Stéphane Jean-Marc Sarrazin (born 2 November 1975) is a French professional racing driver. He has won races across a number of
single-seater
An open-wheel single-seater (often known as formula car) is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have the ...
,
sportscar
A sports car is a car designed with an emphasis on dynamic performance, such as handling, acceleration, top speed, the thrill of driving and racing capability. Sports cars originated in Europe in the early 1900s and are currently produced by ...
and
rallying disciplines and competitions, was
French Formula Renault champion in 1994, and
Le Mans Series
The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...
champion in both
2007 and
2010. He has finished on the podium six times at the
24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active endurance racing event. Unlike fixed-distance races whose ...
race, including four outright second positions, although he has never won. He participated in one
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
Grand Prix, the
1999 Brazilian Grand Prix, for
Minardi as a replacement for
Luca Badoer
Luca Badoer (born 25 January 1971) is an Italian former racing driver. Badoer has raced for the Scuderia Italia, Minardi, Forti and most recently, Ferrari teams. In addition to his racing duties, Badoer was one of the active test and reserve driv ...
, who had injured his wrist. He suffered a big spin in the race coming up to the start-finish straight on lap 31
and scored no championship points. He also carried out testing duties for the
Prost Grand Prix
Prost Grand Prix was a Formula One racing team owned and managed by four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost. The team participated in five seasons from 1997 to 2001.
History
Purchase of Ligier
As early as 1992, Alain Prost had ambitio ...
team during the 1999–2001 Formula One seasons and for
Toyota Racing in their first season in .
Career
During the
1999 season, Sarrazin raced in
International Formula 3000
The Formula 3000 International Championship was a motor racing series created by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in 1985 to become the final preparatory step for drivers hoping to enter Formula One. Formula Two had become ...
, winning one race at the
Hungaroring
The Hungaroring is a motorsport racetrack in Mogyoród, Pest County, Hungary where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held. In 1986, it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtain. Bernie Ecclestone w ...
. In 2003, he raced in the
Superfund World Series.
In 2004, Sarrazin converted to
rallying and competed in two
World Rally Championship
The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...
events, posting a best result of 4th. He was signed to drive
Subaru's second car along with young Australian
Chris Atkinson as a teammate to defending world champion
Petter Solberg. He also competed at the
2004 Race of Champions.
![PLM08 sarrazin peugeot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/PLM08_sarrazin_peugeot.jpg)
Sarrazin drove an
Aston Martin DBR9 in the GT1 class of the
2006 American Le Mans Series, but was announced on January 10, 2007 as an official works driver for
Peugeot Sport in the
Le Mans Series
The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...
, driving the new
908 HDi FAP diesel
Le Mans Prototype. He won the
2007 Le Mans Series
The 2007 Le Mans Series was the fourth season of ACO's Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into four classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began on 15 April and ended on 10 November after six ...
with
Pedro Lamy, by winning three races. Sarrazin also took
pole position at the
2007 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 75th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: ''75e 24 Heures du Mans'') was a 24-hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring cars, which took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, near Le Mans, France, from 16 to 17 June 200 ...
and finished second in the race with Lamy and
Sébastien Bourdais
Sébastien Olivier Bourdais (born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, having won 37 races. He won four successive championships u ...
. He won the
2008 24 Hours of Spa
The 2008 Total 24 Hours of Spa was the fifth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 2 – 3 August 2008.
Half-point Leaders
In the FIA GT Championship (using the GT1 and GT2 cla ...
driving the Vitaphone Racing Team
Maserati MC12
The Maserati MC12 (''Tipo M144S'') is a limited production two-seater sports car produced by Italian car maker Maserati to allow a racing variant to compete in the FIA GT Championship. The car entered production in 2004, with 25 cars produced. ...
. He finished third in the 2009 Monte Carlo rally. Sarrazin finished second again in the
2009 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: 24 Heures du Mans 2009) was the 77th Grand Prix of Endurance, an endurance racing (motorsport), endurance auto racing, auto race run over 24 hours. It took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, ...
