Sacha Fenestraz

Sacha Fenestraz Jules (born 28 July 1999) is a French-Argentine racing driver. He is the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion.[2]

Sacha Fenestraz
Sacha Fenestraz on the podium of Nürburgring in 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.
Nationality French
Born (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999
Annecy, France[1]
Super GT career
Debut season2019
Current teamTOM'S
Car number36
Former teamsKondō Racing
Starts16
Wins0
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish4th in 2020
Previous series
2019
2018
201718
201617
201617
2015
Japanese F3 Championship
GP3 Series
FIA European F3
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
French F4 Championship
Championship titles
2019
2017
2015
Japanese F3 Championship
Formula Renault Eurocup
French F4 Junior Champion

Career

Karting

Born in France to Argentine and French parents, but raised in Córdoba, Argentina.[3] Fenestraz began karting in 2006 at the age of seven, partaking in events across France and Argentina.

Formula 4

In 2015, Fenestraz graduated to single-seaters. He partook in the French F4 Championship, where he claimed three victories and eleven junior victories. As a result, he finished as Junior F4 champion and vice-champion in the overall standings.

Formula Renault 2.0

Fenestraz driving in Formula Renault in 2016

In 2016, Fenestraz switched to Formula Renault 2.0 with Tech 1 Racing. He claimed his first pole position at the Monaco round, following the exclusion of former pole sitter Lando Norris,[4] and subsequently took his first victory in the race. He followed that up with a second pole and victory at the final race at Estoril to finish fifth in the overall standings. He also claimed a victory and finished fifth in the Northern European Cup.

After testing with them in the post-season test at Estoril, Fenestraz signed with team champions Josef Kaufmann Racing for 2017.[5] Fenestraz won the championship with a race to spare.[2] He won seven races and had finished another eleven races on the podium position. After he became a champion he was included into the Renault Sport Academy.[6]

FIA European Formula 3 Championship

Sacha Fenestraz during the FIA Formula 3 round at Norisring in 2018.

In September 2017, Fenestraz joined Carlin for the eighth round at the Nürburgring.[7] In 2018, he contested with the team full-time.[8] He scored his first podium and victory of the season during the second race in Pau. He started this race from pole position and also managed to set the fastest lap of the race, but could only manage eleventh in the championship.[9] At the Macau Grand Prix, Fenestraz came away with third in the race.[10]

GP3 Series

Fenestraz partook in the final two rounds of the 2018 GP3 Series with Arden International.[11]

Japanese Formula 3

After losing his backing from Renault, Fenestraz moved to Japan to contest the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with B-Max Racing with Motopark.[12][13] Fighting throughout the season with TOM'S racer Ritomo Miyata, Fenestraz claimed eight wins and secured the title at Motegi with a round to spare, thus becoming the first rookie driver to win the title since Nick Cassidy in 2015.[14]

Super Formula

In 2020, Fenestraz moved up to Super Formula with Kondō Racing[15]

Formula E

In February 2020, Fenestraz was named as one of Panasonic Jaguar Racing's entrants into the rookie test in Marrakesh.[16] In the test, Fenestraz set the fourth fastest time of the morning session and finish tenth overall in the afternoon session and overall classification.[17][18]

Super GT

In addition to his Formula 3 campaign, Fenestraz also partook in the GT300 class of the Super GT championship with Kondō Racing, finishing sixth overall.[13] The following year, Fenestraz graduated to the GT500 class, replacing Kazuki Nakajima at Lexus Team au Tom's.[19]

Personal life

Fenestraz shared a flat in Guildford with fellow racing driver Lando Norris.[20]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 French F4 Championship Auto Sport Academy 21 3 2 2 10 253 2nd
2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Tech 1 Racing 15 2 2 1 3 119.5 5th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 15 1 1 0 2 207 5th
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup Josef Kaufmann Racing 23 7 9 5 17 367.5 1st
Formula Renault NEC 4 2 2 2 4 108 6th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 3 0 0 0 0 1 20th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 30 1 2 1 3 121 11th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
GP3 Series Arden International 4 0 0 0 0 0 24th
2019 Japanese Formula 3 Championship B-Max Racing with Motopark 20 8 5 8 18 162 1st
Super GT - GT300 Kondō Racing 8 0 1 0 1 46 6th
2020 Super GT Toyota Gazoo Racing Team au TOM'S 8 0 0 0 4 56 4th
Super Formula Kondō Racing 7 0 0 0 1 19 13th
2021 Super GT Toyota Gazoo Racing Team KeePer TOM'S 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Super Formula Kondō Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2017 Carlin Volkswagen SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MNZ
3
PAU
1
PAU
2
PAU
3
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
NOR
1
NOR
2
NOR
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
NÜR
1

