153 Facts About Nicholas Latifi

Nicholas Daniel Latifi was born on 29 June 1995 and is a Canadian racing driver who last raced in Formula One.

Nicholas Latifi is the son of Michael Latifi, an Iranian-Canadian businessman who is the CEO of Sofina Foods, Inc and owns the British Virgin Islands company Nidala.

Nicholas Latifi's mother, Marilena Latifi, an Italian-Canadian with Sicilian parents, was born into the Saputo family which founded the dairy company Saputo Inc Latifi has three siblings; Soph, Michael and Matthew.

Nicholas Latifi began his karting career in 2009, at the relatively late age of 13.

Nicholas Latifi continued competing in Canadian and American karting series until 2012, when he won the Florida Winter Tour championship in the Rotax DD2 class.

Nicholas Latifi later made an appearance in the Shifter ROK class of the Florida Winter Tour in 2015, competing against former Formula One drivers Rubens Barrichello and Nelson Piquet Jr.

Nicholas Latifi finished the season in 7th place, having taken one win at the Vallelunga Circuit and three further podium finishes.

At the start of the following year, Nicholas Latifi raced in the 2013 Toyota Racing Series, finishing 9th in the championship with a best finish of 6th at Timaru and scoring points in every race.

Nicholas Latifi then took part in a full season of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, driving for Carlin.

Nicholas Latifi ended the season in 15th place, his best finishes being two 5th places at Silverstone and the Red Bull Ring.

Nicholas Latifi continued racing in European Formula 3 in 2014, moving to Prema Powerteam alongside future Formula One competitor Esteban Ocon.

Nicholas Latifi finished 10th in the championship after missing the final round to compete in Formula Renault 3.5, with his best finish being 2nd place at Silverstone.

Nicholas Latifi competed in the final three rounds of the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Tech 1 Racing, taking 2nd place in the final race at Jerez and placing 20th in the standings.

Nicholas Latifi then moved to Arden Motorsport and competed in a full season in 2015.

Nicholas Latifi finished the season in 11th place, taking one fastest lap.

Nicholas Latifi competed in the 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge for Rehagen Racing, driving a Ford Mustang GT.

Nicholas Latifi retired from the first round but scored a 4th-place finish in the second round.

Nicholas Latifi had a longer campaign in 2015, competing in four of the eight rounds and taking 2nd place in the first race at Oulton Park.

Nicholas Latifi made his debut in the GP2 Series at the 2014 Yas Marina round where he replaced Daniel Abt at Hilmer Motorsport.

Nicholas Latifi finished the races in 22nd and 17th, placing 32nd in the championship.

In 2015, Nicholas Latifi competed in four selected rounds with MP Motorsport, taking over Oliver Rowland's seat.

Nicholas Latifi started his season in good fashion, taking second place at the first race in Barcelona, which would be his only podium of the year.

Nicholas Latifi then went on to finish seventh in the sprint race.

Nicholas Latifi had a double retirement in Monaco, and a difficult weekend in Baku.

Nicholas Latifi came close to points in the Silverstone round, finishing 11th and tenth.

In Spa-Francorchamps, Nicholas Latifi was near point, finishing ninth during the sprint race.

The GP2 Series was re-branded as the Formula 2 Championship for 2017, and Nicholas Latifi retained his seat at DAMS, now alongside Oliver Rowland.

In Barcelona, Nicholas Latifi started ninth and finished sixth in the feature race.

On lap 22, Nicholas Latifi made a mistake, running wide through the gravel and allowing Nobuharu Matsushita and teammate Rowland to pass him.

Nicholas Latifi had an unlucky weekend, retiring with an engine failure in the feature race while running eighth.

Nicholas Latifi benefitted from collisions and retirements in the sprint race, to end third, capping off a highly successful weekend.

Nicholas Latifi achieved a second place finish in the feature race at the Red Bull Ring.

Nicholas Latifi pitted the earliest of anyone which paid off, and finished only 1.3 seconds behind winner Charles Leclerc.