. He finished fourth overall on the Monte Carlo round of the
2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge
The 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fifth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of twelve rounds and started on 19 January with the Monte Carlo Rally. The season ended on November 6, at the Cyprus Rally ...
.
Following Peugeot's withdrawal from endurance racing, Sarrazin signed with
Starworks Motorsport for the
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship
The 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship was the inaugural running of the World Endurance Championship. It was co-organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series replaced ...
. Sarrazin also signed a temporary deal to drive the
Toyota TS030 Hybrid at Le Mans due to the withdrawal of
Hiroaki Ishiura on medical grounds.
In 2013, Sarrazin joined Toyota Racing full-time as a driver of the Toyota TS030. Sarrazin helped the team finish 2nd at
Le Mans and scored his first win with the team in
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 ...
.
Sarrazin continued with Toyota Racing in 2014, and signed for
Venturi Grand Prix
Venturi Racing (formerly Venturi Formula E Team) is a Monegasque motor racing team controlled by Scott Swid (Chairman and principal owner) and José M Aznar Botella. The team competes in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Venturi Racing ...
to race in
Formula E. He finished the first ever race of the series, the
2014 Beijing ePrix
The 2014 Beijing ePrix, formally the 2014 FIA Formula E Evergrande Spring Beijing ePrix, was a Formula E motor race that was held on 13 September 2014 at the Beijing Olympic Green Circuit in Beijing, China. It was the first Championship race of ...
in 9th place. Two months later in November 2014 he took his first international rally victory in the
Tour de Corse
The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was the French round of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season until 2008, was part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2011 to 2012, and ...
, which was the last rally of the
2014 European Rally Championship
The 2014 European Rally Championship season was the 62nd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the second following the merger between the European Rally Champi ...
.
Sarrazin currently races in the
Extreme E
Extreme E is an FIA-sanctioned international off-road racing series that uses spec silhouette electric SUVs to race in remote parts of the world, such as the Saudi Arabian desert or the Arctic. All racing locations are chosen to raise awarenes ...
all-electric off road racing series for Veloce Racing. During the
2021 Island X-Prix
The 2021 Island X-Prix (formally the 2021 Enel X Island X-Prix) was an Extreme E off-road race that was held on 23 and 24 October 2021 at Capo Teulada, in the Sulcis-Iglesiente region of the Italian island of Sardinia. It was the fourth round ...
, he suffered a massive rollover, but he came out unscathed, though he went to the medical centre for precautionary checks.
Racing record
Career summary
Single-seater racing
Complete International Formula 3000 results
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key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula One results
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key)
Complete Formula E results
![Formula E Punta del Este 012](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Formula_E_Punta_del_Este_012.jpg)
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Sportscar racing
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Le Mans Series results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Rallying
WRC results
* Season still in progress.
WRC-3 results
* Season still in progress.
IRC results
Complete European Rally Championship results
Touring car racing
Complete V8 Supercar results
† Not Eligible for points
Off-road racing
Complete Extreme E results
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key)
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
People from Alès
French rally drivers
French racing drivers
French Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
French Formula Three Championship drivers
International Formula 3000 drivers
French Formula One drivers
Minardi Formula One drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
American Le Mans Series drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers
World Rally Championship drivers
FIA GT1 World Championship drivers
Supercars Championship drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
Formula E drivers
European Rally Championship drivers
Sportspeople from Gard
Extreme E drivers
Racing Engineering drivers
Aston Martin Racing drivers
Peugeot Sport drivers
Toyota Gazoo Racing drivers
Venturi Grand Prix drivers
Techeetah drivers
Rebellion Racing drivers
SMP Racing drivers
Andretti Autosport drivers
Opel Team BSR drivers
Sébastien Loeb Racing drivers
West Competition drivers
Pescarolo Sport drivers
KCMG drivers
Starworks Motorsport drivers