Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr (born 21 August 1992) is a Brazilian
racing driver
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, who competes in the
IMSA SportsCar Championship
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for
Porsche
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. Nasr competed in
Formula One
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from to . In
endurance racing, Nasr has won three
IMSA SportsCar Championship titles, and won the
12 Hours of Sebring
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in
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
with
AXR and in
2025
So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
with
Team Penske
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; he also won the
24 Hours of Daytona
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in
2024
The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
and
2025
So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
with Porsche.
After a year as the official test driver for
Williams in
2014
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, he joined
Sauber
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as a full-time
Formula One
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driver in
2015
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January
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.
However, from the 2017 season he was replaced by
Pascal Wehrlein
Pascal Wehrlein (; born 18 October 1994) is a German and Mauritian racing driver, who competes in Formula E for Porsche. In formula racing, Wehrlein competed under the German flag in Formula One from to , and won the 2023–24 Formula E Worl ...
.
From 2018, Nasr has been competing in the
IMSA
The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) is a North American sports car racing sanctioning body based in Daytona Beach, Florida, under the jurisdiction of the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States, ACCUS arm of the Féd ...
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (I ...
for
Whelen Engineering Racing,
winning the championship with co-driver
Eric Curran
Eric Curran (born June 8, 1975) is an American race car driver who competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Action Express Racing with co-driver Felipe Nasr. Curran and previous co-driver Dane Cameron won their first race together, ...
in his first year in the series and winning another title with countryman
Pipo Derani in 2021.
For 2022, Nasr was named a
Porsche factory driver.
Early career
Karting
Born in
Brasília
Brasília ( ; ) is the capital city, capital of Brazil and Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino ...
,
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
Formula racing, also known as open-wheel racing in North America, is any of several forms of Open-wheel car, open-wheeled single-seater Auto racing, motorsport. A "formula", first devised by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA for ...
debut in the final round of the
2008 Formula BMW Americas season at
Interlagos
Interlagos is a neighborhood located in the district of Socorro (district of São Paulo), Socorro in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Its name comes from the fact that the region is located between two large reservoirs, Guarapiranga and Billings ...
, which supported the
2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
The 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2008) was a Formula One motor race held on 2 November 2008 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the eighteenth and final ra ...
, claiming a podium finish in the second race in a championship that was dominated by
Alexander Rossi
Alexander Michael Rossi (born September 25, 1991) is an American racing driver, who competes in the IndyCar Series for Ed Carpenter Racing, Ed Carpenter. Rossi competed in Formula One at five Formula One Grands Prix, Grands Prix in . In America ...
.
;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
Daniel Juncadella Pérez-Sala (born 7 May 1991) is a Spanish racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for TF Sport. He is son of Xavier Juncadella and nephew of José María Juncadella, Alex Soler-Roig and Lui ...
. As the championship was held by
BMW
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, linked to
Sauber
Sauber Motorsport AG, currently competing in Formula One as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, and also known simply as Kick Sauber or Sauber, is a Swiss motorsport engineering company. It was founded in 1970 (as PP Sauber AG) by Peter Sauber, who pro ...
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
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, Nasr moved into the British Formula 3 Championship with
Räikkönen Robertson Racing, joining a three-car team alongside the team's 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
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World Drivers' 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
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Rolex 24 at Daytona
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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.
Nasr claimed the title of the
2011 British Formula 3 season, 123 points ahead of his teammate,
Kevin Magnussen
Kevin Jan Magnussen (; born 5 October 1992) is a Danish racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for W Racing Team, WRT and the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, RLL as a factory driver f ...
.
In the
2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona, Nasr finished third overall and in class, driving a second generation Riley prototype for Michael Shank Racing.
GP2 Series

;2012
Nasr signed with
DAMS
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to race in the
2012 GP2 Series season with the support of Brazilian sponsors
Banco do Brasil
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and
Eike Batista's
OGX. Nasr's 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
Davide Valsecchi (born 24 January 1987) is an Italian former racing driver and the 2012 GP2 Series season, 2012 GP2 Series champion.
Career
Formula Renault
Valsecchi drove in Renault-based series from 2003 to 2007, rising from Italian Formula Re ...