In Budapest, Nicholas Latifi finished second in the feature race, inheriting a place after Artem Markelov crashed near the end.

Nicholas Latifi was set to second for the feature race, but an engine failure saw the Canadian unable to take the start.

From 18th in the sprint race, Nicholas Latifi pressed on to finish ninth.

In Monza, Nicholas Latifi started only 14th for the feature race but made a supreme charge, climbing places to claim third and another podium in wet conditions.

At the final round in Abu Dhabi Nicholas Latifi charged from 11th to fifth in the feature race, before ending the season with third place and the fastest lap in the sprint race.

Nicholas Latifi continued with DAMS in 2018, now partnering future Formula One teammate Alexander Albon in a season that proved less successful than 2017.

In Baku, an issue in qualifying saw Nicholas Latifi start last in the feature race.

However, a disqualification from Sette Camara saw Nicholas Latifi promoted to third, and score his maiden podium of the year.

However, Nicholas Latifi stalled at the start of the feature race and was two minutes down the leader by the time he got going.

Nicholas Latifi finished 14th and last in the race, one lap down.

Nicholas Latifi started 18th in Monaco due to an incident-packed qualifying.

Nicholas Latifi battled his way to ninth in the feature race and finished eighth in the sprint race.

Nicholas Latifi was hit from behind and fell to 17th.

At the Red Bull Ring round, Nicholas Latifi started 19th and finished 11th in the feature race.

Nicholas Latifi made his way into the top 10 of the feature race, before a broken alternator saw him retire with just a few laps to go.

In Spa-Francorchamps, Nicholas Latifi started 12th in the feature race and pushed his way to eighth, taking reverse pole for the sprint race.

Nicholas Latifi finished one place higher in the sprint race, having started in the same position.

Nicholas Latifi later took 2nd place at the feature race in Sochi.

Nicholas Latifi had his best qualifying of the year in Yas Marina, qualifying third.

Nicholas Latifi's car was repaired before the sprint race, only for him to stall again.

Nicholas Latifi finished nearly a lap down in 15th place.

Nicholas Latifi ended the season in ninth place with 91 points, six places and 121 points behind teammate Albon.

Nicholas Latifi scored a total of three podiums, including one win.

Nicholas Latifi remained at DAMS for the fourth consecutive season in 2019, alongside Sergio Sette Camara.

Nicholas Latifi moved to third at the start and by lap 9, took the lead of the race.

Nicholas Latifi's strong start saw him second in the championship.

Nicholas Latifi passed Ghiotto at the start but eventually lost into turn 1 to Guanyu Zhou.

However, Nicholas Latifi had a poor showing in the fourth round in Monaco, during which Nicholas Latifi qualified eighth, compunded with a grid penalty.

Nicholas Latifi finished his feature race in 12th, following an incident with Sean Gelael.

Nicholas Latifi did set the fastest lap and gained two points.

In France, Nicholas Latifi secured fifth, after a slow pit stop in the feature race.

Nicholas Latifi finished sixth in the sprint race, having had a slow start.

In Silverstone, Nicholas Latifi started fourth in the feature race, and passed Sette Camara on the first lap.

Nicholas Latifi then duelled with Ghiotto mid-race after the pit stops, in which Latifi led for a few laps.

However, Nicholas Latifi settled for second after unable to find a way past Ghiotto.

Nicholas Latifi moved up to first place within the first few corners, passing Ghiotto and polesitter De Vries.

Nicholas Latifi proceeded to take a dominant victory, which would be his final of the year.

Nicholas Latifi battled for the podium places in the beginning but on lap 13 made contact with Guanyu Zhou, damaging Latifi's front wing.

At this point with two rounds to go, Nicholas Latifi was still in second place in the championship trailing De Vries by 59 points, and ahead of third-placed Ghiotto by just nine points.

Nicholas Latifi then stated that he would "focus on consolidating second in the championship".

In Russia, Nicholas Latifi had his best qualifying of the year, securing second alongside De Vries.

