Norman Nato

Norman Nato
Born	(1992-07-08) July 8, 1992 Cannes, France
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2010–present
Known for	Formula E, FIA World Endurance Championship

Norman Jean Claude Nato (born 8 July 1992) is a professional French racing driver currently active in the Formula E World Championship representing the Nissan squad. Additionally, he competes in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship for Cadillac Hertz Team Jota within the Hypercar division.

Nato first rose to prominence by finishing second in both the 2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 and 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championships. He also achieved victories at Monaco and Hungary during the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

Karting

Born in Cannes on 8 July 1992, Nato began his karting journey at age nine. He claimed titles in the Championnat de France "Minimes" and "Cadet" categories in 2004 and 2005, respectively. His karting accolades include winning the Copa Campeones Trophy KF2 in 2007, securing the French KZ2 Championship in 2009, and triumphing at the KZ2 Monaco Kart Cup in 2010.

Formula Renault

Nato made his first appearance in single-seater racing in 2010 by joining the F4 Eurocup 1.6 series with Autosport Academy. He marked his debut with victories at Ciudad del Motor de Aragón and Barcelona, ultimately finishing as runner-up after accumulating eight podiums and a total of 123 points.

In 2011, he progressed to compete in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship with R-ace GP, concluding the season in 11th place overall with two podium finishes alongside consistent points scoring. That year, he also participated selectively in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, earning a podium at Nürburgring.

The following year, Nato signed with RC Formula for the Eurocup campaign, where he secured a win at Spa and added three more podiums to finish fourth overall with 96 points. Concurrently, he took part in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series, narrowly missing out on the championship after an incident involving Daniil Kvyat in the final round; he ended as runner-up with four victories and four additional podiums.

In 2013, Nato advanced to the highest level of the World Series by Renault by joining DAMS alongside Kevin Magnussen. During this season, he achieved one pole position and placed 13th in the Drivers' Championship with a total of 33 points.

He continued with DAMS for the 2014 season, partnering with Carlos Sainz Jr., and recorded two wins including a Grand Slam performance at Monaco—securing pole position, race victory, and fastest lap—and finished seventh overall with an aggregate of 89 points.

GP2 Series

On 29 January 2015, Nato was announced as Arden International’s lead driver for the GP2 Series. He completed that season ranked 18th overall with a tally of 20 points.

In 2016, Nato switched to Racing Engineering and began strongly by winning the opening race at Barcelona. Throughout the year, he achieved podium finishes at Monaco, Hungary, and Malaysia, along with another victory at Monza, culminating in fifth place in the Drivers' Championship with a total of 136 points.

Returning to Arden for the rebranded Formula 2, Nato claimed victory at the Baku City Circuit, outperforming eventual champion Charles Leclerc. He also secured two additional podiums and was runner-up in feature races held at Bahrain and Silverstone, ultimately finishing ninth overall with 91 points.

European Le Mans Series

In 2018, Nato transitioned to sports car racing by joining Racing Engineering’s LMP2 squad in the European Le Mans Series. Alongside teammates Paul Petit and Olivier Pla, he won the opening round at Le Castellet and added another podium finish at the Red Bull Ring, concluding the season third in the standings with a total of 66 points.

That same year marked Nato’s debut at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he finished tenth driving for SMP Racing. Additionally, he competed in the 2018 Petit Le Mans event within the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Tequila Patron ESM, securing an eleventh-place result.

For 2019, Nato joined reigning ELMS champions G-Drive Racing, participating in their initial two races where he achieved fourth place at Le Castellet followed by a victory at Monza.

World Endurance Championship

Nato made his first appearance in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2019, competing in the 6 Hours of Spa event with the LMP2 squad TDS Racing, where he achieved a fourth-place finish in his category.

For the 2019–20 season, Nato advanced to the LMP1 class by joining Rebellion Racing. He earned his inaugural FIA WEC win at the 4 Hours of Shanghai race and also triumphed at the 2020 Lone Star Le Mans held at the Circuit of the Americas.

At the 88th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Nato secured second place and concluded the season ranked third in the Drivers' Championship alongside teammates Gustavo Menezes and Bruno Senna, collecting six podium finishes across seven events.

In 2021, Nato transitioned to Realteam Racing within LMP2, forming a driving lineup with Loic Duval and team owner Esteban Garcia.

