31 Facts About Norman Nato

Norman Nato was born on 8 July 1992 and is a French professional racing driver who is currently driving in Formula E for Nissan.

In 2009, Norman Nato won the French KZ2 Championship which he followed with a win at the KZ2 Monaco Kart Cup in 2010.

Norman Nato made his debut in single-seater competition in 2010 by joining the F4 F4 Eurocup 1.6 series with the Autosport Academy team.

Norman Nato ended the season with eight podium finishes and 123 points to finish as runner-up to Stoffel Vandoorne.

In 2011, Norman Nato graduated to Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with the R-ace GP team.

Norman Nato finished 11th overall after taking two podiums at the Nurburgring and the closing race of the season in Barcelona, with another five points-scoring finishes.

Norman Nato partially competed in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, bringing another podium at Nurburgring.

For 2012, Norman Nato continued to race in the Eurocup but joined debutants RC Formula.

Norman Nato took one victory at Spa alongside three podium finishes at Aragon, the Nurburgring and the Hungaroring to finish fourth overall with 96 points.

Norman Nato raced in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps in 2012 and battled against Daniil Kvyat for the title.

Norman Nato ended the season with four wins and four further podium finishes.

Norman Nato graduated to the highest tier of the World Series by Renault in 2013 by joining DAMS in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as a team-mate to Kevin Magnussen.

Norman Nato took one pole position and finished 13th in the Drivers' Championship with 33 points.

Norman Nato took two victories which included a Grand Slam performance at the prestigious Monaco race in which he won from pole position and set the fastest lap.

Norman Nato finished seventh in the standings with 89 points.

Norman Nato joined Racing Engineering for the 2016 GP2 Series and won the opening race of the season in Barcelona.

Norman Nato finished on the podium again in Monaco, Hungary and Malaysia, and took one further victory at Monza to finish fifth in the Drivers' Championship with 136 points.

In 2017, Norman Nato returned to Arden to start his third season in the Formula One feeder series, now renamed as Formula 2.

Norman Nato took one win after beating eventual champion Charles Leclerc at the Baku City Circuit and recorded two further podiums, finishing as the runner-up in the Bahrain and Silverstone Feature Races.

Norman Nato won the opening race of the season at Le Castellet alongside team-mates Paul Petit and Olivier Pla.

Norman Nato took one further podium at the Red Bull Ring to finish third in the championship standings with 66 points.

Alongside his ELMS campaign, Norman Nato contested his first 24 Hours of Le Mans in which he finished in 10th place with SMP Racing.

Norman Nato raced at the 2018 Petit Le Mans in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, finishing in 11th place with Tequila Patron ESM.

Norman Nato made his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2019 in which he raced at the 6 Hours of Spa with LMP2 team TDS Racing, taking fourth in class.

Norman Nato took second place at the 88th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Norman Nato ended the campaign in third place in the Drivers' Championship alongside team-mates Gustavo Menezes and Bruno Senna, finishing on the podium on six occasions in seven entries.

For 2021, Norman Nato joined Realteam Racing to compete in LMP2, partnering Loic Duval and team owner Esteban Garcia.

In 2018, Nato was named as Venturi Racing's reserve driver in Formula E The Frenchman took part in the series' official Rookie Test in Marrakesh and set the 10th-fastest time.

In 2020, Norman Nato was promoted to a full-time race seat with Venturi as a team-mate to Edoardo Mortara, replacing 11-time Formula One race winner Felipe Massa.

Norman Nato was replaced by Lucas di Grassi on 15 September 2021 for Season 8.

Norman Nato stepped up to a race seat for the final weekend of the campaign in Seoul, deputising for Sam Bird who sustained a fracture in his left hand during the previous race weekend in London.