Felipe Nasr should not be confused with Felipe Massa.
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| Birth Date: | 21 August 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Brasília, Federal District, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives: | Amir Nasr (uncle)
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Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr (born 21 August 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver, currently competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Porsche. Nasr competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing, Nasr has won three IMSA SportsCar Championship titles, and won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2019 with AXR; he also won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2024 with Porsche.
After a year as the official test driver for Williams in 2014, he joined Sauber as a full-time Formula One driver in 2015.[1] However, from the 2017 season he was replaced by Pascal Wehrlein.[2]
From 2018, Nasr has been competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Whelen Engineering Racing,[3] winning the championship with co-driver Eric Curran 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.
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.[4]
In the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona, Nasr finished third overall and in class, driving a second generation Riley prototype for Michael Shank Racing.
On 5 November 2014, it was announced that Nasr would drive for Sauber in .[17] 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.[18] [19] 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.[20] After a successful 2015 season, Sauber retained Nasr for 2016.[21]
Nasr's—and Sauber's—only points in 2016 came at the Brazilian Grand Prix, 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.[22] 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 and could not find another seat after the Manor team exited the sport.[23]
In January 2019, Nasr joined GEOX Dragon for the rookie test in Marrakesh, but was unable to participate due to contractual issues.[24] [25] The following month, it was announced Nasr would replace Maximilian Günther from the Mexico City ePrix onwards.[26] Because of Nasr's IMSA commitments, Günther had temporarily returned to his seat at the 2019 Rome ePrix.[27] 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 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 & Felix Rosenqvist.
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.[28] 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.
In July 2020, Nasr tested positive for COVID-19.[29] 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.[30]
IMSA CareerSince he joined the series back in 2018 he has had 9 wins and 26 podiums [31] and is entering his 6th season racing in the category.
In 2024 he won the Rolex 24 in a Porsche 963.
Nasr is of Lebanese ancestry, his grandfather having emigrated to Brazil in the 1960s. Nasr lists his favourite hobbies as sports, fishing and mechanics,[32] he cites the Star Wars and James Bond film series as his favourite films,[33] his favourite driver as Ayrton Senna,[32] and his favourite circuit as Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[32] 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. Nasr's favourite musical artists include Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and Dire Straits.[34] Nasr is multilingual with the ability to speak Portuguese, English and Italian.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | 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 | |||
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| 2010 | nowrap | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | nowrap | Dallara F308 | nowrap | Mercedes HWA | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | MAG 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | ROC 1 | ROC 2 | ROC 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | THR 1 | THR 2 | THR 3 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | 5th | 136 |
| 2011 | nowrap | Carlin | nowrap | Dallara F308 | nowrap | Volkswagen | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | ROC 1 | ROC 2 | ROC 3 | DON 1 | DON 2 | DON 3 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | 1st | 318 |
(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 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | nowrap | DAMS | SEP FEA | SEP SPR | BHR1 FEA | BHR1 SPR | BHR2 FEA | BHR2 SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | MRN FEA | MRN SPR | 10th | 95 | |
| 2013 | nowrap | Carlin | SEP FEA | SEP SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | MRN FEA | MRN SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 4th | 154 | |||
| 2014 | nowrap | Carlin | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SOC FEA | SOC SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 3rd | 224 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicates fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | WDC | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | nowrap | Williams Martini Racing | nowrap | Williams FW36 | nowrap | Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6 t | AUS | MAL | BHR | CHN | ESP | MON | CAN | AUT | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | RUS | USA | BRA | ABU | – | – | |||
| nowrap | Sauber F1 Team | nowrap | Sauber C34 | nowrap | Ferrari 060 1.6 V6 t | AUS | MAL | CHN | BHR | ESP | MON | CAN | AUT | GBR | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN † | RUS | USA | MEX | BRA | ABU | 13th | 27 | ||||
| nowrap | Sauber F1 Team | nowrap | Sauber C35 | nowrap | Ferrari 061 1.6 V6 t | AUS | BHR | CHN | RUS | ESP | MON | CAN | EUR | AUT | GBR | HUN | GER | BEL | ITA | SIN | MAL | JPN | USA | MEX | BRA | ABU | 17th | 2 |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian |  Jorge Goncalvez Michael McDowell Gustavo Yacamán | Riley Mk. XX | DP | 761 | 3rd | 3rd | |
| 2018 | Whelen Engineering Racing |  Mike Conway Eric Curran Stuart Middleton | Cadillac DPi-V.R | P | 808 | 2nd | 2nd | |
| 2019 | Whelen Engineering Racing |  Pipo Derani Eric Curran | Cadillac DPi-V.R | P | 593 | 2nd | 2nd | |
| 2020 | Whelen Engineering Racing |  Filipe Albuquerque Mike Conway Pipo Derani | Cadillac DPi-V.R | DPi | 822 | 7th | 7th | |
| 2021 | Whelen Engineering Racing | Mike Conway Pipo Derani Chase Elliott | Cadillac DPi-V.R | DPi | 783 | 8th | 6th | |
| 2022 |  Pfaff Motorsports |  Mathieu Jaminet Matt Campbell | Porsche 911 GT3 R | GTD Pro | 711 | 18th | 1st | |
| 2023 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Matt Campbell Michael Christensen | Porsche 963 | GTP | 749 | 14th | 7th | |
| 2024 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Dane Cameron Matt Campbell Josef Newgarden | Porsche 963 | GTP | 791 | 1st | 1st |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | nowrap | Whelen Engineering Racing | P | nowrap | Cadillac DPi-V.R | nowrap | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | MOH | BEL | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 1st | 277 | ||
| 2019 | nowrap | Whelen Engineering Racing | DPi | nowrap | Cadillac DPi-V.R | nowrap | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 2nd | 297 | ||
| 2020 | nowrap | Whelen Engineering Racing | DPi | nowrap | Cadillac DPi-V.R | nowrap | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY | DAY | SEB | ELK | ATL | MDO | PET | LGA | SEB | 8th | 232 | |||
| 2021 | nowrap | Whelen Engineering Racing | DPi | nowrap | Cadillac DPi-V.R | nowrap | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY | SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | WGL | ELK | LGA | LBH | PET | 1st | 3407 | ||
| 2022 | nowrap | Pfaff Motorsports | nowrap | GTD Pro | nowrap | Porsche 911 GT3 R | nowrap | Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 10th | 992 | |
| 2023 | nowrap | Porsche Penske Motorsport | nowrap | GTP | nowrap | Porsche 963 | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | PET | 5th | 2691 | |||
| 2024 | nowrap | Porsche Penske Motorsport | nowrap | GTP | nowrap | Porsche 963 | nowrap | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | 1st | 2982 |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 |  Cetilar Villorba Corse | Roberto Lacorte Giorgio Sernagiotto | Dallara P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 342 | 19th | 11th |
| 2021 | Risi Competizione | Oliver Jarvis Ryan Cullen | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 275 | NC | NC |
| 2022 | Team Penske | Dane Cameron Emmanuel Collard | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 368 | 9th | 5th |
| 2023 |  Porsche Penske Motorsport | Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy | Porsche 963 | Hypercar | 84 | DNF | DNF |
| 2024 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy | Porsche 963 | Hypercar | 211 | DNF | DNF |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)