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Norman Jean Claude Nato (born 8 July 1992) is a French Auto racing. He races in the Formula E for the Nismo, and in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Jota Sport in the Hypercar category.
Nato is known for finishing as the runner-up in the 2010 F4 Eurocup 1.6 season and the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season, and for winning both in Monaco and Hungary in the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.
In 2011, Nato graduated to Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with the R-ace GP team. He finished 11th overall after taking two podiums at the Nürburgring and the closing race of the season in Barcelona, with another five points-scoring finishes. He also partially competed in Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with the same team, bringing another podium at Nürburgring. For 2012, Nato continued to race in the Eurocup but joined debutants RC Formula. He took one victory at Spa alongside three podium finishes at Aragon, the Nürburgring and the Hungaroring to finish fourth overall with 96 points.
Nato also raced in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps in 2012 and battled against Daniil Kvyat for the title. In the final race of the season in Barcelona, he was involved in an accident with Kvyat and finished as the runner-up with a three-point deficit. He ended the season with four wins and four further podium finishes.
Nato graduated to the highest tier of the World Series by Renault in 2013 by joining DAMS in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as a team-mate to Kevin Magnussen. He took one pole position and finished 13th in the Drivers' Championship with 33 points.
The Frenchman stayed on with the team for the 2014 season, this time partnering Carlos Sainz Jr. Nato took two victories which included a Grand Slam performance at the prestigious Monaco race in which he won from pole position and set the fastest lap. He finished seventh in the standings with 89 points.
Nato joined Racing Engineering for the 2016 GP2 Series and won the opening race of the season in Barcelona. He finished on the podium again in Monaco, Hungary and Malaysia, and took one further victory at Monza to finish fifth in the Drivers' Championship with 136 points.
In 2017, Nato returned to Arden to start his third season in the Formula One feeder series, now renamed as Formula 2. He took one win after beating eventual champion Charles Leclerc at the Baku City Circuit and recorded two further podiums, finishing as the runner-up in the Bahrain and Silverstone Feature Races. Nato finished ninth overall, accumulating 91 points.
Alongside his ELMS campaign, Nato contested his first 24 Hours of Le Mans in which he finished in 10th place with SMP Racing. He also raced at the 2018 Petit Le Mans in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, finishing in 11th place with Tequila Patron ESM.
For 2019, the Frenchman joined reigning ELMS champions TDS Racing and contested the opening two races of the season, taking fourth place at Le Castellet and winning at Monza.
Nato took second place at the 88th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He ended the campaign in third place in the Drivers' Championship alongside team-mates Gustavo Menezes and Bruno Senna, finishing on the podium on six occasions in seven entries.
For 2021, Nato joined Realteam Racing to compete in LMP2, partnering Loic Duval and team owner Esteban Garcia.
After making his debut at the 2021 Diriyah ePrix, Nato finished on the podium in only his fourth race start by taking third in Race 2 in Rome, however, was disqualified after overconsuming energy.
Two weekends later, the Frenchman again finished inside the top three by taking second place in Race 2 of the Valencia ePrix, but after receiving a five-second time penalty, was demoted to fifth.
After missing out on silverware twice, Nato finally finished on the podium by concluding his season with a dominant victory in Berlin, taking Venturi's third win in Formula E. With this result, and outside of Formula E's inaugural campaign, Nato became only the third driver to win a race in their rookie season. The Frenchman finished in 18th position in the Drivers' Championship with 54 points, becoming Venturi's most successful rookie driver in history.
Nato was replaced by Lucas di Grassi on 15 September 2021 for Season 8.
Nato would part ways with Andretti at the end of the season.
