1. Nicholas Daniel Latifi was born on 29 June 1995 and is a Canadian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 2020 to 2022.
86 Facts About Nicholas Latifi
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Nicholas Latifi achieved his highest Formula Three finish at the 2013 British Formula 3 International Series, finishing fifth with Carlin.
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Nicholas Latifi was replaced by Logan Sargeant at the conclusion of the season, marking the end of his Formula One career.
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Nicholas Daniel Latifi was born on 29 June 1995 in Montreal, Quebec, and grew up in North York, Toronto.
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Nicholas Latifi is the son of Michael Latifi, an Iranian-Canadian billionaire businessman who is the CEO of Sofina Foods, Inc and owns the British Virgin Islands company Nidala.
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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: Sophia, Michael Alexander, and Matthew.
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Nicholas Latifi attended Crescent School, an independent boys' school, graduating in 2013.
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Nicholas Latifi was named to the school's Alumni Wall of Honour in 2021.
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In 2023, Nicholas Latifi announced that he was putting his racing career on hold while he studied for an MBA at the London Business School.
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Nicholas Latifi said that he did not expect to race in F1 again, but was willing to consider other categories of motorsport down the road.
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Nicholas Latifi was a relative latecomer to motorsport and had a long junior career.
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Nicholas Latifi then spent four years karting and eight years in junior formulae.
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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.
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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.
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Nicholas Latifi spent four years in various European Formula Three competitions.
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Nicholas Latifi made his single-seater debut in the 2012 Italian Formula Three Championship with BVM, placing seventh with one win and four podiums.
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In 2013, Nicholas Latifi started the year in the Toyota Racing Series, an early-season warm-up competition.
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Nicholas Latifi placed 15th in European Formula Three and 5th in British Formula Three, and took a podium in the latter competition at Brands Hatch.
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Nicholas Latifi placed 7th at the 2013 Masters of Formula 3 race at Zandvoort.
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Nicholas Latifi skipped the final round of the season to compete in Formula Renault 3.5 with Tech 1 Racing, scoring a second-place finish at Jerez in the final race of the season.
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In 2015, Nicholas Latifi joined Formula Renault 3.5 full-time, spending the 2015 season with Arden Motorsport.
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Nicholas Latifi finished 11th, with his best finishes being two fourth-place results at Spa and at Spielberg.
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Nicholas Latifi competed in the 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge for Rehagen Racing, driving a Ford Mustang GT.
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Nicholas Latifi retired from the first round but scored a fourth-place finish in the second round.
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Nicholas Latifi had a longer campaign in 2015, competing in four of the eight rounds and taking second place in the first race at Oulton Park.
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From 2016 to 2020, Nicholas Latifi spent four full seasons in the GP2 Series and its successor, FIA Formula 2, all with the DAMS team.
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Nicholas Latifi joined GP2 for two races in 2014, replacing Hilmer Motorsport's Daniel Abt, who dropped out due to Formula E commitments.
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In 2016, Nicholas Latifi joined GP2 full-time with DAMS, but had a difficult season and finished 16th, 101 points behind teammate Alex Lynn.
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Nicholas Latifi scored three points finishes, including a podium at the season opener in Barcelona.
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Nicholas Latifi remained in the category as it rebranded to the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017.
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Nicholas Latifi led most of the Barcelona sprint race, but lost the lead after running wide through the gravel, and settled for third.
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Nicholas Latifi picked up his maiden F2 race win at the Silverstone sprint race, when he started third, grabbed the lead at the start, and dominated the rest of the race.
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Nicholas Latifi placed fifth in the championship with 178 points, 13 points behind teammate Oliver Rowland.
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Nicholas Latifi took a step back in 2018, when a new F2 car was introduced.
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Nicholas Latifi joined the Williams Driver Academy at the end of the season.
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In 2019, Nicholas Latifi got off to an excellent start and challenged for the F2 title for much of the year.
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Nicholas Latifi won the first feature race at Sakhir, led the championship after the second round in Baku after winning the sprint race, and won the feature race at Barcelona.
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Nicholas Latifi did not score a podium finish until the feature race at Silverstone, where he finished second.
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Nicholas Latifi dominated the feature race win at Hungary, but de Vries finished second to keep him at arm's-length in the title race.
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Nicholas Latifi held on to second place with two second-place finishes in the final four races.
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Nicholas Latifi scored four wins, eight podiums, and four fastest laps to end the season in second place with 214 points, 10 points ahead of teammate Sergio Sette Camara.
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In 2018, Nicholas Latifi became Force India's reserve and test driver.
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Nicholas Latifi joined several other F1 practice sessions during the season, and tested the Force India VJM11 twice.
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Nicholas Latifi made his testing debut with Williams at Sakhir, and continued testing during and after the season.
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When Nicholas Latifi joined the Williams senior team in 2020, the team was facing bankruptcy.