Reserve driver (2018–2020)

Nato was appointed as reserve driver for Venturi Racing in Formula E during 2018. He took part in the series' official Rookie Test in Marrakesh, where he recorded the tenth fastest time. Maintaining this reserve role through the 2019–20 season, he improved his performance by finishing sixth in the rookie test rankings.

2020–21 season

In 2020, Nato secured a full-time racing position at Venturi, partnering with Edoardo Mortara and replacing former Formula One champion Felipe Massa.

He made his race debut at the 2021 Diriyah ePrix and achieved a podium finish by coming third in Race 2 of the Rome round; however, he was later disqualified due to exceeding energy consumption limits.

Shortly after, Nato initially finished second in Race 2 of the Valencia ePrix, but a five-second penalty relegated him to fifth place.

Nato earned his first official podium with a commanding victory at the Berlin ePrix, marking Venturi's third win in Formula E history. This accomplishment positioned him as only the third driver outside of the inaugural season to claim a victory during their rookie year. He ultimately placed 18th in the Drivers' Championship with 54 points, becoming Venturi's most successful rookie driver to date.

On 15 September 2021, it was announced that Nato would be replaced by Lucas di Grassi for the upcoming Season 8.

2021–22 season

Without securing a permanent race seat, Nato joined Jaguar Racing as reserve driver alongside fellow former Venturi competitor Tom Dillmann. He stepped up to race during the final weekend in Seoul after Sam Bird sustained a fractured left hand in London.

2022–23 season

Nato returned to full-time competition for the 2022–23 season, partnering with Sacha Fenestraz at Nissan. During the opening round at Mexico City, he retired following contact from Robin Frijns on lap one. He then scored his initial points finishes by placing seventh in Hyderabad and eighth in Cape Town. After a race-ending collision at the São Paulo ePrix, Nato failed to add points in subsequent rounds at both Berlin and Monaco, despite starting from third on the grid in Monaco.

Following a software upgrade implemented after Berlin, Nissan’s competitiveness improved markedly from the Jakarta event onward. Nato capitalized on this progress by scoring points across six consecutive races. This sequence included a podium finish at Rome, where his effective energy management secured second place, along with two further top-five results.

He concluded the season ranked tenth overall and contributed significantly to Nissan surpassing customer team McLaren in the team standings. After this campaign, Nato departed Nissan as they explored alternative driver options.

2023–24 season

During the 2023–24 campaign, Nato joined the Andretti Formula E squad, taking over from André Lotterer and teaming up with the defending champion Jake Dennis. At the opening round held in Mexico City, he secured a 10th place finish.

Following the conclusion of the season, Nato and Andretti mutually ended their partnership.

2024–25 season

For the 2024–25 Formula E season, Nato made his comeback to Nissan, replacing Sacha Fenestraz and joining forces with former competitor Oliver Rowland.

2025–26 season

Despite a relatively unremarkable previous year, Nato was confirmed to continue with Nissan alongside Rowland for the 2025–26 Formula E World Championship season.

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	F4 Eurocup 1.6	Auto Sport Academy	14	2	0	1	8	131	2nd
2011	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	R-ace GP	14	0	0	0	2	58	11th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		7	0	1	0	1	56	25th
2012	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	RC Formula	14	1	0	1	4	96	4th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		14	4	5	5	8	214	2nd
	2013 onwards: various series including Formula Renault, GP2, FIA World Endurance Championship, and multiple stints in Formula E with teams such as Venturi, Jaguar, Andretti, and Nissan.

^* Season still ongoing.

Complete F4 Eurocup 1.6 results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2010	ALC 1 1	ALC 2 3	SPA 1 7	SPA 2 7	MAG 1 6	MAG 2 5	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 2	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 4	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 6	CAT 1 3
[[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (CAT) 2]] 1	2nd	"123"

Full Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Results

(legend) (Races shown in bold denote pole positions) (Races in italics represent fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final Position	Points Accumulated
2011	R-ace GP	HOC 1 Retired	HOC 2 Retired	HOC 3 6th	SPA 1 Retired	SPA 2 Retired	NÜR 1 4th	NÜR 2 2nd

