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Alex Rullo

{{short description|Australian racing car driver (born 2000)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox racing driver

|name = Alex Rullo

|image =

|caption =

|nationality = {{flag|AUS|name=Australian}}

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|06|15}}

|birth_place = Perth, Western Australia

|record template1 =

{{Infobox V8 Supercar record|embed=yes

|Car number = 78

|Team = Kelly Racing
{{nowrap|(Endurance race co-driver)}}

|Championships = 0

|Races = 30

|Wins = 0

|Podiums = 0

|Race Wins = 0

|Poles = 0

|Position year = 2019

|Championship position = 43rd (329 pts)

}}

| current series = Super2 Series

| first year = 2016

| current team =

| car number =

| former teams = {{nowrap|Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport}}
MW Motorsport

| starts = 32

| wins = 1

| poles = 2

| podiums = 3

| best finish = 4th

| year = 2018

}}

Alexander John Rullo (born 15 June 2000) is an Australian racing car and rally driver. He currently drives in the Australian Rally Championship for IntelliSpatial Fleetcare Racing.

He has formerly driven in the TCR Australia Series for Kelly Racing. He has also co-driven with Simona de Silvestro in the No. 78 Nissan Altima in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.

In February 2017 it was confirmed that Rullo would race in the 2017 Supercars Championship for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport and become the youngest driver in the championship's history.{{cite news | url=https://speedcafe.com/rullo-make-history-youngest-supercars-driver/ | title=Rullo to make history as youngest Supercars driver | publisher=Speedcafe | date=8 February 2017| accessdate=8 February 2017}}

Racing career

File:Holden VF Commodore of Alex Rullo.jpg for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden Commodore VF]]

File:Holden Commodore VF of Alex Rullo (2017).JPG for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in a Holden Commodore VF]]

=V8 Touring Car Series=

Alex Rullo made his debut in the V8 Touring Car National Series at the age of 14, winning a race in his second event.{{cite web|url=https://speedcafe.com/history-made-as-14-year-old-wins-in-kumho-v8s/|title=History made as 14-year-old wins in Kumho V8s|date=14 June 2015|publisher=Speedcafe|accessdate=9 February 2017}} He managed to win four races out of the 15 contested and finished the season second overall for MW Motorsport.

=Super2 Series=

Rullo made his Dunlop Series debut for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in 2016, driving a Castrol-backed Holden VF Commodore for the full season. Rullo's best race finish was sixth (twice) and he finished 17th in the championship. In 2018 he will drive a Nissan Altima L33 with MW Motorsport.

=Supercars Championship=

In February 2017, an announcement was made that 16-year-old Rullo was to make his Supercars debut with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, the team which he raced with in the Development Series the year prior. Coincidentally, the previous driver to hold the record was Paul Dumbrell, the brother of Lucas, who debuted in 1999. It was reported that Alex would run the number No. 62 in which he had raced since his karting days. Rullo did not qualify for the new-for-2017 CAMS Superlicense, and was given special dispensation to be reviewed on a race-by-race basis.

=TCR Australia=

In 2019 he raced in the inaugural TCR Australia Touring Car Series for Kelly Racing in a Holden Astra TCR.{{cite news|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/rullo-joins-kelly-racing-for-tcr-australia-bid/ |title=Rullo joins Kelly Racing for TCR Australia bid|work=Speedcafe|date=4 May 2019}}

Career results

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Season

! Series

! Position

! Car

! Team

rowspan=2 | 2014

| Western Australian Formula Vee 1600 Championship

| align="center" | 13th

| Ajay 06 Volkswagen

|

Australian Swift Racing Series

| align="center" | 11th

| Suzuki Swift Sport

|

rowspan=2 | 2015

| Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series

| align="center" style="background: #dfdfdf" | 2nd

| rowspan=2 | Ford BF Falcon

| MW Motorsport

Western Australia Super GT Series

| align="center" | 4th

| Performance West

rowspan=2 | 2016

| Supercars Dunlop Series

| align="center" | 17th

| Holden VF Commodore

| Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

Australian GT Championship

| align="center" | 46th

| Lamborghini Gallardo FL2

| Performance West

2017

| Virgin Australia Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 29th

| Holden VF Commodore

| Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

rowspan=2 | 2018

| Super2 Series

| align="center" | 4th

| rowspan=2 | Nissan Altima L33

| MW Motorsport

Virgin Australia Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 50th

| Nissan Motorsport

rowspan=2 | 2019

| Virgin Australia Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 43rd

| Nissan Altima L33

| rowspan=2 | Kelly Racing

TCR Australia

| align="center" | 13th

| Holden Astra TCR

=Super2 Series results=

(key) (Round results only)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
colspan=45| Super2 Series results
Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! Position

! Points

2016

! Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

! Holden VF Commodore

|style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE
{{small|24}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI
{{small|19}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR
{{small|15}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW
{{small|19}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN
{{small|16}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT
{{small|16}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| HOM
{{small|11}}

