Nicholas Latifi

Nicholas Latifi

Nation:	Canada
Formula 1 world championship
Start number :	6th
First start:	Grand Prix of Austria 2020
Constructors
2020  Williams F1
statistics
World Cup balance:	Newcomers
Starts Victories Poles SR 7th - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-
Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

Nicholas Latifi (born June 29, 1995 in Montréal , Québec ) is a Canadian racing driver of Iranian descent. He competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship (formerly GP2 series) from 2014 to 2019 and was runner-up in his last season. In 2020 he will drive for Williams in Formula 1 .

Career

Latifi began his motorsport career in karting in 2009 , where he remained active until 2012. In the 2011/2012 season he also made his debut in formula racing and took part in two races in the Skip Barber Winter Series . He decided one thing for himself. In 2012, Latifi initially received a cockpit at BVM in the Italian Formula 3 championship . After the second event, he moved to JD Motorsport within the series . For this team he completed the rest of the season and won a race. In total, he was on the podium four times. He finished the season in seventh place in the drivers' standings while his team-mate Riccardo Agostini won the championship. In 2012 Latifi also took part in a GT race of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge in North America .

In early 2013 , Latifi competed for Giles Motorsport in the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. He finished the season in ninth place. Then Latifi returned to Europe and received a cockpit from Carlin for the European Formula 3 championship in 2013 . He finished the season in 15th place overall. In addition, Latifi took part in the British Formula 3 Championship for Carlin in 2013 . With a third place as the best result, he finished fifth there. In 2014 , Latifi competed in the Florida Winter Series at the beginning of the year . He won four races and was the second best driver in terms of placements. Then Latifi drove for the Prema Powerteam in the European Formula 3 championship in 2014 . With a second place he was once on the podium. As the third best driver in his racing team, he was tenth overall. His teammate Esteban Ocon won the championship title. In addition, Latifi entered Formula Renault 3.5 for Tech 1 Racing in September . Because of this commitment, he decided not to take part in the last Formula 3 weekend. Latifi achieved second place in the Formula Renault 3.5 as the best result and was 20th overall at the end of the season. In November 2014 , Latifi also made his debut in the GP2 series for Hilmer Motorsport . In addition to his involvement in formula racing , Latifi took part in two races of the British Porsche Carrera Cup for Redline Racing .

In 2015 , Latifi decided to participate in Formula Renault 3.5 at Arden Motorsport . With two fourth places as the best results, he finished the season on the eleventh championship place. Internally he was defeated by Yegor Orudschew with 55 to 133 points. In addition, Latifi took part in some races of the 2015 GP2 series and the Pro Mazda Championship winter series for MP Motorsport . He also drove a few races in the British Porsche Carrera Cup.

In 2016 , Latifi switched to DAMS in the GP2 series. A second place at the season opener in Barcelona was his best result. He finished the season with 23 points in 16th place, while his teammate Alex Lynn was sixth with 124 points. In 2017 , Latifi stayed with DAMS in the racing series that had been renamed the FIA Formula 2 Championship in the winter . He won a race and finished the season with 178 in fifth place in the championship. In 2018 he again competed for DAMS in Formula 2. He won the sprint race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and finished the season in ninth place overall. In 2019 he started again at DAMS with Sérgio Sette Câmara as a teammate, who joined the team from Carlin. Latifi was able to achieve a total of four victories, namely the main race in Bahrain, Spain and Hungary and the sprint race in Azerbaijan, and came second in the main races in Great Britain and Russia and the sprint race in Abu Dhabi. In the overall standings he was runner-up with 214 points behind Nyck de Vries , who had collected 266 points. His teammate Sérgio Sette Câmara, who finished fourth at the end of the season, collected a total of 204 points.