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Results

(legend) (Pole positions are shown in bold, fastest laps in italics)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Overall Position	Total Points
2011	R-ace GP	ALC 1 Disqualified	ALC 2 8th	SPA 1 Retired	SPA 2 Retired	NÜR 1 3rd	NÜR 2 Retired	HUN 1 13th	HUN 2 8th	SIL 1 Retired	SIL 2 9th	LEC 1 7th	LEC 2 4th	CAT 1 Retired	CAT 2 3rd	11th	58
2012	RC Formula	ALC 1 4th	ALC 2 3rd	SPA 1 Winner	SPA 2 Retired	NÜR 1 '’2nd	NÜR 2 '’Retired	MSC 1 '’23rd	MSC 2 '’9th	HUN 1 '’6th	HUN 2 '’3rd	LEC 1 '’10th	LEC 2 '’17th	CAT 1 '’15th	CAT 2 '’16th	4th	96

Full Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series Results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Entries shown in bold represent pole positions; those in italics denote fastest laps)

Season	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Standing	Total Points

|- || 2012 || RC Formula ||style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MNZ
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||style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MNZ
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||style="background:#FFFFBF;" | PAU
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||style="background:#DFDFDF;" | PAU
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||style="background:#FFFFBF;" | IMO
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||style="background:#FFFFBF;" | IMO
2
||style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SPA
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||style="background:#DFDFDF;" | SPA
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||style="background:#DFFFDF;" | RBR
1
||style="background:#DFFFDF;" | RBR
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||style="background:#DFDFDF;" | MUG
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||style="background:#DFDFDF;" | MUG
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||style="background:#FFFFBF;" | CAT
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||style="background:#EFCFFF;" | CAT
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||style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd ||style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 214 |}

Full Formula Renault 3.5 Series Results

(legend) (Entries shown in bold represent pole positions) (Entries in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Position	Points
2013	DAMS	MNZ Race 1 10	MNZ Race 2 6	ALC Race 1 5	ALC Race 2 20	MON Race 1 Retired	SPA Race 1 15	SPA Race 2 15	MSC Race 1 13	MSC Race 2 10	RBR Race 1 Retired	RBR Race 2 10	HUN Race 1 15	HUN Race 2 11	LEC Race 1 18	LEC Race 2 9	CAT Race 1 Retired	CAT Race 2 5	13th	33
2014	DAMS	MNZ Race 1 15	MNZ Race 2 11	ALC Race 1 11	ALC Race 2 10	MON Race 1 1st	SPA Race 1 5	SPA Race 2 5

Full GP2 Series / FIA Formula 2 Championship Results

( legend) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps appear in italics)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Final Position	Points
2015	Arden International	BHR Feature Race Retired	BHR Sprint Race 16th	CAT Feature Race 8th	CAT Sprint Race 7th	MON Feature Race 18th	MON Sprint Race 21st	RBR Feature Race 20th	RBR Sprint Race 13th	SIL Feature Race 18th	SIL Sprint Race 23rd	HUN Feature Race 11th	HUN Sprint Race 6th	SPA Feature Race Retired	SPA Sprint Race 20th	''MNZ 'Feature Race'< br>'6th'	style= " background: #EFCFFF " | ''MNZ<'Sprint Race'< br>'Retired'	style= " background: #CFCFFF " | ''SOC<'Feature Race'< br>'12th'	style= " background: #CFCFFF " | ''SOC<'Sprint Race'< br>'9th'	style= " background: #CFCFFF " | ''BHR<'Feature Race'< br>'24th'	style= " background: #CFCFFF " | ''BHR<'Sprint Race'< br>'10th'	style= " background: #EFCFFF " | ''YMC<'Feature Race'< br>'Retired'	style= " background: #FFFFFF " | ''YMC<'Sprint Race'< br>'Cancelled'	18th	20

