Nathanaël Berthon

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Nathanaël Berthon (2015)

Nathanaël Berthon (born July 1, 1989 in Romagnat ) is a French racing driver . He started in the GP2 series from 2012 to 2015 . In 2016 he competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Career

Like most motorsport enthusiasts, Berthon began his career in karting , where he was active from 2006 to 2007. In 2008 he switched to the single-seater racing and entered both in the Western European Formula Renault , where he finished in 18th place overall, and in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup , where he remained without points at. In 2009 he stayed in both racing series and started for Epsilon Euskadi . While he achieved sixth overall place in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup with one win, he was third in the Western European Formula Renault with two wins. Since he was the best French driver in the Western European Formula Renault, he received the championship title of the French Formula Renault.

Nathanaël Berthon at the Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nürburgring 2011

In 2010 Berthon switched to Formula Renault 3.5 for the International DracoRacing championship team and became a teammate of Julian Leal . He made a good debut and finished third in his second race. At his home race in Magny-Cours , he achieved his first victory in the Formula Renault 3.5. Berthon finished the season in seventh place overall, leaving Leal 20th well behind. He also made guest starts in the British Formula 3 championship . In 2011 , Berthon started for Racing Engineering in the GP2 Asia series . He shot the season in 23rd place overall. He then completed his second season in Formula Renault 3.5 for the Czech racing team ISR . While his team mate Daniel Ricciardo finished fifth with a win, Berthon finished the season with third place as the best result in 13th place. After the season, Berthon took part in the 2011 GP2 Final for Racing Engineering and finished eleventh. He then made his debut for HRT in a test drive in a Formula 1 car.

Nathanaël Berthon at the main race of the GP2 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

In early 2012 , Berthon competed in the Toyota Racing Series , New Zealand's highest monoposto series, for M2 Competition . Fourth place was his best result. He finished 12 of 15 races within the top ten. At the end of the season he was in seventh place in the drivers' standings. He then switched to the GP2 series , in which he competed for Racing Engineering in the 2012 season. In the sprint race in Barcelona he achieved his first GP2 podium with a second place. At the end of the season, Berthon was twelfth in the drivers' standings with two second places as the best results. He lost to his teammate Fabio Leimer , who finished seventh. He also took part in two races in the French GT Championship. In 2013 , Berthon received a GP2 cockpit from Trident Racing . He only scored points on the Hungaroring . After eighth place in the main race, he won the sprint race starting from first place. It was his first GP2 win. He finished the season in 20th place overall and was defeated by Kevin Ceccon within the team , who had lost his cockpit after the first half of the season.

In 2014 , Berthon played his third GP2 season for Venezuela GP Lazarus . He was 20th in the overall standings and scored 17 out of 19 points for his team. In Formula Acceleration 1 , he took part in two events for different teams. In addition, Berthon went to endurance races. For Murphy Prototypes he took part in two races of the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) and for the first time in the 24-hour race of Le Mans . He also competed for Lotus in a race in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). In 2015 , Berthon stayed with Lazarus in the GP2 series. He finished the season in 16th place overall. In addition, he took part in long-distance races for Murphy Prototypes. He completed the entire season of the European Le Mans Series together with Michael Lyons and Mark Patterson . With a second place as the best result, the three drivers finished tenth in the LMP2 drivers' standings. In addition, Berthon contested the Le Mans 24-hour race for Murphy Prototypes. At the end of 2015 , Berthon competed in three races in the FIA Formula E Championship for Team Aguri . Already on his debut at the Beijing ePrix he scored points in eighth place.

