Norman Nato

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Norman Nato
File:Norman Nato.jpg
Nato in 2013.
Nationality France French
Born (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 31)
Cannes, France
GP2 series career
Debut season 2015
Current team Racing Engineering
Car no. 4
Starts 25
Wins 1
Poles 0
Fastest laps 2
Best finish 18th in 2015
Previous series
2013-14
2012
2011
2010
Formula Renault 3.5
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
F4 Eurocup 1.6

Norman Nato (born 8 July 1992) is a professional racing driver from France. He is known for finishing as the runner-up in the 2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 season and the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season, and for winning both in Monaco and Hungary in the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

Career

Karting

Born in Cannes, Nato began his karting career in 1998 at age six, and eleven years later won the French KZ2 Championship.[1][2]

Formula Renault

Nato made his debut in single-seater in 2010, joining the F4 Eurocup 1.6 series where he finished as runner-up with two wins, losing to Stoffel Vandoorne.[3]

In 2011, he graduated to Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with the R-ace GP team. He finished eleventh with two podiums at Nürburgring and the closing race of the season at Barcelona with another five point-scoring finishes.[4] He also partially competed in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, bringing another podium at Nürburgring.[5]

For the next season Nato remained in the Eurocup but switched to debutants RC Formula.[6] He improved to fourth, winning his first Eurocup race at Spa.[7] He was more successful in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, fighting for title with Daniil Kvyat all the season long. But he crashed into him in the final race of the season and finished as runner-up with three-point margin.[8]

Nato moved to the highest step of World Series by Renault weekeend — Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2013, joining Kevin Magnussen in DAMS team.[9] He stayed with the team for the 2014 season, partnering Carlos Sainz Jr. 2014 was his most successful season so far in the series, when he won the prestigious race at Monaco, and race 2 in Hungary.

GP2 Series

On 29 January 2015, it was confirmed that Arden International had signed Nato as their number one driver in GP2[10] He finished 18th overall. On 4 February 2016, Racing Engineering confirmed Norman for their 2016 campaign.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 Autosport Academy 14 2 0 1 8 131 2nd
2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 R-Ace GP 14 0 0 0 2 58 11th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 7 0 1 0 1 56 25th
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 RC Formula 14 1 0 1 4 96 4th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 14 4 5 5 8 214 2nd
2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series DAMS 17 0 1 0 0 33 13th
2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series DAMS 17 2 1 1 2 89 7th
2015 GP2 Series Arden International 21 0 0 1 0 20 18th
2016 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 4 1 0 1 2 49 1st*

* Season still in progress.

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
2013 DAMS MNZ
1

10
MNZ
2

6
ALC
1

5
ALC
2

20
MON
1

Ret
SPA
1

15
SPA
2

15
MSC
1

13
MSC
2

10
RBR
1

Ret
RBR
2

10
HUN
1

15
HUN
2

11
LEC
1

18
LEC
2

9
CAT
1

Ret
CAT
2

5
13th 33
2014 DAMS MNZ
1

15
MNZ
2

11
ALC
1

11
ALC
2

10
MON
1

1
SPA
1

5
SPA
2

5
MSC
1

17
MSC
2

16
NÜR
1

12
NÜR
2

6
HUN
1

8
HUN
2

1
LEC
1

10
LEC
2

Ret
JER
1

8
JER
2

10
7th 89

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 DC Points
2015 Arden International BHR
FEA

Ret
BHR
SPR

16
ESP
FEA

8
ESP
SPR

7
MON
FEA

18
MON
SPR

21
AUT
FEA

20
AUT
SPR

13
GBR
FEA

18
GBR
SPR

23
HUN
FEA

11
HUN
SPR

6
BEL
FEA

Ret
BEL
SPR

20
ITA
FEA

6
ITA
SPR

Ret
RUS
FEA

12
RUS
SPR

9
BHR
FEA

24
BHR
SPR

10
ABU
FEA

Ret
ABU
SPR

C
18th 20
2016 Racing Engineering ESP
FEA

1
ESP
SPR

16
MON
FEA

2
MON
SPR

6
EUR
FEA

EUR
SPR

AUT
FEA

AUT
SPR

GBR
FEA

GBR
SPR

HUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

GER
FEA

GER
SPR

BEL
FEA

BEL
SPR

ITA
FEA

ITA
SPR

MAL
FEA

MAL
SPR

ABU
FEA

ABU
SPR

1st* 49*

* Season still in progress.

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  10. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117494

External links

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  • Norman Nato on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Norman Nato career summary at DriverDB.com