🇨🇭 Sébastien Buemi

Racing driver from Switzerland. WEC, Toyota Racing. One-time champion.

Driver facts

Full name

Sébastien Buemi

Born

31 October 1988(b. 1988)

Nationality

Switzerland

Current team

Toyota Racing

Series

WEC

Status

Active

Championships

12023

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

6,819

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

6,819

RANK 16 / 12,285 INDEXED · -8 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Platinum

DRIVER CATEGORISATION · FIA
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 6H AGO

Sébastien Buemi is a Swiss racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Racing. He began his formula racing career in Formula One with Toro Rosso, racing in the series from 2009 to 2011, before turning his focus toward endurance racing and Formula E. In the electric single-seater series, Buemi won the 2015-16 championship with Renault, establishing himself as one of the sport's most versatile competitors across multiple disciplines.[1]

Within Racer DB's WEC records, Buemi is credited with 37 career starts, 10 wins, and 21 podium finishes, along with a Sportscar championship in 2023. His current Racer Rating stands at 7,001, placing him 14th among active drivers on the database's Elo-style scale. Buemi remains active into the 2026 season, having already recorded 1 win and 2 podiums across 3 rounds, placing him first in the standings. Alongside his WEC achievements, his broader résumé includes four 24 Hours of Le Mans victories, all with Toyota, underscoring his status as one of the leading endurance racers of his generation.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Sébastien Buemi is a racing driver from Switzerland who competes in WEC for Toyota Racing. Buemi is a one-time champion (2023), with 10 wins and 21 podiums from 37 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,819 ranks Buemi sixteenth of 12,285 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

2026 form

LAST 20 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED JUST NOW AGO

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	DNFs	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2026	WEC	Toyota Racing	3	1	2	0	P1	−8	6,819
2025	WEC	Toyota Gazoo Racing	7	0	1	0	P13	−390	6,827
2024	WEC	Toyota Gazoo Racing	8	2	2	0	P22	−239	7,217
2023	WEC	Toyota Gazoo Racing	7	2	6	0	P4	+329	7,456
2022	WEC	Toyota Gazoo Racing	6	2	5	1	P4	+47	7,127
2021	WEC	Toyota Gazoo Racing	6	3	5	0	P1	+80	7,080

Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES BUEMI FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇯🇵 Kamui Kobayashi	6,267	32	15	17	47%
🇬🇧 Mike Conway	6,815	30	14	16	47%
🇲🇨 Paul di Resta	5,083	24	19	5	79%
🇫🇷 Frédéric Makowiecki	6,048	23	15	8	65%
🇫🇷 Loïc Duval	5,482	23	19	4	83%
🇮🇹 Antonio Giovinazzi	6,439	22	12	10	55%
🇨🇳 Yifei Ye	6,170	22	14	8	64%
🇬🇧 James Calado	6,040	22	12	10	55%
🇮🇹 Alessandro Pier Guidi	5,817	22	12	10	55%
🇪🇸 Miguel Molina	5,577	22	10	12	45%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 6H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia