Sébastien

  • Nationality : swiss
  • Date of birth : 31 october 1988, Aigle - Switzerland
  • Height : 1m77
  • Weight : 69Kg
  • Teams :RedBull Racing / Toyota Racing / Envision Racing
  • Hobbies : Music, Tennis, Soccer, Biking

It was at Christmas 1993, a little short of a gift idea, that his father gave Sébastien his first kart.

The next day, it is the first wheel turns in the family garage car park, then the first training sessions, the first races, the first victories, the first titles of Swiss champion, European champion and then world champion all in different championships such as F1, WEC, Formula E, GP2 or Formula 3.

Races

433

Winner

57

Podiums

150

Pole positions

32

FIA WEC world champion

2014
2018/2019
2022
2023

FIA FORMULA E world champion

2015/2016

Winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans

2018
2019
2020
2022

Timeline

05.05.2025

Buemi Wins in Monaco and Makes Formula E History

Sébastien Buemi claimed victory at the 2024 Monaco E-Prix in challenging conditions, becoming the only driver to win there three times and further cementing his status as a Formula E icon.
03.12.2024

Sébastien Buemi Continues Legacy with TOYOTA GAZOO Racing for 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship

Sébastien Buemi continues with TOYOTA GAZOO Racing in 2025, aiming for a third world title and another Le Mans 24 Hours victory.
02.12.2024

Sébastien Buemi Gears Up for Season 11 with Envision Racing in the GEN3 Evo Era

Sébastien Buemi continues with Envision Racing for Season 11, marking the start of the GEN3 Evo era. After strong progress at the end of Season 10, he is ready to aim for new podiums starting in São Paulo.
04.11.2024

Sébastien Buemi and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Crowned World Champions at the 8 Hours of Bahrain

Sébastien Buemi, alongside teammates Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa, led TOYOTA GAZOO Racing to a sixth consecutive FIA WEC World Championship title by winning the 8 Hours of Bahrain. With a spectacular comeback drive, the team sealed the championship despite numerous challenges. This collective triumph reaffirms TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s dominance in endurance racing.
21.10.2024

Paragon Mobility welcomes ex-F1 driver and former Formula E World Champion Sebastien Buemi to their team

I'm delighted and proud to announce my new partnership with French company Paragon Mobility, an innovator in charging solutions for electric vehicles. We share the same passion for precision, efficiency and e-mobility. I look forward to representing the Paragon Mobility family. In 2023, Paragon Mobility has been selected on the SET100 list of the German Energy Agency DENA and the World Energy Council, and its solutions have been labeled by the Solar Impulse Foundation. The company is also part of Crédit Agricole's acceleration program, confirming its commitment to the energy transition.
25.07.2024

BUEMI SHINES FOR ENVISION RACING IN LONDON E-PRIX DOUBLE-HEADER

Envision Racing’s Sébastien Buemi delivered a stellar performance over the weekend, securing a podium finish on Saturday and a solid 4th place on Sunday, in the season-ending London E-Prix double-header.
14.07.2024

Victory for Sébastien Buemi and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing in Brazil

Sébastien Buemi and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing clinched their first win of the season in the #8 GR010 HYBRID at the 6 Hours of São Paulo.
14.01.2024

Buemi and Envision Racing 2nd at the first E-Prix of Formula E season 10 in Mexico

05.11.2023

Sebastien is World Champion for the 4th time

Sébastien Buemi is WEC (World Endurance Championship) World Champion with the Toyota Gazoo Racing team. This triumph marked his second consecutive drivers’ World Championship and his 4th overall.
10.09.2023

SÉBASTIEN AND TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WORLD CHAMPIONS 2023

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned a thrilling one-two victory on home ground in the 6 Hours of Fuji to clinch the manufacturers’ title in the penultimate race of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season.
03.08.2023

Sebastien and Envision Racing World Champion 2023

Envision Racing wins the constructors' championship, 8 points ahead of Jaguar Racing. Buemi's excellent weekend enabled him to move up to sixth place in the drivers' championship.
12.06.2023

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing second in the Le Mans 24 Hours

After five consecutive victories at Le Mans, the world champions took on the challenge of a record-breaking field of 16 hypercars, including the likes of Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot and Porsche.
25.04.2023

SÉBASTIEN BUEMI BREAKS RECORDS IN BERLIN

Envision Racing's Sébastien Buemi made history and broke all records, scoring the 16th pole position of his career, more than any other driver, and the most laps completed in the series' history.
17.04.2023

VICTORY IN PORTIMAO FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

The reigning world champions and winners of Le Mans in 2022 at the wheel of the #8 GR010 HYBRID, put in a flawless performance in Portugal to dominate the race and win by a lap over the #50 Ferrari and the #6 Porsche.
20.03.2023