Nicholas Latifi drove a clean feature race and finished second to De Vries, who had clinched the title with enough of a points gap.

Nicholas Latifi went on to finish second in his final F2 race.

Nicholas Latifi ended the season with 214 points and as the championship runner-up to De Vries.

Nicholas Latifi ended two places and 10 points ahead of teammate Sette Camara, and helped DAMS claimed the teams' title.

Nicholas Latifi achieved four wins, four other podium finishes and four fastest laps.

Nicholas Latifi was signed as Renault's new test driver for the 2016 season.

Nicholas Latifi later tested again for the team at the Hungaroring.

Nicholas Latifi was announced as a Force India test and reserve driver for the 2018 season.

Nicholas Latifi first tested the Force India VJM11 after the Spanish Grand Prix, and racked up a total of 107 laps.

Nicholas Latifi made his Grand Prix weekend debut with the team during the first practice session of his home race in Canada, where he clocked a time of 1.17.145, which was 19th fastest.

Nicholas Latifi had another F1 test, after the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Nicholas Latifi added four more practice sessions at the German, Russian, Mexican and Brazilian Grands Prix.

Nicholas Latifi made his testing debut with Williams at the Bahrain International Circuit, and there was more testing to follow at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Nicholas Latifi participated in six FP1 sessions that year, at the Canadian, French, Belgian, Mexican, United States and Brazilian Grands Prix.

Nicholas Latifi took part in the 2019 post-season testing at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Nicholas Latifi joined Williams as a race driver for the 2020 season, replacing Robert Kubica and partnering former Formula 2 competitor George Russell.

Nicholas Latifi raced under an American license in 2020 after Canada's national sporting authority resigned its mandate from the FIA.

However, Nicholas Latifi is still officially recognised as Canadian on race weekends.

Nicholas Latifi was due to make his Formula One debut at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Nicholas Latifi was entered into the race it was later cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nicholas Latifi crashed in Free practice 3 but his car was able to be fixed in time for qualifying, and secured last on the grid in 20th.

However, Nicholas Latifi finished the race in 11th place after nine other cars retired during the race.

Nicholas Latifi made a good start in the race and ran as high as tenth before his pit stop.

Nicholas Latifi had a spin on lap 43 later in the race, and eventually finished the race five laps behind the leaders.

Nicholas Latifi finished the race in 15th, and following the race, stated that he made his "first legit overtake in Formula 1", doing so on Kimi Raikkonen.

Nicholas Latifi had quiet races at the 70th Anniversary and the Spanish Grand Prix, in which he finished 19th and 18th.

Nicholas Latifi made a two-stop during the race to finish 16th, ahead of Kevin Magnussen and only 2.8 seconds behind Charles Leclerc's Ferrari.

Nicholas Latifi lost places to both Renaults at the start and Daniil Kvyat would follow suit.

Nicholas Latifi finished ahead of five other cars including teammate Russell.

Nicholas Latifi went on to finish 16th in the race, beating Russell.

Nicholas Latifi had poor weekends at the Eifel Grand Prix and the Portuguese Grand Prix, he lacked pace and finished 14th and 18th respectively.

At the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi started 19th and ran as high as seventh before making his pit stop.

Nicholas Latifi spun on the first lap having started from the pits and struggled for pace in the race.

Nicholas Latifi's race ended when he collided with Romain Grosjean, who was trying to unlap him.

Nicholas Latifi finished his race in 17th, ahead of both Haas drivers.

Nicholas Latifi ended his debut season 21st in the drivers' championship, the lowest of all full-time drivers.

Nicholas Latifi did not finish the race after spinning on lap 1, and moments later collided with Nikita Mazepin.

At the Spanish Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi had a lonely race, started 19th to finish in 16th place, just ahead of Fernando Alonso's Alpine and nearly crashed on the final lap.

Nicholas Latifi finished the race in 13th place, but was given a 30-second penalty for not going through the pit lane despite being instructed to do so.

Nicholas Latifi was hit by Pierre Gasly at the start, which caused a rear-right puncture in Latifi's tyre.

