Stéphane Jean-Marc Sarrazin (born 2 November 1975) is a French professional racing driver. He has won races across a number of

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, sportscar and

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disciplines and competitions, was French Formula Renault champion in 1994, and Le Mans Series champion in both

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and

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. He has finished on the podium six times at the

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race, including four outright second positions, although he has never won. He participated in one

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Grand Prix, the

1999 Brazilian Grand Prix The 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXVIII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 April 1999 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the second race of the 1999 Formula One seas ...

, for

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as a replacement for Luca Badoer, 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

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team during the 1999–2001 Formula One seasons and for

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in their first season in .

Career

During the 1999 season, Sarrazin raced in

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, winning one race at the

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. In 2003, he raced in the Superfund World Series. In 2004, Sarrazin converted to

and competed in two

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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

Sarrazin drove an Aston Martin DBR9 in the GT1 class of the

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, but was announced on January 10, 2007 as an official works driver for

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Sport in the Le Mans Series, driving the new 908 HDi FAP diesel Le Mans Prototype. He won the

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with Pedro Lamy, by winning three races. Sarrazin also took

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at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished second in the race with Lamy and

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. He won the

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driving the Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12. He finished third in the 2009 Monte Carlo rally. Sarrazin finished second again in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. He finished fourth overall on the Monte Carlo round of the

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. Following Peugeot's withdrawal from endurance racing, Sarrazin signed with Starworks Motorsport for the

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. Sarrazin also signed a temporary deal to drive the Toyota TS030 Hybrid at Le Mans due to the withdrawal of

Hiroaki Ishiura is a Japanese racing driver. He currently drives in the Super GT series for Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Zent Cerumo. Born in Tokyo, Ishiura won the Super GT300 championship, in the APR MR-S with Kazuya Oshima, and was the 2015, and 2017 Super Fo ...

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

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and scored his first win with the team in

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. Sarrazin continued with Toyota Racing in 2014, and signed for Venturi Grand Prix to race in

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. He finished the first ever race of the series, the

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in 9th place. Two months later in November 2014 he took his first international rally victory in the

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, which was the last rally of the

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. Sarrazin currently races in the Extreme E all-electric off road racing series for Veloce Racing. During the 2021 Island X-Prix, he suffered a massive rollover, but he came out unscathed, though he went to the medical centre for precautionary checks.