Sébastien Olivier Buemi (born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss professional racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula E Championship for Nissan e.dams. He competed for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One. As of 2019, Buemi is a reserve driver for Scuderia Toro Rosso's sister team, Red Bull Racing. 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. Buemi has raced FIA Formula E Championship with e.dams Renault (now known as Nissan e.dams) since 2014. He won the Formula E Championship in 2015-16.

Career

Formula BMW

Born in Aigle, Vaud, Buemi graduated from karting and spent 2004 and 2005 in German Formula BMW, finishing third and second in the championship respectively. He was also runner up in the 2005 FBMW World Final.