Alberto Naska
NationalityItaly Italia
BornAlberto Fontana
(1990-06-14) June 14, 1990
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season2022
Current teamCAAL Racing
Car number54
Crew chiefLuca Canneori
Starts0 (EuroNASCAR PRO)
24 (EuroNASCAR 2)
Championships0
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
Alberto Naska
Personal information
Born
Alberto Fontana

(1990-06-14) June 14, 1990
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
YouTube information
Channel
Genre
Subscribers900 thousand (main channel)
1.13 million (combined)[lower-alpha 1][1]
Total views246.4 million
260.2 million (combined)[lower-alpha 2][1]
100,000 subscribers2018
Last updated: 20 March 2023

Alberto Fontana (born 14 June 1990 in Turin) known professionally as Alberto Naska is an Italian racing driver, YouTuber and Internet personality that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the No. 54 Chevrolet Camaro for CAAL Racing in the EuroNASCAR 2 championship.[2] He is also competing in EuroLegend Cup with car number 54, together with Heroes Valley team and in Mitjet Italian Series with team GRT Motorsport, sharing his car with Ian Rocca. He also raced as wild card in the Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo at Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Racing career

Alberto Naska debuted in 2006 as a virtual racer and won a championship in 2007 year. 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.

In 2018 Alberto Naska began his amateur motorcycle racing career in the Trofeo Motoestate in the Race Attack 1000 division where he ended up 5th,[3] he won the title in 2019[4] but in 2020 an ankle injury terminated his motorcycle career. Also in 2018 he started his formula racing career in the FormulaX Italian Series championship Formula Predator where he raced until 2021. From 2021 he also raced in the Legend Cars Italia series where he ended 2nd in both the 2021 and 2022 season.

In 2022 he announced he would race in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series with the CAAL Racing's number 88 car for that season in the Euronascar 2 division.[5] Naska finished his debut season with five wins and a 2nd place overall both in the rookie and in the general standings.[6]

For the 2023 season Naska switched to the number 54, still with CAAL Racing. He is also racing 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, while at the second round at Brands Hatch he finished Race 1 P2 behind Vladimiros Tziortzis and a rainy Race 2 P3 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. Championship leader Vladimiros Tziortzis ended up P4. He ended up P2 in Race 2 behind Paul Jouffreau. At the fourth round at Autodrom Most he ended up P14 in Race 1 and P1 in Race 2, while at the fifth round at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben he ended up P2 in Race 1 and P15 in Race 2. The two worst results have already been discarded and he is now P2 in the championship 3 points behind ladimiros Tziortzis, with only the final races at Circuit Zolder still to be raced. Those races will award double points. After two unfortunate races at Circuit Zolder (in Race 1 he collided with Paul Jouffreau, while in Race 2 he had problems), he ended the season in P6 57 points away from the lead, while his EuroNascar Pro teammate Gianmarco Ercoli won the championship with the #54 car.

He ended up P15 in Mitjet Italian Series championship, sharing car number 54 from GRT Motorsport with Ian Rocca (who ended up P31) after a tormented by problems season.

Naska has also won the 2023 EuroLegend Cup championship.

Personal life

Naska 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.[7] In 2016 Naska opened his YouTube channel that today counts over 900'000 followers. In his channel he makes blogs about his racing career and other experiences outside motorsport.[8]

In 2020 Naska published his autobiographical book "Fino all'ultima curva".[9]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2019 TCR DSG Endurance 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2022 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR 2 CAAL Racing 12 5 2 3 9 444 2nd
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 0 99 15th
EuroLegend Cup Heroes Valley 9 3 0 2 3 326 1st
Italian GT Championship - GT3 Nova Race 1 0 0 0 0 2 9th

NASCAR

Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR 2

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by fastest qualifying time (in Race 1) or by previous race's fastest lap (in Race 2). Italics - Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained.)[10]

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR 2 results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NWES Pts
2022 CAAL Racing 88 Chevrolet ESP
2		 ESP
1		 GBR
1		 GBR
2		 ITA
1		 ITA
5		 CZE
1		 CZE
1		 BEL
24		 BEL
5		 CRO
2		 CRO
3		 2nd 444
2023 54 Chevrolet 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


Awards

  • 2012 Abarth Make It Your Race Champion
  • 2013 Abarth Benelux Trophy Runner-up
  • 2019 Race Attack 1000 Champion
  • 2021 Legend Cars Italia Runner-up
  • 2021 Formula Predator Runner-up
  • 2022 Legend Cars Italia Runner-up
  • 2022 Euronascar 2 Runner-up

Notes

  1. ↑ Subscribers, broken down by channel:
    823 thousand (Alberto Naska)
    170 thousand (Alberto Naska ENG)
    141 thousand (Naska Gaming)
  2. ↑ Views, broken down by channel:
    246.4 million (Alberto Naska)
    4.2 million (Alberto Naska ENG)
    9.6 million (Naska Gaming)

    References

    1. 1 2 "About Alberto Naska". YouTube.
    2. ↑ Cavallari, Damiano (4 April 2022). "Alberto Naska, l'intervista al pilota youtuber". www.ilgiornaledigitale.it. ilgiornaledigitale. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
    3. ↑ "Classifica Race Attack 1000". www.trofeimoto.it. trofeimoto. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
    4. ↑ "Classifica Race Attack 1000". www.trofeimoto.it. trofeimoto. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
    5. ↑ Release, Team. "ALBERTO NASKA TO ENTER THE NASCAR WHELEN EURO SERIES WITH CAAL RACING". www.euronascar.com. euronascar. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
    6. ↑ Wiegold, André. "ALBERTO NASKA AND VLADIMIROS TZIORTZIS MADE THE CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE A NAILBITER". www.euronascar.com. euronascar. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
    7. ↑ Aldi, Silvia (9 January 2021). "Chi è Alberto Naska, ecco la sua vita "Fino all'ultima curva"". ildigitale.it. ildigitale. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
    8. ↑ "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.
    9. ↑ Aldi, Silvia (9 January 2021). "Chi è Alberto Naska, ecco la sua vita "Fino all'ultima curva"". ildigitale.it. ildigitale. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
    10. ↑ "Alberto Naska". euronascar.com. euronascar. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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