Stéphane Sarrazin Explained

Stéphane Sarrazin
Nationality: French
Birth Date:2 November 1975
Birth Place:Barjac, Gard, France
Current Series:WEC – LMP1
First Year:2012
Current Team:SMP Racing
Former Teams:Toyota Gazoo Racing
Starts:51
Wins:3
Championships:0
Poles:3
Fastest Laps:0
Best Finish:3rd
Year:2013, 2016
Prev Series:European Rally Championship
Rolex Sports Car Series
WEC – LMP2
European Le Mans Series
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
V8 Supercars
FIA GT1 World Championship
Intercontinental Rally Challenge
Le Mans Series
American Le Mans Series
FIA GT Championship
World Series by Nissan
FIA Sportscar Championship
International Formula 3000
French Formula Three
French Formula Renault
Prev Series Years:201314
2013
2012
2012
2011
201112
2010
20092011
200708, 201011
200506, 200811
2005, 200809
2003
2003
19982001
1995–97
1993–94
Titles:Le Mans Series
French Formula Renault
Title Years:2007, 2010
1994
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Current Series:Formula E
First Year:2014–15
Current Team:MS&AD Andretti Formula E
Car Number:27
Former Teams:Venturi Grand Prix, Techeetah
Starts:37
Wins:0
Championships:0
Poles:1
Fastest Laps:0
Best Finish:6th
Year:2015–16
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Team(S):Minardi
Races:1
Championships:0
Wins:0
Podiums:0
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:0
Points:0
First Race:1999 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last Race:1999 Brazilian Grand Prix
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Years:2001–2003, 2005–
Team(S):Viper Team Oreca, Pescarolo Sport, Aston Martin Racing, Peugeot, Toyota Racing
Best Finish:2nd
Class Wins:0
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Years:20042006, 20152020, 2022
Team(S):Equipe de France FFSA, Subaru, First Motorsport
Races:23
Championships:0
Wins:0
Podiums:0
Stagewins:1
Points:26
First Race:2004 Rallye Deutschland

Stéphane Jean-Marc Sarrazin (born 2 November 1975) is a French racing and rally driver. He has won races across a number of single-seater, sportscar and rallying disciplines and competitions, was French Formula Renault champion in 1994, and Le Mans Series champion in both 2007 and 2010. Although he has never won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, he has finished on the podium six times, including four outright second positions. He participated in one Formula One Grand Prix, the 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix, for Minardi as a replacement for Luca Badoer, who had injured his wrist. He suffered a big spin in the race coming up to the start-finish straight on lap 31[1] and scored no championship points. He also carried out testing duties for the Prost Grand Prix team during the 1999–2001 Formula One seasons and for Toyota Racing in their first season in .

Career

During the 1999 season, Sarrazin raced in International Formula 3000, winning one race at the Hungaroring. In 2003, he raced in the Superfund World Series.

In 2004, Sarrazin converted to rallying and competed in two World Rally Championship events, posting a best result of 4th. He was signed to drive Subaru's second car along with young Australian Chris Atkinson as a teammate to defending world champion Petter Solberg. He also competed at the 2004 Race of Champions.

Sarrazin drove an Aston Martin DBR9 in the GT1 class of the 2006 American Le Mans Series, but was announced on January 10, 2007 as an official works driver for Peugeot Sport in the Le Mans Series, driving the new 908 HDi FAP diesel Le Mans Prototype. He won the 2007 Le Mans Series with Pedro Lamy, by winning three races. Sarrazin also took pole position at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished second in the race with Lamy and Sébastien Bourdais. He won the 2008 24 Hours of Spa driving the Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12. He finished third in the 2009 Monte Carlo rally. Sarrazin finished second again in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. He finished fourth overall on the Monte Carlo round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Following Peugeot's withdrawal from endurance racing, Sarrazin signed with Starworks Motorsport for the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship. Sarrazin also signed a temporary deal to drive the Toyota TS030 Hybrid at Le Mans due to the withdrawal of Hiroaki Ishiura on medical grounds.

In 2013, Sarrazin joined Toyota Racing full-time as a driver of the Toyota TS030. Sarrazin helped the team finish 2nd at Le Mans and scored his first win with the team in Bahrain.

Sarrazin continued with Toyota Racing in 2014, and signed for Venturi Grand Prix to race in Formula E. He finished the first ever race of the series, the 2014 Beijing ePrix in 9th place. Two months later in November 2014 he took his first international rally victory in the Tour de Corse, which was the last rally of the 2014 European Rally Championship.

