Stéphane Jean-Marc Sarrazin (born 2 November 1975) is a French racing and rally driver. He has won races across a number of single-seater, sportscar and rallying disciplines and competitions, was French Formula Renault champion in 1994, and Le Mans Series champion in both 2007 and 2010.
Although he has never won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, Sarrazin has finished on the podium six times, including four outright second positions. He participated in one Formula One Grand Prix, the 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix, for Minardi as a replacement for Luca Badoer, who had injured his wrist. He suffered a big spin in the race coming up to the start-finish straight on lap 31 and scored no championship points. He also carried out testing duties for the Prost Grand Prix team during the 1999–2001 Formula One seasons and for Toyota Racing in their first season in .
Career
During the 1999 season, Sarrazin raced in International Formula 3000, winning one race at the Hungaroring. In 2003, he raced in the Superfund World Series.
In 2004, Sarrazin converted to rallying and competed in two World Rally Championship events, posting a best result of fourth. He was signed to drive Subaru's second car along with young Australian Chris Atkinson as a teammate to defending world champion Petter Solberg. He also competed at the 2004 Race of Champions.
Sarrazin drove an Aston Martin DBR9 in the GT1 class of the 2006 American Le Mans Series, but was announced on 10 January 2007 as an official works driver for Peugeot Sport in the Le Mans Series, driving the new 908 HDi FAP diesel Le Mans Prototype. He won the 2007 Le Mans Series with Pedro Lamy, by winning three races. Sarrazin also took pole position at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished second in the race with Lamy and Sébastien Bourdais. He won the 2008 24 Hours of Spa driving the Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12. He finished third in the 2009 Monte Carlo rally. Sarrazin finished second again in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. He finished fourth overall on the Monte Carlo round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
Following Peugeot's withdrawal from endurance racing, Sarrazin signed with Starworks Motorsport for the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship. Sarrazin also signed a temporary deal to drive the Toyota TS030 Hybrid at Le Mans due to the withdrawal of Hiroaki Ishiura on medical grounds.
In 2013, Sarrazin joined Toyota Racing full-time as a driver of the Toyota TS030. Sarrazin helped the team finish second at Le Mans and scored his first win with the team in Bahrain.
Sarrazin continued with Toyota Racing in 2014, and signed for Venturi Grand Prix to race in Formula E. He finished the first ever race of the series, the 2014 Beijing ePrix in ninth place. Two months later in November 2014, he took his first international rally victory in the Tour de Corse, which was the last rally of the 2014 European Rally Championship.
In 2021, Sarrazin entered the inaugural season of the Extreme E all-electric off-road racing series for Veloce Racing. During the 2021 Island X-Prix, he suffered a massive rollover, but he came out unscathed, though he went to the medical centre for precautionary checks.
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 1993 Championnat de France Formule Renault La Filière 11 0 0 1 2 63 5th 1994 Championnat de France Formule Renault La Filière 12 5 3 3 10 135 1st 1995 French Formula 3 Championship La Filière 11 0 1 1 0 34 8th 1996 French Formula 3 Championship Winfield 10 0 0 0 2 46 9th 1997 French Formula 3 Championship LD Autosport 15 3 2 3 9 141 2nd Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th Masters of Formula 3 Opel Team BSR 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th 1998 International Formula 3000 Apomatox 12 1 1 0 2 19 6th 1999 International Formula 3000 Gauloises Junior 10 1 0 1 2 22 4th Formula One Prost Grand Prix Test driver Minardi 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2000 International Formula 3000 MySap.com 6 0 0 2 0 3 22nd Formula One