Clément Novalak

Clément Novalak (born 23 December 2000) is a French-Swiss racing driver currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for MP Motorsport. He previously raced in the FIA Formula Three Championship for Carlin and Trident and won the 2019 British F3 Championship with Carlin.

Clément Novalak
Novalak driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round.
Nationality French
Swiss
via dual nationality
Born (2000-12-23) 23 December 2000
Avignon, France
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamMP Motorsport
Car number12
Starts10 (10 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish28th in 2021
Previous series
2020–21
2018–19
2018
2018		FIA Formula 3
BRDC British F3 Championship
Formula Renault Eurocup
Toyota Racing Series
Championship titles
2019BRDC British F3 Championship

Career

Karting

Novalak started karting in France when he was 10 years old. He won a couple of championships, his first of which was in 2015 at the WSK Super Master Series. He competed all around Europe including France, Sweden, Italy and the UK. In 2014, Novalak received backing from former karting champion and Hitech Grand Prix founder Oliver Oakes.[1]

Toyota Racing Series

In 2018, Novalak made his single-seater debut in the championship with Giles Motorsport.[2] Claiming two wins at Teretonga and Hampton Downs saw him end the season fifth and as top rookie.[3][4]

Formula Renault Eurocup

Following his performance in the Toyota Racing Series, Novalak was signed to Josef Kaufmann Racing for the 2018 season.[5]

British Formula 3

Novalak's first season in British F3 was in 2018 with Carlin. The first race of the season he took pole at Oulton Park, however he would retire from the race. Novalak competed in 4 of the 8 rounds in that season with the best finish being 4th, he finished the season in 18th with 120 points, only two points behind the swede Arvin Esmaeili who had a full-time drive.

In 2019 Novalak got a full-time drive with Carlin. He got two poles and two wins, in the second race of the final round of the season himself and championship rival Johnathan Hoggard collided meaning they both finished at the bottom end of the points. Hoggard finished 15th whereas Novalak finished 12th which gave him 4 points, enough to win him the title despite Hoggard winning the final race.

2020

Following his British F3 title win, Novalak joined Carlin for the second and third days of the post-season test at Valencia.[6][7] In February 2020, Novalak was named as part of Carlin's lineup for the 2020 season,[8] which includes him, Cameron Das and Enaam Ahmed. He scored his first podium in Austria.

2021

In the post-season test at Catalunya, Novalak joined the Trident outfit and set the fastest time of the second day's morning session.[9][10]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

During November 2021, MP Motorsport announced that Novalak would replace Lirim Zendeli for the final 2 races of the 2021 season and contest the full season with them in 2022.[11]

Formula One

In 2017, Novalak partook in an assessment with the Ferrari Driver Academy.[2]

Personal life

Novalak was born in the French city of Avignon to a French father and Swiss mother. He moved to Montreux in Switzerland as a child and again to Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom in his teens. He claimed in a 2020 interview that, similar to Bertrand Gachot, "...I would probably consider myself European nowadays."[12] In 2021, he raced under a French license as he stated that his "origins are French" and despite him "[not having] lived there a lot [he] was born there and each time [he] took a train or a plane in France, [he felt] at home."[13].

Karting record

Karting career summary
Season Series Team Position
2011 Championnat Regional Rhone-Alpes — Minime 13th
Bridgestone Cup — Minime 23rd
French Championship — Minime 64th
2012 Trophée Oscar Petit — Minime 2nd
Championnat Regional PACAC — Minime 10th
Championnat Regional Rhone-Alpes — Minime 5th
Bridgestone Cup — Minime 9th
Trophée Kart Mag — Minime 1st
French Championship — Minime 9th
Regional Series — Minime 7th
2013 Rotax Winter Cup — Rotax Junior 30th
Trophée Oscar Petit — Nationale 10th
Rotax Euro Challenge — Rotax Junior 62nd
Challenge Rotax Max France — Cadet 14th
Coupe de France — Cadet 8th
2014 South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ Kosmic Racing Departement 16th
WSK Champions Cup — KFJ 44th
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ 33rd
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ 39th
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 33rd
WSK Final Cup — KFJ 29th
2015 WSK Champions Cup — KFJ Tony Kart Racing Team 8th
South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ 5th
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ 5th
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 2nd
WSK Final Cup — KFJ 33rd
SKUSA SuperNationals — Junior Team Koene USA 40th
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OK Tony Kart Racing Team 31st
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 26th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 6th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 8th
German Karting Championship — OK 4th
WSK Final Cup — OK 6th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 15th
Kartmasters Grand Prix — OK 2nd
2017 WSK Champions Cup — OK Tony Kart Racing Team 4th
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 7th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 12th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 20th
Swedish Karting Championship — OK Ward Racing 3rd