, who won the drivers' championship; Nasr's 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
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, 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
Jolyon Carlyle Palmer (born 20 January 1991) is a British former racing driver, broadcaster and journalist, who competed in Formula One from to . Since retiring from racing, Palmer has been a pundit for the BBC, Channel 4 and F1TV.
Prior to ...
. Nasr believed that he would be a title contender, alongside
James Calado and
Marcus Ericsson
Marcus Thorbjörn Ericsson (born 2 September 1990) is a Swedish racing driver, who competes in the IndyCar Series for Andretti Global, Andretti. Ericsson competed in Formula One from to . In American open-wheel racing, Ericsson won the India ...
, 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
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. He achieved wins at the
Red Bull Ring
The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Austria, Spielberg, Styria, Austria. The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from t ...
,
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main ...
, and
Spa-Francorchamps. Throughout the season, he was involved in a fight for the championship with former teammate Jolyon Palmer, losing out in
Russia
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. Nasr finished third overall, after losing second place by five points, to rookie
Stoffel Vandoorne at
Yas Marina.
Professional single-seater career
Formula One
;2014
It was confirmed on 22 February 2014 that Nasr would be joining Williams as the team's 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
Sauber Motorsport AG, currently competing in Formula One as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, and also known simply as Kick Sauber or Sauber, is a Swiss motorsport engineering company. It was founded in 1970 (as PP Sauber AG) by Peter Sauber, who pro ...
in .
In his first race with the team in
Australia
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, 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
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, 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.
Nasr's—and Sauber's—only points in 2016 came at the
Brazilian Grand Prix
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, where he finished ninth. The finish allowed Sauber to overtake
Manor in the constructors' championship, which cost the latter team prize money and eventually led to Manor's bankruptcy. Ironically, this meant Nasr was left without a seat for the 2017 season as he was due to swap places with Manor driver
Pascal Wehrlein
Pascal Wehrlein (; born 18 October 1994) is a German and Mauritian racing driver, who competes in Formula E for Porsche. In formula racing, Wehrlein competed under the German flag in Formula One from to , and won the 2023–24 Formula E Worl ...
and could not find another seat after the Manor team exited the sport.
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
Maximilian Günther (born 2 July 1997) is a Germans, German-Austria, Austrian racing driver currently competing under the German flag in Formula E for DS Penske. Günther has previously driven in Formula 2 with Arden International, BWT Arden and ...
from the Mexico City ePrix onwards. Because of Nasr's
IMSA
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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
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, he crashed his car into the wall early in the race, taking out the two
Mahindra cars of
Pascal Wehrlein
Pascal Wehrlein (; born 18 October 1994) is a German and Mauritian racing driver, who competes in Formula E for Porsche. In formula racing, Wehrlein competed under the German flag in Formula One from to , and won the 2023–24 Formula E Worl ...
&
Jerome d'Ambrosio 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
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&
Felix Rosenqvist.
Planned IndyCar debut
On 10 March 2020, it was announced Nasr was scheduled to make his
IndyCar
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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
2020 season.
Sportscar career
Cadillac factory driver (2018–21)
After a year without racing competitively, Nasr entered the Prototype category of the
2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship, partnering
Eric Curran
Eric Curran (born June 8, 1975) is an American race car driver who competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Action Express Racing with co-driver Felipe Nasr. Curran and previous co-driver Dane Cameron won their first race together, ...
at
Whelen Engineering Racing in a
Cadillac DPi-V.R.
The duo started well, finishing second at the
24 Hours of Daytona
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and taking third in the
12 Hours of Sebring
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, despite Nasr being involved in an on-track incident in both races respectively.
During round five at
Belle Isle, Nasr held off a fresh-tyred
Ricky Taylor to claim his maiden IMSA win, thus putting himself and Curran to the top of the standings. Nasr and Curran remained consistent throughout the rest of the season, scoring two more podiums, and clinched both the North American Endurance Cup and overall titles at the final round in
Road Atlanta
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.
Nasr remained at the team for
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
, this time partnering compatriot
Pipo Derani for the full season and being joined by Curran for the endurance events.