! 17th

! 686

2018

! MW Motorsport

! Nissan Altima L33

|style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE
{{small|12}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SYM
{{small|7}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR
{{small|4}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW
{{small|4}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN
{{small|5}}

|style="background: #dfdfdf"| BAT
{{small|2}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| NEW
{{small|12}}

! 4th

! 1328

=Supercars Championship results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| Supercars results
Year

! Team

! Car

! 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

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! Position

! Points

2016

! Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

! Holden VF Commodore

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| ADE
R3

| SYM
R4

| SYM
R5

| PHI
R6

| PHI
R7

| BAR
R8

| BAR
R9

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| WIN
R10
{{small|PO}}

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| WIN
R11
{{small|PO}}

| HID
R12

| HID
R13

| TOW
R14

| TOW
R15

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| QLD
R16
{{small|PO}}

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| QLD
R17
{{small|PO}}

| SMP
R18

| SMP
R19

| SAN
QR

| SAN
R24

| BAT
R25

| SUR
R26

| SUR
R27

| PUK
R24

| PUK
R25

| PUK
R26

| PUK
R27

| SYD
R28

| SYD
R29

!colspan=2|

! N/C

! 0

2017

! Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

! Holden VF Commodore

|style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE
R1
{{small|23}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| ADE
R2
{{small|25}}

|style="background: #efcfff"| SYM
R3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #efcfff"| SYM
R4
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #efcfff"| PHI
R5
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| PHI
R6
{{small|22}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR
R7
{{small|24}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAR
R8
{{small|25}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN
R9
{{small|25}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| WIN
R10
{{small|27}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| HID
R11
{{small|21}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| HID
R12
{{small|23}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW
R13
{{small|21}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| TOW
R14
{{small|24}}

|style="background: #efcfff"| QLD
R15
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| QLD
R16
{{small|25}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SMP
R17
{{small|22}}

|style="background: #efcfff"| SMP
R18
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #cfcfff"| SAN
QR
{{small|21}}

|style="background: #efcfff"| SAN
R19
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT
R20
{{small|15}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR
R21
{{small|23}}

|style="background: #efcfff"| SUR
R22
{{small|Ret}}

| PUK
R23

| PUK
R24

| NEW
R25

| NEW
R26

!colspan=5|

! 29th

! 594

2018

! Nissan Motorsport

! Nissan Altima L33

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| MEL
R3

| MEL
R4

| MEL
R5

| MEL
R6

| SYM
R7

| SYM
R8

| PHI
R9

| PHI
R10

| BAR
R11

| BAR
R12

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| WIN
R13
{{small|PO}}

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| WIN
R14
{{small|PO}}

| HID
R15

| HID
R16

| TOW
R17

| TOW
R18

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| QLD
R19
{{small|PO}}

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| QLD
R20
{{small|PO}}

| SMP
R21

| BEN
R22

| BEN
R23

|style="background: #efcfff"| SAN
QR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #efcfff"| SAN
R24
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT
R25
{{small|14}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR
R26
{{small|18}}

|style="background: #ffffff"| SUR
R27
{{small|C}}

| PUK
R28

| PUK
R29

| NEW
R30

| NEW
R31

! 50th

! 177

2019

! Kelly Racing

! Nissan Altima L33

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| MEL
R3

| MEL
R4

| MEL
R5

| MEL
R6

| SYM
R7

| SYM
R8

| PHI
R9

| PHI
R10

| BAR
R11

| BAR
R12

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| WIN
R13
{{small|PO}}

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| WIN
R14
{{small|PO}}

| HID
R15

| HID
R16

| TOW
R17

| TOW
R18

| QLD
R19

| QLD
R20

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| BEN
R21
{{small|PO}}

|style="background: #f1f8ff"| BEN
R22
{{small|PO}}

| PUK
R23

| PUK
R24

|style="background: #dfffdf"| BAT
R25
{{small|13}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR
R26
{{small|21}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SUR
R27
{{small|22}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN
QR
{{small|19}}

|style="background: #dfffdf"| SAN
R28
{{small|15}}

| NEW
R29

| NEW
R30

!

! 41st

! 329

=Bathurst 1000 results=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Year

! Team

! Car

! Co-driver

! Position

! Laps

2017

| Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport

| Holden Commodore VF

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Alex Davison

| align="center" | 15th

| align="center" | 159

2018

| Nissan Motorsport

| Nissan Altima L33

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Simona de Silvestro

| align="center" | 14th

| align="center" | 161

2019

| Kelly Racing

| Nissan Altima L33

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Simona de Silvestro

| align="center" | 13th

| align="center" | 160

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://alexrullo.com.au/}}
  • [http://www.supercars.com/drivers/alex-rullo/ Profile on V8 Supercars official webpage]
  • {{DriverDB driver|alex-rullo}}
  • [http://racing-reference.info/driver/Alex_Rullo Alex Rullo profile on US Racing Reference]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rullo, Alex}}

Category:Living people

Category:Supercars Championship drivers

Category:2000 births

Category:Australian Endurance Championship drivers

Category:Kelly Racing drivers

Category:Nismo drivers

Category:Racing drivers from Perth, Western Australia

Category:Racing drivers from Western Australia

Category:TCR Australia Touring Car Series drivers