Roy Nissany ( he, רוי ניסני; born 30 November 1994) is an Israeli
racing driver who is set to compete in the
Formula 2 Championship with
PHM Racing by
Charouz. He is also currently a Formula 1 test driver with
Williams Grand Prix Engineering
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, currently racing in Formula One as Williams Racing, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded by former team owner Frank Williams and automotive engineer Patrick Hea ...
. He is the son of former racing driver
Chanoch Nissany.
Personal life
Nissany was born in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, and resides in
Herzliya
Herzliya ( ; he, הֶרְצְלִיָּה ; ar, هرتسليا, Hirtsiliyā) is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it h ...
, Israel.
He is the son of the former Israeli one-time
Minardi Formula One test driver,
Chanoch Nissany. Nissany races under the flag of his native
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, however he also holds a French passport.
Career
Karting
Nissany began karting at the age of six.
In 2004, he drove for the
Hungarian G-Kart Racing Team, and finished fourth overall in the FIA Central European Zone Trophy and in the Hungarian Karting Championship. In 2007, Nissany drove for the
Italian
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*** Regional Ita ...
Morsicani Racing Team, racing in the
Italian Open Masters The Karting Italian Championship is a kart racing series based in Italy. Until 2010 it was called Italian Open Masters.
Champions Formula A/KF1
Intercontinental A/KF2
Intercontinental A Junior/KF3
OK-Junior is a kart racing class for top driv ...
and 13th Winter Cup in
Lonato del Garda
Lonato del Garda (before 1 July 2007 simply Lonato; lmo, label=Eastern Lombard, Lonad, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. Lonato is located about halfway between Milan and Venice, on the southwes ...
. In the following year, he raced for the Gandolfi Racing Team and scored a best finish of second in the Mille Dollari race in Pomposa.
Junior formulae
Nissany began his car racing career in 2010, finishing eighth in the
2010 Formula Lista Junior championship and scoring a
pole position at
Monza. In 2011, he moved to the
ADAC Formel Masters
ADAC Formel Masters was an ADAC sanctioned open wheel racing series based in Germany, held annually from 2008 to 2014. It was replacement of the local Formula BMW championship. The first season was in 2008 and is the main feeder series to the ATS ...
series (now
ADAC Formula 4
ADAC Formula 4 (german: ADAC Formel 4) is a racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was the 2015 ADAC Formula 4. It replaced the ADAC Formel Masters, held from 2008 to 2014.
History
Gerhard Berger and ...
) for the
Mücke Motorsport
Mücke Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Germany, which is also known as ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg.
History
Single-seaters
Mücke Motorsport was formed by Peter Mücke in 1998 to run his son Stefan Mücke in the German Formula BMW ADAC ...
team, racing against drivers such as
Pascal Wehrlein
Pascal Wehrlein (born 18 October 1994) is a German-Mauritian racing driver for the Porsche Formula E Team. He previously raced in Formula One for the Sauber and Manor teams. Holding dual nationality of Germany and Mauritius, he raced under the ...
and
Artem Markelov. He finished the season in 11th place, scoring two podium finishes.
Nissany competed again in
2012
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, finishing in ninth place and scoring one win at the
Red Bull Ring.
Formula 3 European Championship
2013
In 2013 Nissany moved up to the
FIA Formula 3 European Championship
The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a European Formula Three(F3) auto racing competition, organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). After one season of the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy, the FIA revived t ...
with Mücke Motorsport alongside future
IndyCar driver
Felix Rosenqvist
Felix Rosenqvist (born 7 November 1991) is a Swedish professional racing driver who currently drives the No. 6 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren SP in the NTT IndyCar Series. He was named Rookie of the Year for the IndyCar Series in 2019.
Racing car ...
. Nissany scored 11 points including two eighth-place finishes, and ended the season 22nd in the championship.
2014
He competed again in
2014
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alongside Rosenqvist and
Lucas Auer. Nissany finished 17th in the championship with 26 points, his best race result being sixth place at the
Nürburgring.
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
2015
In 2015 Nissany moved to the
Formula Renault 3.5 Series with
Tech 1 Racing
Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. They currently compete in the World Series by Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy.
Tech 1 also operate the Panis Racing LMP2 entry to the European Le Mans Series and the Ultimate LMP2 Pro ...
alongside
Aurélien Panis. Nissany took a podium finish with third place at the Red Bull Ring, and ended the season 13th in the championship with 27 points to Panis' 42.
2016
He moved to
Lotus for the
2016 season alongside
René Binder
René Binder (born 1 January 1992) is an Austrian racing driver. He is the nephew of former Formula One driver Hans Binder, and his father, Franz, was also a racing driver.
