Nathanaël Berthon (born 1 July 1989 in
Romagnat
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Population
Twin towns
* Licciana Nardi, Italy
See also
* Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
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) is a professional
racing driver
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from
France
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.
Career
Karting
Berthon began his international
karting
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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
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, 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 12th place at the