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Felipe Nasr Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr ( born 21 August 1992 ) is a Brazilian racing driver . He is the current IMSA Sportscar Champion and won the 2019 12 Hours of Sebring . After a year as the official test driver for Williams in 2014 , he joined Sauber as a full-time Formula One driver in 2015 . However , from the 2017 season he was replaced by Pascal Wehrlein . From 2018 , Nasr has been competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Whelen Engineering Racing , winning the championship with co-driver Eric Curran in his first year in the series . Career . Karting . Born in Brasília , Distrito Federal , Nasr began karting in Brazil when he was seven years old . Between 2000 and 2007 he won several championship titles in Brazil . Formula BMW . - 2008 Nasr made his open-wheel racing debut in the final round of the 2008 Formula BMW Americas season at Interlagos , which supported the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix , claiming a podium finish in the second race in a championship that was dominated by Alexander Rossi . - 2009 Nasr moved to the European championship of Formula BMW in 2009 for EuroInternational . He finished 14 of the 16 races in the top two , won 6 races , 5 pole-positions and claimed the title by 104 points from teammate Daniel Juncadella . As the championship was held by BMW , linked to Sauber in that season , Nasr was called to test a Sauber F1 car , but with BMW leaving F1 , the test did not happen . Formula Three . - 2010 For the 2010 , Nasr moved into the British Formula 3 Championship with Räikkönen Robertson Racing , joining a three-car team alongside the teams 2009 drivers Carlos Huertas and Daisuke Nakajima . In addition to signing for the team , Nasr signed to Robertson Management , the organisation that manages the career of former Formula One world champion Kimi Räikkönen . Nasr finished the 2010 British Formula 3 season in 5th position . - 2011 Nasr signed with Carlin Motorsport for the 2011 Championship and won the Sunoco Rolex 24 at Daytona Challenge , a special joint racing programme among series in the United Kingdom that use Sunoco Racing Fuel . The winner of that challenge won a drive in the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona . He was third in the Daytona 24 Hour . GP2 Series . - 2012 Nasr signed with DAMS to race in the 2012 GP2 Series season with the support of Brazilian sponsors Banco do Brasil and Eike Batistas OGX . Nasrs best results were a 2nd place in Race 2 of the Belgian round and a 4th place in Race 1 of the German round . He was teamed with the experienced Davide Valsecchi , who won the drivers championship ; Nasrs tenth place in the standings meant DAMS won the teams championship as well . He took four podium finishes , with a best finish of second at Spa , and was the second highest-placed rookie overall , behind James Calado . - 2013 For the 2013 GP2 Series season Nasr moved to Carlin , partnering British Jolyon Palmer . Nasr believed that he would be a title contender , alongside James Calado and Marcus Ericsson , and hoped to be driving an F1 car at the end of the year . Nasr finished the 2013 campaign 4th overall in the standings . - 2014 Nasr remained with Carlin for the 2014 season , partnering Colombian Julián Leal . He took his first GP2 win in the sprint race in Barcelona . He achieved wins at the Red Bull Ring , Silverstone , and Spa-Francorchamps . Throughout the season , he was involved in a fight for the championship with former teammate Jolyon Palmer , losing out in Russia . Nasr finished third overall , after losing second place by five points , to rookie Stoffel Vandoorne at Yas Marina . Formula One . - 2014 It was confirmed on 22 February 2014 that Nasr would be joining Williams as the teams reserve driver , participating in three tests and five free practice sessions across the course of the season . He made his first appearance in first practice in the replacing Valtteri Bottas . Sauber ( 2015–2016 ) . On 5 November 2014 , it was announced that Nasr would drive for Sauber in . In his first race with the team in Australia , Nasr finished in fifth position , the highest placing for a Brazilian driver making a Grand Prix début . His finishing streak ended at the when his gearbox failed on the way to the grid . In Japan , for the first time , he failed to finish , as he had a mechanical failure on lap 51 ; he was classified in 20th place . Nasr finished his début season with 27 points , finishing 13th in the drivers championship . After a successful 2015 season , Sauber retained Nasr for 2016 . For the 2017 season , he was replaced with Pascal Wehrlein from Manor Racing , which went into administration on 6 January . Formula E . In January 2019 , Nasr joined GEOX Dragon for the rookie test in Marrakesh , but was unable to participate due to contractual issues . The following month , it was announced Nasr would replace Maximilian Günther from the Mexico City ePrix onwards . Because of Nasrs IMSA commitments , Günther had temporarily returned to his seat at the 2019 Rome ePrix . He made his debut at the 2019 Mexico City ePrix where he finished in 19th place , having run at the back of the pack for the majority of the race . At his second race in Hong Kong , he crashed his car into the wall early in the race , taking out the two Mahindra cars of Pascal Wehrlein & Jerome dAmbrosio in the process . At his third race in Sanya he stalled on the grid & recorded his second successive DNF . Nasr has not returned to Formula E since , ending his run at three consecutive races with one non-points finish and two DNFs , as the team opted to continue using Günther moving forward . He was classified 24th overall in the championship , tied on 0 points with Tom Dillmann & Felix Rosenqvist . IndyCar Series . - 2020 On 10 March 2020 , it was announced Nasr was scheduled to make his IndyCar debut for Carlin at the Firestone Grand Prix of St . Petersburg . However , due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the race was postponed until October , putting his debut on hold . Ultimately , Nasr did not compete in the season . WeatherTech SportsCar Championship . In July 2020 , Nasr tested positive for COVID-19 . He missed the round at Daytona but made a full recovery and returned to race at the next round of Sebring , starting from pole position and taking the race victory . Personal life . Nasr is of Lebanese ancestry , his grandfather having emigrated to Brazil in the 1960s . Nasr lists his favourite hobbies as sports , fishing and mechanics , he cites the Star Wars and James Bond film series as his favourite films , his favourite driver as Ayrton Senna , and his favourite circuit as Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps . Felipe is the nephew of Amir Nasr , who owns one of the most successful South American Formula Three racing teams that helped with the progression of many Brazilian drivers in junior formulas , such as Hélio Castroneves , Vítor Meira , Antônio Pizzonia , Luciano Burti , Bruno Junqueira , Cristiano da Matta , Mário Haberfeld , Max Wilson , Átila Abreu and Sérgio Jimenez . Nasrs favourite musical artists include Johnny Cash , Bob Dylan and Dire Straits . Nasr is multilingual with the ability to speak Portuguese , English and Italian . Racing record . Career summary . † – As Nasr was a guest driver , he was ineligible for points . Complete Formula One results . † Did not finish , but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance . Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results . Season still in progress . Complete European Le Mans Series results . Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed . External links . - Amir Nasr Racing