SÉBASTIEN AND TOYOTA KICK OFF THE NEW WEC SEASON WITH A ONE-TWO FINISH

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing dominated the opening round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with a one-two finish at the 1000 Miles of Sebring against strong Hypercar competition.
31.01.2023

POLE POSITION AND IMPORTANT POINTS AT DIRIYAH E-PRIX

Sébastien Buemi started his 100th Formula E race in the lead. He took pole position in sparkling style and was in contention for victory for much of the 39-lap Diriyah E-Prix.
16.11.2022

Sébastien Buemi is FIA WEC World Champion for the 4th time

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing earned a dominant one-two victory in the season-ending 8 Hours of Bahrain to secure a clean sweep of FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) titles.
04.10.2022

Sebastien Buemi Signs Multi-Year Deal with Envision Racing

Envision Racing has signed racing driver Sébastien Buemi for next season’s all-electric FIA Formula E World Championship.
13.09.2022

BUEMI AND TOYOTA LEAD THE FIA ENDURANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (WEC)

Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa delivered a flawless performance in the #8 GR010 HYBRID to take their second win of the season.
15.08.2022

SÉBASTIEN BUEMI TAKES 9TH PLACE IN THE LAST RACE OF THE GEN2 ERA OF FORMULA E

Nissan e.dams finished the final race of the 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with one point at the finish, with Sebastien Buemi making a strong comeback to move up 10 places to ninth.
19.07.2022

SEBASTIEN BUEMI FIFTH AT THE FIRST RACE IN NEW YORK

Nissan e.dams added points to its tally with Sebastien Buemi's fifth-place finish in round 11 of the 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship after moving up to P3 earlier in the race.
11.07.2022

2ND PLACE FOR BUEMI AND HIS TEAMMATES AT MONZA

After winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa overcame a technical problem with the #8 GR010 HYBRID to finish second, just 2.762 seconds behind the #36 Alpine.
15.06.2022

SEBASTIEN BUEMI, FOUR-TIME WINNER OF THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS

Sebastien's fourth victory sets a new record for Swiss drivers.
02.05.2022

P8 FOR NISSAN E.DAMS DURING AN INTENSIVE E-PRIX DE MONACO

Sébastien Buemi, fought his way to P8 and four points at the Monaco E-Prix despite starting in P22.
11.04.2022

TWO POINTS FOR NISSAN E.DAMS IN ROME

In Saturday's race, Sebastien Buemi qualified P17 and finished P16. In Sunday's race, Buemi qualified P15 and finished P9.
21.03.2022

SEBRING PODIUM FOR SÉBASTIEN BUEMI AND TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing started the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with a podium finish at the 1000 Miles of Sebring, which ended early due to a storm.
14.02.2022

TOP 10 FOR BUEMI AND NISSAN E.DAMS IN MEXICO CITY

Sebastien finishes this race at the 8th place after a nice recovery from P18.
02.11.2021

BUEMI AND TOYOTA BECOME THE FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONS OF THE HYPERCAR ERA WITH A VICTORY AND A SECOND PLACE AT THE 6 HOURS OF BAHRAIN

Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley completed a perfect result for the team, returning the #8 car to second place.
24.08.2021

2ND PLACE FOR BUEMI AND HISTORIC DOUBLE PODIUM FOR TOYOTA

Last year's winners Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley achieved a perfect result for the team, which has now won all four races in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).
12.07.2021

NISSAN E.DAMS ACHIEVES TWO TOP 10 FINISHES AT FORMULA E RACE IN NEW YORK

P6 for Buemi who was the fastest in qualifying and ran up to P3 during the race.
14.06.2021

1ST PLACE FOR BUEMI, NAKAJIMA, HARTLEY AT THE 100TH RACE OF TOYOTA GAZOO RACING

Sebastien Buemi and his teammates in the #8 GR010 HYBRID won a long battle to win by 1.8 seconds over the world champions in the #7 sister car.
03.05.2021

VICTORY IN SPA IN HYPERCAR FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING AND SEBASTIEN BUEMI

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing began the Hypercar era in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with a historic victory at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
03.03.2021

SEASON 7 STARTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN DIRIYAH

Nissan e.dams scored points in both races of the new ABB FIA Formula E World Championship season this weekend under the lights in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.
20.09.2020

3rd consecutive victory at Le Mans

3rd consecutive victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours for Sébastien and the Toyota team
13.08.2020

4th place for Sébastien in the Formula E Championship

4th place in the drivers standing for Sébastien with Nissan who finished 2nd in the Constructors championship
15.07.2019

Formula E results (2nd place overall)

For the 5th Formula E season and the first season for Nissan, Sébastien finished 2nd in the championship in New York.
17.06.2019

