pilota Numero Uno d'Italia". aboutcreators.it. aboutcreators. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. ^ Aldi, Silvia (9 January 2021). "Chi è Alberto Naska, ecco la sua vita "Fino all'ultima curva"". ildigitale.it. ildigitale. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Alberto Naska si è sposato: "L'abbiamo fatto in segreto". D'altronde si sono conosciuti così… - MOW - Mowmag.com". Men On Wheels (in Italian). Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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