Roy Nissany (Hebrew: רוי ניסני; Hebrew pronunciation: [ʁɔɪ nisaˈni]; born 30 November 1994) is an Israeli racing driver who most recently competed in the 2023 Formula 2 Championship with PHM Racing by Charouz. He is the son of former racing driver Chanoch Nissany.

Nissany was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and resides in Herzliya, Israel. He is the son of the former Israeli one-time Minardi Formula One test driver, Chanoch Nissany. Nissany races under the flag of his native Israel, however he also holds a French passport.

Nissany began karting at the age of six. In 2004, he drove for the Hungarian G-Kart Racing Team, and finished fourth overall in the FIA Central European Zone Trophy and in the Hungarian Karting Championship. In 2007, Nissany drove for the Italian Morsicani Racing Team, racing in the Italian Open Masters and 13th Winter Cup in Lonato 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.

Nissany began his car racing career in 2010, finishing eighth in the 2010 Formula Lista Junior championship and scoring a pole position at Monza. In 2011, he moved to the ADAC Formel Masters series (now ADAC Formula 4) for the Mücke Motorsport team, racing against drivers such as Pascal Wehrlein and Artem Markelov. He finished the season in 11th place, scoring two podium finishes. Nissany competed again in 2012, finishing in ninth place and scoring one win at the Red Bull Ring.

In 2013 Nissany moved up to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Mücke Motorsport alongside future IndyCar driver Felix Rosenqvist. Nissany scored 11 points including two eighth-place finishes, and ended the season 22nd in the championship.

He competed again in 2014 alongside Rosenqvist and Lucas Auer. Nissany finished 17th in the championship with 26 points, his best race result being sixth place at the Nürburgring.

In 2015 Nissany moved to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Tech 1 Racing alongside Aurélien 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 to Lotus for the 2016 season alongside René 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 competitor Louis Delétraz.

Nissany then moved to RP Motorsport for 2017 as the series became the World 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 the Circuito de Jerez and claiming five more podium places to finish fifth in the championship.

In 2018, Nissany competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Campos Vexatec Racing. After the tenth round in Monza, Nissany had scored only a single point – a 10th-place finish at the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps. In contrast, teammate Luca Ghiotto had collected 94 points including four podium finishes. Nissany was then replaced by Roberto Merhi for the remaining two rounds of the season.

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

In 2020 he returned to Formula 2 to race for Trident Racing alongside Marino Sato. Nissany scored a point in the opening race at the Red Bull Ring, finishing 10th. His next points finish came at the thirteenth race of the season, the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps, where he finished eighth. This put Nissany on reverse-grid pole position for the sprint race, however he was forced to retire from the race after a collision with fellow Williams Driver Academy member Dan Ticktum. Nissany ended the season 19th in the drivers' championship, scoring five of his team's six points that year. In December 2020, Nissany drove for DAMS in the post-season Formula 2 test at the Bahrain International Circuit.

In January 2021 it was confirmed that Nissany would move to DAMS for the 2021 season, driving alongside Ferrari Driver Academy member Marcus Armstrong. Nissany qualified seventh for the Monaco round, his best Formula 2 qualifying position. This put him fourth on the grid for the opening sprint race, and an oil leak for Christian Lundgaard during the race elevated Nissany to third place and allowed him to claim his first Formula 2 podium finish. Unfortunately for Nissany, his only other points finish came in Monza, as he ended up 16th in the championship.

Nissany remained with DAMS for a second season, partnering F3 graduate Ayumu Iwasa. Starting the season out at Bahrain, he finished eighth in the feature race, scoring his first points of the season. More points followed in Jeddah, before Nissany qualified sixth in Imola. 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. He came back with a point at Barcelona, however from this point, Nissany would go three events without finishing in the points. The Israeli driver broke his duck in Austria, taking ninth place in the feature race, and he would score the same result in France. Following the accumulation of 12 penalty points by the conclusion of the round at Zandvoort, he received a ban for the following event in Monza. Nissany returned to action for the season finale at Yas Marina, where he qualified second and finished in the points in both races, leading him to conclude the campaign sitting 19th in the standings.

During the 2022 post-season testing, Nissany reunited with Charouz Racing System. Shortly after, he was announced for the team for the 2023 season, under the new name PHM Racing by Charouz. 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.

Nissany had his first experience with a Formula One car in October 2014, testing the Sauber C31 at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo. In December 2019, he took part in post-season testing with Williams at Yas Marina Circuit. In January 2020 it was announced that Williams had appointed Nissany as their official test driver for the 2020 season. He made his Grand Prix weekend debut at the Spanish Grand Prix, taking part in the first practice session (FP1) for the team. He later appeared in FP1 sessions at the Italian and Bahrain Grands Prix, as well as representing Williams at the post-season young driver test at Yas Marina Circuit.

Nissany was retained by Williams in his test driver role for the 2021 season. He took part in the first day of pre-season testing with the team, recording 83 laps of the Bahrain International Circuit. He appeared in three FP1 sessions with Williams during the season, at the Spanish, French and Austrian Grands Prix.