15
NÜR
2

13
NÜR
3

10
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
20th 1
2018 Carlin Volkswagen PAU
1

4
PAU
2

1
PAU
3

20
HUN
1

8
HUN
2

9
HUN
3

6
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

8
NOR
3

Ret
ZAN
1

17
ZAN
2

12
ZAN
3

18
SPA
1

11
SPA
2

7
SPA
3

15
SIL
1

2
SIL
2

7
SIL
3

2
MIS
1

11
MIS
2

8
MIS
3

12
NÜR
1

12
NÜR
2

9
NÜR
3

7
RBR
1

11
RBR
2

16†
RBR
3

Ret
HOC
1

7
HOC
2

Ret
HOC
3

Ret
11th 121

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2018 Arden International CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
LEC
FEA
LEC
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA

16
SOC
SPR

13
YMC
FEA

16
YMC
SPR

15
24th 0

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2019 Kondō Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) GT300 OKA
5‡
FUJ
4
SUZ
18
CHA
2
FUJ
7
AUT
8
SUG
5
MOT
6
6th 46
2020 Toyota Gazoo Racing Team au TOM'S Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 FUJ
2
FUJ
2
SUZ
3
MOT
11
FUJ
12
SUZ
7
MOT
13
FUJ
3
4th 56

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Super Formula Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points
2020 Kondō Racing MOT
3
OKA
Ret
SUG
Ret
AUT
Ret
SUZ
10
SUZ
Ret
FUJ
8
13th 19

References

  1. "Sacha Fenestraz Career History | FIA Results and Statistics". fiaresultsandstatistics.motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  2. Waring, Bethonie (29 October 2017). "Sacha Fenestraz crowned Eurocup champion as Shwartzman wins again at Barcelona". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. "Quién es Sacha Fenestraz, el cordobés que deslumbró en Monaco (Who is Sacha Fenestraz, the Cordovan who dazzled in Monaco)". 30 May 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. "Sacha Fenestraz on pole in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 at Monaco". 28 May 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  5. "Fenestraz firms up Kaufmann switch for 2017 Formula Renault season". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  6. "SACHA FENESTRAZ WINS THE 2017 FORMULA RENAULT EUROCUP TITLE". Renault Sport Academy. Renault Sport. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  7. "Formula Renault leader Fenestraz to make F3 debut". 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  8. Simmons, Marcus (January 15, 2018). "Formula Renault champion Fenestraz joins Carlin for Euro F3 2018". Autosport. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  9. "HOME HERO SACHA FENESTRAZ WINS AT PAU". 13 May 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  10. "Sacha Fenestraz scores a podium finish in Macau!". November 19, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  11. Hewitt, Chloe (September 25, 2018). "SACHA FENESTRAZ JOINS ARDEN INTERNATIONAL GP3 TEAM". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  12. Simmons, Marcus (December 17, 2018). "Fenestraz dropped by Renault junior scheme". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  13. Brierty, William (February 15, 2019). "Sacha Fenestraz finalises Japanese F3 and Super GT programmes". FormulaScout. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  14. Thukral, Rachit (August 18, 2019). "Ex-Renault junior Fenestraz crowned Japanese F3 champion". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  15. "Cassidy absent from Toyota's Super Formula line-up". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  16. "Panasonic Jaguar Racing with Jamie Chadwick and Sacha Fenestraz in Formula E test". February 28, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  17. Soulsby, Chris (March 1, 2020). "Van Der Linde tops morning session of Marrakesh rookie test". Motorsport Week. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  18. "Nick Cassidy sets fastest time for Envision Virgin Racing in Rookie Test". March 1, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  19. Klein, Jamie (November 21, 2019). "Fenestraz set to replace Nakajima at TOM'S". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5VYCYmRL6A&t=41s
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Lando Norris
Formula Renault Eurocup
Champion

2017
Succeeded by
Max Fewtrell
Preceded by
Sho Tsuboi
Japanese Formula 3 Championship
Champion

2019
Succeeded by
Ritomo Miyata
(Super Formula Lights)
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