Austrian racing driver (born 1981)
Mathias Lauda (born 30 January 1981) is an Austrian racing driver currently racing for Aston Martin Racing as a factory driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship . He is the son of the late three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda and his first wife, Marlene. He has a brother, Lukas, who is currently his manager.
Career
Lauda driving for A1 Team Austria at Brands Hatch during the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season . Lauda was born during his father's temporary retirement from F1. Unlike many drivers, who start out in karting , Lauda debuted in 2002 in Formula Nissan 2000 . He also drove in two races of German Formula VW and one race of Spanish Formula Three . He moved to World Series Lights in 2003 with the Vergani team, again moving in 2004 to the Euro Formula 3000 Series . Later in 2004 he drove in Formula 3000 , completing the full season with the Coloni Motorsport team.
Lauda raced in the 2005 GP2 Series for the Coloni team, alongside former Formula One driver Gianmaria Bruni . He was one of only a few competitors in that initial GP2 season who had a full season of F3000 experience behind them. He also represented A1 Team Austria in the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season .
Lauda driving for Mercedes-Benz (Persson Motorsport ) in the 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season . When he had not achieved any major results in single seater racing, Lauda decided to turn his attention to touring cars . From 2006 he competed in the German -based Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series with Mercedes-Benz , whereas in 2008 and 2009 he dovetailed this with racing in the Speedcar Series .
2012 saw Lauda join Michael Bartels' Vita4One Racing Team in the now-defunct FIA GT1 World Championship, where he finished 12th in the standings with Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof in a BMW Z4 GT3 (Bartels himself finished 3rd that season). In addition, Lauda was 3rd in the 2012 Spa 24 Hours , again in a Vita4One-entered BMW.
Lauda racing in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone .
Racing record
Career summary
† Guest driver ineligible to score points
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Complete GP2 Series results
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
‡ Not eligible for points for entering as a guest driver.
Complete GT1 World Championship results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete European Le Mans Series results
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
† As Lauda was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
NASCAR
(key ) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.
Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1
Austrian
FIA Silver