He finished second after being overtaken by eventual winner
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin in Formula One, Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in and with ...
at
Daytona, before triumphing at
Sebring. The next six races only saw one podium finish at
Belle Isle, whilst the
Acura Team Penske #6 gained the upper hand in the title battle. At the second-to-last race in
Laguna Seca
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, the #6 won, leaving third-placed Nasr and Derani 12 points behind going into the season finale.
Victory at
Petit Le Mans
Petit Le Mans (French language, French for ''Little Le Mans'') is a sports car racing, sports car Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance race held annually at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, United States. The race has been held for a durat ...
earned Nasr and Derani the Endurance Cup title, though they lost out on the overall crown by merely five points.
For his third successive season at Action Express Racing, Nasr was once again joined by Derani.
The
2020 season was interrupted by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, and come the second round of the campaign Nasr would be forced to sit out after testing positive for the disease. He returned to race at the next race in
Sebring, where Derani qualified on pole before he and Nasr claimed victory. Four further podiums in the next five races followed, as Nasr helped AXR to fourth in the teams' standings.
Going into
2021
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, the Nasr-Derani combination won the
Daytona quali race, for which Nasr had qualified in first place. Race results did not come instantly, however, as the pair finished sixth in Daytona and retired in the same spot at
Sebring after Nasr collected the #5 Cadillac at turn 1 during the fifth hour. A successful defense from Ricky Taylor left Nasr second at
Mid-Ohio
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, before the Brazilian once again finished second in
Detroit
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. At the second race at
Watkins Glen, Nasr was able to jump into the lead with a quicker pit stop and held off
Renger van der Zande for his first win of the season, despite having to save fuel in the final stint. Fuel strategy proved decisive during the next round in
Road America
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(for which Nasr took pole), as a late pit stop by
Dane Cameron allowed Derani to inherit the lead and victory number two. Third at
Laguna Seca
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was followed by a dominant performance at
Long Beach
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: Nasr scored pole before setting the building blocks to finishing ten seconds ahead of the runners-up.
Nasr took pole for the
season finale
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, putting himself and Derani within striking distance of catching the pair of
WTR's Ricky Taylor and
Filipe Albuquerque. The AXR #31 was a frontrunner throughout the entire race, and Nasr was leading until being passed with 22 minutes remaining. He then battled for second with Taylor before colliding at turn 10, the Acura going off and being forced to return the position to the Cadillac. Nasr crossed the line in second to claim his second IMSA title, his first alongside Derani.
Porsche Penske factory driver (2022–present)
In December 2021, Nasr and Dane Cameron were the first drivers to be announced for the new
Porsche Penske Motorsport project in the emerging
LMDh
LMDh (Le Mans Daytona h) is a set of sports prototype regulations used alongside Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) in both the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championsh ...
category. In preparation for the introduction of the
Porsche 963
The Porsche 963 (Type 9R0) is an LMDh sports prototype racing car designed by Porsche and built by Multimatic, to compete in the Hypercar and GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) classes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Champi ...
in 2023, Penske entered the
LMP2
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class of the
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship with an
Oreca 07, driven by Nasr, Cameron, and
Emmanuel Collard
Emmanuel Collard (born 3 April 1971) is a French professional racing driver. He is a former member of the Porsche Junioren factory team, but also drives for other marques.
Born in Arpajon, Essonne, Collard is the winner of the Le Mans Series f ...
. The trio finished
Sebring eighth and took fourth at
Spa-Francorchamps. At the
24 Hours of Le Mans
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, the early efforts of Nasr and Cameron brought the #5 Penske up to second, before a delaminating left front tyre caused the team to lose ground in hour six.
In the end, Nasr and his teammates finished fifth in class. As Penske's focus shifted towards preparations for the LMDh programme, the LMP2 campaign was discontinued following the Le Mans weekend. During the same year, Nasr contested the three crown jewel events of the
IMSA
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schedule in the GTD Pro class with
Pfaff Motorsports: he, along with
Mathieu Jaminet and
Matt Campbell claimed a dramatic class win at
Daytona, finished fifth at
Sebring, and took third at
Petit Le Mans
Petit Le Mans (French language, French for ''Little Le Mans'') is a sports car racing, sports car Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance race held annually at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, United States. The race has been held for a durat ...
The latter result earned Jaminet and Campbell the GTD Pro title.
