Sacha Fenestraz Jules (born 28 July 1999) is a French-Argentine racing driver currently competing in the

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with Kondō Racing. He is the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion. Currently, he drives for the Nissan Formula E Team in

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Early career

Karting

Born in France to Argentine and French parents, but raised in

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, 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

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with Tech 1 Racing. He claimed his first pole position at the Monaco round, following the exclusion of former pole sitter

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, and subsequently took his first victory in the race. He followed that up with a second pole and victory at the final race at

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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

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FIA European Formula 3 Championship

In September 2017, Fenestraz joined Carlin for the eighth round at the

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. In

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, 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

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and also managed to set the fastest lap of the race, but could only manage eleventh in the championship. At the

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, Fenestraz came away with third in the race.

GP3 Series

Fenestraz partook in the final two rounds of the 2018 GP3 Series with

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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

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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

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Super Formula

In 2020, Fenestraz moved up to Super Formula with Kondō Racing. He continued to compete with Kondo Racing, but could only drive in the last three rounds given that Fenestraz had been unable to enter Japan because the government had closed its borders due to the pandemic. Fenestraz continued racing with the same team, but this time he had his best season in Super Formula, where he clinched his maiden win in Sportsland SUGO, and adding a couple of podiums to his name.

Super GT

In addition to his 2019 Japanese 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 with

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rebranded

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replacing

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at TGR TOM'S au and partnering Yuhi Sekiguchi. Four podiums to his name alongside Sekiguchi placed 4th in the standings. Fenestraz stayed with the same team, but nmove to the KeePer car pairing up with Ryo Hirakawa. Unfortunately he was denied entry to Japan for long time due to border restriction caused by the pandemic. He raced in the fifth round of the series, and by end of season clinched 1 podium. He continues to compete same team, but with new teammate of Ritomo Miyata. In that season, Fenestraz and Miyata clinched their GT500 maiden win in

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Formula 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. The following year, Fenestraz was named as Jaguar's reserve driver for the 2021 season opener at Riyadh.

Dragon / Penske Autosport (2022)

2021–22 season

In August 2022, Fenestraz made his Formula E debut in the second Seoul ePrix, replacing

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who suffered a hand injury in the previous race.

Nissan Formula E Team (2023–)

2022–23 season

Fenestraz has been announced for a seat in Formula E for the

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at Nissan, partnering with

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Personal life

Fenestraz shared a flat in

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with fellow racing driver

Racing record