42 Facts About Felipe Nasr

Luiz Felipe de Oliveira Nasr was born on 21 August 1992 and is a Brazilian racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Porsche.

In endurance racing, Nasr has won three IMSA SportsCar Championship titles, and won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2019 with AXR and in 2025 with Team Penske; he won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2024 and 2025 with Porsche.

From 2018, Felipe Nasr has been competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Whelen Engineering Racing, winning the championship with co-driver Eric Curran in his first year in the series and winning another title with countryman Pipo Derani in 2021.

Felipe Nasr made his open-wheel racing debut in the final round of the 2008 Formula BMW Americas season at Interlagos, which supported the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, claiming a podium finish in the second race in a championship that was dominated by Alexander Rossi.

Felipe Nasr moved to the European championship of Formula BMW in 2009 for EuroInternational.

Felipe Nasr finished 14 of the 16 races in the top two, won 6 races, 5 pole-positions and claimed the title by 104 points from teammate Daniel Juncadella.

Felipe Nasr finished the 2010 British Formula 3 season in 5th position.

Felipe Nasr signed with Carlin Motorsport for the 2011 Championship and won the Sunoco Rolex 24 at Daytona Challenge, a special joint racing programme among series in the United Kingdom that use Sunoco Racing Fuel.

Felipe Nasr claimed the title of the 2011 British Formula 3 season, 123 points ahead of his teammate, Kevin Magnussen.

Felipe Nasr signed with DAMS to race in the 2012 GP2 Series season with the support of Brazilian sponsors Banco do Brasil and Eike Batista's OGX.

Felipe Nasr was teamed with the experienced Davide Valsecchi, who won the drivers' championship; Nasr's tenth place in the standings meant DAMS won the teams' championship as well.

Felipe Nasr took four podium finishes, with a best finish of second at Spa, and was the second highest-placed rookie overall, behind James Calado.

Felipe Nasr believed that he would be a title contender, alongside James Calado and Marcus Ericsson, and hoped to be driving an F1 car at the end of the year.

Felipe Nasr finished the 2013 campaign 4th overall in the standings.

Felipe Nasr remained with Carlin for the 2014 season, partnering Colombian Julian Leal.

Felipe Nasr took his first GP2 win in the sprint race in Barcelona.

Felipe Nasr achieved wins at the Red Bull Ring, Silverstone, and Spa-Francorchamps.

Felipe Nasr finished third overall, after losing second place by five points, to rookie Stoffel Vandoorne at Yas Marina.

Felipe Nasr made his first appearance in first practice in the Bahrain Grand Prix replacing Valtteri Bottas.

On 5 November 2014, it was announced that Felipe Nasr would drive for Sauber in 2015.

Felipe Nasr's finishing streak ended at the British Grand Prix when his gearbox failed on the way to the grid.

Felipe Nasr finished his debut season with 27 points, finishing 13th in the drivers' championship.

Ironically, this meant Felipe Nasr was left without a seat for the 2017 season as he was due to swap places with Manor driver Pascal Wehrlein and could not find another seat after the Manor team exited the sport.

In January 2019, Felipe Nasr joined GEOX Dragon for the rookie test in Marrakesh, but was unable to participate due to contractual issues.

Felipe Nasr made his debut at the 2019 Mexico City ePrix where he finished in 19th place, having run at the back of the pack for the majority of the race.

Felipe Nasr has not returned to Formula E since, ending his run at three consecutive races with one non-points finish and two DNFs, as the team opted to continue using Gunther moving forward.

On 10 March 2020, it was announced Felipe Nasr was scheduled to make his IndyCar debut for Carlin at the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg.

The duo started well, finishing second at the 24 Hours of Daytona and taking third in the 12 Hours of Sebring, despite Felipe Nasr being involved in an on-track incident in both races respectively.

Felipe Nasr remained at the team for 2019, this time partnering compatriot Pipo Derani for the full season and being joined by Curran for the endurance events.

Felipe Nasr finished second after being overtaken by eventual winner Fernando Alonso at Daytona, before triumphing at Sebring.

The 2020 season was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and come the second round of the campaign Felipe Nasr would be forced to sit out after testing positive for the disease.

Felipe Nasr returned to race at the next race in Sebring, where Derani qualified on pole before he and Nasr claimed victory.

Four further podiums in the next five races followed, as Felipe Nasr helped AXR to fourth in the teams' standings.

At the second race at Watkins Glen, Felipe Nasr was able to jump into the lead with a quicker pit stop and held off Renger van der Zande for his first win of the season, despite having to save fuel in the final stint.

Third at Laguna Seca was followed by a dominant performance at Long Beach: Felipe Nasr scored pole before setting the building blocks to finishing ten seconds ahead of the runners-up.

Felipe Nasr took pole for the season finale, putting himself and Derani within striking distance of catching the pair of WTR's Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque.

Felipe Nasr then battled for second with Taylor before colliding at turn 10, the Acura going off and being forced to return the position to the Cadillac.

Felipe Nasr crossed the line in second to claim his second IMSA title, his first alongside Derani.

Felipe Nasr was joined by Cameron for the 2024 IMSA season, with Campbell providing support in the endurance events.

Daytona became a crowning achievement for Felipe Nasr, who took victory after defending his position hard against a chasing Tom Blomqvist in the final hour.

Felipe Nasr is of Lebanese ancestry, his grandfather having emigrated to Brazil in the 1960s.

Felipe Nasr is multilingual with the ability to speak Portuguese, English and Italian.