Prost Grand Prix Test driver 2001 International Formula 3000 Prost Junior Team 1 0 0 0 1 4 14th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP900 Viper Team Oreca 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP900 PlayStation Team Oreca 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th 2003 World Series by Nissan Racing Engineering 18 1 2 4 5 110 7th FIA Sportscar Championship – SR1 Pescarolo Sport 2 1 0 0 2 24 6th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP900 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th 1000 km of Le Mans – LMP900 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd 2004 World Rally Championship Equipe de France FFSA 3 0colspan=2 0 8 11th 2005 FIA GT Championship – GT1 Aston Martin Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC American Le Mans Series – GT1 1 0 0 0 0 9 16th 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd World Rally Championship Subaru World Rally Team 8 0colspan=2 0 6 17th 2006 American Le Mans Series – GT1 Aston Martin Racing 10 3 2 1 6 163 2nd 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th World Rally Championship Subaru World Rally Team 4 0colspan=2 0 6 18th 2007 Le Mans Series Peugeot Total 6 3 1 ? 5 40 1st 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 2nd 2008 FIA GT Championship – GT1 Vitaphone Racing 1 1 0 0 1 20 9th Le Mans Series Peugeot Total 5 2 2 ? 2 21 4th American Le Mans Series 2 0 0 0 1 46 7th 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 1 0 0 N/A 5th 2009 FIA GT Championship – GT1 Vitaphone Racing 1 0 0 0 0 5 17th American Le Mans Series Peugeot Total 2 1 0 0 2 56 5th 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 2nd Intercontinental Rally Challenge 1 0colspan=2 1 6 14th 2010 Le Mans Series Peugeot Total 5 1 0 0 3 78 1st American Le Mans Series – LMP 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC FIA GT1 World Championship Hexis AMR 2 0 0 0 0 2 41st Intercontinental Rally Challenge Stéphane Sarrazin 2 0colspan=2 0 5 20th 2011 Le Mans Series Peugeot Total 3 0 0 0 2 0 NC American Le Mans Series 2 1 1 0 2 0 NC Intercontinental Le Mans Cup 7 1 1 0 6 N/A NC 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd International V8 Supercars Championship Brad Jones Racing 2 0 0 0 0 42 81st Intercontinental Rally Challenge Stéphane Sarrazin 1 0colspan=2 0 12 18th 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship Starworks Motorsport 8 0 0 1 0 37.5 15th Toyota Racing 1 0 0 0 0 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF European Le Mans Series Sébastien Loeb Racing 2 0 0 0 1 30 6th International V8 Supercars Championship Brad Jones Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship Toyota Racing 8 1 0 0 4 106.25 3rd 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd Rolex Sports Car Series 8 Star Motorsports 11 0 0 0 1 249 13th European Rally Championship First Motorsport 1 0colspan=2 1 24 19th 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship Toyota Racing 8 1 2 0 5 116 5th 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC European Rally Championship First Motorsport 1 1colspan=2 1 39 14th 2014–15 Formula E Venturi Grand Prix 11 0 1 0 0 22 14th 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship Toyota Racing 8 0 0 0 1 79 6th 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th World Rally Championship First Motorsport 1 0colspan=2 0 2 26th 2015–16 Formula E Venturi Grand Prix 10 0 0 0 1 70 6th 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship Toyota Gazoo Racing 9 1 0 0 6 145 3rd 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd World Rally Championship Stéphane Sarrazin 1 0colspan=2 0 0 NC 2016–17 Formula E Venturi Grand Prix 6 0 0 0 0 36 10th Techeetah 6 0 0 0 2 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship Toyota Gazoo Racing 3 0 1 0 1 26 17th 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 1 0 0 N/A DNF WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rebellion Racing 1 0 0 0 0 23 33rd World Rally Championship Stéphane Sarrazin 1 0colspan=2 0 2 21st 2017–18 Formula E MS&AD Andretti Formula E 4 0 0 0 0 0 22nd 2018 World Rally Championship Stéphane Sarrazin 1 0colspan=2 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Le Mans SMP Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship SMP Racing 8 0 0 0 1 27 14th 2019 World Rally Championship Stéphane Sarrazin 2 0colspan=2 0 2 23rd 24 Hours of Le Mans SMP Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2020 World Rally Championship Stéphane Sarrazin 1 0colspan=2 0 0 NC World Rally Championship-3 1 0colspan=2 0 0 NC 2021 Extreme E Veloce Racing 3 0 0 0 1 60 7th
