Nicholas Latifi

Driver

Birthday June 29, 1995

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Age 28 years old

Nationality Canada

Height 1.85 m

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1922

He finished the races in 22nd and 17th, placing 32nd in the championship.

1995

Nicholas Daniel Latifi (born 29 June 1995) is a Canadian former racing driver who last raced in Formula One.

2009

Latifi began his karting career in 2009, at the relatively late age of 13.

2010

In 2010, he finished as the runner-up in the Rotax Junior class of the Canadian National Karting Championship.

Latifi finished 10th in the championship after missing the final round to compete in Formula Renault 3.5, with his best finish being 2nd place at Silverstone.

2011

He finished the season in 11th place, taking one fastest lap.

His best finishes were two 4th places at Spa-Francorchamps and at the Red Bull Ring, to place 11th overall, behind teammate Egor Orudzhev.

He finished 11th in the standings.

Unfortunately, Latifi could not score any points and had a best finish of 11th during the Bahrain sprint race.

2012

Latifi continued competing in Canadian and American karting series until 2012, when he won the Florida Winter Tour championship in the Rotax DD2 class.

Latifi's single-seater debut came in the 2012 Italian Formula Three Championship with BVM.

He finished the season in 7th place, having taken one win at the Vallelunga Circuit and three further podium finishes.

Latifi competed in the 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge for Rehagen Racing, driving a Ford Mustang GT.

2013

At the start of the following year, Latifi raced in the 2013 Toyota Racing Series, finishing 9th in the championship with a best finish of 6th at Timaru and scoring points in every race.

Latifi then took part in a full season of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, driving for Carlin.

Additionally, he competed in the 2013 Masters of Formula 3 race at Zandvoort, qualifying 8th and finishing 7th.

2014

Latifi continued racing in European Formula 3 in 2014, moving to Prema Powerteam alongside future Formula One competitor Esteban Ocon.

In November 2014 he made his only appearance at the Macau Grand Prix.

He qualified 9th, finishing 7th in the qualifying race and then taking 5th place in the main race.

Latifi competed in the final three rounds of the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Tech 1 Racing, taking 2nd place in the final race at Jerez and placing 20th in the standings.

In 2014, he made an appearance in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain driving for Redline Racing at Rockingham.

He retired from the first round but scored a 4th-place finish in the second round.

Latifi made his debut in the GP2 Series at the 2014 Yas Marina round where he replaced Daniel Abt at Hilmer Motorsport.

2015

He later made an appearance in the Shifter ROK class of the Florida Winter Tour in 2015, competing against former Formula One drivers Rubens Barrichello and Nelson Piquet Jr..

He ended the season in 15th place, his best finishes being two 5th places at Silverstone and the Red Bull Ring.

During his European Formula 3 campaign, Latifi also raced in the British Formula 3 International Series, finishing 5th and taking two pole positions along with a podium finish at Brands Hatch.

He then moved to Arden Motorsport and competed in a full season in 2015.

He had a longer campaign in 2015, competing in four of the eight rounds and taking 2nd place in the first race at Oulton Park.

In 2015, Latifi competed in four selected rounds with MP Motorsport, taking over Oliver Rowland's seat.

2016

In 2016, he secured a full-time seat in the series at DAMS alongside Alex Lynn.

He started his season in good fashion, taking second place at the first race in Barcelona, which would be his only podium of the year.

He then went on to finish seventh in the sprint race.

Despite this strong start, he could manage only two more points finishes during the season.

2019

Previously, he finished runner-up in the 2019 Formula 2 Championship with DAMS.

Born in Montreal, Latifi grew up in North York, Toronto.

He is the son of Michael Latifi, an Iranian-Canadian businessman who is the CEO of Sofina Foods, Inc. and also owns the British Virgin Islands company Nidala.

His mother, Marilena Latifi (née Russo), an Italian-Canadian with Sicilian parents, was born into the Saputo family which founded the dairy company Saputo Inc.

Latifi has three siblings; Soph, Michael Alexander, a voice actor, and Matthew.

2020

Latifi made his Formula One debut in the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix and competed with Williams for three full seasons, managing to score nine championship points.

Prior to that, he served as a test and reserve driver for Renault, Force India, and Williams itself.