Career
Binder was born in Innsbruck. He began his racing career in ...
. Nissany's 2016 season was more successful; he claimed three pole positions, three race wins and four further podium finishes to end the season fourth in the championship, ahead of Binder and behind future Formula 2 competitor
Louis Delétraz
Louis Delétraz (born 22 April 1997) is a Swiss racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series for Prema Orlen Team and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Tower Motorsport. He is the 2 ...
.
2017
Nissany then moved to
RP Motorsport
RP Motorsport was an auto racing team based in Italy in Piacenza.
The Italian team won many times the EuroFormula Open Championship, becoming one of the most successful outfit in the series.
In February 2022 the team assets were sold to Irish ra ...
for 2017 as the series became the
World Series Formula V8 3.5. Nissany was one of only eight full-time drivers in the series, which folded the following year due to a lack of entries. Nissany had another successful season, winning a race at the
Circuito de Jerez
Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto (formerly known as Circuit of Jerez and Circuito Permanente de Jerez), is a racing circuit located close to the city of Jerez de la Frontera, south of Seville and deep within the sherry-producing region in th ...
and claiming five more podium places to finish fifth in the championship.
FIA Formula 2 Championship
2018
In 2018, Nissany competed in the
FIA Formula 2 Championship
The FIA Formula 2 Championship is a second-tier single-seater championship organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Held on racing circuits, the championship was introduced in 2017, following the rebranding of the l ...
with
Campos Vexatec Racing. After the tenth round in Monza, Nissany had scored only a single point – a 10th-place finish at the feature race at
Spa-Francorchamps
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), frequently referred to as ''Spa'', is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, hosting its first Grand Prix in 1925, and has he ...
. In contrast, teammate
Luca Ghiotto
Luca Ghiotto (born 24 February 1995) is an Italian racing driver who most recently raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS.
Career
Karting
Born in Arzignano, Ghiotto entered karting in 2008, when he took the title in the KF3 class of ...
had collected 94 points including four podium finishes. Nissany was then replaced by
Roberto Merhi
Roberto Merhi Muntan (born 22 March 1991), is a Spanish auto racing, racing driver who drove in Formula One for the Marussia F1, Manor Marussia F1 Team during the 2015 season. Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Pons Racin ...
for the remaining two rounds of the season.
2019
Nissany suffered a training injury at the beginning of 2019 and did not compete in racing during the year.
[
]
2020
In 2020 he returned to Formula 2
Formula Two (F2 or Formula 2) is a type of open-wheel formula racing category first codified in 1948. It was replaced in 1985 by Formula 3000, but revived by the FIA from 2009–2012 in the form of the FIA Formula Two Championship. The name re ...
to race for Trident Racing
Trident Racing is a motor racing team that competes in single-seater formula racing. It was founded in 2006 in order to compete in the GP2 championship, which was Europe's second highest-ranking single-seater formula below Formula One. Trident is ...
alongside Marino Sato
is a Japanese racing driver who most recently raced for Virtuosi Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. He is the 2019 Euroformula Open champion.
He is not related to former Formula One driver Takuma Sato.
Racing career Formula 4
In ...
. Nissany scored a point in the opening race at the Red Bull Ring, finishing 10th. His next points finish came at the thirteenth race of the season, the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), frequently referred to as ''Spa'', is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, hosting its first Grand Prix in 1925, and has he ...
, where he finished eighth. This put Nissany on reverse-grid pole position for the sprint race, however he was forced to retire from the race after a collision with fellow Williams Driver Academy
The Williams Driver Academy is an initiative from Formula One team Williams to promote talent in different racing series by helping them with funds, with the hope of finding drivers who will race for the team in the future. Notable graduates of ...
member Dan Ticktum
Daniel Charles Anthony Ticktum (born 8 June 1999) is a British racing driver currently racing with the NIO 333 FE Team in the Formula E World Championship.
Ticktum became a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2017. During his time with Red ...
. Nissany ended the season 19th in the drivers' championship, scoring five of his team's six points that year. In December 2020, Nissany drove for DAMS
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
in the post-season Formula 2 test at the Bahrain International Circuit
The Bahrain International Circuit ( ar, حلبة البحرين الدولية, Ḥalba al-Baḥrayn ad-Dawliyya) is a motorsport venue opened in 2004 and used for drag racing, GP2 Series (now FIA Formula 2), and the annual Formula One Bahrain ...
.
