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Sébastien Buemi
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Swiss professional racing driver
Key facts
- Born
- Sébastien Olivier Humbert Buemi , ( 1988-10-31 ) 31 October 1988 (age 37) , Aigle, Vaud , Switzerland
- Spouse
- Jennifer ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2015 )
- Relatives
- Natacha Gachnang (cousin)
- Current team
- Toyota Racing
- Categorisation
- FIA Platinum
- Championships
- 4 ( 2014 , 2018–19 , 2022 , 2023 )
- Best season finish in the championship s
- 1st in 2014 , 2018–19 ( LMP1 ) , 2022 , 2023 ( HY )
- Former teams
- Renault , Nissan
- Finished last season
- 12th (84 pts)
- Nationality
- Swiss
- Active years
- 2009 – 2011
- Teams
- Toro Rosso
- Entries
- 55 (55 starts)
- First entry
- 2009 Australian Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
- Participating years span years
- 2012 – 2024
- Best finish
- 1st ( 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2022 )
- Class wins
- 4 ( 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2022 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Olivier
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Aigle
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Participant in
- 2014–15 Formula E season
- Sport
- auto racing
- Official website
- www.buemi.ch
- Image
- ÖAMTC Welt des Motorsports 2016-78 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Sébastien Buemi
- date of birth
- 1988-10-31
- Commons gallery
- Sébastien Buemi
- sponsor
- Red Bull GmbH
- social media followers
- 125670
- birth name
- Sébastien Olivier Buemi
- competition won
- 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans
- points for
- 29
- relative
- Natacha Gachnang
- number of wins
- 0
- pole positions
- 0
- podium finishes
- 0
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 55
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Encyclopedic overview
Sébastien Olivier Humbert Buemi ( French pronunciation: [sebastjɛ̃ ɔlivje œ̃bɛʁ bɥemi]; born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Formula E for Envision. In formula racing, Buemi competed in Formula One from 2009 to 2011, and won the 2015–16 Formula E Championship with Renault. In endurance racing, Buemi has won a joint-record four FIA World Endurance Championship titles—tied with Brendon Hartley—and is a four-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, all with Toyota.
Buemi has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing (formerly Toyota Racing) since 2012. He became the 2014 World Endurance Champion in the LMP1 class. He won both the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans and, subsequently, the 2018-19 WEC Championship. He also won the 2019, 2020 and 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sébastien Buemi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.