In 2020 he will start for Williams in Formula 1, where he was previously a test and reserve driver. There he replaces Robert Kubica and is a team-mate of George Russell . For his career in this racing series, he chose the 6 as the permanent starting number, which was last used by Nico Rosberg from 2014 to 2016 . Since numerous races of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship were canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Latifi had to wait for his debut until the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix in July. Here he reached eleventh place and barely missed a point on his debut. However, in the race, which was characterized by numerous failures, he was also the last driver to cross the finish line. He is currently in 19th place in the drivers' standings after the seventh race.

statistics

Career stations

2009–2012: karting 2012: Skip Barber Winter Series (34th place) 2012: Italian Formula 3 (7th place) 2012: Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge , GS (84th place) 2013 : Toyota Racing Series (9th place) 2013 : European Formula 3 (15th place) 2013 : British Formula 3 (5th place)

2014 : Florida Winter Series 2014 : European Formula 3 (10th place) 2014 : Formula Renault 3.5 (20th place) 2014 : GP2 series (32nd place) 2014: British Porsche Carrera Cup (24th place) 2015 : Formula Renault 3.5 (11th place) 2015 : GP2 series (27th place) 2015: Pro Mazda Championship , Winter (12th place)

2015: British Porsche Carrera Cup (11th place) 2016 : GP2 series (16th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2017 : Formula 2 (5th place) 2018 : Formula 2 (9th place) 2019 : Formula 2 (2nd place) 2020 : Formula 1

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2013	Carlin	Volkswagen	MON			SIL			HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2						45	15th
			16	15th	DNF	5	DNF	10	23	22nd	15th	DNF	27	7th	5	DNF	7th	DNF	19th	DNF	19th	17th	21st	8th	11	DNF	17th	11	DNF	12	13	DNF
2014	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			128	10.
			6th	2	4th	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	17 *	DNF	22nd	9	10	13	7th	5	4th	8th	DNF	7th	8th	17 *	DNF	8th	4th	13	10	DNF	DNF	6th	4th

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2014	Tech 1 racing	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		ONLY		HUN		LEC		JRZ		20th	20th
													DNF	18th	16	9	16	2
2015	Arden Motorsport	ALC		MON	SPA		HUN		SPI		SIL		ONLY		LMS		JRZ		55	11.
		8th	14th	DNF	4th	13	DNF	17th	4th	DNF	8th	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	7th	10

Individual results in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship

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
2014	Hilmer Motorsport	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE				0	32.
																						22nd	17th
2015	MP Motorsport	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE				0	27.
												15th	14th					18th	14th	16	11	DNF	C.
2016	DAMS	ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE				23	16.
		2	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	10	DNF	11	10	16	12	14th	17th	13	9	16	15th	14th	10	9	12
2017	DAMS	BRN		ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				178	5.
		11	4th	6th	3	DNF	13	3	3	2	8th	8th	1	2	6th	DNS	9	3	16	4th	2	5	3
2018	DAMS	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		91	9.
		11	10	5	3	14th	8th	9	8th	7th	8th	11	8th	17th	16	DNF	16	8th	1	5	4th	2	DNF	DNF	15th
2019	DAMS	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		214	2.
		1	3	4th	1	1	6th	12	10	5	6th	9	6th	2	5	1	7th	C.	C.	13	10	2	4th	7th	2

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2020	Williams Racing	Williams FW43	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	7th	-	-	-	-	-	0	19th
total				7th	-	-	-	-	-	0

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
2020
	11	17th	19th	15th	19th	18th	16

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Nicholas Latifi  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Career statistics of Nicholas Latifi (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marion Rott: "Formula 3 EM - Carlin announces large number of drivers". Young and full of surprises. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 21, 2013, accessed on February 21, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Peter Allen: “Nicholas Latifi replaces Daniel Abt at Hilmer for GP2 finale”. paddockscout.com, November 19, 2014, accessed November 19, 2014 . 
3. ^ Peter Allen: Nicholas Latifi signs with Arden for Formula Renault 3.5. paddockscout.com, February 9, 2015, accessed February 25, 2015 . 
4. ^ Peter Allen: Nicholas Latifi takes over MP Motorsport GP2 seat. paddockscout.com, July 22, 2015, accessed July 22, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Peter Allen: Lynn joined by Latifi at DAMS in GP2 for 2016. paddockscout.com, December 18, 2015, accessed January 1, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: DAMS reveals Oliver Rowland and Nicolas Latifi as 2017 GP2 drivers. autosport.com, February 13, 2017, accessed February 25, 2017 . 
7. ↑ David Gruz, Jacobo Vega: DAMS announces Latifi for 2018 F2 season, Albon to contest round one. autosport.com, April 4, 2018, accessed April 30, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Nicholas Latifi signs contract as Williams driver 2020
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