Sean Gelael

Muhammad Sean Ricardo Gelael (born 1 November 1996) is an Indonesian racing driver currently competing with Team WRT in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Gelael started racing in 2005, where he became the navigator of his dad Ricardo in Rally of Indonesia.

In 2007, he set a record from MURI for being the youngest racing navigator at the age of 10.

In 2011, he competed in the Asian Karting Open Championship – Formula 125 Senior Open 2011, finishing third in the overall standings.

Gelael began his car racing career in his native continent, competing in the Formula Pilota China in 2012.

He finished his debut season fourth in the overall standings and second in the "Best Asian Trophy" standings.

He raced for the BVM team in the last round of the 2012 Formula Abarth season at Monza.

In 2013, Gelael participated in the 2013 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season, joining the Double R Racing team.

During the same year, the Indonesian driver made an appearance in the Masters of Formula 3, although he was forced to retire from the race.

Gelael competed in the 2013 British Formula 3 International Series alongside Antonio Giovinazzi, driving for Double R Racing.

He claimed his first podium in at Silverstone by finishing 3rd in the second race.

He finished eight in the final overall standings.

In 2014, Gelael signed with Carlin for the 2014 season.

On 10 May 2014, he scored his first ever point in the championship, finishing 10th and therefore scoring one point in the Pau Grand Prix.

He competed in the GP2 Series from 2015 to 2016, and the FIA Formula 2 Championship from 2017 to 2020, racing for DAMS in his final season.

On 20 January 2015, it was announced that Gelael will compete in the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Carlin partnering with Tom Dillmann.

Gelael made his GP2 Series debut with Carlin Motorsport in the Hungarian Grand Prix in the 2015 season.

He placed 15th with 29 points in the overall standings.

In 2016, Gelael competed full-time in the GP2 Series with Campos Racing, partnering Mitch Evans.

With the championship rebranded to the FIA Formula 2 Championship, Gelael moved to the Pertamina Arden team for the 2017 season, joining Norman Nato.

Gelael lost the team battle, finishing in points-paying positions just in four races.

He lost the team battle, finishing in 17th position in the drivers' standings by scoring points in just five races.

Gelael had his first experience of Formula One machinery, driving the Toro Rosso STR12 at the in-season test after the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix, completing 78 laps.

He continued to drive for Toro Rosso in a testing capacity throughout the season, including tests at the Hungaroring and Yas Marina Circuit as well as Friday practice appearances in Singapore, Malaysia, the United States and Mexico.

He finished the season in 18th position with 25 points.

He finished 18th in the feature race and 20th in the sprint race.

Gelael raced for Prema Racing in the 2018 season, joining Dutch driver Nyck de Vries.

In the Monaco Grand Prix, he scored his only podium for the season, finishing second in the feature race.

He failed to score points for the rest of the season following his podium finish.

He finished 19th in the overall standings.

At Catalunya, he finished 19th in the feature race having started from 22nd on the grid.

He scored his first podium at the Red Bull Ring, where he finished second behind his teammate Evans, who won the race.

For the 2019 season, Gelael remained with Prema, partnered by 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship winner Mick Schumacher.

Gelael left Prema to join reigning FIA Formula 2 teams' champion DAMS for the 2020 season, replacing Sérgio Sette Câmara.

He was joined by two-time Macau Grand Prix winner and Williams Driver Academy member Dan Ticktum.

He scored points in both races of the second round at the Red Bull Ring, finishing tenth and seventh.

He broke a vertebra from an impact with a kerb during the Barcelona feature race, and was unable to start the sprint race.

He was replaced at DAMS by Red Bull Junior Team driver Jüri Vips for the next four rounds.

At the time of his injury he had scored three points, compared to 61 points for teammate Ticktum.

Due to a string of accidents and technical failures, followed by Gelael's seldom points-scoring performances in FIA Formula 2 Championship that contributed to poor seasons, Gelael's father Ricardo Gelael announced that his son will no longer continue racing in Formula 2 after the 2020 season.