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 25th | |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 214 | 2nd | |
| French F4 Championship | Auto Sport Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | SMP Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Tequila Patrón ESM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 56th |
| Formula E | Venturi Racing | Reserve driver | ||||||
| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 | Audi Sport Italia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | ? |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | RLR M Sport/Tower Events | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
| Formula E | Venturi Racing | Reserve driver | ||||||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 12th | |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 17th | |
| 2010 | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 ! style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd ! style="background:#DFDFDF;" | |
| 2012 | LÉD 1 | LÉD 2 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | VDV 1 | VDV 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | NAV 1 | NAV 2 | Bugatti Circuit | Bugatti Circuit | LEC 1 | LEC 2 ! NC ! 0 |
| 2011 ! R-ace GP | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÃœR 1 | NÃœR 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | ASS 3 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | Autodrom Most | Autodrom Most | Autodrom Most | Monza Circuit | Monza Circuit | Monza Circuit ! 25th ! 56 |
| 2011 !nowrap | R-ace GP | ALC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÃœR 1 | NÃœR 2 | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 ! 11th ! 58 | |
| 2012 !nowrap | RC Formula | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÃœR 1 | NÃœR 2 | Moscow Raceway | Moscow Raceway | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 ! 4th ! 96 |
| 2012 !nowrap | RC Formula | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | Pau Circuit | Pau Circuit | Imola Circuit | Imola Circuit | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | Mugello Circuit | Mugello Circuit | CAT 1 | CAT 2 !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 214 |
| 2013 ! DAMS | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | MON 1 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | Moscow Raceway | Moscow Raceway | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 ! 13th ! 33 |
| 2014 ! DAMS | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | MON 1 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | Moscow Raceway | Moscow Raceway | NÃœR 1 | NÃœR 2 | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | JER 1 | JER 2 ! 7th ! 89 |
| 2015 !nowrap | Arden International | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | Sochi Autodrom | Sochi Autodrom | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR ! 18th ! 20 |
| 2016 !nowrap | Racing Engineering | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | BAK FEA | BAK SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SEP FEA | SEP SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR ! 5th ! 136 |
| !nowrap Pertamina Arden | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | BAK FEA | BAK SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | JER FEA | JER SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR ! 9th ! 91 |
| 2018 !nowrap | Racing Engineering ! LMP2 !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | MNZ | RBR | SIL | SPA | ALG !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 66 |
| 2019 !nowrap | G-Drive Racing ! LMP2 !nowrap | Aurus 01 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | MNZ | CAT | SIL | SPA | ALG ! 11th ! 38 |
| LMP2 Pro-Am | 3rd |
| LMP2 Pro-Am | |
| 2018–19 !nowrap | TDS Racing ! LMP2 !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA | LMS | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB | SPA | LMS ! 16th ! 12 | ||
| 2019–20 !nowrap | Rebellion Racing ! LMP1 !nowrap | Rebellion R13 !nowrap | Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 | SIL | FUJ | SHA | BHR | COA | SPA | LMS | BHR !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 145 |
| 2021 !nowrap | TDS Racing ! LMP2 !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA | ALG | MNZ | LMS | BHR | BHR | ! 10th ! 50 | |||
| 2022 !nowrap | RealTeam by WRT ! LMP2 !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB | SPA | LMS | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | ! 4th ! 96 | |||
| 2024 !nowrap | Jota Sport ! Hypercar !nowrap | Porsche 963 !nowrap | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR ! 10th ! 45 | ||
| 2025 ! Jota Sport ! Hypercar ! Cadillac V-Series.R ! Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd* !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 67* |
| 2018 !nowrap | Tequila Patrón ESM ! P !nowrap | Nissan Onroak DPi !nowrap | Nissan VR38DETT 3.8 L Turbocharger V6 | DAY | SEB | LBH | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET ! 56th ! 20 |
| 2020–21 !nowrap | Venturi Racing !nowrap | Spark SRT05e !nowrap | Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 02 | DIR | DIR | RME | VLC | VLC | MCO | PUE | PUE | NYC | NYC | LDN | LDN | BER | BER | ! 18th ! 54 | |
| 2021–22 !nowrap | Jaguar Racing !nowrap | Spark SRT05e !nowrap | Jaguar Cars I-Type 5 | DRH | DRH | MEX | RME | RME | MCO | BER | BER | JAK | MRK | NYC | NYC | LDN | LDN | SEO | SEO ! 22nd ! 0 |
| 2022–23 !nowrap | Nismo !nowrap | Formula E Gen3 !nowrap | Nissan | MEX | DRH | DRH | HYD | CAP | SAP | BER | BER | MCO | JAK | JAK | POR | RME | RME | LDN | LDN ! 10th ! 63 |
| 2023–24 !nowrap | Andretti Global !nowrap | Formula E Gen3 !nowrap | Porsche 99X Electric | MEX | DRH | DRH | SAP | TOK | MIS | MIS | MCO | BER | BER | SIC | SIC | POR | POR | LDN | LDN ! 15th ! 47 |
| 2024–25 !nowrap | Nissan Formula E Team !nowrap | Formula E Gen3 Evo !nowrap | Nissan | SAO | MEX | JED | JED | MIA | MCO | MCO | TKO | TKO | SHA | SHA | JKT | BER | BER | LDN | LDN ! 19th* ! 19* |
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