World Champion

Sébastien wins with Toyota and his teammates at the end of the WEC Super Season.
16.06.2019

Victory at Le Mans

For the second year in a row, Sébastien won the Le Mans 24-hour race.
15.12.2018

Change to Nissan Edams

During the off-season the Renault Edams team becomes Nissan Edams and Sébastien starts in Saudi Arabia the 5th season of Formula E by finishing 6th.
15.07.2018

4th of the championship in New York

For the 4th season of Formula E, Sébastien finished 4th in the championship in New York. This date also marks the last race of Renault in the championship.
17.06.2018

Toyota victory

FINALLY the consecration, the Toyota number 8 of Sebastien wins in the Sarthe. The Swiss driver, along with his teammates Fernando Alonso and Kazuki Nakajima, gave Toyota its first victory.
29.07.2017

More victories with Formula E

Sébastien continues his impressive series of results in Formula E and finishes 2nd in the championship.
03.07.2016

Formula E victory

For the 2nd season of Formula E, Sébastien wins the championship in London in front of Lucas Di Grassi for this time 1 point.
19.06.2016

24H of Le Mans

Sébastien's number 8 Toyota stopped on the edge of the track during the last lap of the 24 Hours of Le Mans while leading the race.
28.06.2015

2nd of the championship

For the first season of Formula E, Sébastien finished 2nd in the championship. He lost for 1 small point to Nelson Piquet Jr.
26.03.2015

Number 1

Sébastien starts his fourth season in endurance racing with the Toyota Gazoo Racing team. His car shows the famous Number 1 of the reigning worldchampions. For the first race of the season, at Silverstone, Sébastien finishes on the third step of the podium.
01.01.2015

Great season with the eDams Renault team !

Sébastien takes part to the very first FIA Formula E championship, the new 100% electric formula. Great start indeed, as Sébastien won two races (in Punta del Este and Monaco), and was on the podium four times in eight races.
15.11.2014

Worldchampion !

With 166 points, the 2014 WEC season ended with four victories and seven podium finishes out of eight races. Sébastien and his team-mate Anthony Davidson were crowned Worlchampions in Doha, Qatar, during the FIA Prize-winning ceremony, on December 6th, 2014.
01.06.2014

Toyota : Off to a spectacular start!

The 2014 WEC season got underway with two wins in a row, first at Silverstone and then Spa. Sébastien’s preparation for the Le Mans 24 Hours couldn’t have been better.
10.04.2014

F1 : Red Bull as ever

For a third consecutive year, Sébastien fills the role of reserve driver at the Infiniti Red Bull Racing team. A major rule change involves plenty of work in the simulator and Sébastien spends plenty of time in the Milton Keynes factory. He still attends all the Grands Prix.
14.06.2013

Toyota : Second at Le Mans !

In 2013, Sébastien took part in all rounds of the WEC (World Endurance Championship.) He finished on the podium four times and won the final race in Bahrain. At the Le Mans 24 Hours he pulled off the exploit of bringing his number 8 Toyota home in second place.
17.04.2013

F1 : Still with Red Bull

In 2013, Sébastien continued as the reserve driver for the World Champion team and again attended all the Grands Prix, while also playing his part in the development of the RB9. Infiniti Red Bull Racing won the Constructors’ World Championship for the fourth consecutive year.
15.08.2012

Toyota

Taken on by the Toyota team to compete in some races in 2012, as the constructor was not yet running two cars in all rounds of the championship, including the famous Le Mans 24 Hours, Sébastien was involved in the development of the Toyota hybrid at the Le Castellet circuit. At Le Mans, his car was retired after his co-driver Anthony Davidson had an accident.
14.06.2012

F1 : Third driver at Red Bull

Having raced three full seasons for Toro Rosso, Sébastien was taken on by Red Bull as the team’s third driver. His main role was to work on the development of the car in the team’s hyper-sophisticated simulator, while also being on hand at every race to stand in for one of the two drivers in a Grand Prix if the need arose.
08.06.2011

F1 : Bad luck

2011 could have been an exceptional yearfor Sébastien, except for the fact that terrible bad luck dogged him all season long. Wheels badly fitted during the race, various breakdowns, Sébastien was spared nothing, but he still managed to finish in the points seven times, quite an achievement given the circumstances!
He ended the championship 15th with 15 points.
11.06.2010

Second season of F1

For 2010, a change to the regulations meant that Toro Rosso had to design its entire car without any help from its big sister team Red Bull Racing. Starting from zero meant life wasn’t easy for the team’s drivers. Sébastien however, still managed to lead the Canadian Grand Prix for a lap, before finishing the race in eighth place. By the end of the season, having finished in the points four times, he ended the year 16th on 8 points.
12.06.2009

F1 : 2 days and they’re off!