Sarrazin currently races in the Extreme E all-electric off-road racing series for Veloce Racing. During the 2021 Island X-Prix, he suffered a massive rollover, but he came out unscathed, though he went to the medical centre for precautionary checks.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesPodiumsPointsPosition
1993Championnat de France Formule RenaultLa Filière110012635th
1994Championnat de France Formule RenaultLa Filière12533101351st
1995French Formula 3 ChampionshipLa Filière110110348th
1996French Formula 3 ChampionshipWinfield100002469th
1997French Formula 3 Championshipalign=left rowspan=2LD Autosport1532391412nd
Macau Grand Prix10000N/A7th
Masters of Formula 3Opel Team BSR10000N/A15th
1998International Formula 3000Apomatox121102196th
1999International Formula 3000Gauloises Junior101012224th
align=left rowspan=2Formula OneProst Grand PrixTest driver
Minardi100000NC
2000International Formula 3000MySap.com60020322nd
Formula OneProst Grand PrixTest driver
2001International Formula 3000Prost Junior Team10001414th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP900Viper Team Oreca10000N/ANC
200224 Hours of Le Mans – LMP900PlayStation Team Oreca10000N/A5th
2003World Series by NissanRacing Engineering1812451107th
FIA Sportscar Championship – SR1align=left rowspan=3Pescarolo Sport21002246th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP90010000N/A6th
1000 km of Le Mans – LMP90010001N/A2nd
2004World Rally ChampionshipEquipe de France FFSA300811th
2005FIA GT Championship – GT1align=left rowspan=3Aston Martin Racing100000NC
American Le Mans Series – GT110000916th
24 Hours of Le Mans – GT110001N/A3rd
World Rally ChampionshipSubaru World Rally Team800617th
2006American Le Mans Series – GT1align=left rowspan=2Aston Martin Racing1032161632nd
24 Hours of Le Mans – GT110000N/A5th
World Rally ChampionshipSubaru World Rally Team400618th
2007Le Mans Seriesalign=left rowspan=2Peugeot Total631?5401st
24 Hours of Le Mans10101N/A2nd
2008FIA GT Championship – GT1Vitaphone Racing11001209th
Le Mans Seriesalign=left rowspan=3Peugeot Total522?2214th
American Le Mans Series20001467th
24 Hours of Le Mans10100N/A5th
2009FIA GT Championship – GT1Vitaphone Racing10000517th
American Le Mans Seriesalign=left rowspan=3Peugeot Total21002565th
24 Hours of Le Mans10101N/A2nd
Intercontinental Rally Challenge101614th
2010Le Mans Seriesalign=left rowspan=3Peugeot Total51003781st
American Le Mans Series – LMP110010NC
24 Hours of Le Mans10000N/ANC
FIA GT1 World ChampionshipHexis AMR20000241st
Intercontinental Rally ChallengeStéphane Sarrazin200520th
2011Le Mans Seriesalign=left rowspan=4Peugeot Total300020NC
American Le Mans Series211020NC
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup71106N/ANC
24 Hours of Le Mans10001N/A3rd
International V8 Supercars ChampionshipBrad Jones Racing200004281st
Intercontinental Rally ChallengeStéphane Sarrazin1001218th
2012align=left rowspan=2FIA World Endurance ChampionshipStarworks Motorsport8001037.515th
align=left rowspan=2Toyota Racing10000
24 Hours of Le Mans10000N/ADNF
European Le Mans SeriesSébastien Loeb Racing20001306th
International V8 Supercars ChampionshipBrad Jones Racing200000NC
2013FIA World Endurance Championshipalign=left rowspan=2Toyota Racing81004106.253rd
24 Hours of Le Mans10001N/A2nd
Rolex Sports Car Series8 Star Motorsports11000124913th
European Rally ChampionshipFirst Motorsport1012419th
2014FIA World Endurance Championshipalign=left rowspan=2Toyota Racing812051165th
24 Hours of Le Mans10000N/ANC
European Rally ChampionshipFirst Motorsport1113914th
2014–15Formula EVenturi Grand Prix1101002214th
2015FIA World Endurance Championshipalign=left rowspan=2Toyota Racing80001796th
24 Hours of Le Mans10000N/A6th
World Rally ChampionshipFirst Motorsport100226th
2015–16Formula EVenturi Grand Prix100001706th
2016FIA World Endurance Championshipalign=left rowspan=2Toyota Gazoo Racing910061453rd
24 Hours of Le Mans10001N/A2nd
World Rally ChampionshipStéphane Sarrazin1000NC
2016–17align=left rowspan=2Formula EVenturi Grand Prix600003610th
Techeetah60002
2017FIA World Endurance Championshipalign=left rowspan=2Toyota Gazoo Racing301012617th
24 Hours of Le Mans10100N/ADNF
WeatherTech SportsCar ChampionshipRebellion Racing100002333rd
World Rally ChampionshipStéphane Sarrazin100221st
2017–18Formula EMS&AD Andretti Formula E40000022nd
2018World Rally ChampionshipStéphane Sarrazin1000NC
24 Hours of Le MansSMP Racing10000N/ADNF
2018–19FIA World Endurance ChampionshipSMP Racing800012714th
2019World Rally ChampionshipStéphane Sarrazin200223rd
24 Hours of Le MansSMP Racing10000N/ADNF
2020World Rally ChampionshipStéphane Sarrazin1000NC
World Rally Championship-31000NC
2021Extreme EVeloce Racing30001607th

