Nathanaël Berthon

Nathanaël Berthon
Berthon testing for Team Aguri at Donington Park in 2015
Nationality	French
Born	(1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 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

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.

Berthon competing at the Silverstone round of the 2014 GP2 Series.

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
2008	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Boutsen Energy Racing	14	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
2009	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Epsilon Euskadi	14	1	0	0	2	67	6th
2009	Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup	Epsilon Euskadi	14	1	1	1	7	120	3rd
2010	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	International DracoRacing	17	1	0	0	4	60	7th
2010	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	Racing Engineering	2	0	0	0	0	0	11th
2012	GP2 Series	Racing Engineering	24	0	0	0	2	60	12th
2012	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	Murphy Prototypes	2	0	1	0	1	16	16th
	Formula Acceleration 1	France	4	0	0	0	0	22	12th
	Formula Acceleration 1	China	4	0	0	0	0	22	12th
	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	Murphy Prototypes	5	0	0	0	1	26	10th
2015–16	Formula E	Team Aguri	3	0	0	0	0	4	15th*
2015–16	Andros Trophy - Électrique Class	Biovitis	9	2	0	2	3	268	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	Murphy Prototypes	Rodolfo González Karun Chandhok	Oreca 03R-Nissan	LMP2	73	DNF	DNF
2015	Murphy Prototypes	Mark Patterson 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
2014	China									ASS 1 4	ASS 2 5	12th	22

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.

References

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↑ "Albert Costa disqualified, Nathanaël Berthon is winner". renault-sport.com (Renault Sport). 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2009-12-07.
↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2009-12-07.
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↑ "Nathanael Berthon officially Draco Driver 2010". dracoracing.com (International DracoRacing). 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
↑ "Leal completes Draco's 2010 line-up". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
↑ "Berthon claims first FR3.5 win". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
↑ "World Series by Renault 2010". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2010-10-20.
↑ Mills, Peter (4 February 2011). "Berthon replaces Stoneman at ISR". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 4 February 2011.
↑ "Formula 3 chargers ready for Spa battle". British Formula 3 Championship (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
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↑ "GP2 Asia Series 2011". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 20 April 2011.
↑ "Abu Dhabi Young Driver Test – Day 2". HRT F1. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
1 2 "Abu Dhabi Young Driver Test – Day 3". HRT F1. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Jean-Éric Vergne	French Formula Renault 2.0 Champion 2009	Succeeded by Not awarded

Teams and drivers that competed in the 2016 GP2 Series season

ART Grand Prix	Racing Engineering	DAMS	Campos Racing	Russian Time	Rapax	Trident

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. Arthur Pic	14. Philo Paz Armand 15. Luca Ghiotto

Status Grand Prix	Carlin	Prema Racing	MP Motorsport	Arden International	TBA

16. TBA 17. TBA	18. TBA 19. TBA	20. Antonio Giovinazzi 21. Pierre Gasly	22. Oliver Rowland 23. Daniël de Jong	24. TBA 25. TBA	26. TBA 27. TBA

Team Aguri

Executive Chairman Aguri Suzuki Team Principal Mark Preston key Personnel Keith Smout Race drivers 55. António Félix da Costa 77. Salvador Durán Reserve driver Julio Moreno Former key Personnel Gerry Hughes Former race drivers Nathanaël Berthon Takuma Sato Katherine Legge Sakon Yamamoto FIA Formula E Cars SRT 01E

Teams and drivers that are competing in the 2015–16 Formula E season

NEXTEV TCR	DS Virgin Racing	Venturi	Dragon Racing	Renault e.dams

1. Nelson Piquet, Jr. 88. Oliver Turvey	2. Sam Bird 25. Jean-Éric Vergne	4. Stéphane Sarrazin 12. Mike Conway	6. Loïc Duval 7. Jérôme d'Ambrosio	8. Nicolas Prost 9. Sébastien Buemi

Trulli GP	Audi Sport ABT	Mahindra Racing	Amlin Andretti	Team Aguri

N/A N/A	11. Lucas di Grassi 66. Daniel Abt	21. Bruno Senna 23. Nick Heidfeld	27. Robin Frijns 28. Simona de Silvestro	55. Antonio Felix da Costa 77. Salvador Durán

Other drivers: Nathanaël Berthon (Team Aguri), Salvador Durán (Trulli GP), Vitantonio Liuzzi (Trulli GP), Jarno Trulli (Trulli GP), Oliver Rowland (Mahindra Racing), Jacques Villeneuve (Venturi)

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