Nathanaël Antonin Berthon (born 1 July 1989 in Romagnat) is a professional racing driver from France.
Career
Karting Berthon began his international karting career in 2006, with the highlights being a third-place finish in the Copa Campeones Trophy ICA class and fifth in the French Championship Elite category. The following year, he again finished fifth in the French Championship Elite class. He also finished eighth in the South Garda Winter Cup KF1 and 13th in the World Cup KF1 categories.
Formula Renault 2.0 In 2008, Berthon moved up to single–seaters, taking part in both the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series for Boutsen Energy Racing. In the West European Cup, he finished in the points on four occasions, scoring nine points to be classified in 18th place, whilst in the Eurocup, he failed to score a point, with his best race result being 12th place at the Nürburgring meeting.
2009 saw Berthon remain in both series for a second season, this time racing for the Spanish team Epsilon Euskadi. He won his first Eurocup race at the opening round in Barcelona after teammate Albert Costa was disqualified for a technical infringement. He followed that up with a further podium at the Hungaroring to finish sixth in the standings.
In the West European Cup, Berthon took a victory at Spa–Francorchamps along with six other podium finishes to finish third in the championship, behind Jean-Éric Vergne and champion Costa. He was also crowned as French Formula Renault 2.0 champion, with the series being run as part of the West European Cup season.
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
In October 2009, Berthon sampled a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, testing for Tech 1 Racing at Motorland Aragón in Spain as a reward for winning the French Formula Renault 2.0 title. He drove for the recently–crowned champions Draco Racing during the next test at the Circuit de Catalunya and in December 2009 it was announced that he would drive for the team in the 2010 season. He was joined at the team by Colombian driver Omar Leal.
After finishing on the podium at the season–opener in Motorland Aragón and again at Brno, Berthon secured his first Formula Renault 3.5 Series win on home soil at Magny–Cours, holding off a stiff challenge from Tech 1 Racing's Daniel Ricciardo. He followed that up with another podium finish at Hockenheim to be classified in seventh place in the championship standings.
Berthon returned to the series in 2011, replacing Dean Stoneman at ISR Racing after the Briton was forced to pull out of the championship due to illness. Partnered variously by Ricciardo and Lewis Williamson, he took a first finish of third place to finish 13th overall in the drivers' championship.
Formula Three In July 2010, Berthon made his Formula Three debut, racing for the ART Grand Prix team in the British Formula 3 Championship round at Spa–Francorchamps as an entry in the Invitation class. During the weekend, he finished all three races, taking a best result of 13th place in the sprint event.
GP2 Series Berthon made his debut in the GP2 Asia Series in 2011, partnering Spaniard Dani Clos at the Racing Engineering team. He failed to score a point in the four races he contested and was classified in 23rd place in the championship. He returned to the main GP2 Series, again with Racing Engineering, for the non-championship race that concluded the 2011 season, and raced full-time for the team in 2012, alongside Fabio Leimer, eventually finishing 12th overall with a best race finish of second on two occasions.
Toyota Racing Series In the winter of 2012 prior to the start of the GP2 season, Berthon travelled to New Zealand to compete in the five-round Toyota Racing Series in a grid which featured a mix of local and foreign drivers. As one of five drivers for the M2 Competition team, he finished seventh in the championship.
Formula One On 16 November 2011, Berthon had his first experience of driving a Formula One car. At the Abu Dhabi young drivers' test at the Yas Marina Circuit, he drove the HRT F1 Team's F111 for nine laps. He set a best time of 1:48.646, which left him 13th fastest. The following day, Berthon had the whole day to himself with the car, completing 51 laps () and finished the day in 12th position with a best time of 1:45.839. Berthon described the day by saying: "Today was a great experience but it felt like it was too short. I would like to spend some more time in the car but, as a first step, it was very good".
Formula E On 17 October 2015, it was announced that Berthon would partner António Félix da Costa at Team Aguri for the 2015–16 season. Berthon was replaced by Salvador Durán after three races; he has not raced in Formula E since.
