Nathanaël Berthon

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Nathanaël Berthon
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Berthon testing for Team Aguri at Donington Park in 2015
Nationality French
Born (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 34)
Romagnat (France)
GP2 Series career
Debut season 2012
Current team Daiko Team Lazarus
Car no. 26
Former teams Trident Racing
Racing Engineering
Starts 87
Wins 1
Poles 0
Fastest laps 2
Best finish 12th in 2012
Previous series
2012
2010–11
2011
2008–09
2008–09		 Toyota Racing Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
GP2 Asia Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC
Championship titles
2009 French Formula Renault 2.0
Formula E career
Debut season 2015–16
Current team Team Aguri
Car no. 77
Starts 3
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0

Nathanaël Berthon (born 1 July 1989[1] in Romagnat) is a professional racing driver from France.

Career

Karting

Berthon began his international karting career in 2006, with the highlights being a third place finish in the Copa Campeones Trophy ICA class and fifth in the French Championship Elite category. The following year he again finished fifth in the French Championship Elite class. He also finished eighth in the South Garda Winter Cup KF1 and 13th in the World Cup KF1 categories.

Formula Renault 2.0

In 2008, Berthon moved up to single–seaters, taking part in both the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series for Boutsen Energy Racing. In the West European Cup he finished in the points on four occasions, scoring nine points to be classified in 18th place, whilst in the Eurocup he failed to score a point, with his best race result being a 12th place at the Nürburgring meeting.

2009 saw Berthon remain in both series for a second season, this time racing for the Spanish team Epsilon Euskadi. He won his first Eurocup race at the opening round in Barcelona after team–mate Albert Costa was disqualified for a technical infringement.[2] He followed that up with a further podium at the Hungaroring to finish sixth in the standings.[3]

In the West European Cup, Berthon took a victory at Spa–Francorchamps along with six other podium finishes to finish third in championship, behind Jean-Éric Vergne and champion Costa.[4] He was also crowned as French Formula Renault 2.0 champion, with the series being run as part of the West European Cup season.[5]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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Nathanaël Berthon at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round

In October 2009, Berthon sampled a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, testing for Tech 1 Racing at Motorland Aragón in Spain as a reward for winning the French Formula Renault 2.0 title.[6] He drove for the recently–crowned champions Draco Racing during the next test at the Circuit de Catalunya and in December 2009 it was announced that he would drive for the team in the 2010 season.[7] He was joined at the team by Colombian driver Omar Leal.[8]

After finishing on the podium at the season–opener in Motorland Aragón and again at Brno, Berthon secured his first Formula Renault 3.5 Series win on home soil at Magny–Cours, holding off a stiff challenge from Tech 1 Racing's Daniel Ricciardo.[9] He followed that up with another podium finish at Hockenheim to be classified in seventh place in the championship standings.[10]

Berthon returned to the series in 2011, replacing Dean Stoneman at ISR Racing after the Briton was forced to pull out of the championship due to illness.[11] Partnered variously by Ricciardo and Lewis Williamson, he took a first finish of third place to finish 13th overall in the drivers' championship.

Formula Three

In July 2010, Berthon made his Formula Three debut, racing for the ART Grand Prix team in the British Formula 3 Championship round at Spa–Francorchamps as an entry in the Invitation class.[12] During the weekend he finished all three races, taking a best result of 13th place in the sprint event.

GP2 Series

Berthon made his debut in the GP2 Asia Series in 2011, partnering Spaniard Dani Clos at the Racing Engineering team.[13] He failed to score a point in the four races he contested and was classified in 23rd place in the championship.[14] He returned to the main GP2 Series, again with Racing Engineering, for the non-championship race that concluded the 2011 season, and raced full-time for the team in 2012, alongside Fabio Leimer, eventually finishing 12th overall with a best race finish of second on two occasions.

Toyota Racing Series

In the winter of 2012 prior to the start of the GP2 season, Berthon travelled to New Zealand to compete in the five-round Toyota Racing Series in a grid which featured a mix of local and foreign drivers. As won of five drivers for the M2 Competition team, he finished seventh in the championship.

Formula One

On 16 November 2011, Berthon had his first experience of driving a Formula One car. At the Abu Dhabi young drivers' test at the Yas Marina Circuit, he drove the HRT F1 Team's F111 for nine laps. He set a best time of 1:48.646, which left him 13th fastest.[15] The following day, Berthon had the whole day to himself with the car, completing 51 laps (283 kilometres (176 mi)) and finished the day in 12th position with a best time of 1:45.839.[16] Berthon described the day by saying: "Today was a great experience but it felt like it was too short. I would like to spend some more time in the car but, as a first step, it was very good".[16]

Formula E

On 17 October 2015, it was announced that Berthon would partner Antonio Felix da Costa at Team Aguri for the 2015–16 season.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup Boutsen Energy Racing 15 0 0 0 0 9 18th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Epsilon Euskadi 14 1 0 0 2 67 6th
Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup 14 1 1 1 7 120 3rd
2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series International DracoRacing 17 1 0 0 4 60 7th
British Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series ISR Racing 17 0 0 0 1 37 13th
GP2 Asia Series Racing Engineering 4 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
GP2 Final 2 0 0 0 0 0 11th
2012 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 24 0 0 0 2 60 12th
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 0 0 1 0 755 7th
2013 GP2 Series Trident Racing 22 1 0 1 1 21 20th
2014 GP2 Series Venezuela GP Lazarus 22 0 0 0 0 17 20th
24 Hours of Le Mans Murphy Prototypes 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
European Le Mans Series 2 0 1 0 1 16 16th
Formula Acceleration 1 France 4 0 0 0 0 22 12th
China
World Endurance Championship Lotus 1 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2015 GP2 Series Daiko Team Lazarus 19 0 0 1 1 27 16th
24 Hours of Le Mans Murphy Prototypes 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th
European Le Mans Series 5 0 0 0 1 26 10th
2015–16 Formula E Team Aguri 3 0 0 0 0 4 15th*
Andros Trophy - Électrique Class Biovitis 4 0 0 1 1 119 7th*

