Sacha Fenestraz

Sacha Fenestraz Jules (born 28 July 1999) is a French-Argentine racing driver who is currently racing in Formula E with Nissan Formula E Team.

Born in France to Argentine and French parents, but raised in Córdoba, Argentina, Fenestraz began karting in 2006 at the age of seven, partaking in events across France and Argentina.

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.

Fighting throughout the season with TOM'S 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 Nick Cassidy in 2015.

In 2016, Fenestraz switched to Formula Renault 2.0 with Tech 1 Racing.

He claimed his first pole position at the Monaco round, following the exclusion of former pole sitter Lando Norris, and subsequently took his first victory in the race.

He followed that up with a second pole and victory at the final race at Estoril to finish fifth in the overall standings.

He also claimed a victory and finished fifth in the Northern European Cup.

He is the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion.

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 Renault Sport Academy.

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

In 2018, 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 pole position and also managed to set the fastest lap of the race, but could only manage eleventh in the championship.

At the Macau Grand Prix, Fenestraz came away with third in the race.

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

After losing his backing from Renault, Fenestraz moved to Japan to contest the Japanese Formula 3 Championship with B-Max Racing with Motopark.

In addition to his 2019 Japanese Formula 3 campaign, Fenestraz also partook in the GT300 class of the Super GT championship with Kondo Racing, finishing sixth overall.

The following year, Fenestraz graduated to the GT500 class with Lexus rebranded Toyota Gazoo Racing replacing Kazuki Nakajima 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 Fuji Speedway.

In 2020, Fenestraz moved up to Super Formula with Kondo 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.

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.

In August 2022, Fenestraz made his Formula E debut in the second Seoul ePrix, replacing Antonio Giovinazzi who suffered a hand injury in the previous race.

Fenestraz entered into Formula E on a full-time basis for the 2023 season, partnering Norman Nato at Nissan.

The year began promisingly, with the Frenchman getting into the knockout stage of qualifying for the season-opening Mexico City ePrix, although he would fall back during the race.

At the next event in Diriyah, Fenestraz scored his first points in the series with an eighth place in the second race, which he stated he was "pleased" about.