Nicholas Latifi

Nicholas Latifi
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1995-06-29) 29 June 1995 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Formula Renault 3.5 Series career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Arden Motorsport
Car no.	5
Former teams	Tech 1 Racing
Starts	23
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	11th in 2015
Previous series
2014-2015 2014-2015 2013-14 2013 2013 2012 2012	GP2 Series Porsche Carrera Cup GB European Formula 3 Toyota Racing Series British Formula 3 Italian Formula Three Continental Tire SCC

Nicholas Latifi (born 29 June 1995) is a Canadian racing driver.

Career

Karting

He began his karting career in 2009 and competed until 2012.

Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge

He competed in the 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge for Rehagen Racing driving a Ford Mustang GT.^[1]

Toyota Racing Series

He signed with Giles Motorsport team to compete in the 2013 Toyota Racing Series.^[2] He finished ninth overall.

Formula 3

He started his F3 career by competing in the Italian Formula Three in 2012 with BVM.^[3] He won his first F3 race in Vallelunga Circuit on 16 September 2012. He finished seventh in the final standings.^[4]

In 2013, he raced in several series including Masters of Formula 3, British Formula 3 Championship, and FIA European Formula Three Championship, all with Carlin Motorsport.^[5]^[6]^[7] He finished seventh in the 2013 Masters of Formula 3 race.^[8] On 25 July 2013, he claimed his first poles in his racing career in Spa.^[9]

Formula Renault 3.5

After running in selected rounds of the Formula Renault 3.5 series in 2014 for Tech 1 Racing, Latifi joined Arden International to race in the championship in 2015.^[10]

Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

Latifi made an appearance in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain in 2014, driving for Redline Racing at Rockingham Motor Speedway and scoring a fourth-place finish in the second of two rounds there.^[11]^[12]

Formula One

On 14 March 2016, Renault announced Latifi as their new test driver for the 2016 season.^[13]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Italian Formula Three	BVM	24	1	0	2	4	117	7th
2012	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge	Rehagen Racing	1	0	0	0	0	2	84th
2013	Toyota Racing Series	Giles Motorsport	15	0	0	0	0	503	9th
	Masters of Formula 3	Carlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	7th
	British Formula 3		11	0	2	1	1	97	5th
	FIA European Formula 3		30	0	0	0	0	45	15th
2014	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Prema Powerteam	30	0	0	0	1	128	10th
	Porsche Carrera Cup GB	Redline Racing	2	0	0	0	0	14	23rd
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Tech 1 Racing	6	0	0	0	1	20	20th
	GP2 Series	Hilmer Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
2015	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Arden Motorsport	17	0	0	1	0	55	11th
	Porsche Carrera Cup GB	Samsung SUHD TV Racing	8	0	0	0	1	72	11th
	GP2 Series	MP Motorsport	8	0	0	0	0	0	27th
2016	GP2 Series	DAMS	22	0	0	0	1	23	16th

^† As Latifi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

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	31	32	33	DC	Points
2013	Carlin	Volkswagen	MNZ 1 15	MNZ 2 16	MNZ 3 Ret	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 10	HOC 1 23	HOC 2 22	HOC 3 15	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 27	BRH 3 7	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 7	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 19	NOR 3 Ret	NÜR 1 19	NÜR 2 17	NÜR 3 21	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 11	ZAN 3 Ret	VAL 1 17	VAL 2 11	VAL 3 Ret	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 13	HOC 3 Ret				15th	45
2014	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	SIL 1 6	SIL 2 2	SIL 3 4	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 6	HOC 3 Ret	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 17†	PAU 3 Ret	HUN 1 22	HUN 2 9	HUN 3 10	SPA 1 13	SPA 2 7	SPA 3 5	NOR 1 4	NOR 2 8	NOR 3 Ret	MSC 1 7	MSC 2 8	MSC 3 17†	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 8	RBR 3 4	NÜR 1 13	NÜR 2 10	NÜR 3 Ret	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 6	IMO 3 4	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	10th	128

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

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
2014	Tech 1 Racing	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	ALC 1	ALC 2	MON 1	SPA 1	SPA 2	MSC 1	MSC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 18	LEC 1 16	LEC 2 9	JER 1 16	JER 2 2	20th	20
2015	Arden Motorsport	ALC 1 8	ALC 2 14	MON 1 Ret	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 13	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 17	RBR 1 4	RBR 2 Ret	SIL 1 8	SIL 2 5	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	BUG 1 Ret	BUG 2 7	JER 1 7	JER 2 10	11th	55

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
2014	Hilmer Motorsport	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	YMC FEA 22	YMC SPR 17	32nd	0
2015	MP Motorsport	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 14	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA 18	SOC SPR 14	BHR FEA 15	BHR SPR 11	YMC FEA Ret	YMC SPR C	27th	0
2016	DAMS	CAT FEA 2	CAT SPR 7	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR Ret	BAK FEA Ret	BAK SPR 13	RBR FEA 10	RBR SPR Ret	SIL FEA 11	SIL SPR 10	HUN FEA 16	HUN SPR 12	HOC FEA 14	HOC SPR 17	SPA FEA 13	SPA SPR 9	MNZ FEA 16	MNZ SPR 15	SEP FEA 14	SEP SPR 10	YMC FEA 9	YMC SPR 12	16th	23

