Roy Nissany (born 30 November 1994 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli racing driver who became a long-serving fixture of the FIA Formula 2 grid across five seasons. His strongest junior result came in the 2016 Formula V8 3.5 Championship, where three wins and four further podiums earned him fourth overall.
Formula 2
Nissany contested F2 in 2018, then 2020 through 2023, racing for a string of teams. He debuted with Campos in 2018 (one point, 22nd), moved to Trident in 2020 (five points, 19th), and reached his career high with DAMS in 2021, taking a podium with third at Monaco on his way to 16th overall. A second DAMS season in 2022 yielded 20 points but also a race ban after accumulating twelve penalty points. His final full campaign, in 2023 with PHM Racing by Charouz, ended pointless in 21st.
Throughout F2 Nissany earned a reputation for incident-prone racecraft, with repeated collisions and penalty accumulation following him across seasons.
Formula 1 role
Nissany held a higher-profile role off the grid as Williams official test driver for 2020-2021, taking part in several Friday FP1 sessions, and remained part of the Williams Driver Academy through 2022. He reached Formula 1 machinery in practice without ever securing a race seat, his sustained F2 presence owing as much to backing as to results.