Sacha Fenestraz

Sacha Fenestraz Jules is a French-Argentine racing driver competing in the Super Formula Championship">2020 Super Formula Championship">Super Formula Championship, driving for TOM'S Racing. He is the 2017 [Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0] champion.

Early career

Karting

Born in Annecy, France to a French-Argentine family, and raised in Cordoba, Argentina, 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 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.
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.

FIA European Formula 3 Championship

In September 2017, Fenestraz joined Carlin for the eighth round at the Nürburgring. In 2018 [FIA Formula 3 European Championship|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.

GP3 Series

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

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 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.

Super Formula

2020-2022

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.

2025

Fenestraz returned to the series for 2025 after being dropped by Nissan Formula E. He will join TOM'S alongside the reigning champion Sho Tsuboi.

Super GT

GT300

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 with couple of podiums.

GT500

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 moved 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 one 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.
Fenestraz returns to GT500 in 2025 for his return to Japan. He would join SARD alongside his 2020 teammate Yuhi Sekiguchi.

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 Antonio Giovinazzi who suffered a hand injury in the previous race.

Nissan Formula E Team (2023–2024)

2022–23 season

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 ePrix|Diriyah], Fenestraz scored his first points in the series with an eighth place in the second race, which he stated he was "pleased" about. The French driver qualified in fourth for the Hyderabad ePrix two weeks later, but would miss out on a chance at points after becoming stuck between the two Jaguar Racing cars, which had crashed just in front of Fenestraz. During the following round in Cape Town ePrix|Cape Town], Fenestraz took his maiden pole position in the series, beating Maximilian Günther in the final stage and setting the fastest ever Formula E lap in the process. During the race however, Fenestraz fell down to third before being collided into by Nick Cassidy on the final lap, hitting the barriers which would result in a 14th-placed finish. At the Monaco ePrix, Fenastraz initially took pole position but was later demoted to second position for exceeding his power limit in his final run.

2023–24 season

Fenestraz was kept by Nissan for the 2023–24 season and partners Oliver Rowland.
However, after being relatively outperformed by teammate Rowland throughout the campaign, Nissan announced that they had dropped Fenestraz at the end of the season.

Other racing

FIA World Endurance Championship

In November 2025, Fenestraz will partake in the FIA World Endurance Championship rookie test with Toyota Gazoo Racing held at the Bahrain International Circuit.

Personal life

Fenestraz shared a flat in Guildford with fellow racing driver Lando Norris.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Fenestraz was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2015	LÉD 1 8	LÉD 2 1	LÉD 3 8	LMS 1 2	LMS 2 4	LMS 3 8	PAU 1 1	PAU 2 Ret	PAU 3 1	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 9	HUN 3 3	MAG 1 2	MAG 2 Ret	MAG 3 4	NAV 1 5	NAV 2 3	NAV 3 8	LEC 1 2	LEC 2 5	LEC 3 3	2nd	253

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

Year

Entrant

Engine

Points

NÜR
1
15

NÜR
2
13

NÜR
3
10

20th

PAU
1
4

PAU
2
1

PAU
3
20

HUN
1
8

HUN
2
9

HUN
3
6

NOR
1
Ret

NOR
2
8

NOR
3
Ret

ZAN
1
17

ZAN
2
12

ZAN
3
18

SPA
1
11

SPA
2
7

SPA
3
15

SIL
1
2

SIL
2
7

SIL
3
2

Misano [World Circuit Marco Simoncelli|MIS
1]
11

MIS
2
8

MIS
3
12

NÜR
1
12

NÜR
2
9

NÜR
3
7

RBR
1
11

RBR
2
16†

RBR
3
Ret

HOC
1
7

HOC
2
Ret

HOC
3
Ret

11th

121

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP3 Series results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2018	Arden International	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	LEC FEA	LEC SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA 16	SOC SPR 13	YMC FEA 16	YMC SPR 15	24th	0

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2019	B-Max Racing with Motopark	Volkswagen	SUZ 1 1	SUZ 2 14	AUT 1 1	AUT 2 1	AUT 3 1	OKA 1 1	OKA 2 2	OKA 3 2	SUG 1 3	SUG 2 2	FUJ 1 7	FUJ 2 1	SUG 1 2	SUG 2 2	SUG 3 2	MOT 1 1	MOT 2 2	MOT 3 1	OKA 1 2	OKA 2 2	1st	162

Complete Super GT results

Year

Team

Car

Class

Points

2019

Kondo Racing

Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)

GT300

OKA
5‡

FUJ
4

SUZ
18

CHA
2

FUJ
7

AUT
8

SUG
5

MOT
6

6th

2020

TGR Team au TOM'S

Toyota GR Supra GT500

GT500

FUJ
2

SUZ
3

MOT
11

FUJ
12

SUZ
7

MOT
13

FUJ
3

4th

2021

TGR Team KeePer TOM'S

Toyota GR Supra GT500

GT500

AUT
9

MOT
10

FUJ
2

17th

2022

TGR Team KeePer TOM'S

Toyota GR Supra GT500

GT500

OKA
11

FUJ
14

SUZ
3

FUJ
1

SUZ
8

SUG
9

AUT
9

MOT
6

6th

2025

TGR Team SARD

Toyota GR Supra GT500

GT500

OKA
3

FUJ
5

SEP
14

FS1
5

FS2

SUZ
6

SUG
2

AUT
12

MOT
4

5th

2026

TGR Team SARD

Toyota GR Supra GT500

GT500

OKA

FUJ

SEP

FUJ

SUZ

SUG

AUT

MOT

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result.
^* Season still in progress.