2021
In January 2021 it was confirmed that Nissany would move to DAMS for the season, driving alongside Ferrari Driver Academy
Ferrari Driver Academy is an initiative from Formula One team Scuderia Ferrari to promote young talent inside its own organisation, with several drivers being selected and funded by the team, being under long-term contracts. Some notable former ...
member Marcus Armstrong. Nissany qualified seventh for the Monaco round, his best Formula 2 qualifying position. This put him fourth on the grid for the opening sprint race, and an oil leak for Christian Lundgaard during the race elevated Nissany to third place and allowed him to claim his first Formula 2 podium finish. Unfortunately for Nissany, his only other points finish came in Monza, as he ended up 16th in the championship.
2022
Nissany remained with DAMS
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for a second season, partnering F3 graduate Ayumu Iwasa
is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with DAMS. He previously raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech Grand Prix. He is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and the 2020 French F4 champi ...
. Starting the season out at Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
, he finished eighth in the feature race, scoring his first points of the season. More points followed in Jeddah, before Nissany qualified sixth in Imola
Imola (; rgn, Jômla or ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, located on the river Santerno, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The city is traditionally considered the western entrance to the historical ...
. After taking fourth in the sprint race, Nissany made a sublime start on Sunday, taking the lead going into the first corner. He would ultimately lose his chance of victory, crashing at the final corner on lap 20. He came back with a point at Barcelona
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, however from this point, Nissany would go three events without finishing in the points. The Israeli driver broke his duck in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
, taking ninth place in the feature race, and he would score the same result in France
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. Following the accumulation of 12 penalty points by the conclusion of the round at Zandvoort
Zandvoort () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterdam ...
, he received a ban for the following event in Monza. Nissany returned to action for the season finale at Yas Marina, where he qualified second and finished in the points in both races, leading him to conclude the campaign sitting 19th in the standings.
2023
During the 2022 post-season testing, Nissany reunited with Charouz Racing System
Charouz Racing System (CHRS, also was known as Lotus in World Series Formula V8 3.5) is a racing team from Czech Republic, created in 1985 by .
History
In the 1980s, Charouz participated in the European Championship of Circuit Races' 1600&nbs ...
. Shortly after, he was announced for the team for the 2023 season, under the new name ''PHM Racing by Charouz''.
Formula One
Nissany had his first experience with a Formula One
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car in October 2014, testing the Sauber C31 at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo. In December 2019, he took part in post-season testing with Williams at Yas Marina Circuit
The Yas Marina Circuit (Arabic: حلبة مرسى ياس) is the venue for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke, and is situated on Yas Island, near Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Yas Marina w ...
. In January 2020 it was announced that Williams had appointed Nissany as their official test driver for the season. He made his Grand Prix weekend debut at the , taking part in the first practice session (FP1) for the team. He later appeared in FP1 sessions at the Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
and Bahrain
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Grands Prix, as well as representing Williams at the post-season young driver test at Yas Marina Circuit
The Yas Marina Circuit (Arabic: حلبة مرسى ياس) is the venue for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke, and is situated on Yas Island, near Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Yas Marina w ...
.
Nissany was retained by Williams in his test driver role for the season. He took part in the first day of pre-season testing with the team, recording 83 laps of the Bahrain International Circuit
The Bahrain International Circuit ( ar, حلبة البحرين الدولية, Ḥalba al-Baḥrayn ad-Dawliyya) is a motorsport venue opened in 2004 and used for drag racing, GP2 Series (now FIA Formula 2), and the annual Formula One Bahrain ...
. He appeared in three FP1 sessions with Williams during the season, at the Spanish
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**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
, French and Austrian
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Grands Prix.
Nissany remained a member of the Williams Driver Academy
The Williams Driver Academy is an initiative from Formula One team Williams to promote talent in different racing series by helping them with funds, with the hope of finding drivers who will race for the team in the future. Notable graduates of ...
for the season.
Racing record
Karting career summary
Racing career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Lista Junior results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete ADAC Formel Masters results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Complete Formula One participations
Complete F3 Asian Championship results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Photos
File:Roy Nissany and Chanoch Nissany.JPG, Roy and Chanoch Nissany
File:Roy Nissany at Winter Cup in Lonato.jpg, Nissany at the Winter Cup
File:2014 F3 HockenheimringII Roy Nissany by 2eight DSC6535.jpg, Nissany in F3 at Hockenheimring 2014
See also
* List of select Jewish racing drivers
References
External links
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1994 births
Sportspeople from Tel Aviv
Israeli racing drivers
Israeli Jews
Jewish sportspeople
Living people
ADAC Formel Masters drivers
FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers
FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy drivers
World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
FIA Formula 2 Championship drivers
F3 Asian Championship drivers
Mücke Motorsport drivers
Tech 1 Racing drivers
Charouz Racing System drivers
RP Motorsport drivers
Campos Racing drivers
Trident Racing drivers
Hitech Grand Prix drivers
DAMS drivers
Formula Lista Junior drivers