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Nicholas Latifi brought in sponsorship money from the Royal Bank of Canada.
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However, Nicholas Latifi pushed back against the "pay driver" label, noting that while "the reality of motorsport is that it is an expensive sport", his F2 performances had more than met the FIA Super License benchmarks to compete in Formula One.
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Nicholas Latifi's problems were compounded by the woeful Williams car, which failed to score a single point all year.
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Nicholas Latifi made his race debut at the Austrian Grand Prix.
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At the Italian Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi recovered from last to 11th, after a well-timed pit stop immediately before a safety car and red flag vaulted him into ninth place at the re-start.
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Nicholas Latifi picked up his first F1 retirement at the Tuscan Grand Prix, following a multi-car accident at a restart.
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Nicholas Latifi finished 11th at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, aided by a late safety car.
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Nicholas Latifi received an opportunity to compete with a new teammate when Russell was temporarily promoted to Mercedes for the Sakhir Grand Prix, and duly outqualified substitute Jack Aitken; however, he was forced to retire in 13th place due to an oil leak.
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Nicholas Latifi ended his debut season 21st in the Drivers' Championship, the lowest of all full-time drivers.
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At the Spanish Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi finished 16th after nearly crashing on the final lap.
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Nicholas Latifi finished the race in 15th place without water, having failed to connect his drinks tube before the race.
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Nicholas Latifi scored his first F1 points at the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he put on a career-best performance.
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Nicholas Latifi carefully avoided the carnage, allowing him to enter Turn 2 in sixth position.
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At the restart, most drivers pitted for slicks, and Nicholas Latifi overtook another two drivers due to good execution from Williams' pit crew.
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Nicholas Latifi rose to third after a Mercedes strategy miscue forced Lewis Hamilton to pit.
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Nicholas Latifi hung on to third place for 18 laps and eventually finished eighth, just ahead of Russell.
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Nicholas Latifi was promoted to seventh after Sebastian Vettel's disqualification.
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Nicholas Latifi said that he was "super happy" with the result.
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Nicholas Latifi continued to benefit from Williams' improved form, primarily in qualifying.
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Since the race took place in a downpour and was run entirely under safety car conditions, Nicholas Latifi scored points for the second consecutive race.
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Nicholas Latifi made Q2 again at the following race, the Dutch Grand Prix, but a shunt during his flying lap doomed him to a pit lane start so that Williams could fix his car.
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At the Italian Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi finished 14th in the sprint race and nearly scored points for a third time before losing tenth place to Esteban Ocon at the safety car restart.
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Nicholas Latifi finished 12th in a crash-filled Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and outqualified Russell for a second time at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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Nicholas Latifi played an unexpectedly significant role in the Abu Dhabi GP, which had one of the most controversial endings to a race in Formula One history.
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Hamilton led most of the race, but Nicholas Latifi crashed on lap 53 of 58 while battling Mick Schumacher, triggering a safety car.
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Nicholas Latifi added that online accounts had harassed his family and that "it's right to call out this kind of behavior".
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Nicholas Latifi finished in 17th place in the Drivers' Championship with seven points, nine points behind Russell.
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Nicholas Latifi stayed with Williams for the 2022 season and was paired with his former DAMS teammate Alex Albon following Russell's promotion to Mercedes.
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Formula One debuted new regulations for the 2022 season, and Nicholas Latifi admitted that he was having difficulty adjusting to the new ground effect cars.
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Nicholas Latifi did not finish higher than 16th until round 5, the Miami Grand Prix, and did not beat Albon in a race until round 6, the Spanish Grand Prix.
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Nicholas Latifi crashed on the formation lap of the rain-affected Monaco Grand Prix.
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Nicholas Latifi started the race and finished in 15th, but Carlos Sainz accused Latifi of costing him the victory by holding him up under blue flags.
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The racing press circulated rumours that Nicholas Latifi would be replaced mid-season by 2021 F2 champion Oscar Piastri following the Canadian Grand Prix, but Capito rejected that rumor, and Nicholas Latifi finished out the season with Williams.
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The British Grand Prix was a bright spot for Nicholas Latifi, who made Q1 for the first time and qualified tenth.
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Nicholas Latifi improved to eighth at the start, but finished 12th after suffering floor damage.
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At the French Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi retired after colliding with Kevin Magnussen on lap 38; neither driver accepted sole responsibility for the incident.
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At the Belgian Grand Prix, Nicholas Latifi spun, knocking Valtteri Bottas out of the race.
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Nicholas Latifi went on to receive a five-place grid penalty after crashing Zhou Guanyu out of the Singapore Grand Prix.
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Nicholas Latifi got back on track and nearly finished the race, but retired with an electrical issue and was classified as the 19th-place finisher.
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Nicholas Latifi finished 20th in the Drivers' Championship with two points.
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Nicholas Latifi wrote that "many young people around the world would love to be able" to race in Formula One and that he was "very grateful" for the experience.