Nasr in 2011
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Born | Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr 21 August 1992 Brasília, Brazil |
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Active years | 2015–2016 |
Teams | Sauber |
Car number | 12 |
Entries | 40 (39 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 29 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 2015 Australian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
2016 position | 17th (2 pts) |
Previous series | |
2012–14 2010–11 2009 2009 2008 |
GP2 Series British Formula 3 Formula BMW Europe Formula BMW Pacific Formula BMW Americas |
Championship titles | |
2011 2009 |
British Formula 3 Formula BMW Europe |
Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr (born 21 August 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver. He was the 2009 Formula BMW Europe champion and the 2011 British Formula 3 champion.
After a year as the official test driver for Williams in 2014, he joined Sauber as a full-time Formula One driver in 2015. However, from the 2017 season he was replaced by Pascal Wehrlein.
Born in Brasília, DF, Nasr began karting in Brazil when he was seven years old. Between 2000 and 2007 he won several championship titles in Brazil.
Nasr made his open-wheel racing debut in the final round of the 2008 Formula BMW Americas season at Interlagos, which supported the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, claiming a podium finish in the second race in a championship that was dominated by Alexander Rossi.
Nasr moved to the European championship of Formula BMW in 2009 for EuroInternational. He finished 14 of the 16 races in the top two, won 6 races, 5 pole-positions and claimed the title by 104 points from team-mate Daniel Juncadella. As the championship was held by BMW, linked to Sauber in that season, Nasr was called to test a Sauber F1 car, but with BMW leaving F1, the test did not happen.
For the 2010, Nasr moved into the British Formula 3 Championship with Räikkönen Robertson Racing, joining a three-car team alongside the team's 2009 drivers Carlos Huertas and Daisuke Nakajima. In addition to signing for the team, Nasr signed to Robertson Management, the organisation that manages the career of former Formula One world champion Kimi Räikkönen. Nasr finished the 2010 British Formula 3 season in 5th position.