17 Facts About Nathan Antunes

Nathan William Cavaco Antunes was born on 23 April 1988 and in Sydney, Australia is best known as an Australian race car driver.

Nathan Antunes was the North Shore Kart Club Champion and ACT Junior Sprint Classic Champion in 1998 and 1999.

In 2001, Nathan Antunes made his first appearance in National Championships Junior National Light and placed 7th in the Junior Clubman NSW Championship.

In 2003, Nathan Antunes placed 5th in the ICA Australian Championship and competed in the Formula 100 Light Australian Championships aged 14.

Nathan Antunes began in Formula Ford after missing the first race of the season due to age licence restrictions.

Nathan Antunes placed 5th in the NSW Championship in 2004.

Nathan Antunes competed in one race in his home state of New South Wales at Oran Park Raceway.

In 2005, Nathan Antunes moved to Europe to pursue his career and competed in the Formula BMW UK Championship.

Nathan Antunes drove for Motaworld Racing finishing 7th in the championship and in the top 5 teams.

Nathan Antunes raced at the Formula BMW World Championship in Bahrain for Motaworld Racing.

Nathan Antunes raced in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Germany, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium and Nurburgring in Germany.

Nathan Antunes competed in the Formula 3 Recaro Cup German Championship in 2006 with the HS Technik Motorsport team.

At three events Nathan Antunes placed eighth, sixth, fourth, third, first and retired due to car failure and took one pole position in six races.

On 30 October 2007, Nathan Antunes tested for Super Nova Racing at Paul Ricard Circuit in France.

Nathan Antunes competed in the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand with Team European Technique owned by Trevor Sheumatk.

Nathan Antunes made his A1 Grand Prix debut with A1 Team Australia in Shanghai, China in April 2008.

Nathan Antunes drove in the Rookie sessions for the team, placing 7th and 8th in session 1 and 2 respectively.