Alessandro "Sandro" Cortese (born 6 January 1990) is a German motorcycle racer, currently competing in the World Superbike Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10RR. Cortese won his first world title in the Moto3 class, in 2012., and his second in the Supersport World Championship, in 2018. He lives in Berkheim, Germany.
Cortese contested every race from his Grand Prix début in 2005 until the 2016 French Grand Prix, where he missed the race due to a knee injury.
After riding for the GRT Yamaha WorldSBK team in 2019, where he finished 12th in the championship, Cortese moves to Team Pedercini Racing for 2020 looking to build on his best result of sixth place which he secured at Jerez.