Felipe
Nasr

Felipe Nasr was born in Brasília on 21 August 1992. He started karting at the age of seven and won several championship titles in Brazil between 2000 and 2007. In 2009 he took the European Formula BMW title with EuroInternational, winning six races and claiming five pole positions. In 2011 he became British Formula 3 champion with Carlin. In GP2 he finished tenth with DAMS in 2012, fourth with Carlin in 2013 and third in 2014. In 2014 he won races in Barcelona, at the Red Bull Ring, at Silverstone and at Spa-Francorchamps.

In 2014 Nasr was Williams reserve driver and took Valtteri Bottas's place in first practice in Bahrain. He joined Sauber as a full-time driver for 2015. On his debut in Australia he finished fifth, the best result by a Brazilian driver on his Grand Prix debut. He ended the season with 27 points and 13th in the championship. He stayed with Sauber for 2016, scoring his only points of the year with ninth place in Brazil, and finished 17th overall. In total he made 39 starts from 40 entries without a podium. He had no seat for 2017, when Pascal Wehrlein took his place at Sauber.

In 2019 Nasr contested three Formula E races for Dragon without scoring points. In sports car racing he competed in the IMSA championship from 2018, first for Whelen Engineering Racing in a Cadillac, and he won the title with Eric Curran in 2018 and with Pipo Derani in 2021. In 2022 he became a Porsche factory driver. With Porsche Penske he won the overall title and the Endurance Cup with Dane Cameron in 2024. He also won the 24 Hours of Daytona, in the GTD Pro class in 2022 and in the GTP class in 2024, as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2019.

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