Alberto Fontana (born 14 June 1990), known professionally as Alberto Naska, is an Italian social media personality and

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who currently competes in the

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and the Lotus Cup Italia for Lotus PB Racing. He has over 1 million subscribers on his

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channel, with content related to motorsports and racing. Naska is currently competing in the

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alongside Italian driver

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for the italian team PB Racing.

Early life and education

Alberto Naska was born in

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, in the

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region, in 1990. In 2012, he graduated at the

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as computer engineer, and moved to

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the next year where he opened a racing social network and worked as a videomaker.

Racing career

In sim racing

Naska debuted in 2006 as a virtual racer and won a championship in 2007 year. As a reward, he received the possibility of driving a Formula Renault 2000 Lite on track. In 2012, Naska took part at the Swiss racing reality show '' Make it Your Race'', organized by

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and won the Abarth Benelux Trophy in 2013.

In real-life motorsport

2018: Motorcycle racing debut

In 2018, Naska began his amateur motorcycle racing career in the Trofeo Motoestate in the Race Attack 1000 division. He ended his first season in 5th place, claiming three podiums in the process. The next season he stayed in the championship and after a run of five consecutive wins he claimed the title at the last round in Varano. In 2020, he switched to the Coppa Italia Senior Cup, but an ankle injury following an accident in the first round of Misano cut short his season and ended his motorcycle career.

2021: Full switch to cars racing

After the accident that had compromised his motorcycle career, Naska decided to focus exclusively on car racing, where he has competed occasionally since 2018. He competed in the Formula X Italian Series for Harp Racing in 2021, where he showed good pace winning three races, but a series of mechanical troubles during the first part of the season did not allow him to finish higher than second. In 2021, he also raced in the Legend Cars Italia series where he ended up 2nd despite eight race wins and in the Smart EQ Cup where a difficult adaptation to the car and the electric power did not allow him to express at his best, finishing 19th.

2022 and 2023: NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

In 2022, he announced he would race in the

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with the CAAL Racing's number 88 car for that season in the Euronascar 2 division. Naska finished his debut season with five wins and a 2nd place overall both in the rookie and general standings. For the

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season, Naska switched to the number 54, still with CAAL Racing. He raced in the Mitjet Italian Series, sharing car number 54 from GRT Motorsport with Ian Rocca. He also raced in the EuroLegend Cup, also with car number 54, with the Heroes Valley team. At the first round at Circuit Valencia, he finished 2nd in both Euro Series races behind Vladimiros Tziorzis. At the second round at

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, he finished second in Race 1 behind Vladimiros Tziortzis and 3rd in Race 2 behind Vladimiros Tziortzis and Paul Jouffreau. At the third round at Autodromo Vallelunga, he won Race 1 in front of Paul Jouffreau and

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. Naska finished 2nd in Race 2 behind Jouffreau. At the fourth round at

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, he ended up 14th in Race 1 and 1st in Race 2. At the fifth round at

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, he took 2nd position in Race 1 and 15th in Race 2, making him 2nd in the championship 3 points behind Tziortzis. After two unsuccessful races at

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he ended the season in 6th, 57 points away from the lead, while his EuroNascar Pro teammate

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won the championship with the number 54 car. He ended up 15th in Mitjet Italian Series championship, sharing car number 54 from GRT Motorsport with Ian Rocca (who ended up 31st). Naska also won the 2023 EuroLegend Cup championship.

2024: Back to racing in Italy

In 2024, Naska raced in Formula X Italian Series's Championships, FX Pro, Lotus Cup Italy, and in Mitjet Italian Series. At the first two races at Mugello, he won Race 2 in Lotus Cup Italy, after concluding Race 1 in 2nd position. In FX Pro, he concluded Race 1 in 5th position, after having taken

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. He took 2nd place in Race 2 because of grid inversion of the top-6. He concluded a sort-of-rainy Race 2 in 2nd position, losing the race at the last lap. After the disqualification of Patrik Fraboni, who concluded the race in 1st place at the beginning and whose car was found to not conform to technical regulations, Naska inherited the win in Race 2. At the second round, in Varano de Melegari, he ended Race 1 of FX Pro category with a win,and ended Race 2 in second place. In Lotus Cup Italy championship he won both races. At the third round at Circuito di Magione, he ended Race 1 of FX Pro category with a win, while he did not finish Race 2. In Lotus Cup Italy he ended Race 1 in P2 and Race 2 in P3. At the fourth round at

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, he ended Race 1 of FX Pro in sixth position, while Race 2 in second position. In Lotus Cup Italy he ended both races in second position. At the fifth round at Autodromo "Piero Taruffi" in Vallelunga, he concluded Race 1 of FX Pro with a second place, while Race 2 with a win. In Lotus Cup Italy he concluded Race 1 with a win, while Race 2 in P2 (this round had a 1.5 coefficient). At the sixth round at

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, he concluded Race 1 of FX Pro in seventh position, later promoted to sixth, due to a penalty to his close friend and fellow competitor Andrea Gilardoni. He then concluded Race 2 in third position, being promoted to second, due to a penalty to his closest rival in the championship, Patrik Fraboni. He concluded both Lotus Cup Italy races in third place. At the seventh round at

, he concluded Race 1 of FX Pro in third position and Race 2 in thirteenth position, after a 25 second penalty due to a contact with his rival in the championship, Patrik Fraboni. He concluded this championship in third position, behind Francesco Pio Coppola, as well. In Lotus Cup Italy, he won the championship straight after Superpole Qualifying, then concluding both Race 1 and Race 2 in second position. In Mitjet Italian Series, his rivals include amongst others his friend Ian Rocca and EuroLegend Cup contender Davide Gaggianesi. At the first round at

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, he ended Race 1 and 2 in P3, Race 3 in P2 and Race 4 in P6. At the second round at Autodromo Vallelunga he ended Race 1 in P1, Race 2 in P2, Race 3 in P3 and Race 4 in P2. At the third round at

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, he ended both Race 1 and 2 in fourth position, Race 3 in seventh position and Race 4 in fifth position. At the fourth round at

, he ended Race 1 in eleventh position, Race 2 in fifth position, Race 3 in eighth position and Race 4 in seventh position. At the fifth round at

, he ended Race 1 in third position, Race 2 in seventh position, Race 3 in sixth position and Race 4 in fourth position. He concluded this championship in third position.

2025: GT4 European Series

In 2025, he announced he would race in the

and in the Lotus Cup Italy.

Personal life

In 2016, Naska opened his

channel, which through the years has reached over 1 million subscribers. On his channel he makes videos about his racing career and other experiences outside motorsport. In 2020, Naska published his autobiographical book ''Fino all'ultima curva''. He is currently married with Sthefanny Vasquez, who he met in 2020 and married after 2 years on July 18th 2022.

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