Single-seater racing

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
1998ApomatoxOSC
IMO
CAT
SIL
MON
PAU
A1R
HOC
HUN
SPA
PER
NÜR
6th19
1999Gauloises JuniorIMO
MON
CAT
MAG
SIL
A1R
HOC
HUN
SPA
NÜR
4th22
2000MySap.comIMO
SIL
CAT
NÜR
MON
MAG
A1RHOCHUNSPA22nd3
2001F3000 Prost Junior TeamINTIMOCATA1RMON
NÜRMAGSILHOCHUNSPAMNZ14th4

Complete Formula One results

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Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamChassisPowertrain123456789101112PosPoints
2014–15Venturi Formula E TeamSpark SRT01-eSRT01-eBEI
PUT
PDE
BUE
MIA
LBH
MCO
BER
MSC
LDN
LDN
14th22
2015–16Venturi Formula E TeamSpark SRT01-eVenturi VM200-FE-01BEI
PUT
PDE
BUE
MEX
LBH
PAR
BER
LDN
LDN
6th70
2016–17Venturi Formula E TeamSpark SRT01-eVenturi VM200-FE-02HKG
MRK
BUE
MEX
MCO
PAR
10th36
TecheetahSpark SRT01-eRenault Z.E. 16BER
BER
NYC
NYC
MTL
MTL
2017–18MS&AD Andretti Formula ESpark SRT01-eAndretti ATEC-03HKGHKGMRKSCLMEXPDERMEPARBER
ZUR
NYC
NYC
22nd0

Sportscar racing

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLaps
2001 Viper Team Oreca Yannick Dalmas
Franck Montagny
Chrysler LMPLMP900126DNFDNF
2002 PlayStation Team Oreca Franck Montagny
Nicolas Minassian
Dallara SP1-JuddLMP9003596th5th
2003 Pescarolo Sport Jean-Christophe Boullion
Franck Lagorce
Courage C60-PeugeotLMP9003568th6th
2005 Aston Martin Racing David Brabham
Darren Turner
Aston Martin DBR9GT13339th3rd
2006 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy
Stéphane Ortelli
Aston Martin DBR9GT134210th5th
2007 Team Peugeot Total Pedro Lamy
Sébastien Bourdais
Peugeot 908 HDi FAPLMP13592nd2nd
2008 Team Peugeot Total Pedro Lamy
Alexander Wurz
Peugeot 908 HDi FAPLMP13685th5th
2009 Team Peugeot Total Franck Montagny
Sébastien Bourdais
Peugeot 908 HDi FAPLMP13812nd2nd
2010 Team Peugeot Total Franck Montagny
Nicolas Minassian
Peugeot 908 HDi FAPLMP1264DNFDNF
2011 Peugeot Sport Total Franck Montagny
Nicolas Minassian
Peugeot 908LMP13533rd3rd
2012 Toyota Racing Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Toyota TS030 HybridLMP182DNFDNF
2013 Toyota Racing Anthony Davidson
Sébastien Buemi
Toyota TS030 HybridLMP13472nd2nd
2014 Toyota Racing Alexander Wurz
Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota TS040 HybridLMP1-H219DNFDNF
2015 Toyota Racing Mike Conway
Alexander Wurz
Toyota TS040 HybridLMP13876th6th
2016 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Toyota TS050 HybridLMP13812nd2nd
2017 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway
Kamui Kobayashi
Toyota TS050 HybridLMP1154DNFDNF
2018 SMP Racing Matevos Isaakyan
Egor Orudzhev
BR Engineering BR1-AERLMP1123DNFDNF
2019 SMP Racing Sergey Sirotkin
Egor Orudzhev
BR Engineering BR1-AERLMP1163DNFDNF

Complete Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2007Team Peugeot TotalLMP1Peugeot 908 HDi FAPPeugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)MON
VAL
NÜR
SPA
SIL
MIL
1st40
2008Team Peugeot TotalLMP1Peugeot 908 HDi FAPPeugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)CAT
MON
SPA
NÜR
SIL
7th21
2010Team Oreca MatmutLMP1Peugeot 908 HDi FAPPeugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)CAS
SPA
ALG
HUN
SIL
1st78
2011Peugeot Sport TotalLMP1Peugeot 908Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8
(Diesel)
CASSPA
IMO
SIL
ESTNC0

