Norman Nato

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Norman Nato at the first Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nürburgring in 2014

Norman Nato (born July 8, 1992 in Cannes ) is a French racing driver . He has been competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship (formerly GP2 series) since 2015 .

Career

NATO began his motorsport career in 1998 in karting , in which he was active until 2010. Among other things, he won the French KZ2 Championship in 2009 and the Monaco Kart Cup in the KZ2 class in 2010. In 2010 NATO made its debut in formula racing and took part in the F4 Eurocup 1.6 . He won two races and was runner-up behind Stoffel Vandoorne . In 2011, Nato switched to R-Ace GP and competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . With two third places, he achieved two podium finishes and finished the season as the best driver in his racing team in eleventh place. With 58, NATO had significantly more points than his two teammates Côme Ledogar and Pieter Schothorst , who together had 10 points. In addition, he took part in the first three events of the Northern European Formula Renault for R-Ace GP . He achieved a pole position and a second place. In 2012 NATO started for RC Formula . With one victory and a total of four podium finishes, he improved to fourth place in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. He was also active for his racing team in the Alpine Formula Renault . With four first and four second places, he was on the podium a total of eight times. With 214 to 217 points, he was just under Daniil Kwjat at the end of the season and was second overall.

Norman Nato at the first Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nürburgring in 2014

In 2013 , NATO switched to DAMS in Formula Renault 3.5 . There he became a teammate of Kevin Magnussen . While Magnussen won the championship title with five wins, two fifth places were NATO's best results. He finished the season in 13th place. In 2014 NATO stayed with DAMS in Formula Renault 3.5. In Monaco , he scored his first victory starting from pole position. In Mogyoród he was victorious again. With 89 points he was seventh overall, while Carlos Sainz jr. again his teammate won the championship title.

In 2015 , NATO switched to the GP2 series at Arden International . He finished the season in 18th place overall. Internally, he prevailed against André Negrão with 20 to 5 points . In 2016 , NATO stayed in the GP2 series and started for Racing Engineering . He scored his first GP2 victory at the season opener in Barcelona . Another victory followed in the sprint race in Monza . With a total of five podium finishes, he improved to fifth place in the drivers' standings. In 2017 , NATO returned to Arden and stayed in the racing series, which had been renamed the FIA Formula 2 Championship in the winter .

statistics

Career stations

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
2013 DAMS ItalyItaly MNZ SpainSpain ALC MonacoMonaco MON BelgiumBelgium SPA RussiaRussia MOS AustriaAustria SPI HungaryHungary HUN FranceFrance LEC SpainSpain CAT 33 13.
10 6th 5 20th DNF 15th 15th 13 10 DNF 10 15th 11 18th 9 DNF 5
2014 DAMS ItalyItaly MNZ SpainSpain ALC MonacoMonaco MON BelgiumBelgium SPA RussiaRussia MOS GermanyGermany ONLY HungaryHungary HUN FranceFrance LEC SpainSpain JRZ 89 7th
15th 11 11 10 1 5 5 17th 16 12 6th 8th 1 10 DNF 8th 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 Points rank
2015 Arden International 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 20th 18th
DNF 16 8th 7th 18th 21st 20th 13 18th 23 11 6th DNF 20th 6th DNF 12 9 24 10 DNF C.
2016 Racing engineering SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AzerbaijanAzerbaijan AZE AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany GER BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA MalaysiaMalaysia MAS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 136 5.
1 16 2 6th DNF DNF 7th 12 7th 22 * 7th 3 DNF 18th DNF 8th 5 1 3 DNF 6th 5
2017 Pertamina Arden BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AzerbaijanAzerbaijan AZE AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SpainSpain ESP United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 91 9.
2 DNF 16 13 DNF DNF 5 1 DNF 7th 2 6th 7th 5 8th 4th 13 10 11 10 13 18 *

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2018 RussiaRussia SMP Racing Dallara P217 RussiaRussia Viktor Schaitar United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harrison Newey Rank 14
2019 United KingdomUnited Kingdom RLR Msport Tower Events Oreca 07 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Farano IndiaIndia Arjun Maini not classified

Web links

Commons : Norman Nato  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "WS by Renault - DAMS is upgrading for 2013: NATO is coming". French for the French. Motorsport-Magazin.com, November 30, 2012, accessed January 23, 2013 .
  2. Annika Kläsener: "WS by Renault - DAMS continues to rely on NATO". Play a crucial role. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 18, 2013, accessed December 18, 2013 .
  3. Valentin Khorounzhiy: Norman Nato confirmed for GP2 switch with Arden. paddockscout.com, January 29, 2015, accessed January 29, 2015 .
  4. Gruz David: NATO joins Racing Engineering for second GP2 campaign. paddockscout.com, February 4, 2016, accessed February 4, 2016 .
  5. Valentin Khorounzhiy: GP2 race winner Norman Nato and Sean Gelael join Arden for 2017. autosport.com, February 3, 2017, accessed on February 3, 2017 (English).