Roy Nissany
Nissany in 2020
Nationality	Israeli
Born	(1994-11-30)30 November 1994 (age 31) Tel Aviv, Israel
Relatives	Chanoch Nissany (father)
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2025
Current team	Duqueine Team
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	30
Starts	6 (6 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	15th in2025
Previous series
2018,2020–23 2021 2015–17 2013–14 2011–12 2010	FIA Formula 2 Championship F3 Asian Championship World Series Formula V8 3.5 FIA F3 European Championship ADAC Formel Masters Formula Lista Junior

Roy Nissany (Hebrew:רוי ניסני[ˈʁojnisaˈni]; born 30 November 1994) is an Israeliracing driver who currently competes in the2025 European Le Mans Series withDuqueine Team. He previously competed in the2023 Formula 2 Championship withPHM Racing byCharouz. He is the son of former racing driverChanoch Nissany.

Nissany was born inTel Aviv,Israel, and resides inHerzliya, Israel.^[1][2] He is the son of the former Israeli one-timeMinardi Formula One test driver,Chanoch Nissany. Nissany races under the flag of his nativeIsrael, however he also holds a French passport.^[3]

Nissany began karting at the age of six.^[3] In 2004, he drove for theHungarian G-Kart Racing Team, and finished fourth overall in theFIA Central European Zone Trophy and in the Hungarian Karting Championship.^[4] In 2007, Nissany drove for theItalian Morsicani Racing Team, racing in theItalian Open Masters and 13th Winter Cup inLonato del Garda. In the following year, he raced for the Gandolfi Racing Team and scored a best finish of second in the Mille Dollari race in Pomposa.^[5]

Nissany began his car racing career in 2010, finishing eighth in the2010 Formula Lista Junior championship and scoring apole position atMonza.^[6] In 2011, he moved to theADAC Formel Masters series (nowADAC Formula 4) for theMücke Motorsport team, racing against drivers such asPascal Wehrlein andArtem Markelov. He finished the season in 11th place, scoring two podium finishes.^[1] Nissany competed again in2012, finishing in ninth place and scoring one win at theRed Bull Ring.^[7][8]

In 2013 Nissany moved up to theFIA Formula 3 European Championship with Mücke Motorsport alongside futureIndyCar driverFelix Rosenqvist. Nissany scored 11 points including two eighth-place finishes, and ended the season 22nd in the championship.^[1]

He competed again in2014 alongside Rosenqvist andLucas Auer. Nissany finished 17th in the championship with 26 points, his best race result being sixth place at theNürburgring.^[9][10]

In 2015 Nissany moved to theFormula Renault 3.5 Series withTech 1 Racing alongsideAurélien Panis. Nissany took a podium finish with third place at the Red Bull Ring, and ended the season 13th in the championship with 27 points to Panis' 42.

He moved toLotus for the2016 season alongsideRené Binder. Nissany's 2016 season was more successful; he claimed three pole positions, three race wins and four further podium finishes to end the season fourth in the championship, ahead of Binder and behind future Formula 2 competitorLouis Delétraz.

Nissany then moved toRP Motorsport for 2017 as the series became theWorld Series Formula V8 3.5. Nissany was one of only eight full-time drivers in the series, which folded the following year due to a lack of entries. Nissany had another successful season, winning a race at theCircuito de Jerez and claiming five more podium places to finish fifth in the championship.

In 2018, Nissany competed in theFIA Formula 2 Championship withCampos Vexatec Racing. After the tenth round in Monza, Nissany had scored only a single point – a 10th-place finish at the feature race atSpa-Francorchamps. In contrast, teammateLuca Ghiotto had collected 94 points including four podium finishes. Nissany was then replaced byRoberto Merhi for the remaining two rounds of the season.^[11]

Nissany suffered a training injury at the beginning of 2019 and did not compete in racing during the year.^[3]

In 2020 he returned toFormula 2 to race forTrident Racing alongsideMarino Sato. Nissany scored a point in the opening race at theRed Bull Ring, finishing 10th. His next points finish came at the thirteenth race of the season, the feature race atSpa-Francorchamps, where he finished eighth. This put Nissany on reverse-gridpole position for the sprint race, however he was forced to retire from the race after a collision with fellowWilliams Driver Academy memberDan Ticktum.^[12] Nissany ended the season 19th in the drivers' championship, scoring five of his team's six points that year. In December 2020, Nissany drove forDAMS in the post-season Formula 2 test at theBahrain International Circuit.^[13]