The new Toro Rosso STR4 was not ready before March and the Barcelona test. That meant just four days to run in the car and those four days threw up a few problems that needed sorting before the first Grand Prix of the season. At the test, Sébastien had to split the time available with team-mate Sébastien Bourdais, which meant he only got two days running. Sébastien had a brilliant start to the season, as he pulled off the feat of scoring points in his maiden Formula 1 race in Melbourne, as he finished seventh in Australia, picking up two points. At the end of the season, he was 16th on 6 points.
29.03.2009

First Formula 1 Grand Prix

Melbourne 2009
The first Grand Prix of Sébastien’s career went off like a dream. His family made the trip in force to support him, as his father and two uncles came along. In his first ever F1 qualifying session, Sébastien took his Toro Rosso STR4 to thirteenth on the grid. In the race, he was just outside the points right up to the closing stages, until a collision ahead of him saw him make up two places and finish eighth. Later, when Lewis Hamilton was disqualified, it promoted him to seventh and so Sébastien scored points on his debut Grand Prix, something only the great drivers had done before, such as Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Alain Prost.
13.06.2008

F1 : Things get serious

During 2008, Sébastien attended all the Grands Prix as reserve driver for the Red Bull team. At the same time, in the months of May, July, September, November and December, he drove several tests with the Toro Rosso team, which helped him get used to the complex task of driving a Formula 1 car. Finally, it led to Red Bull giving him a race drive with Toro Rosso for 2009.
12.06.2008

GP2 Europe: Tooth and nail all season

The 2008 GP2 season was not easy for Sébastien, who had to deal with a car that was very difficult to drive, to the extent his team-mates notched up hardly any decent results. Despite this, Sébastien managed to score two wins, in France and Hungary, which saw him end the championship in sixth place. During the season, he pulled off a real feat that underlined his talent and no doubt helped in securing him the Toro Rosso Formula 1 drive: in Magny-Cours on Sunday morning for the short race, Sébastien found himself down in 21st place on the grid. Despite the rain, he gambled on starting on slick tyres on a circuit where overtaking moves are reckoned to be impossible. After an amazing display of driving, he won the race, having passed all the other cars, or at least those that had stayed on track... He was the only 2008 GP2 driver to make it to Formula 1 in 2009.
06.06.2008

GP2 : Runner-up in Asia

Before tackling the European GP2 championship, Sébastien took part in the GP2 Asia series in 2008, driving for Arden. With one win, the Swiss driver finished second in the championship.
16.08.2007

GP2 : A spectacular debut

It was in Monaco in 2007 that Sébastien made his GP2 debut, as a last minute replacement for Michael Ammermuller. Right from the off, he was second fastest in the very first practice session, even though he had never raced at Monaco nor even sat in a GP2 car. He then ended the season with ART Grand Prix, while still fitting in plenty of F1 and F3 testing.
18.07.2007

F1 : First test and a great feeling!

It was in July 2007 that Sébastien drove a Formula 1 car on a race track for the very first time, when he got behind the wheel of the Red Bull at the Jerez circuit in Spain. He was driving under the watchful eye of FIA observers in order to get the famous super-license, the ticket to a Formula 1 drive.
14.06.2007

A1 GP : A victory for Switzerland

Called in as a last minute replacement for Neel Jani, Sébastien raced in the 2007 A1 GP in Shanghai. He also took part in the New Zealand round.
08.06.2006

Runner-up in F3

In 2006 and 2007, Sébastien took part in the Formula 3 Euroseries. In the second year, he fought for the title right down to the last round and finally ended up runner-up.
20.11.2003

BMW : Champion, then runner-up

At the end of 2003, Sébastien took part in the “BMW scholarship” which he won. The fund meant he could compete in the 2004 Formula BMW championship, finishing third behind Sebastian Vettel who was runner up that year. Picked up by Red Bull, he signed a 5 year contract with the Austrian company, which became his sponsor as of 2005. That year, he won the title in this category, before being robbed of it in the Stewards Room, because of a complex affair linked to the safety car. It is the most unhappy memory of Sébastien’s career.
01.06.2003

Champion of Italy

After taking the European title, Sébastien picked up a contract as a works drivers for 2003, which would see him win the Italian karting championship.
01.06.2002

European champion!

It is one of the victories that Sébastien is most proud of: from over 300 candidates and after several elimination rounds in Portugal and then France, Sébastien won the European karting championship, at Angerville in 2002.
01.06.1998

9 years old and already a champion!

Sébastien’s racing career started at the age of 8, three years after getting his first kart, as a lovely Christmas present in 1993. After something of a tough first year, he won the Swiss Minis championship at the age of 9. From 1998 to 2002, he won four Swiss karting titles: Mini, Mini90, SuperMini.