{"id":32337,"date":"2020-12-06T03:55:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T03:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/felipe-nasr\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T17:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:27:26","slug":"felipe-nasr","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/felipe-nasr\/","title":{"rendered":"Felipe Nasr"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"_fer9119\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/fer9119-200x200.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"32337\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Luiz Felipe Nasr was born into a motor racing family for his father and uncle ran a championship-winning Formula 3 and s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tock car team in South America.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Success in the junior categories and healthy backing from his home country led to Formula 1\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">with Sauber<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0A points\u2019 scorer during his promising rookie campaign in 2015, he scored a crucial result for the team at the following year\u2019s Brazilian G<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rand\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">P<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rix<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Early racing career<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Having raced karts for nine years, it was no surprise\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0it was with Amir Nasr Racing that he switched to cars for the first time. That was in the Formula BMW races that supported the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix \u2013 Nasr finishing fifth and third as Lewis Hamilton clinched\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">his first\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Formula 1 title.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That was enough to convince the 16 year old to immediately move to Europe\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0race in the 2009 F.BMW Eurocup. Early success with EuroInternational attracted the support of Red Bull just as his limited budget ran dry. It was a dominant campaign for Nasr eased to the title with six wins having finished\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">first or second\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in 14 of the 16 qualifying rounds. The only exceptions came at Silverstone where he lost pole position for both races as his reverse gear did not work. He then charged from 23rd to eighth in both races to emphasise his potential.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The first of two seasons in the British F3 Championship was spent with a R<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00e4<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ikk<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00f6<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nen Robertson Racing Dallara F308-Mercedes-Benz. Victory in Rockingham\u2019s third race was the highlight as he finished fifth in the 2010 standings<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0although too many races were compromised by his inconsistent qualifying form.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nasr switched to Carlin\u2019s six-car Volkswagen-powered line-up for 2011 and was a winner from the opening round. The Brazilian\u2019s performances were altogether more mature and consistent than before and he won seven times to beat team-mate Kevin Magnussen to the title. He finished the year by finishing second in the Macau GP, just 0.359sec behind Daniel Juncadella after ill-timed safety car periods denied victory.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0seasons in<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0GP2<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Series<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There was something of a departure at the start of 2012 for Nasr won the annual Sunoco Challenge to race in the Dayto<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">na 24 hours. He shared the third\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">placed Michael Shank Racing Riley-Ford\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wit Michael McDowell, Jorge Goncalvez and Gustavo Yacam\u00e1n\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013 finishing on the lead lap on his endurance racing debut. Nasr\u2019s main focus that year was GP2 with reigning champions DAMS. However, while team-mate Davide Valsecchi won the title at the fifth attempt, Nasr encountered problems that restricted him to tenth overall with second in the Belgian sprint race his best result. He also returned to Macau with Carlin\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0finish<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the annual F3 race in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fifth<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0position<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It was with Carlin that Nasr spent the next two GP2 seasons. He was consistently on the pace at the start of 2013 and only lost the Bahrain sprint race by 0.080sec. However, he never quite delivered that breakthrough victory (finishing second on four occasions) and Nasr faded to fourth in the final standings.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another GP2 season with Carlin saw the Brazilian challenge Jolyon Palmer for the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2014\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">title but he proved no match for the Englishman. His maiden GP2 win came at the 50th attempt in Barcelona\u2019s sprint race and he won the feature event in Austria. Further sprint victories at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps followed but Nasr was also overhauled by Stoffel Vandoorne at the final round \u2013 completing the season third overall. He was also Williams\u2019 reserve driver during 2014 and he was the team\u2019s Friday test driver at five GPs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Formula 1 with Sauber<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Backed by Banco do Brasil since 2012, Nasr graduate<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to F1 in 2015 with his Sauber\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C34-Ferrari\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sporting their blue and yellow colours.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The season started under a cloud with Guido van der Garde taking legal action against the team, having also signed\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to race<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Nasr and team-mate Marcus Ericsson raised the spirits by finishing fifth and eighth in Australia \u2013 scoring Sauber&#8217;s first points for over a year. With van der Garde settling out of court, Nasr scored further points in China, Monaco<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Singapore<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Russia and America<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0during a consistent campaign in the midfield.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He remained with the cash-strapped Swiss squad in 2016 but it appeared to be another pointless campaign for Nasr and Ericsson. That was until heavy rain turned the Brazilian GP into a race of survival. Nasr was slowest in qualifying but survived the red flags and safety car periods to finish ninth and snatch the lucrative 10th in the constructors\u2019 standings for his team.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Endurance racing<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nasr returned to racing in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brazilian GT3\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Championship during 2017 before joining Whelen Engineering\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Racing for the following year\u2019s IMSA sports car series<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0when s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">haring a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cadillac DPi-V.R<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Eric Curran. They won on Belle Isle<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and finished on the podium at 50 per cent of the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0qualifying rounds as they edged Colin Braun and Jon Bennett for the prototype title. Nasr also made his debut in the Le Mans 24 Hours in 201<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">8 with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cetilar Villorba Corse<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s LMP2\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dallara P217-Gibson<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pipo Derani was his regular co-driver for the 2019 IMSA season as the Whelen Cadillac pairing challenged Penske\u2019s Juan Pablo Montoya and Dane Cameron for the title. They finished second at Daytona and won both the Sebring 12 Hours and Petit LeMans, with Curran also\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">driving on each occasion. That dominant victory at the Road Atlanta championship decider was not quite enough for Montoya\/Cameron beat Nasr\/Derani to the title by just five points.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n   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