In January 2021 it was confirmed that Nissany would move to DAMS for the2021 season, driving alongsideFerrari Driver Academy memberMarcus Armstrong.^[14] Nissany qualified seventh for theMonaco round, his best Formula 2 qualifying position. This put him fourth on the grid for the opening sprint race, and an oil leak forChristian Lundgaard during the race elevated Nissany to third place and allowed him to claim his first Formula 2 podium finish.^[15] Unfortunately for Nissany, his only other points finish came inMonza, as he ended up 16th in the championship.^[16]

Nissany remained withDAMS for a second season, partnering F3 graduateAyumu Iwasa.^[17] Starting the season out atBahrain, he finished eighth in the feature race, scoring his first points of the season. More points followed inJeddah,^[18] before Nissany qualified sixth inImola. After taking fourth in the sprint race, Nissany made a sublime start on Sunday, taking the lead going into the first corner. He would ultimately lose his chance of victory, crashing at the final corner on lap 20.^[19] He came back with a point atBarcelona, however from this point, Nissany would go three events without finishing in the points. The Israeli driver broke his duck inAustria, taking ninth place in the feature race, and he would score the same result inFrance. Following the accumulation of 12 penalty points by the conclusion of the round atZandvoort, he received a ban for the following event in Monza.^[20] Nissany returned to action for the season finale atYas Marina, where he qualified second and finished in the points in both races, leading him to conclude the campaign sitting 19th in the standings.^[21]

During the 2022 post-season testing, Nissany reunited withCharouz Racing System.^[22] Shortly after, he was announced for the team for the2023 season, under the new namePHM Racing by Charouz.^[23][24] The campaign turned out to be the Israeli's weakest in Formula 2, as he and the team failed to score points, with Nissany ending up 21st and last of all full-time drivers in the standings.^[25]

Nissany had his first experience with aFormula One car in October 2014, testing theSauber C31 at theCircuito Ricardo Tormo.^[26][27][10] In December 2019, he took part in post-season testing withWilliams atYas Marina Circuit. In January 2020 it was announced that Williams had appointed Nissany as their official test driver for the2020 season.^[28] He made his Grand Prix weekend debut at theSpanish Grand Prix, taking part in the first practice session (FP1) for the team.^[29] He later appeared in FP1 sessions at theItalian andBahrain Grands Prix,^[30][31] as well as representing Williams at the post-season young driver test atYas Marina Circuit.^[32]

Nissany was retained by Williams in his test driver role for the2021 season. He took part in the first day of pre-season testing with the team, recording 83 laps of theBahrain International Circuit.^[33] He appeared in three FP1 sessions with Williams during the season, at theSpanish,French andAustrian Grands Prix.^[34]

Nissany remained a member of theWilliams Driver Academy for the2022 season.^[35] However, he did not partake in any free practice sessions that year and was not included in the academy line-up the following year.

On the 24 of February 2025, it was announced that Nissany would make his full-time debut in the2025 European Le Mans Series driving for theDuqueine Team inLMP2.^[36] This would be his first foray into sportscar racing. This was also his first time driving in any series in almost a year.

Throughout his time inFIA Formula 2, Nissany's racecraft has borne the brunt of criticism. This culminated in a chaotic 2022 season, which began whenRichard Verschoor called for the Israeli driver to "go choose another sport" after the latter's defensive driving had caused a collision which ended the Dutchman's race inBahrain.^[37] Another notable collision came atSilverstone, where Nissany received a five-place grid penalty, having forcedDennis Hauger off the track on the exit on the approach to Vale, which subsequently forced Hauger's car over the sausage kerb on the inside of the corner, catapulting it onto theHalo of Nissany's vehicle.^[38] Later in the year, a collision withDavid Beckmann atZandvoort caused Nissany to be banned from the subsequent round, as he had accrued twelve penalty points across the campaign.^[39]

Nissany once again amassed a number of penalty points during the subsequent campaign, sitting on nine penalty points after twelve rounds.^[40] Chief among his misdeeds proved to be a collision withZane Maloney atMonza, where the Israeli spun his rival on the main straightaway, causing Maloney's car to impact the barriers heavily and earning Nissany three penalty points.^[41][42]

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  Roy andChanoch Nissany
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  Nissany at the Winter Cup
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  Nissany in F3 at Hockenheimring 2014
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  Nissany in F2 at Silverstone in 2022

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