Norman Nato | |
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Nato in 2013.
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Nationality | French |
Born |
Cannes, France |
8 July 1992
FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Current team | Pertamina Arden |
Car no. | 20 |
Starts | 4 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Previous series | |
2015-2016 2013-14 2012 2011 2010 |
GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 2.0 NEC F4 Eurocup 1.6 |
Norman Nato (born 8 July 1992) is a professional racing driver from France. He is known for finishing as the runner-up in the 2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 season and the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season, and for winning both in Monaco and Hungary in the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.
Born in Cannes, Nato began his karting career in 1998 at age six, and eleven years later won the French KZ2 Championship.
Nato made his debut in single-seater in 2010, joining the F4 Eurocup 1.6 series where he finished as runner-up with two wins, losing to Stoffel Vandoorne.
In 2011, he graduated to Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with the R-ace GP team. He finished eleventh with two podiums at Nürburgring and the closing race of the season at Barcelona with another five point-scoring finishes. He also partially competed in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, bringing another podium at Nürburgring.
For the next season Nato remained in the Eurocup but switched to debutants RC Formula. He improved to fourth, winning his first Eurocup race at Spa. He was more successful in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, fighting for title with Daniil Kvyat all the season long. But he crashed into him in the final race of the season and finished as runner-up with three-point margin.