Grégoire Saucy (born 26 December 1999) is a Swiss racing driver and the current champion of the

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. He will race with

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in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.

Career

V de V Challenge Monoplace

Saucy's first year in single seaters was in

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when he drove for

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team RC Formula in the

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. The 3 podiums Saucy scored on his way to 4th in the championship were all second places in the three races at

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ADAC Formula 4

Saucy raced his first season in

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where he raced as a guest driver for

Jenzer Motorsport Jenzer Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Switzerland. Founded in 1993 by Andreas Jenzer the team is currently competing in FIA Formula 3, Italian F4 and F4 Spanish and has had a number of drivers who would turn out to be successful in ...

like he did the year previously in the Italian F4 championship. In the two races he raced he finished 11th and 5th. In

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he raced for

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where he finished on the podium twice. Saucy ended the season in 9th, 28 points behind his

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teammate

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Italian Formula 4

signed Saucy to race for them

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as a guest driver in the

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. In the 6 races he partook in, Saucy finished in points scoring positions twice both at

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. In

Saucy once again raced Jenzer until the final race of the season where he made the switch to the French team

, his best result was 5th while he also scored a double pole position at round 3 in

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. Following on from the last race of 2018, Saucy drove for R-ace GP in

where he finished the season in 15th while only competing in 3 rounds.

Formula Renault Eurocup

2017

Saucy's first year in Formula Renault was in

when he raced for AVF by

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2019

Saucy raced in the final two rounds in the

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season for R-ace GP where he finished 5th in his first race and 12th in the next 3.

2020

In 2020 Saucy raced for

alongside

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and

Victor Martins Victor Martins (born 16 June 2001) is a French-Portuguese racing driver and member of the Alpine Academy. He won the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup and the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship. Career Karting Born in Quincy-sous-Sénart to a Fre ...

, where he came seventh in the standings, having finished on the podium on two occasions.

Formula Regional European Championship

For

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, Saucy remained with

competing in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, the merger of the

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and the

. His teammates are

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and

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. He started the season off in a dominant fashion, winning the second race of the season at

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and following that up with two victories in

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. After a point-less round in

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and a disqualification from the lead in France, courtesy of a part having been reassembled in the wrong direction following post-race scrutineering, he returned to winning ways in the second race at Paul Ricard. The Swiss driver dominated the next weekend at the

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with two pole positions and two race wins. Saucy started the first race at

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in 24th courtesy of a mixed-up qualifying session, but he was able to fight back to eighth by the checkered flag. He started the second race from pole and achieved his seventh victory of the season. In the seventh round of the campaign Saucy once again scored a race win, this time inheriting the top step of the podium after a penalty was handed to initial winner

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for track limit breaches. Saucy scored his first podium that was not a win in the next round, coming third in race 2 in

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, and went into the penultimate round with a 78-point gap on his closest rival

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. He then finished the first race at

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in fifth place, and with his French adversary ending up 23rd, Saucy was crowned champion with three races left to go. Saucy ended the season with a total of eight victories, eight podiums, 277 points and ten podiums, meaning that he stood on the podium after precisely half of all races.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2022

In November 2021 Saucy partook in the post-season test of the

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with

, partnering

and

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. A few days after the test he was announced by

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to be one of the team's drivers for the 2022 season. After starting out the season with a retirement caused by a collision with teammate Martins, Saucy scored his first podium in the category in the feature race in

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. At the next round in

, the Swiss driver was on course for another third place, before being taken out by

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on the final lap. From there, Saucy experienced a drop in performances, having to wait until the sprint race in

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for his next points. He followed that up with an inconsistent end to the season, which included points finishes in

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and

, but also a pair of retirements, after which he stated that his results masked the underlying pace him and the team had. Saucy ended his season 15th in the standings, finishing behing his teammates Martins and Correa.

2023

In November 2022

announced Saucy would remain with the team for the 2023 season.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

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

Complete V de V Challenge Monoplace results

(

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

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As Saucy was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As Saucy was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As Saucy was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

(

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

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saucy, Grégoire 1999 births Living people Swiss racing drivers ADAC Formula 4 drivers Italian F4 Championship drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers ART Grand Prix drivers Formula Regional European Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers Toyota Racing Series drivers Jenzer Motorsport drivers R-ace GP drivers AV Formula drivers RC Formula drivers