Alexandre Bardinon (born 9 May 2002) is a French-Swiss racing driver who last competed in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship under a French license for FA Racing. He is the grandson of French businessman and Ferrari collector Pierre Bardinon and the son of racing driver Patrick Bardinon, who raced in the 80's within the Formula 3 and Formula 2 championships.[1] He is the current owner of the Circuit du Mas du Clos, a race track founded by his grandfather in 1963.[2]

Alexandre Bardinon
Bardinon in 2021
NationalityFrance French
Born (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 22)
Geneva, Switzerland
Related toPierre Bardinon (grandfather)
Patrick Bardinon (father)
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2019
Current teamFA Racing by MP
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number9
Former teamsVan Amersfoort Racing
Starts27 (30 entries)
Wins16
Podiums28
Poles18
Fastest laps32
Previous series
2021
2020
2018
F3 Asian Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
V de V Challenge Monoplace

Career

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Debut in cars

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In 2018 Bardinon started his racing career as he drove in the French GT4 Cup for M Racing - YMR where he achieved one podium.[3] He also raced in V de V Challenge Monoplace for Formula Motorsport where he once again achieved one podium finish.[4]

Formula Regional European Championship

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In 2019, Bardinon signed with Mas du Clos racing for the race at Vallelunga where he finished 13th and 12th respective at both rounds. He then made the switch the VAR for the remaining rounds with the highest finish of 9th at the Hungaroring. He finished the season last with 5 points.[5]

Euroformula Open Championship

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Bardinon will race for Van Amersfoort Racing alongside the Estner brothers Sebastian and Andreas in 2020.[6]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 French GT4 Cup - Am M Racing - YMR 2 0 0 0 0 12 27th
French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am 6 0 0 0 1 29 16th
V de V Challenge Monoplace Formula Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 57 24th
2019 Formula Regional European Championship Mas du Clos Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 20th
Van Amersfoort Racing 17 0 0 0 0 5
2020 Euroformula Open Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 18 0 0 0 0 9 16th
2021 Formula Regional European Championship FA Racing by MP 19 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
F3 Asian Championship Pinnacle Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 0 20th

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2019 Van Amersfoort Racing LEC
1
LEC
2
LEC
3
VLL
1

13
VLL
2

12
VLL
3

C†
HUN
1

11
HUN
2

Ret
HUN
3

9
RBR
1

Ret
RBR
2

Ret
RBR
3

DNS
IMO
1

12
IMO
2

13
IMO
3

Ret
IMO
4

10
CAT
1

11
CAT
2

11
CAT
3

11
MUG
1

14
MUG
2

13
MUG
3

12
MNZ
1

10
MNZ
2

11
MNZ
3

11
20th 5
2021 FA Racing by MP IMO
1

24
IMO
2

Ret
CAT
1

26
CAT
2

26
MCO
1

DNQ
MCO
2

18
LEC
1

26
LEC
2

23
ZAN
1

26
ZAN
2

27
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

Ret
RBR
1

30†
RBR
2

Ret
VAL
1

Ret
VAL
2

28
MUG
1

28
MUG
2

31
MNZ
1

20
MNZ
2

29
33rd 0

The third race in Vallelunga was cancelled due to bad weather and later run in Imola as a fourth race.

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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(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 18 Pos Points
2020 Van Amersfoort Racing HUN
1

12
HUN
2

8
LEC
1

12
LEC
2

12
RBR
1

11
RBR
2

9
MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

Ret
MNZ
3

12
MUG
1

10
MUG
2

Ret
SPA
1

13
SPA
2

10
SPA
3

11
CAT
1

11
CAT
2

14
CAT
3

10
CAT
4

Ret
16th 9

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2021 Pinnacle Motorsport DUB
1

18
DUB
2

17
DUB
3

Ret
ABU
1

15
ABU
2

12
ABU
3

12
ABU
1

14
ABU
2

Ret
ABU
3

13
DUB
1

Ret
DUB
2

13
DUB
3

Ret
ABU
1

Ret
ABU
2

17
ABU
3

Ret
20th 0

References

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  1. ^ "Mas du Clos Racing Team joins new European Regional F3 series". Formula Scout. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ Melia, Lisa (28 July 2022). "Creuse : le circuit du Mas du Clos va rouvrir plus de dix ans après sa fermeture". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  3. ^ https://south.gt4series.com/fr_fr/news/211/le-yvan-muller-racing-annonce-les-equipages-de-ses-deux-mercedes-amg-gt4[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2020-05-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Formula3 Regional Europe- Driver BARDINON". Archived from the original on 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  6. ^ Wood, Ida (February 27, 2020). "Van Amersfoort Racing adds Sebastian Estner for Euroformula".
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