References

↑ "Mustang Wins: 2012 BMW Performance 200 at Daytona Race Recap". stangtv.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ "Nicholas Latifi signs up for 2013 Toyota Racing Series". Toyota Racing Series. Toyota Racing Management. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
↑ "Latifi signs with BVM Target and prepares for the Italian Formula 3 European Series". nofenders.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ "Nicholas Latifi wins his first F3 race at Vallelunga". racecar.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ "LOTS TO LEARN FOR CARLIN DRIVERS IN ZANDVOORT". carlin.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ "Carlin adds three cars to growing British F3 grid". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ "Jann Mardenborough joins Carlin's four-strong European F3 line-up". autosport.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ "CARLIN ZANDVOORT ROOKIES PUT ON A STRONG SHOW". carlin.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ "Spa British F3: Nicholas Latifi claims first poles of racing career". autosport.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ Hayward, Joshua (23 April 2015). "World Series Renault - Teams prepare as season 11 nears". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
↑ "Nicholas Latifi gets Tech 1 Formula Renault 3.5 outings". autosport.com. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
↑ "Rees takes first Carrera Cup GB win at Rockingham". British Automobile Racing Club. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
↑ "GP2 racer Latifi gets Renault F1 role, poised to make FP1 debut". Autosport. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.

External links

Official website
Nicholas Latifi on Twitter
Nicholas Latifi career summary at DriverDB.com

Renault in Formula One

Équipe Renault Elf (1977–1985)

Notable personnel Bernard Dudot Jean Sage Michel Tétu Notable drivers Jean-Pierre Jabouille René Arnoux Alain Prost Eddie Cheever Derek Warwick Patrick Tambay Formula One cars RS01 RS10 RE20 RE20B RE30 RE30B RE30C RE40 RE50 RE60 RE60B Related Renault Renault Sport

Renault F1 Team (2002–2010)

Notable personnel: Flavio Briatore; Pat Symonds; James Allison; Bob Bell; Steve Nielsen; Rob White; Patrick Faure; Dino Toso; Éric Boullier; Gérard Lopez

Notable drivers: Jarno Trulli; Jenson Button; Giancarlo Fisichella; Heikki Kovalainen; Nelson Piquet Jr.; Robert Kubica

World Champion(s): Fernando Alonso

Drivers' titles: 2005; 2006

Constructors' titles: 2005; 2006

Formula One cars: R202; R23; R24; R25; R26; R27; R28; R29; R30

Related: Renault; Renault Sport; RF1 Driver Programme

Lotus Renault GP (2011)

Notable personnel Éric Boullier James Allison Gérard Lopez Eric Lux Alan Permane Notable drivers Nick Heidfeld Vitaly Petrov Bruno Senna Formula One cars R31 Related Genii Capital Group Lotus LRGP Academy

Renault Sport Formula One Team (2016–)

Head management: Cyril Abiteboul (Managing Director); Carlos Ghosn (Group CEO); Jérôme Stoll (President); Frédéric Vasseur (Team Principal)

Personnel: Bob Bell; Nick Chester; Chris Dyer; Alan Permane; Rémi Taffin

2016 Race drivers: 20. Kevin Magnussen; 30. Jolyon Palmer

2016 Test and reserve drivers: Esteban Ocon (Reserve); Sergey Sirotkin (Test and Development); Nicholas Latifi (Test); Carmen Jordá (Development)

2017 Race drivers: 27. Nico Hülkenberg; 30. Jolyon Palmer

2017 Test and reserve drivers: -

Renault Sport Academy: Jack Aitken; Louis Delétraz; Kevin Jörg; Oliver Rowland

Formula One cars: RS16

Related: Groupe Renault; Renault Sport

Success with Renault engines

Drivers' titles 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 2005 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 Constructors' titles 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2005 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013 Related Renault Renault Sport Renault Sport F1 Italics indicate factory team.

Teams and drivers that competed in the 2016 GP2 Series

ART Grand Prix	Racing Engineering	DAMS	Campos Racing	Russian Time	Rapax

1. Nobuharu Matsushita 2. Sergey Sirotkin	3. Norman Nato 4. Jordan King	5. Alex Lynn 6. Nicholas Latifi	7. Mitch Evans 8. Sean Gelael	9. Raffaele Marciello 10. Artem Markelov	11. Gustav Malja 12. Johnny Cecotto, Jr.

Trident	Status Grand Prix	Carlin	Prema Racing	MP Motorsport	Arden International

14. Philo Paz Armand 15. Luca Ghiotto	16. TBA 17. TBA	18. Sergio Canamasas 19. Louis Delétraz	20. Antonio Giovinazzi 21. Pierre Gasly	22. Oliver Rowland 23. Daniël de Jong	24. Nabil Jeffri 25. Emil Bernstorff

Other drivers: René Binder (ART Grand Prix, Carlin), Jimmy Eriksson (Arden International), Marvin Kirchhöfer (Carlin), Arthur Pic (Rapax)

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