At the Austrian Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi had an uneventful weekend; starting 18th and finished 15th, before being demoted to 16th due to failing to slow during yellow flags.

At the British Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi had an uneventful weekend, he finished in 14th place.

Nicholas Latifi capitalised on a first-lap incident saw him as high as third, after the race restart.

However, Nicholas Latifi was promoted to seventh after Sebastian Vettel was disqualified over a fuel issue, scoring his first F1 points and describing his feelings as "super happy".

At the Belgian Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi followed his success from Hungary with a 12th place in qualifying.

Nicholas Latifi was promoted to tenth following penalties for Valtteri Bottas and Lando Norris but started ninth after Sergio Perez crashed on his reconnaissance lap.

At the Dutch Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi progressed to Q2 for the second race in a row.

However during a flying lap, Nicholas Latifi lost control of his car and shunted into the wall, qualifying 14th.

However, Nicholas Latifi would be relegated to start from the pit lane due to change car components overnight.

At the Italian Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi finished 14th in the sprint, having qualified 16th.

Nicholas Latifi got stuck behind Nikita Mazepin for a while and retired on lap 47 with accident damage after colliding with the wall.

Nicholas Latifi had incident-packed and uncompetitive races at the Turkish, United States and Mexico City Grands Prix, finishing 17th, 15th and 17th respectively.

Nicholas Latifi finished the sprint and the race in the same position.

At the season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi was running 16th and last whilst battling with Mick Schumacher when he crashed out of the race on lap 53, causing the safety car to be deployed.

Nicholas Latifi subsequently apologized for the incident, for which he was the target of threats and hate messages from fans on social media.

Nicholas Latifi stayed with Williams for the 2022 season, alongside a new teammate, former Red Bull driver Alex Albon.

Nicholas Latifi lacked pace and finished 16th, only ahead of Nico Hulkenberg.

At the Australian Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi was involved in another crash in qualifying, this time colliding with Lance Stroll.

Nicholas Latifi finished 16th in the race, struggling for pace.

At the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi finished 16th in the race.

At the Miami Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi secured his highest finish up till that point, 14th in an incident-packed race.

Nicholas Latifi crashed on the formation lap of the Monaco Grand Prix, but managed to start the race, which he finished in 15th.

At his first home Canadian Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi crossed the line in 16th place.

Nicholas Latifi reached the third qualifying session for the first time at the British Grand Prix, qualifying tenth.

Nicholas Latifi improved to eighth at the start, but suffered floor damage later and eventually finished 12th.

At the Austrian Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi suffered floor damage and retired on lap 48 to conserve engine wear.

At the French Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi retired after colliding with Kevin Magnussen on lap 38.

At the Hungarian Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi topped the final practice session in wet conditions.

On lap 2 of the race, Nicholas Latifi spun and tagged Valtteri Bottas which knocked the Alfa Romeo driver out of the race.

Nicholas Latifi pitted for repairs and finished the race a lap down, in 18th place.

De Vries reached Q2 in the qualifying session, whilst Nicholas Latifi didn't get out of Q1, missing a chicane on his final run.

At the Singapore Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi started last and his race ended on lap 7 when he collided with Zhou Guanyu, which caused a puncture for Nicholas Latifi and ultimately his retirement from the race.

Additionally, Nicholas Latifi was given a five-place grid drop for next race at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Nicholas Latifi held off Lando Norris to claim ninth place, and his first points of the season whilst describing it as a "nice reward".

Nicholas Latifi's result lifted him from 21st to 20th in the drivers' championship.

Nicholas Latifi finished last at the United States Grand Prix, as an early spin saw him ruin his pit strategy and was compounded with a five-second penalty for forcing Mick Schumacher off track.

At the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi ended his F1 career by being sent rearwards into the barriers by Schumacher.

Nicholas Latifi ended the drivers' championship 20th in the championship with two points.

Nicholas Latifi left Williams at the end of the 2022 season after spending three seasons with the team and was replaced by F2 graduate Logan Sargeant.