Racing record

Racing career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup Josef Kaufmann Racing 17 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
Formula Renault NEC 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Carlin 11 0 1 0 0 120 18th
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 2 1 3 4 711 5th
2019 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Carlin 24 2 2 1 8 505 1st
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin Buzz Racing 18 0 0 2 2 45 12th
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Trident 20 0 0 2 4 147 3rd
FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 12* 15th*

† As Novalak was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2018 Giles Motorsport RUA
1
4		 RUA
2
10		 RUA
3
6		 TER
1
4		 TER
2
5		 TER
3
1		 HMP
1
5		 HMP
2
1		 HMP
3
9		 TAU
1
10		 TAU
2
10		 TAU
3
Ret		 MAN
1
3		 MAN
2
2		 MAN
3
6		 5th 711

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2018 Josef Kaufmann Racing LEC
1
15		 LEC
2
Ret		 MNZ
1
16		 MNZ
2
Ret		 SIL
1
12		 SIL
2
Ret		 MON
1
25		 MON
2
22		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
DNS		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 HUN
1
18		 HUN
2
22		 NÜR
1
14		 NÜR
2
16		 HOC
1
11		 HOC
2
22		 CAT
1
Ret		 CAT
2
13		 23rd 0

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Points
2018 Carlin OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
710		 OUL
3
4		 ROC
1
Ret		 ROC
2
96		 ROC
3
DSQ		 SNE
1		 SNE
2		 SNE
3		 SIL
1
4		 SIL
2
113		 SIL
3
6		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 SPA
3		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 DON
1		 DON
2		 DON
3		 SIL
1
13		 SIL
2
4		 SIL
3
C		 18th 120
2019 Carlin OUL
1
1		 OUL
2
67		 OUL
3
2		 SNE
1
2		 SNE
2
69		 SNE
3
2		 SIL1
1
1		 SIL1
2
99		 SIL1
3
6		 DON1
1
4		 DON1
2
47		 DON1
3
4		 SPA
1
4		 SPA
2
105		 SPA
3
2		 BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
95		 BRH
3
4		 SIL2
1
7		 SIL2
2
36		 SIL2
3
4		 DON2
1
4		 DON2
2
12		 DON2
3
6		 1st 505

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position points; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2020 Carlin Buzz Racing RBR
FEA
10		 RBR
SPR
3		 RBR
FEA
29		 RBR
SPR
25		 HUN
FEA
9		 HUN
SPR
12		 SIL
FEA
8		 SIL
SPR
2		 SIL
FEA
12		 SIL
SPR
9		 CAT
FEA
4		 CAT
SPR
11		 SPA
FEA
NC		 SPA
SPR
15		 MNZ
FEA
13		 MNZ
SPR
Ret		 MUG
FEA
24		 MUG
SPR
14		 12th 45
2021 Trident CAT
1
2		 CAT
2
4		 CAT
3
6		 LEC
1
5		 LEC
2
6		 LEC
3
5		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
13		 RBR
3
Ret		 HUN
1
4		 HUN
2
8		 HUN
3
5		 SPA
1
7		 SPA
2
5		 SPA
3
5		 ZAN
1
11		 ZAN
2
2		 ZAN
3
2		 SOC
1
4		 SOC
2
C		 SOC
3
3		 3rd 147

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DC Points
2021 MP Motorsport BHR
SP1		 BHR
SP2		 BHR
FEA		 MCO
SP1		 MCO
SP2		 MCO
FEA		 BAK
SP1		 BAK
SP2		 BAK
FEA		 SIL
SP1		 SIL
SP2		 SIL
FEA		 MNZ
SP1		 MNZ
SP2		 MNZ
FEA		 SOC
SP1		 SOC
SP2		 SOC
FEA		 JED
SP1
14		 JED
SP2
Ret		 JED
FEA
19		 YMC
SP1
17		 YMC
SP2
14		 YMC
FEA
14		 28th 0
2022 MP Motorsport BHR
SPR
18		 BHR
FEA
Ret		 JED
SPR
11		 JED
FEA
14		 IMO
SPR
19		 IMO
FEA
4		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 MCO
SPR		 MCO
FEA		 BAK
SPR		 BAK
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 ZAN
SPR		 ZAN
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 YMC
SPR		 YMC
FEA		 15th* 12*

* Season still in progress.

References
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  2. Allen, Peter (October 17, 2017). "Karter Clement Novalak to contest 2018 Toyota Racing Series". FormulaScout. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  3. Carrell, Benjamin (January 24, 2018). "Former world kart champion Clement Novalak shapes as Toyota Racing Series threat". Stuff. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
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