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Chanoch Nissany is a motor racing driver. He is currently a test driver for the Minardi Formula One team. Nissany was born on 29 July 1961 in Israel but is now based in Budapest in Hungary .1He is Israel's first Formula One driver.2Nissany is said to have had an unconventional career. He only started racing in 2002 , when he was 38 years old - most drivers are considered to be over the hill at that age. He began his career in the 2002 Formula 2000 Hungarian National Championhip, and was runner-up in his first season. Since then he has progressed, via Formula 3000 , to become a Formula One test driver. Despite so far being the only confirmed test driver for the Minardi team, it has already been made clear that Nissany will not be Minardi's third driver, and will therefore not take part in Friday test sessions at Formula One Grand Prix meetings.3
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Nissany wearing a Minardi cap.Chanoch Nissany ( hebrew : חנוך ניסני ) (born July 29, 1963 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli motor racing driver now based in Budapest , Hungary .He is a successful businessman, and initially took up motor racing as a hobby. He is Israel's first Formula One driver.
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Press conference in Tel-Aviv to announce that Nissany had signed a test driver contract for the Minardi Formula One team for 2005.Chanoch Nissany ( ; born 29 July 1963 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli auto racing driver now based in Budapest , Hungary. He is a successful businessman, and initially took up motor racing as a hobby. He is the first Israeli racing driver to compete in some of the higher levels of the international racing sports, such as International Formula 3000 and World Series Lights .Nissany is the first Israeli who participated at a Formula One Grand Prix weekend, on his birthday, 29 July 2005, in the first free practice session of the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix , when he drove at the Hungaroring as one of the official test drivers of the Minardi F1 Team.As of 2014, he is Israel's first and only Formula One driver, although he has not raced in any Grands Prix or participated in any qualifying sessions.
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Press conference in Tel-Aviv to announce that Nissany had signed a test driver contract for the Minardi Formula One team for 2005. Chanoch Nissany ( ; born 29 July 1963 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli-Hungarian auto racing driver now based in Budapest , Hungary. He is a successful businessman, and initially took up motor racing as a hobby. He is the first Israeli racing driver to compete in some of the higher levels of the international racing sports, such as International Formula 3000 and World Series Lights . Nissany is the first Israeli who participated at a Formula One Grand Prix weekend, on his birthday, 29 July 2005, in the first free practice session of the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix , when he drove at the Hungaroring as one of the official test drivers of the Minardi F1 Team. He is Israel's first Formula One driver, although he has not raced in any Grands Prix or participated in any qualifying sessions. He was 6.8 seconds slower than teammate Christijan Albers in Free Practice at the Hungaroring : after spinning the car, he couldn’t take the steering wheel out of his Minardi so he was recovered with the car.His son, Roy Nissany , is also a racing driver."Béke, egészség és több lóerő a Minardinak" . index.hu .
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Press conference in Tel-Aviv to announce that Nissany had signed a test driver contract for the Minardi Formula One team for 2005. Chanoch Nissany ( ; born 29 July 1963) is an Israeli-Hungarian auto racing driver now based in Budapest , Hungary. He is a businessman, and initially took up motor racing as a hobby. He is the first Israeli racing driver to compete in some of the higher levels of the international racing sports, such as International Formula 3000 and World Series Lights . Nissany is the first Israeli who participated at a Formula One Grand Prix weekend, on his birthday, 29 July 2005, in the first free practice session of the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix , when he drove at the Hungaroring as one of the official test drivers of the Minardi F1 Team. He was 6.8 seconds slower than teammate Christijan Albers in free practice at the event. After spinning the car, he was unable to take the steering wheel out of his Minardi so he was recovered with the car. His son, Roy Nissany , is also a racing driver. "Béke, egészség és több lóerő a Minardinak" . index.hu .
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Israeli and Hungarian racing driver (born 1963) Press conference in Tel-Aviv to announce that Nissany had signed a test driver contract for the Minardi Formula One team for 2005.Chanoch Nissany ( Hebrew : חנוך ניסני ; born 29 July 1963) is an Israeli and Hungarian former racing driver and real estate developer . Nissany is the first Israeli racing driver to compete in some of the higher levels of the international racing sports, such as International Formula 3000 and World Series Lights . He is also the first Israeli who participated at a Formula One Grand Prix weekend, on his birthday, 29 July 2005, in the first free practice session of the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix , when he drove at the Hungaroring as one of the official test drivers of the Minardi F1 Team. He was 6.8 seconds slower than teammate Christijan Albers in free practice at the event. After spinning the car, he was unable to take the steering wheel out of his Minardi so he was recovered with the car. Nissany is the main investor in the Balaton Park Circuit , a motorsports venue opened in 2023. His son, Roy Nissany , is also a racing driver. "Béke, egészség és több lóerő a Minardinak" . index.hu .
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