{"id":35454,"date":"2020-12-06T12:57:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T12:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/stephane-sarrazin\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T10:08:15","slug":"stephane-sarrazin","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/stephane-sarrazin\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephane Sarrazin"},"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=\"sarrazin2\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/sarrazin2-200x200.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=\"35454\"><\/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\">St\u00e9phane\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarrazin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0has proved himself to be an accomplished all-rounder \u2013 having competed in Formula 1, the World Rally Championship and at Le Mans.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Victory in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the famous old 24-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hour\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">race<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0has remained elusive thus far,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarrazin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">having finished second on four occasions so far.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Early racing career<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">His career started in single-seaters and he won the 1994 French Formula Renault Championship for La\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fili\u00e8re<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in his second season. He graduated to Formula 3 in 1995 and three seasons in the category culminated with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarrazin\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0LD Autosport\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dallara<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0F396-Fiat finishing as runner-up behind Patrice Gay in the 1997 French F3 Championship.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He then won the opening round of the 1998 FIA Formula 3000 Championship at a wet\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Oschersleben<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and completed an impressive debut season for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gauloises<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Apomatox<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0sixth in the standings. He remained with the Alain Prost-backed team for 1999 and improved to fourth in the points after winning again in Hungary.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Formula 1 with\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Minardi<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That 1999 season also included an F1 appearance in the Brazilian GP for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Minardi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0but a wild spin was the most memorable aspect of that one-off. However, his 2000 F3000 season with the McLaren-run MySap.com team proved to be a disappointment. He joined Prost Grand Prix as test driver in 2001 and impressed in a one-off return to F3000 for its junior team when third in Monaco.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rallying and sports cars<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He was Toyota\u2019s test driver in 2002 although\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarrazin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was now making his first inroads into rallying and sports cars. He made his WRC debut on the 2004 Rallye Deutschland with an\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Equipe<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0de France FFSA Subaru Impreza WRC and finished fourth in Catalunya. Also that year\u2019s French Rally Champion,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarrazin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was promoted to the works team for 2005 and again finished fourth on the Tour de Corse.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Peugeot returned to sports car racing in 2007 with the diesel 908 HDI FAP and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarrazin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was a mainstay of the operation. He won the Le Mans Series that first year with Pedro Lamy and was sole champion again in 2010 with an ORECA Peugeot.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Challenging for victory at Le Mans<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarrazin&#8217;s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Peugeot started the Le Mans 24 Hours from pole position each year from 2007 to 2009 although victory eluded him on each occasion. Second in 2007 and 2009 and third in 2011, he switched to Toyota in 2012 and continued to be a nearly<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">man at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Second once more in the following year&#8217;s race<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and in 2016<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, co-driver\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kazuki<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Nakajima qualified on pole position in 2014. He won the Bahrain Six Hours in 2013 and 2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and scored his third\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WEC\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">victory at Fuji in 2016<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three races with Toyota in 2017 included more disappointment at Le Mans.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kamui<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Kobayashi qualified on pole position and co-driver Mike Conway lead from the start.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The number seven\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Toyota was in a secure lead when\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kob<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ayashi was stranded out on the circuit with a broken clutch in the ninth hour.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarrazin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0started four Formula E for Andretti Autosport during 2017\/18 without troubling the scorers and joined SMP Racing for the 2018\/19 World Endurance Championship. His BRE BR1-AER only finished twice when third at Silverstone and fourth in the 2019 race at Spa-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Francorchamps<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\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\" 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