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC Boutsen Energy Racing 15 0 0 0 0 9 18th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 0 0 0 0 0 33rd 2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Epsilon Euskadi 14 1 0 0 2 67 6th Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 14 1 1 1 7 120 3rd 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series International DracoRacing 17 1 0 0 4 60 7th British Formula 3 International Series ART Grand Prix 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series ISR Racing 17 0 0 0 1 37 13th GP2 Asia Series Racing Engineering 4 0 0 0 0 0 23rd GP2 Final 2 0 0 0 0 0 11th 2012 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 24 0 0 0 2 60 12th Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 0 0 1 0 755 7th 2013 GP2 Series Trident Racing 22 1 0 1 1 21 20th 2014 GP2 Series Venezuela GP Lazarus 22 0 0 0 0 17 20th European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Murphy Prototypes 2 0 1 0 1 16 16th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Formula Acceleration 1 Acceleration Team France 2 0 0 0 0 22 12th Acceleration Team China 2 0 0 0 0 FIA World Endurance Championship Lotus 1 0 0 0 0 0 28th 2015 GP2 Series Daiko Team Lazarus 19 0 0 1 1 27 16th European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Murphy Prototypes 5 0 0 0 1 26 10th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th 2015–16 Formula E Team Aguri 3 0 0 0 0 4 17th Andros Trophy - Électrique Biovitis 11 2 0 2 4 316 4th 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 G-Drive Racing 2 0 2 0 1 27 22nd European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Greaves Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 28 11th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th 2016–17 Andros Trophy - Elite Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 13 4 4 4 8 614 1st 2017 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Panis Barthez Competition 5 0 1 0 0 35 13th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 4 0 0 0 0 2 45th Intercontinental GT Challenge Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2017–18 Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Comtoyou Racing 13 2 2 1 7 618 3rd 2018 World Touring Car Cup Comtoyou Racing 30 0 0 0 1 79 15th TCR Europe Touring Car Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship 2 0 0 0 0 2 11th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 DragonSpeed 1 0 0 1 0 N/A 5th 2018–19 Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Comtoyou Racing 11 0 0 0 5 606 5th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP1 Rebellion Racing 3 0 0 0 1 51 9th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 DragonSpeed 2 0 1 1 1 34 12th 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans Rebellion Racing 1 0 0 1 0 N/A 5th 2019–20 Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Class Sylvain Pussier Competition 10 0 0 0 2 457 5th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP1 Rebellion Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2020 World Touring Car Cup Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport 16 1 3 2 2 148 8th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 Rebellion Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th 24H TCE Europe Series - TCR Audi Sport Team Comtoyou10000030th 2020-21 Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Sylvain Pussier Competition 11 3 2 2 4 518 3rd 2021 World Touring Car Cup Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport 16 0 0 0 1 114 13th 24H GT Series - P4 Car Collection Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2021–22 Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Sylvain Pussier Competition 9 1 1 2 3 502 4th 2022 World Touring Car Cup Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport 16 2 1 2 5 240 3rd Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi Sport Team Valvoline 1 0 0 0 0 12 16th 2022–23 Andros Trophy - Elite Pro SP Competition 10 0 0 1 6 510 4th 2023 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am DKR Engineering 6 0 0 0 0 32 12th FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Glickenhaus Racing 1 0 0 0 0 4 19th 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar10000N/A7th2024 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP3T MSC Sinzig e.V. im ADAC2025 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - TCR Goroyan RT by sharky-racing2026Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9Goroyan RT by Car Collection24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am10000N/A5thNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP3TSharky Racing † As Berthon was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 DC Points 2008 Boutsen Energy Racing SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LMS1 LMS2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 33rd 0 2009 Epsilon EuskadiCAT1CAT2SPA1SPA2HUN1HUN2SIL1SIL2LMS1LMS2NÜR1NÜR2ALC1ALC2 6th 67
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 Pos Points 2010 International Draco Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 BRN1 BRN2 MAG1 MAG2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 7th 60 2011 ISR ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON1 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 13th 37
Complete GP2 Series 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 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2012 Racing Engineering SEPFEA SEPSPR BHR1FEA BHR1SPR BHR2FEA BHR2SPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MRNFEA MRNSPR 12th 60 2013 Trident Racing SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MRNFEA MRNSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 20th 21 2014 Venezuela GP Lazarus BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 20th 17 2015 Daiko Team Lazarus BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 16th 27 Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 DC Points 2011 Racing Engineering YMCFEA YMCSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR 23rd 0
Complete GP2 Final results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 DC Points 2011 Racing Engineering YMCFEA YMCSPR 11th 0
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2014 Murphy Prototypes Rodolfo González Karun Chandhok Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 73 DNF DNF 2015 Murphy Prototypes Mark Patterson Karun Chandhok Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 347 13th 5th 2016 Greaves Motorsport Julien Canal Memo Rojas Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 348 10th 6th 2017 Panis Barthez Competition Fabien Barthez Timothé Buret Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 296 DNF DNF 2018 DragonSpeed Roberto González Pastor Maldonado Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 360 9th 5th 2019 Rebellion Racing Gustavo Menezes Thomas Laurent Rebellion R13-Gibson LMP1 370 5th 5th 2020 Rebellion Racing Louis Delétraz Romain Dumas Rebellion R13-Gibson LMP1 381 4th 4th 2023 Glickenhaus Racing Esteban Gutiérrez Franck Mailleux Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Hypercar 333 7th 7th
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results