Tony D'Alberto


Antonio "Tony" D'Alberto is an Australian professional racing driver. He currently drives the No. 12 Ford Mustang GT for DJR Team Penske as a co-driver alongside Fabian Coulthard in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.

Racing career

Formula Ford

D'Alberto began his career in the early 2000s running a Formula Ford in his home state of Victoria, making a brief appearance in the 2002 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

V8 Supercar Development Series

2003 saw D'Alberto venture into V8Supercars for the first time, stepping into a John Faulkner Racing Commodore at the third round of the second tier Konica V8 Supercar Series held at Eastern Creek Raceway. In just his sixth race he had climbed into the top ten at Phillip Island and finished his first partial season with a fifth place overall at the series final at Mallala Motor Sport Park.
Joining the Independent Racing Cars team for 2004 D'Alberto evolved into a regular top ten runner, but podiums eluded him as he raced to eighth place in the championship. That first podium came, though, on the biggest stage at the non-championship round held as a support race for the 2004 Bathurst 1000, driving a Ford Falcon for the first and thus far only time he gave his temporary Howard Racing team a third-place finish.
Tony D'Alberto Racing was formed around the developing racer and a serious attempt for the champion was run for the first time in the 2005 season and he claimed third places at the Adelaide Street Circuit, Eastern Creek and Bathurst rounds of the championship on his way to fifth place. His form, however, did translate to his first invite to race in the main series endurance races and he stepped into the second Tasman Motorsport Commodore but did not finish either enduro.
2006 was frustrating for D'Alberto as the team expanded to a second car for Mark McNally but slid backwards and apart from again starring at the Bathurst round, heading for the familiar third place, was absent from the Fujitsu Series podiums, although the enduros this year saw him join the championship winning team HSV Dealer Team although a confused driver swapping situation with Holden Racing Team saw D'Alberto deposited into the combined squads fourth car and results were not strong.

Series champion

2007 would see a season long battle between a revitalised Tony D'Alberto Racing team and the big new team in the Fujitsu series, the Jim Morton run Ford team, Ford Rising Stars Racing and its lead driver Michael Caruso. Second at the Adelaide Clipsal 500 round lead to his first race win at Wakefield Park Raceway in the third race of the weekend, which also gave him his first round win, and the points lead as Caruso faltered. Consistent seconds and a third at Winton gave D'Alberto another round win, but Queensland Raceway was a miss-step and Caruso gained ground. Owen Kelly took over the Oran Park Raceway round as D'Alberto slid to sixth for the round but it was worse for Caruso. Bathurst, too, was a mixed result, but Caruso gained ground as Luke Youlden took the win. At the Phillip Island finale Caruso reigned supreme but a late race collision with Dale Wood saw D'Alberto limp to the line for the first race in ninth place. A repaired Commodore raced home to fifth position, more than enough to secure the crown despite Caruso's race win.
In the 2007 enduro season might have looked modest as D'Alberto joined the smallest team in the series, the Independent Race Cars run Rod Nash Racing Commodore driven by Steve Owen. Eleventh place had been a good result at the 2007 Sandown 500 but the team starred at Bathurst. Despite the team's relative lack of resources they were involved in the fight at the fringe of the lead pack in the desperate, rain-affected final stage of the race and Owen brought the car home in a superb sixth position.

Supercars Championship

ran under the Rod Nash Racing franchise for the team's first assault on the V8 Supercar Championship Series in 2008, fulfilling the team's long held ambitions. While a long running court case over past ownership of the No. 55 franchise threw some doubt over the team's entry in that series, it was able to compete in all events in the 2008 championship.
In 2013, under the new Car Of The Future rules, D'Alberto drove the Walkinshaw Racing-backed No. 3 VF Commodore under the standalone team of Tony D'Alberto Racing. Although his success was limited, with his best race results being a 4th at Winton, and a 4th at Surfers Paradise, D'Alberto finished the Championship season in 16th place, his best result yet.
In 2014, due to insufficient sponsorship and funding, Tony D'Alberto Racing sold their car and equipment to Walkinshaw Racing, leaving D'Alberto without a full-time drive. D'Alberto will drive with Walkinshaw Racing's Tim Slade, as co-driver of the No. 47 VF Commodore in the enduro races in 2014.
In 2016 Tony will be joining Scott Pye in No. 17 as co-driver at DJR Penske FG X Falcon for the enduro series of the V8 Supercar Championship.

Career results

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
2002Victorian Formula Ford Championship3rdMygale SJ00Tony D'Alberto Racing
2002Australian Formula Ford Championship22ndMygale SJ00Tony D'Alberto Racing
2003Konica V8 Supercar Series21stHolden VX CommodoreHolden Young Lions
2003Victorian Formula Ford Championship21stMygale SJ00Tony D'Alberto Racing
2004Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series8thHolden VX CommodoreIndependent Racing Cars Australia
2005HPDC V8Supercar Championship Series5thHolden VY CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing
2006Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series6thHolden VZ CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing
2006V8 Supercar Championship Series53rdHolden VZ CommodoreHSV Dealer Team
2007Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series1stHolden VZ CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing
2007V8 Supercar Championship Series28thHolden VZ CommodoreRod Nash Racing
2008V8 Supercar Championship Series25thHolden VE CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing
2009V8 Supercar Championship Series24thHolden VE CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing
2010V8 Supercar Championship Series20thHolden VE CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing
2011International V8 Supercars Championship26thHolden VE Commodore
Ford FG Falcon		Tony D'Alberto Racing
2012V8SuperTourer Championship22ndHolden VE CommodoreAV8 Motorsport
2012International V8 Supercars Championship23rdFord FG FalconTony D'Alberto Racing
2013V8SuperTourer Championship36thFord FG FalconCunningham Racing
2013International V8 Supercars Championship16thHolden VF CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing
2014Australian GT Championship6thFerrari 458 ItaliaDeFelice Homes & IL Bello Rosso
2014International V8 Supercars Championship39thHolden VF CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing
2015Australian GT Championship7thFerrari 458 ItaliaMaranello Motorsport
2015International V8 Supercars Championship36thHolden VF CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing
2016Australian Endurance Championship13thFerrari 458 Italia
Audi R8 LMS		Maranello Motorsport
2016International V8 Supercars Championship36thFord FG X FalconDJR Team Penske
2017Virgin Australia Supercars Championship27thFord FG X FalconDJR Team Penske
2018Virgin Australia Supercars Championship36thFord FG X FalconDJR Team Penske
2019Virgin Australia Supercars Championship35thFord Mustang GTDJR Team Penske

Complete Bathurst 1000 results