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456789PosPoints
2012Starworks MotorsportLMP2HPD ARX-03bHonda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6SEB
SPA
SIL
SÃO
BHR
FUJ
SHA
15th37.5
Toyota RacingLMP1Toyota TS030 HybridToyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid)LMS
2013Toyota RacingLMP1Toyota TS030 HybridToyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid)SIL
SPA
LMS
SÃO
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
3rd106.25
2014Toyota RacingLMP1Toyota TS040 HybridToyota 3.7 L V8 (Hybrid)SIL
SPA
LMS
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
SÃO
5th116
2015Toyota RacingLMP1Toyota TS040 HybridToyota 3.7 L V8 (Hybrid)SIL
SPA
LMS
NÜR
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
6th79
2016Toyota Gazoo RacingLMP1Toyota TS050 HybridToyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid)SIL
SPA
LMS
NÜR
MEX
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
3rd145
2017Toyota Gazoo RacingLMP1Toyota TS050 HybridToyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid)SILSPA
LMS
NÜRMEXCOA
FUJSHABHR17th26
2018–19SMP RacingLMP1BR Engineering BR1AER P60B 2.4 L Turbo V6SPA
LMS
SIL
FUJ
SHA
SEB
SPA
LMS
14th27

Rallying

WRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
2004Equipe de France FFSASubaru Impreza WRC2003MONSWEMEXNZLCYPGRETURARGFINGER
JPNGBRITAFRA
ESP
AUS11th8
2005Subaru World Rally TeamSubaru Impreza WRC2004MON
SWE
17th6
Subaru Impreza WRC2005MEXNZLITA
CYPTURGRE
ARGFINGER
GBR
JPNFRA
ESP
AUS
2006Subaru World Rally TeamSubaru Impreza WRC2006MON
SWEMEXESP
FRA
ARGITAGREGER
FINJPNCYPTURAUSNZLGBR18th6
2015First MotorsportFord Fiesta RS WRCMONSWEMEXARGPORITAPOLFINGERAUSFRA
ESPGBR26th2
2016Stéphane SarrazinHyundai i20 R5MONSWEMEXARGPORITAPOLFINGERCHN
FRA
ESPGBRAUSNC0
2017Stéphane SarrazinŠkoda Fabia R5MONSWEMEXFRA
ARGPORITAPOLFINGERESPGBRAUS21st2
2018Stéphane SarrazinHyundai i20 R5MON
SWEMEXFRAARGPORITAFINGERTURGBRESPAUSNC0
2019Stéphane SarrazinHyundai i20 R5MON
SWEMEXFRAARGCHLPORITAFINGER
TURGBRESPAUS
23rd2
2020Stéphane SarrazinHyundai i20 R5MON
SWEMEXESTTURITAMNZNC0
2022Stéphane SarrazinVolkswagen Polo GTI R5MONSWECROPORITAKENESTFINBELGRENZLESP
JPNNC0

WRC-3 results

* Season still in progress.

IRC results

YearEntrantCar123456789101112WDCPoints
2009Peugeot TotalPeugeot 207 S2000MON
BRAKENPORBELRUSPORCZEESPITASCO14th6
2010Stéphane SarrazinPeugeot 207 S2000MON
BRAARGCANITABEL
AZOMADCZEITASCOCYP20th5
2011Stéphane SarrazinPeugeot 207 S2000MON
CANCORYALYPRAZOZLIMECSANSCOCYP18th12

Complete European Rally Championship results

YearEntrantCar123456789101112Points
2013First MotorsportMini John Cooper Works S2000JÄNLIECANAZOCOR
YPRROMZLÍPOLCROSANVAL19th24
2014First MotorsportFord Fiesta RRCJÄNLIEROMACRIREAZOYPRESTCZECYPVALCOR
14th39

Touring car racing

Complete V8 Supercar results

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031Final posPoints
2011Brad Jones RacingHolden VE CommodoreYMC
R1
YMC
R2
ADE
R3
ADE
R4
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
QLD
R18
PHI
Q
PHI
R19
BAT
R20
SUR
R21

SUR
R22

SYM
R23
SYM
R24
SAN
R25
SAN
R26
SYD
R27
SYD
R28
81st42
2012Brad Jones RacingHolden VE CommodoreADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
HAM
R5
HAM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
PHI
R10
PHI
R11
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
Q
SAN
R20
BAT
R21
SUR
R22

SUR
R23

YMC
R24
YMC
R25
YMC
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
SYD
R29
SYD
R30
NC0 †
† Not Eligible for points

Off-road racing

Complete Extreme E results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stéphane Sarrazin – Biography . 29 August 2007 . 24 October 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061024101458/http://f1rejects.com/drivers/sarrazin/biography.html#f1 . dead .