In 2016 , Berthon received a cockpit in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship at the G-Drive Racing team, which is managed by Jota Sport .

statistics

Career stations

Individual results in the GP2 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 Points rank
2012 Racing engineering MalaysiaMalaysia MAS BahrainBahrain BRN BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SingaporeSingapore SIN 60 12.
11 8th 21 * DNF 12 10 5 2 9 7th 6th 5 12 14th 15th 9 7th 2 14th 19th 15th 15th 10 15th
2013 Trident Racing MalaysiaMalaysia MAS BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SingaporeSingapore SIN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     21st 20th
DNF 21st 17th 22nd DNF 23 DNF 21st 20th DNF 17th 15th 8th 1 22nd 13 DNF 21st DNF 10 18th 13    
2014 Venezuela GP Lazarus BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     17th 20th
23 * 17th DNF DNF 17th 12 22nd 25th 17th 12 8th 17th 8th 4th 22nd 15th 13 19 * 10 9 15th 13    
2015 Lazarus BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS BahrainBahrain BRN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     27 16.
7th 3 20th 12 17th 15th DNF 17th DNF 21st 14th 11 7th 7th     14th 19th 11 DNF 10 C.    

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 Points rank
2015/16 Team Aguri China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China AT MalaysiaMalaysia PUT UruguayUruguay PUN ArgentinaArgentina BUE MexicoMexico MEX United StatesUnited States LBH FranceFrance PAR GermanyGermany BER United KingdomUnited Kingdom LON 4th 17th
8th 15th 14th              

( Legend )

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

year team vehicle engine 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 Points rank
2014 lotus CLM P1 / 01 AER United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL BelgiumBelgium SPA FranceFrance LMS United StatesUnited States OUT JapanJapan FUJ China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China SHA BahrainBahrain BRN BrazilBrazil SAO   0 28.
            DNF    
2016 G-Drive Racing Oreca 05 Nissan United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL BelgiumBelgium SPA FranceFrance LMS GermanyGermany ONLY MexicoMexico MEX United StatesUnited States OUT JapanJapan FUJ China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China SHA BahrainBahrain BRN 0 -
- - - - - - - - -

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2014 IrelandIreland Murphy prototypes Oreca 03 IndiaIndia Karun Chandhok VenezuelaVenezuela Rodolfo González failure accident
2015 IrelandIreland Murphy prototypes Oreca 03R IndiaIndia Karun Chandhok United StatesUnited States Mark Patterson Rank 13
2016 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Greaves Motorsport Ligier JS P2 MexicoMexico Memo Rojas FranceFrance Julien Canal Rank 10
2017 FranceFrance Panis-Barthez Competition Ligier JS P2 FranceFrance Timothé Buret FranceFrance Fabien Barthez failure accident
2018 United StatesUnited States DragonSpeed Oreca 07 MexicoMexico Roberto González VenezuelaVenezuela Pastor Maldonado Rank 9
2019 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rebellion Racing Rebellion R13 United StatesUnited States Gustavo Menezes FranceFrance Thomas Laurent Rank 5

Web links

Commons : Nathanaël Berthon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Draco completes World Series lineup" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 8, 2009)
  2. ^ "Vietoris and Clos continue with Racing Engineering" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 27, 2011)
  3. ^ "Berthon chez ISR en FR 3.5" (autohebdo.fr on February 3, 2011)
  4. ^ "GP2 - Leimer continues to test for Racing Engineering" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on October 27, 2011)
  5. ^ "Berthon: Problems with the size" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 17, 2011)
  6. ↑ “2012 Toyota Racing Series Competitor List” (toyotaracing.co.nz on December 28, 2011; PDF; 73 kB)
  7. ^ “Nathanael Berthon joins Racing Engineering to race in 2012 GP2 season” (autosport.com on March 5, 2012)
  8. ↑ Matt Beer: “Trident to field Nathanael Berthon and Kevin Ceccon in GP2 opener”. autosport.com, March 20, 2013, accessed March 20, 2013 .
  9. ↑ Peter Allen: “Berthon joins Lazarus squad for 2014 GP2 season”. paddockscout.com, March 7, 2014, accessed March 7, 2014 .
  10. ^ Peter Allen: Nathanael Berthon stays on with Lazarus in GP2. paddockscout.com, February 27, 2015, accessed February 27, 2015 (English).
  11. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Formula E 2015/16: Berthon secures second Aguri cockpit. Motorsport-Total.com, October 17, 2015, accessed October 17, 2015 .
  12. ^ Gary Watkins: Jota team links up with G-Drive for WEC and ELMS LMP2 campaigns. autosport.com, February 4, 2016, accessed February 5, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Berthon, Nathanaël
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Romagnat , France