page_title: Felipe Nasr
section_title: Sauber (2015–2016)
hierarchical_section_title: Felipe Nasr / Career / Formula One / Sauber (2015–2016)
caption_attribution_description: English: Felipe Nasr at the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
context_page_description: Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr 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.
context_section_description: On 5 November 2014, it was announced that Nasr would drive for Sauber in 2015. 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 British Grand Prix 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.
  For the 2017 season, he was replaced with Pascal Wehrlein from Manor Racing, which went into administration on 6 January.
caption: Nasr driving for Sauber at the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix.
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