Nissany remained a member of the Williams Driver Academy for the 2022 season. However, he did not partake in any free practice sessions that year and was not included in the academy line-up the following year.

Throughout his time in FIA Formula 2, Nissany's racecraft has borne the brunt of criticism. This culminated in a chaotic 2022 season, which began when Richard 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 in Bahrain. Another notable collision came at Silverstone, where Nissany received a five-place grid penalty, having forced Dennis 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 the Halo of Nissany's vehicle. Later in the year, a collision with David Beckmann at Zandvoort caused Nissany to be banned from the subsequent round, as he had accrued twelve penalty points across the campaign.

Nissany once again amassed a number of penalty points during the subsequent campaign, sitting on nine penalty points after twelve rounds. Chief among his misdeeds proved to be a collision with Zane Maloney at Monza, 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.

Season	Series	Team	Position
2008	South Garda Winter Cup — KF3		95th
	Italian Open Masters — KF3	Morsicani Racing	28th
	Torneo Industrie — KF3	Gandolfio Ennio Racing	33rd
2009	South Garda Winter Cup — KF3	Gandolfi Ennio Racing	DNF
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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	Formula Lista Junior	Daltec Racing	12	0	1	1	0	43	8th
2011	ADAC Formel Masters	Mücke Motorsport	24	0	0	0	2	81	11th
2012	ADAC Formel Masters	Mücke Motorsport	23	1	0	0	1	98	9th
2013	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Mücke Motorsport	30	0	0	0	0	11	22nd
2014	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Mücke Motorsport	33	0	0	0	0	26	17th
	Formula One	Sauber F1 Team	Test driver
2015	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Tech 1 Racing	17	0	0	0	1	27	13th
2016	Formula V8 3.5 Series	Lotus	18	3	3	5	7	189	4th
2017	World Series Formula V8 3.5	RP Motorsport	18	1	0	2	6	201	5th
2018	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Campos Vexatec Racing	20	0	0	0	0	1	22nd
2019	Formula One	ROKiT Williams Racing	Test driver
2020	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Trident	24	0	0	2	0	5	19th
	Formula One	Williams Racing	Test driver
2021	FIA Formula 2 Championship	DAMS	23	0	0	0	1	16	16th
	F3 Asian Championship	Hitech Grand Prix	15	0	0	0	2	99	5th
	Formula One	Williams Racing	Test driver
2022	FIA Formula 2 Championship	DAMS	26	0	0	0	0	20	19th
	Formula One	Williams Racing	Test driver
2023	FIA Formula 2 Championship	PHM Racing by Charouz	26	0	0	0	0	0	21st

* Season still in progress.

(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	Pos	Points
2010	Daltec Racing	HOC1 1 8	HOC1 2 5	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 6	MOS 1 8	MOS 2 Ret	HOC2 1 7	HOC2 2 9	MAG 1 9	MAG 2 8	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 11	8th	43

(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	DC	Points
2011	Mücke Motorsport	OSC 1 3	OSC 2 4	OSC 3 9	SAC 1 10	SAC 2 11	SAC 3 7	ZOL 1 Ret	ZOL 2 16	ZOL 3 8	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 23	NÜR 3 9	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 10	RBR 3 4	LAU 1 10	LAU 2 12	LAU 3 13	ASS 1 Ret	ASS 2 17	ASS 3 18	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 17	HOC 3 15	11th	81
2012	Mücke Motorsport	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 8	OSC 3 10	ZAN 1 6	ZAN 2 11	ZAN 3 5	SAC 1 Ret	SAC 2 7	SAC 3 C	NÜR1 1 7	NÜR1 2 8	NÜR1 3 5	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 16	RBR 3 Ret	LAU 1 7	LAU 2 6	LAU 3 Ret	NÜR2 1 8	NÜR2 2 6	NÜR2 3 DSQ	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 10	HOC 3 8	9th	98

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	DC	Points
2013	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 17	MNZ 3 Ret	SIL 1 21	SIL 2 18	SIL 3 Ret	HOC 1 24	HOC 2 16	HOC 3 Ret	BRH 1 18	BRH 2 23	BRH 3 8	RBR 1 11	RBR 2 15	RBR 3 10	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 15	NOR 3 Ret	NÜR 1 17	NÜR 2 Ret	NÜR 3 18	ZAN 1 15	ZAN 2 14	ZAN 3 12	VAL 1 22	VAL 2 13	VAL 3 17	HOC 1 18	HOC 2 15	HOC 3 15				22nd	11
2014	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	SIL 1 20	SIL 2 22	SIL 3 16	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 15	HOC 3 8	PAU 1 20	PAU 2 9	PAU 3 16	HUN 1 15	HUN 2 14	HUN 3 11	SPA 1 16	SPA 2 11	SPA 3 12	NOR 1 7	NOR 2 19	NOR 3 Ret	MSC 1 18	MSC 2 14	MSC 3 16	RBR 1 11	RBR 2 14	RBR 3 11	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 11	NÜR 3 6	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 21	IMO 3 12	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 7	HOC 3 13	17th	26

