Roy Nissany

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Roy Nissany
Roy-Nissany-Oschersleben-2011.jpg
Nissany in 2011
NationalityIsrael Israeli
France French
via dual nationality
Born (1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 (age 27)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Related toChanoch Nissany (father)
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2018
Current teamDAMS
Car number16
Former teamsCampos Racing, Trident Racing
Starts55 (55 entries)
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish16th in 2021
Previous series
2021
2015–17
2013–14
2011–12
2010		F3 Asian Championship
World Series Formula V8 3.5
FIA F3 European Championship
ADAC Formel Masters
Formula Lista Junior

Roy Nissany (Hebrew: רוי ניסני; born 30 November 1994) is an Israeli-French racing driver currently competing in the Formula 2 Championship with DAMS. He is also currently a Formula 1 test driver with Williams Grand Prix Engineering. He is the son of former racing driver Chanoch Nissany.

Personal life[]

Nissany was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and resides in Herzliya.[1][2] He is the son of the former one-time Minardi Formula One test driver, Chanoch Nissany. Nissany races under the flag of his native Israel, however he is also a French citizen.[3]

Career[]

Karting[]

Nissany began karting at the age of six.[3] In 2004, he drove for the Hungarian G-Kart Racing Team, and finished fourth overall in the FIA Central European Zone Trophy and in the Hungarian Karting Championship[4] In 2007, Nissany drove for the Italian Morsicani Racing Team, racing in the Italian Open Masters and 13th Winter Cup in Lonato del Garda. In the following year, he raced for the Gandolfi Racing Team and scored a best finish of second in the Mille Dollari race in Pomposa.[5]

Junior formulae[]

Nissany began his car racing career in 2010, finishing eighth in the 2010 Formula Lista Junior championship and scoring a pole position at Monza.[6] In 2011, he moved to the ADAC Formel Masters series (now ADAC Formula 4) for the Mücke Motorsport team, racing against drivers such as Pascal Wehrlein and Artem Markelov. He finished the season in 11th place, scoring two podium finishes.[1] Nissany competed again in 2012, finishing in ninth place and scoring one win at the Red Bull Ring.[7][8]

Formula 3 European Championship[]

In 2013 Nissany moved up to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Mücke Motorsport alongside future IndyCar driver Felix Rosenqvist. Nissany scored 11 points including two eighth-place finishes, and ended the season 22nd in the championship.[1] He competed again in 2014 alongside Rosenqvist and Lucas Auer. Nissany finished 17th in the championship with 26 points, his best race result being sixth place at the Nürburgring.[9][10]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series[]

In 2015 Nissany moved to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Tech 1 Racing alongside Aurélien Panis. Nissany took a podium finish with third place at the Red Bull Ring, and ended the season 13th in the championship with 27 points to Panis' 42. He moved to Lotus for the 2016 season alongside René Binder. Nissany's 2016 season was more successful; he claimed three pole positions, three race wins and four further podium finishes to end the season fourth in the championship, ahead of Binder and behind future Formula 2 competitor Louis Delétraz. Nissany then moved to RP Motorsport for 2017 as the series became the World Series Formula V8 3.5. Nissany was one of only eight full-time drivers in the series, which folded the following year due to a lack of entries. Nissany had another successful season, winning a race at the Circuito de Jerez and claiming five more podium places to finish fifth in the championship.

FIA Formula 2 Championship[]

In 2018, Nissany competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Campos Vexatec Racing. After the tenth round in Monza, Nissany had scored only a single point – a 10th-place finish at the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps. In contrast, teammate Luca Ghiotto had collected 94 points including four podium finishes. Nissany was then replaced by Roberto Merhi for the remaining two rounds of the season.[11] Nissany suffered a training injury at the beginning of 2019 and did not compete in racing during the year.[3]

In 2020 he returned to Formula 2 to race for Trident Racing alongside Marino Sato. Nissany scored a point in the opening race at the Red Bull Ring, finishing 10th. His next points finish came at the thirteenth race of the season, the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps, where he finished eighth. This put Nissany on reverse-grid pole position for the sprint race, however he was forced to retire from the race after a collision with fellow Williams Driver Academy member Dan Ticktum.[12] Nissany ended the season 19th in the drivers' championship, scoring five of his team's six points that year. In December 2020, Nissany drove for DAMS in the post-season Formula 2 test at the Bahrain International Circuit.[13]

In January 2021 it was confirmed that Nissany would move to DAMS for the 2021 season, driving alongside Ferrari Driver Academy member Marcus Armstrong.[14] Nissany qualified seventh for the Monaco round, his best Formula 2 qualifying position. This put him fourth on the grid for the opening sprint race, and an oil leak for Christian Lundgaard during the race elevated Nissany to third place and allowed him to claim his first Formula 2 podium finish.

Formula One[]

Nissany had his first experience with a Formula One car in October 2014, testing the Sauber C31 at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo.[15][16][10] In December 2019, he took part in post-season testing with Williams at Yas Marina Circuit. In January 2020 it was announced that Williams had appointed Nissany as their official test driver for the 2020 season.[17] He made his Grand Prix weekend debut at the Spanish Grand Prix, taking part in the first practice session (FP1) for the team.[18] He later appeared in FP1 sessions at the Italian and Bahrain Grands Prix,[19][20] as well as representing Williams at the post-season young driver test at Yas Marina Circuit.[21]

Nissany was retained by Williams in his test driver role for the 2021 season. He took part in the first day of pre-season testing with the team, recording 83 laps of the Bahrain International Circuit.[22] He appeared in three FP1 sessions with Williams during the season, at the Spanish, French and Austrian Grands Prix.[23]

Nissany will remain a member of the Williams Driver Academy for the 2022 season.[24]

Racing record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season Series Team Position
2008 South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 95th
Italian Open Masters — KF3 Morsicani Racing 28th
Torneo Industrie — KF3 Gandolfio Ennio Racing 33rd
2009 South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 Gandolfi Ennio Racing DNF
Source:[25]

Racing career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2010 Formula Lista Junior Daltec Racing 12 0 1 1 0 43 8th
2011 ADAC Formel Masters Mücke Motorsport 24 0 0 0 2 81 11th
2012 ADAC Formel Masters Mücke Motorsport 23 1 0 0 1 98 9th
2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Mücke Motorsport 30 0 0 0 0 11 22nd
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Mücke Motorsport 33 0 0 0 0 26 17th
Formula One Sauber F1 Team Test driver
2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Tech 1 Racing 17 0 0 0 1 27 13th
2016 Formula V8 3.5 Series Lotus 18 3 3 5 7 189 4th
2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 RP Motorsport 18 1 0 2 6 201 5th
2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Vexatec Racing 20 0 0 0 0 1 22nd
2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 24 0 0 2 0 5 19th
Formula One Williams Racing Test driver
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship DAMS 23 0 0 0 1 16 16th
F3 Asian Championship Hitech Grand Prix 15 0 0 0 2 99 5th
Formula One Williams Racing Test driver
2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship DAMS

Complete Formula Lista Junior results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2010 Daltec Racing HOC1
1
8 		HOC1
2
5 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
6 		MOS
1
8 		MOS
2
Ret 		HOC2
1
7 		HOC2
2
9 		MAG
1
9 		MAG
2
8 		MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
11 		8th 43

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2011 Mücke Motorsport OSC
1
3 		OSC
2
4 		OSC
3
9 		SAC
1
10 		SAC
2
11 		SAC
3
7 		ZOL
1
Ret 		ZOL
2
16 		ZOL
3
8 		NÜR
1
3 		NÜR
2
23 		NÜR
3
9 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
10 		RBR
3
4 		LAU
1
10 		LAU
2
12 		LAU
3
13 		ASS
1
Ret 		ASS
2
17 		ASS
3
18 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
17 		HOC
3
15 		11th 81
2012 Mücke Motorsport OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
8 		OSC
3
10 		ZAN
1
6 		ZAN
2
11 		ZAN
3
5 		SAC
1
Ret 		SAC
2
7 		SAC
3
C 		NÜR1
1
7 		NÜR1
2
8 		NÜR1
3
5 		RBR
1
1 		RBR
2
16 		RBR
3
Ret 		LAU
1
7 		LAU
2
6 		LAU
3
Ret 		NÜR2
1
8 		NÜR2
2
6 		NÜR2
3
DSQ 		HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
10 		HOC
3
8 		9th 98

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2013 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
17 		MNZ
3
Ret 		SIL
1
21 		SIL
2
18 		SIL
3
Ret 		HOC
1
24 		HOC
2
16 		HOC
3
Ret 		BRH
1
18 		BRH
2
23 		BRH
3
8 		RBR
1
11 		RBR
2
15 		RBR
3
10 		NOR
1
8 		NOR
2
15 		NOR
3
Ret 		NÜR
1
17 		NÜR
2
Ret 		NÜR
3
18 		ZAN
1
15 		ZAN
2
14 		ZAN
3
12 		VAL
1
22 		VAL
2
13 		VAL
3
17 		HOC
1
18 		HOC
2
15 		HOC
3
15 		22nd 11
2014 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes SIL
1
20 		SIL
2
22 		SIL
3
16 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
15 		HOC
3
8 		PAU
1
20 		PAU
2
9 		PAU
3
16 		HUN
1
15 		HUN
2
14 		HUN
3
11 		SPA
1
16 		SPA
2
11 		SPA
3
12 		NOR
1
7 		NOR
2
19 		NOR
3
Ret 		MSC
1
18 		MSC
2
14 		MSC
3
16 		RBR
1
11 		RBR
2
14 		RBR
3
11 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
11 		NÜR
3
6 		IMO
1
Ret 		IMO
2
21 		IMO
3
12 		HOC
1
11 		HOC
2
7 		HOC
3
13 		17th 26