For the 2023 season, Nasr partnered Campbell in the new 963 as part of Porsche Penske's #7 crew in the
IMSA SCC.
In a challenging debut season for the car, Nasr and Campbell scored three podiums, including a controlling victory at
Road America
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. They finished fifth in the drivers' standings, level on points with the sister car which finished ahead on countback.
Nasr was joined by Cameron for the
2024 IMSA season, with Campbell providing support in the endurance events.
Daytona became a crowning achievement for Nasr, who took victory after defending his position hard against a chasing
Tom Blomqvist
Tom Leonard Blomqvist (born 30 November 1993) is a British racing driver. He competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Meyer Shank Racing. Blomqvist also competes in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA World Endurance Champion ...
in the final hour. A slew of third places followed, starting at
Sebring and carrying over through
Long Beach
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and
Laguna Seca
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, despite suffering contacts from GT cars in the latter two. Fourth at
Detroit
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came next before a pass on
Louis Delétraz at the final restart in
Watkins Glen earned Nasr his second win of the year. Second at
Road America
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extended Nasr and Cameron's championship lead to 100 points, though a ninth place on the road at
Indianapolis
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after Nasr nursed the car home with a power steering failure looked to undo their advantage. However, two disqualifications, including one for the podium-finishing #6 Porsche, increased the #7's gap to 124 points. With a third place at
Petit Le Mans
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, Nasr and Cameron took home both the overall IMSA title and the Michelin Endurance Cup.
Personal life
Nasr is of
Lebanese ancestry, his grandfather having emigrated to Brazil in the 1960s. Nasr lists his favourite hobbies as
sport
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s,
fishing
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and
mechanics
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,
he cites the ''
Star Wars
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'' and
James Bond film series
James may refer to:
People
* James (given name)
* James (surname)
* James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician
* James, brother of Jesus
* King James (disambiguation), various kings named James
* Prince Ja ...
as his favourite films,
his favourite driver as
Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva (; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren, and—at the time of his death—held ...
,
[ and his favourite circuit as ]Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
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.[ 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
Hélio Castroneves (; born Hélio Alves de Castro Neves; 10 May 1975) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He competes part-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 06 Dallara-Honda for Meyer Shank Racing. He is one of four drivers to have w ...
, Vítor Meira, Antônio Pizzonia
Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior (born 11 September 1980) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series. Born in Manaus, he started his car racing career in the Formula Vauxhall Junior ...
, Luciano Burti
Luciano Pucci Burti (born 5 March 1975) is a Brazilian former racing driver who raced in Formula One in 2000 and 2001. He was later a commentator for TV Globo.
Early career
Burti's early career saw him graduate through the usual channels and ...
, Bruno Junqueira
Bruno Junqueira (born November 4, 1976) is a Brazilian race car driver who most recently competed in the IRL IndyCar Series. He is a former Formula 3000 champion and three-time runner-up in the Champ Car World Series.
Racing career
Early ca ...
, Cristiano da Matta, Mário Haberfeld, Max Wilson, Átila Abreu and Sérgio Jimenez. Nasr's favourite musical artists include Johnny Cash
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, Bob Dylan
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and Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals, lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums, percussion). Th ...
. Nasr is multilingual
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with the ability to speak Portuguese, English and Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
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** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
.
Racing record
Career summary
† – As Nasr was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula BMW Europe results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete British Formula Three results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete GP2 Series results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula One results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicates fastest lap)
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
24 Hours of Daytona results
Complete IMSA 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.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Formula E results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
*
Amir Nasr Racing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nasr, Felipe
1992 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Brasília
Brazilian people of Lebanese descent
Formula BMW USA drivers
Formula BMW Europe drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
Formula 3 Euro Series drivers
FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers
GP2 Series drivers
Brazilian GP2 Series drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
Brazilian Formula One drivers
Sauber Formula One drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
Brazilian Formula E drivers
Brazilian WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
Formula BMW Pacific drivers
FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
Stock Car Brasil drivers
Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
EuroInternational drivers
Double R Racing drivers
Carlin racing drivers
DAMS drivers
Action Express Racing drivers
Porsche Motorsports drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
Team Penske drivers
Dragon Racing drivers
Meyer Shank Racing drivers
Brazilian racing drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers