# Sacha Fenestraz

Sacha Fenestraz Jules (born 28 July 1999) is a French-Argentine racing driver set to compete in the 2025 Super Formula Championship, driving for TOM'S Racing. He last raced in Formula E with Nissan Formula E Team. He is the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion.

## Early career
### Karting

Born in Annecy, France to a French-Argentine family, and raised in Cordoba, Argentina, 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

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, 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. Fenestraz won the championship with a race to spare. 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.

### FIA European Formula 3 Championship

In September 2017, Fenestraz joined Carlin for the eighth round at the Nürburgring. In 2018, he contested with the team full-time. 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. At the Macau Grand Prix, Fenestraz came away with third in the race.

### GP3 Series

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

### 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. 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.

## Super Formula
### 2020-2022

In 2020, Fenestraz moved up to Super Formula with Kondo Racing. He continued to compete with Kondo Racing, but could only drive in the last three rounds given that Fenestraz had been unable to enter Japan because the government had closed its borders due to the pandemic. Fenestraz continued racing with the same team, but this time he had his best season in Super Formula, where he clinched his maiden win in Sportsland SUGO, and adding a couple of podiums to his name.

### 2025

Fenestraz retuns to the series for 2025 after being dropped by Nissan Formula E. He will join TOM'S alongside the reigning champion Sho Tsuboi.

## Super GT
### GT300

In addition to his 2019 Japanese Formula 3 campaign, Fenestraz also partook in the GT300 class of the Super GT championship with Kondo Racing, finishing sixth overall with couple of podiums.

### GT500

The following year, Fenestraz graduated to the GT500 class with Lexus rebranded Toyota Gazoo Racing replacing Kazuki Nakajima at TGR TOM'S au and partnering Yuhi Sekiguchi. Four podiums to his name alongside Sekiguchi placed 4th in the standings. Fenestraz stayed with the same team, but nmove to the KeePer car pairing up with Ryo Hirakawa. Unfortunately he was denied entry to Japan for long time due to border restriction caused by the pandemic. He raced in the fifth round of the series, and by end of season clinched 1 podium. He continues to compete same team, but with new teammate of Ritomo Miyata. In that season, Fenestraz and Miyata clinched their GT500 maiden win in Fuji Speedway.
Fenestraz returns to GT500 in 2025 for his return to Japan. He would join SARD alongside his 2020 teammate Yuhi Sekiguchi.

## Formula E

In February 2020, Fenestraz was named as one of Panasonic Jaguar Racing's entrants into the rookie test in Marrakesh. In the test, Fenestraz set the fourth fastest time of the morning session and finish tenth overall in the afternoon session and overall classification. The following year, Fenestraz was named as Jaguar's reserve driver for the 2021 season opener at Riyadh.

### Dragon / Penske Autosport (2022)
#### 2021–22 season

In August 2022, Fenestraz made his Formula E debut in the second Seoul ePrix, replacing Antonio Giovinazzi who suffered a hand injury in the previous race.

### Nissan Formula E Team (2023–2024)
#### 2022–23 season

Fenestraz entered into Formula E on a full-time basis for the 2023 season, partnering Norman Nato at Nissan. The year began promisingly, with the Frenchman getting into the knockout stage of qualifying for the season-opening Mexico City ePrix, although he would fall back during the race. At the next event in Diriyah, Fenestraz scored his first points in the series with an eighth place in the second race, which he stated he was "pleased" about. The French driver qualified in fourth for the Hyderabad ePrix two weeks later, but would miss out on a chance at points after becoming stuck between the two Jaguar Racing cars, which had crashed just in front of Fenestraz. During the following round in Cape Town, Fenestraz took his maiden pole position in the series, beating Maximilian Günther in the final stage and setting the fastest ever Formula E lap in the process. During the race however, Fenestraz fell down to third before being collided into by Nick Cassidy on the final lap, hitting the barriers which would result in a 14th-placed finish. At the Monaco ePrix, Fenastraz initially took pole position but was later demoted to second position for exceeding his power limit in his final run.

#### 2023–24 season

Fenestraz was kept by Nissan for the 2023–24 season and partners Oliver Rowland.
However, after being relatively outperformed by teammate Rowland throughout the campaign, Nissan announced that they had dropped Fenestraz at the end of the season.

## Personal life

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

## 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 |
| 2016 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Tech 1 Racing | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 207 | 5th |
| 2017 | Formula Renault Eurocup | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 23 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 367.5 | 1st |
| 2017 | Formula Renault NEC | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 108 | 6th |
| 2017 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Carlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20th |
| 2017 | Macau Grand Prix | Carlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th |
| 2018 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Carlin | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 121 | 11th |
| 2018 | Macau Grand Prix | Carlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| 2018 | 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 |
| 2019 | Super GT - GT300 | Kondo Racing | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 6th |
| 2019–20 | Formula E | Panasonic Jaguar Racing | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver | Test driver |
| 2020 | Super GT | TGR Team au TOM'S | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 4th |
| 2020 | Super Formula | Kondo Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13th |
| 2020–21 | Formula E | Jaguar Racing | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver |
| 2021 | Super GT | TGR Team KeePer TOM'S | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 17th |
| 2021 | Super Formula | Kondo Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17th |
| 2021 | Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS | TGR Riley Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 44th |
| 2021 | Súper TC 2000 | TGR YPF Infinia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2021–22 | Formula E | Dragon / Penske Autosport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th |
| 2021–22 | Formula E | Jaguar TCS Racing | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver | Reserve driver |
| 2022 | Super Formula | Kondo Racing | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 89 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Super GT | TGR Team KeePer TOM'S | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 6th |
| 2022–23 | Formula E | Nissan Formula E Team | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 16th |
| 2023–24 | Formula E | Nissan Formula E Team | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17th |
| 2025 | Super Formula | Vantelin Team TOM'S | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15th* |
| 2025 | Super GT - GT500 | TGR Team SARD | | | | | | | |
$^†$ As Fenestraz was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. $^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete French F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
| 2015 | LÉD 1 8 | LÉD 2 1 | LÉD 3 8 | LMS 1 2 | LMS 2 4 | LMS 3 8 | PAU 1 1 | PAU 2 Ret | PAU 3 1 | HUN 1 3 | HUN 2 9 | HUN 3 3 | MAG 1 2 | MAG 2 Ret | MAG 3 4 | NAV 1 5 | NAV 2 3 | NAV 3 8 | LEC 1 2 | LEC 2 5 | LEC 3 3 | 2nd | 253 |

### Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Pos | Points |
| 2016 | Tech 1 Racing | ALC 1 Ret | ALC 2 14 | ALC 3 15 | MON 1 1 | MNZ 1 4 | MNZ 2 3 | MNZ 1 8 | RBR 1 13 | RBR 2 10 | LEC 1 6 | LEC 2 5 | SPA 1 4 | SPA 2 4 | EST 1 7 | EST 2 1 | | | | | | | | | 5th | 119.5 |
| 2017 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | MNZ 1 2 | MNZ 2 2 | SIL 1 5 | SIL 2 Ret | PAU 1 6 | PAU 2 2 | MON 1 2 | MON 2 1 | HUN 1 2 | HUN 2 3 | HUN 3 8 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 1 | RBR 1 2 | RBR 2 1 | LEC 1 Ret | LEC 2 1 | SPA 1 1 | SPA 2 3 | SPA 3 1 | CAT 1 4 | CAT 2 2 | CAT 3 1 | 1st | 367.5 |

### Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 | DC | Points |
| 2016 | Tech 1 Racing | MNZ 1 7 | MNZ 2 14 | SIL 1 13 | SIL 2 13 | HUN 1 16 | HUN 2 5 | SPA 1 10 | SPA 2 3 | ASS 1 4 | ASS 2 5 | NÜR 1 6 | NÜR 2 6 | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 3 | HOC 3 16 | 5th | 207 |
| 2017 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | NÜR 1 1 | NÜR 2 1 | SPA 1 1 | SPA 2 3 | SPA 3 1 | HOC 1 2 | HOC 2 2 | | | | | 6th | 108 |

### 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 Macau Grand Prix results

| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
| 2017 | Carlin | Dallara F317 | 11th | 12th | 7th |
| 2018 | Carlin | Dallara F317 | 3rd | 4th | 3rd |

### 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 Japanese Formula 3 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 | Pos | Points |
| 2019 | B-Max Racing with Motopark | Volkswagen | SUZ 1 1 | SUZ 2 14 | AUT 1 1 | AUT 2 1 | AUT 3 1 | OKA 1 1 | OKA 2 2 | OKA 3 2 | SUG 1 3 | SUG 2 2 | FUJ 1 7 | FUJ 2 1 | SUG 1 2 | SUG 2 2 | SUG 3 2 | MOT 1 1 | MOT 2 2 | MOT 3 1 | OKA 1 2 | OKA 2 2 | 1st | 162 |

### 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 | Kondo 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 | TGR 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 |
| 2021 | TGR Team KeePer TOM'S | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | GT500 | OKA | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | SUG | AUT 9 | MOT 10 | FUJ 2 | 17th | 18 |
| 2022 | TGR Team KeePer TOM'S | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | GT500 | OKA 11 | FUJ 14 | SUZ 3 | FUJ 1 | SUZ 8 | SUG 9 | AUT 9 | MOT 6 | 6th | 43 |
| 2025 | TGR Team SARD | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | GT500 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | FUJ | SUZ | SUG | AUT | MOT | | |
$^‡$ 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 | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2020 | Kondo Racing | Toyota | MOT 3$^2$ | OKA Ret$^3$ | SUG Ret$^3$ | AUT Ret | SUZ 10 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 8 | | | | | | 13th | 19 |
| 2021 | Kondo Racing | Toyota | FUJ | SUZ | AUT | SUG | MOT | MOT 13 | SUZ 7 | | | | | | 17th | 4 |
| 2022 | Kondo Racing | Toyota | FUJ 3 | FUJ 20 | SUZ 4$^3$ | AUT 2 | SUG 1$^2$ | FUJ Ret | MOT 2$^2$ | MOT 6$^2$ | SUZ 16 | SUZ 4 | | | 2nd | 89 |
| 2025 | Vantelin Team TOM'S | Toyota | SUZ 11 | SUZ 16 | MOT | MOT | AUT | FUJ | FUJ | SUG | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | SUZ | 15th* | 0 |
$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
| 2021–22 | Dragon / Penske Autosport | Spark SRT05e | Penske EV-5 | DRH | DRH | MEX | RME | RME | MCO | BER | BER | JAK | MRK | NYC | NYC | LDN | LDN | SEO | SEO 16 | 24th | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Nissan Formula E Team | Formula E Gen3 | Nissan e-4ORCE 04 | MEX 15 | DRH 17 | DRH 8 | HYD 12 | CAP 14 | SAP Ret | BER 12 | BER 11 | MCO 4 | JAK 19 | JAK 4 | POR 15 | RME 10 | RME Ret | LDN Ret | LDN 15 | 16th | 32 |
| 2023–24 | Nissan Formula E Team | Formula E Gen3 | Nissan e-4ORCE 04 | MEX 12 | DRH Ret | DRH 6 | SAP 11 | TOK 11 | MIS 9 | MIS 5 | MCO 8 | BER 9 | BER Ret | SIC 11 | SIC 14 | POR 15 | POR 18 | LDN 14 | LDN 15 | 17th | 26 |