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2015 Tech 1 Racing ALC
1
14 		ALC
2
16 		MON
1
12 		SPA
1
14 		SPA
2
Ret 		HUN
1
8 		HUN
2
14 		RBR
1
16 		RBR
2
3 		SIL
1
9 		SIL
2
14 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
18 		BUG
1
8 		BUG
2
12 		JER
1
9 		JER
2
Ret 		13th 27
2016 Lotus ALC
1
7 		ALC
2
7 		HUN
1
6 		HUN
2
2 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
Ret 		LEC
1
2 		LEC
2
2 		SIL
1
1 		SIL
2
1 		RBR
1
6 		RBR
2
13 		MNZ
1
1 		MNZ
2
6 		JER
1
8 		JER
2
14 		CAT
1
9 		CAT
2
2 		4th 189
2017 RP Motorsport SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
3 		SPA
1
2 		SPA
2
4 		MNZ
1
2 		MNZ
2
2 		JER
1
1 		JER
2
Ret 		ALC
1
4 		ALC
2
6 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
5 		MEX
1
9 		MEX
2
8 		COA
1
6 		COA
2
4 		BHR
1
3 		BHR
2
4 		5th 201

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DC Points
2018 Campos Vexatec Racing BHR
FEA
16 		BHR
SPR
15 		BAK
FEA
Ret 		BAK
SPR
Ret 		CAT
FEA
12 		CAT
SPR
14 		MON
FEA
12 		MON
SPR
Ret 		LEC
FEA
15 		LEC
SPR
10 		RBR
FEA
Ret 		RBR
SPR
17 		SIL
FEA
15 		SIL
SPR
14 		HUN
FEA
15 		HUN
SPR
15 		SPA
FEA
10 		SPA
SPR
14 		MNZ
FEA
16 		MNZ
SPR
15 		SOC
FEA 		SOC
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		22nd 1
2020 Trident Racing RBR
FEA
10 		RBR
SPR
12 		RBR
FEA
15 		RBR
SPR
18 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
17 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
16 		SIL
FEA
18 		SIL
SPR
15 		CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
12 		SPA
FEA
8 		SPA
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA
19 		MNZ
SPR
10 		MUG
FEA
15 		MUG
SPR
10 		SOC
FEA
Ret 		SOC
SPR
19 		BHR
FEA
15 		BHR
SPR
9 		BHR
FEA
20 		BHR
SPR
15 		19th 5
2021 DAMS BHR
SP1
12 		BHR
SP2
15 		BHR
FEA
Ret 		MCO
SP1
3 		MCO
SP2
Ret 		MCO
FEA
9 		BAK
SP1
16 		BAK
SP2
16 		BAK
FEA
16 		SIL
SP1
Ret 		SIL
SP2
12 		SIL
FEA
16 		MNZ
SP1
Ret 		MNZ
SP2
18 		MNZ
FEA
8 		SOC
SP1
16 		SOC
SP2
C 		SOC
FEA
15 		JED
SP1
13 		JED
SP2
11 		JED
FEA
15 		YMC
SP1
14 		YMC
SP2
17 		YMC
FEA
13 		16th 16
2022 DAMS BHR
SPR 		BHR
FEA 		JED
SPR 		JED
FEA 		IMO
SPR 		IMO
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		MCO
SPR 		MCO
FEA 		BAK
SPR 		BAK
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		ZAN
SPR 		ZAN
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		-* 0*

* Season starts 18 March 2022.

Complete Formula One participations[]

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 WDC Points
2020 Williams Racing Williams FW43 Mercedes M11 EQ Performance
1.6 V6 t 		AUT STY HUN GBR 70A ESP
TD 		BEL ITA
TD 		TUS RUS EIF POR EMI TUR BHR
TD 		SKH ABU — —
2021 Williams Racing Williams FW43B Mercedes M12 E Performance
1.6 V6 t 		BHR EMI POR ESP
TD 		MON AZE FRA
TD 		STY AUT
TD 		GBR HUN BEL NED ITA RUS TUR USA MXC SAP QAT SAU ABU – –

Complete F3 Asian Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2021 Hitech Grand Prix DUB
1
2 		DUB
2
8 		DUB
3
3 		ABU
1
7 		ABU
2
8 		ABU
3
7 		ABU
1
5 		ABU
2
Ret 		ABU
3
11 		DUB
1
8 		DUB
2
Ret 		DUB
3
7 		ABU
1
4 		ABU
2
7 		ABU
3
6 		5th 99

Photos[]

  • Roy and Chanoch Nissany

  • Nissany at the Winter Cup

  • Nissany in F3 at Hockenheimring 2014

See also[]

  • List of select Jewish racing drivers

References[]

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