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Final Position	Points
2016 GP2 Series	Racing Engineering	style =" background-color: #FFFFBF"	[[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	CAT Feature Race]]	style =" background-color: #CFCFFF"	[[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	CAT Sprint Race]]	style =" background-color: #DFDFDF"	[[Circuit de Monaco	MON Feature Race]]	style =" background-color: #DFFFDF"	[[Circuit de Monaco	MON Sprint Race]]	style =" background-color: #EFCFFF"	[[Baku City Circuit	BAK Feature Race]]	style =" background-color: #EFCFFF"	[[Baku City Circuit	BAK Sprint Race]]	style =" background-color: #DFFFDF"	[[Red Bull Ring	RBR Feature Race]]	style =" background-color: #CFCFFF"	[[Red Bull Ring	RBR Sprint Race]]	style =" background-color: #DFFFDF"	[[Silverstone Circuit	SIL Feature Race]]	style =" background-color: #CFCFFF"	[[Silverstone Circuit	SIL Sprint Race]]	style =" background-color: #DFFFDF"	[[Hungaroring	HUN Feature Race]]	style =" background-color: #FFDF9F"	[[Hungaroring	HUN Sprint Race]]	style =" background-color: #EFCFFF"	[[Hockenheimring	HOC Feature Race]]	style =" background-color: #CFCFFF"	[[Hockenheimring	HOC Sprint Race]]	style =" background-color: #EFCFFF"	[[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	SPA Feature Race]]	style =" background-color: #DFFFDF"	[[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	SPA Sprint Race]]	style =" background-color: #DFFFDF"	[[Autodromo Nazionale Monza	MNZ Feature Race]]	style =" background-color: #FFFFBF"| 1st ([[Autodromo Nazionale Monza	MNZ]]) Sprint race

Full European Le Mans Series results

Year	Team	Category	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final Position	Points Total
2018	Racing Engineering	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 1st	MNZ 5th	RBR 2nd	SIL Retired	SPA 7th‡	ALG 5th	3rd overall	66 points
2019	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 4th	MNZ 1st	CAT	SIL	SPA	ALG	11th in championship	38 points

^‡ Awarded half points due to completion of less than 75% of race distance.

Full 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Completed Laps	Overall Position	Class Position
2018	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall SMP Racing	Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Viktor Shaytar Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Harrison Newey	Dallara P217-Gibson	LMP2	345 laps	14th overall	10th in class
2019	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall RLR M Sport/Tower Events	John Farano Template:Country data INDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Arjun Maini	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	295 laps	Not Classified (NC)	Not Classified (NC)
2020	Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showall Rebellion Racing	Gustavo Menezes Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Bruno Senna	Rebellion R13-Gibson	LMP1	382 laps	2nd place	2nd in class

Year	Team	Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Laps Completed	Overall Result	Class Result
2021 24 Hours of Le Mans#2021	Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showall Realteam Racing	Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showall Esteban García Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Loïc Duval	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	356 laps	17th overall	12th in LMP2
				LMP2 Pro-Am category			3rd place
2022 24 Hours of Le Mans#2022	Template:Country data SUITemplate:Namespace detect showall RealTeam by WRT	Template:Country data ANGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Rui Andrade Template:Country data AUTTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ferdinand Habsburg	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	362 laps completed	21st overall finish	17th in class
2023 24 Hours of Le Mans#2023	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall AF Corse	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Ben Barnicoat Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall François Perrodo	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	183 laps completed	Did Not Finish (DNF)	Did Not Finish (DNF)
				LMP2 Pro-Am category
2024 24 Hours of Le Mans#2024	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hertz Team Jota	Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Callum Ilott Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Will Stevens	Porsche 963	Hypercar category	311 laps completed	8th position overall	8th in class
2025 24 Hours of Le Mans#2025	Template:Flagicon USA Jota Sport#Cadillac Hertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota Cadillachertz Team Jota " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "|align=left nowrap "| Template:Flagicon GBR Alex Lynn Will Stevens" "|align=left nowrap "| Cadillac V-Series.R" "|Hypercar category" "|387 laps completed" "|4th overall finish" "|4th in class"

Full FIA World Endurance Championship Results

Year	Team	Category	Chassis	Power Unit	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final Position	Points
2018–19	TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA	LMS	SIL	FUJ	SHA	SEB	SPA 4	LMS	16th	12
2019–20	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	Rebellion R13	Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8	SIL 9	FUJ 3	SHA 1	BHR 3	COA 1	SPA 3	LMS 2	BHR	3rd	145
2021	Realteam Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA 6	ALG 7	MNZ 7	LMS 7	BHR 7	BHR 7			10th	50

Year	Team	Category	Chassis	Power Unit	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final Position	Points

(Seasons from 2022 onward are similarly summarized, emphasizing teams, chassis, powertrains, finishing positions, and points with fewer detailed race results) ^* Ongoing season.

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