* Season still in progress. † As Berthon was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2010 International Draco Racing ALC
1
Ret		 ALC
2
3		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
10		 MON
1
Ret		 BRN
1
8		 BRN
2
2		 MAG
1
9		 MAG
2
1		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
13		 HOC
1
9		 HOC
2
3		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
Ret		 CAT
1
6		 CAT
2
12		 7th 60
2011 ISR ALC
1
12		 ALC
2
8		 SPA
1
14		 SPA
2
16		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
Ret		 MON
1
10		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
Ret		 HUN
1
9		 HUN
2
10		 SIL
1
4		 SIL
2
3		 LEC
1
14		 LEC
2
14		 CAT
1
9		 CAT
2
Ret		 13th 37

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2012 Racing Engineering MYS
FEA
11		 MYS
SPR
8		 BHR1
FEA
21		 BHR1
SPR
Ret		 BHR2
FEA
12		 BHR2
SPR
10		 ESP
FEA
5		 ESP
SPR
2		 MON
FEA
9		 MON
SPR
7		 VAL
FEA
6		 VAL
SPR
5		 GBR
FEA
12		 GBR
SPR
14		 GER
FEA
15		 GER
SPR
9		 HUN
FEA
7		 HUN
SPR
2		 BEL
FEA
14		 BEL
SPR
19		 ITA
FEA
15		 ITA
SPR
15		 SGP
FEA
10		 SGP
SPR
15		 12th 60
2013 Trident Racing MYS
FEA
Ret		 MYS
SPR
21		 BHR
FEA
17		 BHR
SPR
22		 ESP
FEA
Ret		 ESP
SPR
23		 MON
FEA
Ret		 MON
SPR
21		 GBR
FEA
20		 GBR
SPR
Ret		 GER
FEA
17		 GER
SPR
15		 HUN
FEA
8		 HUN
SPR
1		 BEL
FEA
22		 BEL
SPR
13		 ITA
FEA
Ret		 ITA
SPR
21		 SGP
FEA
Ret		 SGP
SPR
10		 ABU
FEA
18†		 ABU
SPR
13		 20th 21
2014 Venezuela GP Lazarus BHR
FEA
23†		 BHR
SPR
17		 ESP
FEA
Ret		 ESP
SPR
Ret		 MON
FEA
17		 MON
SPR
12		 AUT
FEA
22		 AUT
SPR
25		 GBR
FEA
17		 GBR
SPR
12		 GER
FEA
8		 GER
SPR
17		 HUN
FEA
8		 HUN
SPR
4		 BEL
FEA
22		 BEL
SPR
15		 ITA
FEA
13		 ITA
SPR
19†		 RUS
FEA
10		 RUS
SPR
9		 ABU
FEA
15		 ABU
SPR
13		 20th 17
2015 Daiko Team Lazarus BHR
FEA
7		 BHR
SPR
3		 ESP
FEA
20		 ESP
SPR
12		 MON
FEA
17		 MON
SPR
15		 AUT
FEA
Ret		 AUT
SPR
17		 GBR
FEA
Ret		 GBR
SPR
21		 HUN
FEA
14		 HUN
SPR
11		 BEL
FEA
7		 BEL
SPR
7		 ITA
FEA
 ITA
SPR
 RUS
FEA
14		 RUS
SPR
19		 BHR
FEA
11		 BHR
SPR
Ret		 ABU
FEA
10		 ABU
SPR
C		 16th 27

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 DC Points
2011 Racing Engineering ABU
FEA
Ret		 ABU
SPR
14		 ITA
FEA
Ret		 ITA
SPR
13		 23rd 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 Republic of Ireland Murphy Prototypes Venezuela Rodolfo González
India Karun Chandhok		 Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 73 DNF DNF
2015 Republic of Ireland Murphy Prototypes United States Mark Patterson
India Karun Chandhok		 Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 347 13th 5th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2014 Lotus LMP1 CLM P1/01 AER P60 Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ SHA BHR
Ret		 SÃO 28th 0

Complete Formula Acceleration 1 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
2014 France ALG
1		 ALG
2		 NAV
1
10		 NAV
2
10		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 12th 22
China ASS
1
4		 ASS
2
5

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2014 Murphy Prototypes LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
 IMO
Ret		 RBR
 LEC
3		 EST
 16th 16
2015 Murphy Prototypes LMP2 Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
Ret		 IMO
2		 RBR
6		 LEC
Ret		 EST
Ret		 10th 26

Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Points
2015–16 Team Aguri Spark-McLaren BEI
8		 PUT
15		 PDE
14		 BNA
 MEX
 LBH
 PAR
 BER
 MOS
 LON
 LON
 15th* 4*

* Season still in progress.

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