(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	Pos	Points
2015	Tech 1 Racing	ALC 1 14	ALC 2 16	MON 1 12	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 Ret	HUN 1 8	HUN 2 14	RBR 1 16	RBR 2 3	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 14	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 18	BUG 1 8	BUG 2 12	JER 1 9	JER 2 Ret		13th	27
2016	Lotus	ALC 1 7	ALC 2 7	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 2	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 Ret	LEC 1 2	LEC 2 2	SIL 1 1	SIL 2 1	RBR 1 6	RBR 2 13	MNZ 1 1	MNZ 2 6	JER 1 8	JER 2 14	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 2	4th	189
2017	RP Motorsport	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 3	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 4	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 2	JER 1 1	JER 2 Ret	ALC 1 4	ALC 2 6	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 5	MEX 1 9	MEX 2 8	COA 1 6	COA 2 4	BHR 1 3	BHR 2 4	5th	201

(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	27	28	DC	Points
2018	Campos Vexatec Racing	BHR FEA 16	BHR SPR 15	BAK FEA Ret	BAK SPR Ret	CAT FEA 12	CAT SPR 14	MON FEA 12	MON SPR Ret	LEC FEA 15	LEC SPR 10	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 17	SIL FEA 15	SIL SPR 14	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 15	SPA FEA 10	SPA SPR 14	MNZ FEA 16	MNZ SPR 15	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR					22nd	1
2020	Trident Racing	RBR FEA 10	RBR SPR 12	RBR FEA 15	RBR SPR 18	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 17	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 16	SIL FEA 18	SIL SPR 15	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 12	SPA FEA 8	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 19	MNZ SPR 10	MUG FEA 15	MUG SPR 10	SOC FEA Ret	SOC SPR 19	BHR FEA 15	BHR SPR 9	BHR FEA 20	BHR SPR 15					19th	5
2021	DAMS	BHR SP1 12	BHR SP2 15	BHR FEA Ret	MCO SP1 3	MCO SP2 Ret	MCO FEA 9	BAK SP1 16	BAK SP2 16	BAK FEA 16	SIL SP1 Ret	SIL SP2 12	SIL FEA 16	MNZ SP1 Ret	MNZ SP2 18	MNZ FEA 8	SOC SP1 16	SOC SP2 C	SOC FEA 15	JED SP1 13	JED SP2 11	JED FEA 15	YMC SP1 14	YMC SP2 17	YMC FEA 13					16th	16
2022	DAMS	BHR SPR 12	BHR FEA 8	JED SPR 9	JED FEA 8	IMO SPR 4	IMO FEA Ret	CAT SPR 15	CAT FEA 10	MCO SPR 9	MCO FEA Ret	BAK SPR 10	BAK FEA Ret	SIL SPR 14	SIL FEA Ret	RBR SPR 13	RBR FEA 9	LEC SPR 16	LEC FEA 9	HUN SPR 19	HUN FEA 18	SPA SPR 11	SPA FEA 19	ZAN SPR 15	ZAN FEA 16	MNZ SPR EX	MNZ FEA EX	YMC SPR 8	YMC FEA 10	19th	20
2023	PHM Racing by Charouz	BHR SPR 18	BHR FEA 11	JED SPR 10	JED FEA 11	MEL SPR 9	MEL FEA Ret	BAK SPR Ret	BAK FEA 18	MCO SPR Ret	MCO FEA 15	CAT SPR 20†	CAT FEA 18	RBR SPR 10	RBR FEA 16	SIL SPR 9	SIL FEA 17	HUN SPR 17	HUN FEA 15	SPA SPR 13	SPA FEA 12	ZAN SPR 17	ZAN FEA 12	MNZ SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 15	YMC SPR 14	YMC FEA 11			21st	0

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	WDC	Points
2020	Williams Racing	Williams FW43	Mercedes M11 EQ Performance 1.6 V6 t	AUT	STY	HUN	GBR	70A	ESP TD	BEL	ITA TD	TUS	RUS	EIF	POR	EMI	TUR	BHR TD	SKH	ABU						—	—
2021	Williams Racing	Williams FW43B	Mercedes M12 E Performance 1.6 V6 t	BHR	EMI	POR	ESP TD	MON	AZE	FRA TD	STY	AUT TD	GBR	HUN	BEL	NED	ITA	RUS	TUR	USA	MXC	SAP	QAT	SAU	ABU	–	–

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2021	Hitech Grand Prix	DUB 1 2	DUB 2 8	DUB 3 3	ABU 1 7	ABU 2 8	ABU 3 7	ABU 1 5	ABU 2 Ret	ABU 3 11	DUB 1 8	DUB 2 Ret	DUB 3 7	ABU 1 4	ABU 2 7	ABU 3 6	5th	99

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  Roy and Chanoch 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

• List of select Jewish racing drivers

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