35 Facts About Sean Gelael

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sean Gelael finished the season in 18th position with 25 points.

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

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

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

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

Sean Gelael finished 18th in the feature race and 20th in the sprint race.

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

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

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

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

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

Sean Gelael placed 15th with 29 points in the overall standings.

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

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

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

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

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

Sean Gelael was replaced at DAMS by Red Bull Junior Team driver Juri Vips for the next four rounds.

Sean 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.

Sean Gelael continued to drive for Toro Rosso in a testing capacity throughout the 2017 season, including tests at the Hungaroring and Yas Marina Circuit as well as Friday practice appearances in Singapore, Malaysia, the United States and Mexico.

Sean Gelael continued his association with Toro Rosso during the 2018 season, appearing at testing days in Spain, Hungary and Abu Dhabi, and at the Friday practice session of the United States Grand Prix.

In 2019, Sean Gelael again took part in the post-season tyre test for Toro Rosso in Abu Dhabi.

Sean Gelael finished second and fifth in Dubai and won both races in Abu Dhabi, which placed him second in the standings.

Sean Gelael would make a guest appearance during the 4 Hours of Monza with Jota, finishing third alongside Malaysian driver Jazeman Jaafar.

In 2022 Sean Gelael continued to race in the World Endurance Championship, switching teams to previous year's champions WRT to drive alongside Robin Frijns and Rene Rast.

At the start of 2023, Sean Gelael teamed up with Valentino Rossi and three other drivers to compete in the Dubai 24 Hour event, driving a BMW M4 GT3 for WRT.

Sean Gelael is the only son of the owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken's Indonesian franchise and former rally driver Ricardo Sean Gelael, and the youngest child of actress Rini S Bono.

Sean Gelael is the cousin of Indonesian tennis player Justin Barki.