Sacha Fenestraz
Sacha Fenestraz Jules is a French-Argentine racing driver. He is the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion.
Career
Karting
Born in France to Argentine and French parents, but raised in Córdoba, Argentina. Fenestraz began karting in 2006 at the age of seven, partaking in events across France and Argentina.Formula 4
In 2015, Fenestraz graduated to single-seaters. He partook in the French F4 Championship, where he claimed three victories and eleven junior victories. As a result, he finished as Junior F4 champion and vice-champion in the overall standings.Formula Renault 2.0
In 2016, Fenestraz switched to Formula Renault 2.0 with Tech 1 Racing. He claimed his first pole position at the Monaco round, following the exclusion of former pole sitter Lando Norris, and subsequently took his first victory in the race. He followed that up with a second pole and victory at the final race at Estoril to finish fifth in the overall standings. He also claimed a victory and finished fifth in the Northern European Cup.After testing with them in the post-season test at Estoril, Fenestraz signed with team champions Josef Kaufmann Racing for 2017. Fenestraz won the championship with a race to spare. He won seven races and had finished another eleven races on the podium position. After he became a champion he was included into the Renault Sport Academy.
FIA European Formula 3 Championship
In September 2017, Fenestraz joined Carlin for the eighth round at the Nürburgring. In 2018, he contested with the team full-time. He scored his first podium and victory of the season during the second race in Pau. He started this race from pole position and also managed to set the fastest lap of the race, but could only manage eleventh in the championship. At the Macau Grand Prix, Fenestraz came away with third in the race.GP3 Series
Fenestraz partook in the final two rounds of the 2018 GP3 Series with Arden International.Japanese Formula 3
After losing his backing from Renault, Fenestraz moved to Japan to contest the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with B-Max Racing with Motopark. Fighting throughout the season with TOM'S racer Ritomo Miyata, Fenestraz claimed eight wins and secured the title at Motegi with a round to spare, thus becoming the first rookie driver to win the title since Nick Cassidy in 2015.Super Formula
In 2020, Fenestraz moved up to Super Formula with Kondō RacingFormula E
In February 2020, Fenestraz was named as one of Panasonic Jaguar Racing's entrants into the rookie test in Marrakesh. In the test, Fenestraz set the fourth fastest time of the morning session and finish tenth overall in the afternoon session and overall classification.Sports car racing
Super GT
In addition to his Formula 3 campaign, Fenestraz also partook in the GT300 class of the Super GT championship with Kondō Racing, finishing sixth overall. The following year, Fenestraz graduated to the GT500 class, replacing Kazuki Nakajima at Lexus Team au Tom's.Personal life
Fenestraz shared a flat in Guildford with fellow racing driver Lando Norris.Racing record
Career summary
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
| 2017 | Carlin | Volkswagen | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | PAU 3 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | HUN 3 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NOR 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | NÜR 1 15 | NÜR 2 13 | NÜR 3 10 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | 20th | 1 |
| 2018 | Carlin | Volkswagen | PAU 1 4 | PAU 2 1 | PAU 3 20 | HUN 1 8 | HUN 2 9 | HUN 3 6 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 8 | NOR 3 Ret | ZAN 1 17 | ZAN 2 12 | ZAN 3 18 | SPA 1 11 | SPA 2 7 | SPA 3 15 | SIL 1 2 | SIL 2 7 | SIL 3 2 | MIS 1 11 | MIS 2 8 | MIS 3 12 | NÜR 1 12 | NÜR 2 9 | NÜR 3 7 | RBR 1 11 | RBR 2 16† | RBR 3 Ret | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 Ret | HOC 3 Ret | 11th | 121 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete GP3 Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
| 2018 | Arden International | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | LEC FEA | LEC SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SOC FEA 16 | SOC SPR 13 | YMC FEA 16 | YMC SPR 15 | 24th | 0 |
Complete Super GT results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
| 2019 | Kondō Racing | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | GT300 | OKA 5‡ | FUJ 4 | SUZ 18 | CHA 2 | FUJ 7 | AUT 8 | SUG 5 | MOT 6 | 6th | 46 |
| 2020 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Team au TOM'S | Toyota GR Supra GT500 | GT500 | FUJ 2 | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | FUJ | 2nd* | 15* |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.