Alexander
Rossi

Alexander Rossi was born on 25 September 1991 and grew up in Nevada City, California. In 2005 he won the IKF Grand National Championship in the 100cc Yamaha class. In 2006 he finished third in the Skip Barber National Championship, and in 2007 third in Formula BMW USA. In 2008 he became the first American to win the Formula BMW Americas title and also won the World Final in Mexico City, which earned him a Formula One test with BMW Sauber. He moved to Europe in 2009 and took three wins in International Formula Master, finishing fourth overall. In 2010 he raced for ART Grand Prix in GP3, winning twice and finishing fourth. In 2011 he was third in Formula Renault 3.5 and the top rookie. In GP2 he won four races in total and ended 2015 as runner-up with Racing Engineering.

In Formula One, Rossi began as a test driver for Caterham in 2012 and drove in a few practice sessions up to 2014. In 2014 he joined Marussia as reserve driver. He made his debut at the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix for Manor Marussia, qualifying 20th and finishing 14th. He went on to take part in five of the last seven races that year, with 12th place at his home race in the United States as his best result. He finished 20th in the world championship. In 2016 he returned as a reserve driver at Manor, but raced in IndyCar.

He raced there for Andretti Autosport from 2016 and won the Indianapolis 500 in his first year, starting from 11th and saving fuel over the closing laps. He was named Rookie of the Year. A second win followed at Watkins Glen in 2017. He finished second in the championship in 2018 and third in 2019. In 2021 he won the 24 Hours of Daytona outright with Wayne Taylor Racing, sharing the car with Hélio Castroneves, Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque. He also contested the Bathurst 1000 in 2019, and in 2021 his team won Class 7 of the Baja 1000. After leaving Andretti he drove for Arrow McLaren in 2023 and 2024, and in 2025 he moved to Ed Carpenter Racing.

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