Single-seater racing Complete International Formula 3000 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 DC Points 1998 Apomatox OSC IMO CAT SIL MON PAU A1R HOC HUN SPA PER NÜR 6th 19 1999 Gauloises Junior IMO MON CAT MAG SIL A1R HOC HUN SPA NÜR 4th 22 2000 MySap.com IMO SIL CAT NÜR MON MAG A1R HOC HUN SPA 22nd 3 2001 F3000 Prost Junior Team INT IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ 14th 4
Complete Formula One results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points Fondmetal Minardi Ford Minardi M01 Ford VJM1 Zetec-R 3.0 V10 AUS BRA SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA EUR MAL JPN NC 0
Complete Formula E results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2014–15 Venturi Formula E Team Spark SRT01-e SRT01-e BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN LDN 14th 22 2015–16 Venturi Formula E Team Spark SRT01-e Venturi VM200-FE-01 BEI PUT PDE BUE MEX LBH PAR BER LDN LDN 6th 70 2016–17 Venturi Formula E Team Spark SRT01-e Venturi VM200-FE-02 HKG MRK BUE MEX MCO PAR 10th 36 Techeetah Spark SRT01-e Renault Z.E. 16 BER BER NYC NYC MTL MTL 2017–18 MS&AD Andretti Formula E Spark SRT01-e Andretti ATEC-03 HKG HKG MRK SCL MEX PDE RME PAR BER ZUR NYC NYC 22nd 0
Sportscar racing 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2001 Viper Team Oreca Yannick Dalmas Franck Montagny Chrysler LMP LMP900 126 DNF DNF 2002 PlayStation Team Oreca Franck Montagny Nicolas Minassian Dallara SP1-Judd LMP900 359 6th 5th 2003 Pescarolo Sport Jean-Christophe Boullion Franck Lagorce Courage C60-Peugeot LMP900 356 8th 6th 2005 Aston Martin Racing David Brabham Darren Turner Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 333 9th 3rd 2006 Aston Martin Racing Pedro Lamy Stéphane Ortelli Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 342 10th 5th 2007 Team Peugeot Total Pedro Lamy Sébastien Bourdais Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 359 2nd 2nd 2008 Team Peugeot Total Pedro Lamy Alexander Wurz Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 368 5th 5th 2009 Team Peugeot Total Franck Montagny Sébastien Bourdais Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 381 2nd 2nd 2010 Team Peugeot Total Franck Montagny Nicolas Minassian Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 264 DNF DNF 2011 Peugeot Sport Total Franck Montagny Nicolas Minassian Peugeot 908 LMP1 353 3rd 3rd 2012 Toyota Racing Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Toyota TS030 Hybrid LMP1 82 DNF DNF 2013 Toyota Racing Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Toyota TS030 Hybrid LMP1 347 2nd 2nd 2014 Toyota Racing Alexander Wurz Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS040 Hybrid LMP1-H 219 DNF DNF 2015 Toyota Racing Mike Conway Alexander Wurz Toyota TS040 Hybrid LMP1 387 6th 6th 2016 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 381 2nd 2nd 2017 Toyota Gazoo Racing Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 154 DNF DNF 2018 SMP Racing Matevos Isaakyan Egor Orudzhev BR Engineering BR1-AER LMP1 123DNFDNF 2019 SMP Racing Sergey Sirotkin Egor Orudzhev BR Engineering BR1-AER LMP1 163 DNF DNF
Complete Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2007 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) MON VAL NÜR SPA SIL MIL 1st 40 2008 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) CAT MON SPA NÜR SIL 7th 21 2010 Team Oreca Matmut LMP1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) CAS SPA ALG HUN SIL 1st 78 2011 Peugeot Sport Total LMP1 Peugeot 908 Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8(Diesel) CAS SPA IMO SIL EST NC 0
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results