Mathias Lauda

Mathias Lauda
Nationality	Austrian
Born	(1981-01-30) 30 January 1981 (age 43) Salzburg, Austria
Related to	Niki Lauda (father)
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Aston Martin Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	98
Starts	34
Wins	13
Poles	20
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	1st in 2017
Previous series
2014-16 2012 2010-11 2006-09 2005–06 2005 2004 2004 2002-03	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series FIA GT1 World Championship Porsche Supercup Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters A1 Grand Prix GP2 Series International Formula 3000 Euro Formula 3000 World Series Lights

Mathias Lauda (born 30 January 1981) is an Austrian racing driver notable for winning the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship for Aston Martin Racing in the LMGTE Am category. ^[1] He is the son of the late three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda and his first wife, Marlene Knaus. He has a brother, Lukas, who was his manager during his racing career.

Early 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, having been forbidden to begin racing by his father until the age of 21. ^[2] 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 and finishing 13th in the standings. The following year, the Austrian remained with Coloni alongside former Formula One driver Gianmaria Bruni to drive in the newly-christened GP2 Series, though he would only take a sole points finish — a sixth place in Monaco. He also represented A1 Team Austria in the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season.

Touring and sports car career

Lauda driving for Mercedes-Benz (Persson Motorsport) in the 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season.

Lauda decided to turn his attention to touring cars from 2006 onwards, competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Persson Motorsport. After a scoreless debut campaign he moved to Mücke Motorsport in 2007, where two top eight finishes brought him to 15th in the standings. Lauda returned to Persson for the 2008 season, where he took a lone point at the Norisring. ^[3] After another one-point season in 2009, one which he contested with Mücke, Lauda left the series. He drove in a lone race of the Porsche Supercup in 2010 before embarking on a full-time campaign in 2011 with Konrad Motorsport. ^[4] He ended the year 12th in the championship.

2012 saw Lauda join Michael Bartels' Vita4One Racing Team in the FIA GT1 World Championship, where he finished 12th in the standings alongside Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof in a BMW Z4 GT3 (Bartels himself finished third that season). In addition, Lauda came third in the 2012 Spa 24 Hours, again in a Vita4One-entered BMW.

After a year out of racing in 2013, Lauda drove for DF1 Racing in the 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, where he won at Tours Speedway in the series's first oval race held in wet conditions. He then raced alongside Freddie Hunt (son of James Hunt, his father's title rival in the 1976 Formula One season) in the MRF Challenge during the winter, where the Austrian won the final Bahrain race. This ended up being a pathway for his career going forward, as the win attracted the attention of fellow racing driver and friend Pedro Lamy, who got Lauda into contact with Aston Martin Racing, whom he would join in the LMGTE Am class of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship as a silver-ranked driver. ^{[2] [5]} Along with Lamy and Paul Dalla Lana, Lauda won three races, including his debut appearance at Silverstone, though a non-score at Le Mans prevented the trio from claiming the title — they ended the season third in points. ^{[6] [7]}

For 2016, Lauda remained part of the lineup. ^[8] This time, the season proved to be patchy, as a total of five wins was cancelled out by three retirements, including another one at Le Mans where Lauda suffered a gearbox failure. ^[9] The trio once again ended the year in third place overall, with a blown engine at the season finale in Bahrain ending their title hunt. ^[10] Going into their third season as teammates in 2017, Lauda, Lamy, and Dalla Lana laid the groundwork for another championship challenge with a second place in Silverstone, a dominant victory at Spa and a points finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^[11] More podiums followed in the coming three races, bookended by a win in Austin. ^[12] The team rounded the year off with successive triumphs in China and Bahrain, thereby clinching the LMGTE Am title. ^{[13] [14]} With a win at Spa the team began the 2018–19 "Super Season" well, though this would end up being one of just two podium finishes that season, as Lauda and his teammates finished seventh in the teams' standings.

Lauda racing in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Poles	Wins	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2002	Formula Nissan 2000	Epsilon by Graff	14	0	0	0	0	23	12th
	Spanish Formula Three Championship	GTA Motor Competición	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2003	World Series Lights	Vergani Racing	16	0	0	0	2	85	8th
2004	Euro Formula 3000	Traini Corse	8	1	0	0	1	9	9th
	International Formula 3000	CMS Performance	10	0	0	0	0	5	13th
2005	GP2 Series	Coloni Motorsport	23	0	0	0	0	3	21st
2005–06	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Austria	20	0	0	0	0	14	19th
2006	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Persson Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	0	18th
2007	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mücke Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	4	15th
2008	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Persson Motorsport	11	0	0	0	0	1	15th
	Speedcar Series	GPC Squadra Corse	4	0	0	0	2	18	7th
2008–09	Speedcar Series	Phoenix Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2009	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mücke Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	1	15th
2010	Porsche Supercup	Porsche AG	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2011	Porsche Supercup	Konrad Motorsport Austria	11	0	0	0	0	40	11th
	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2012	FIA GT1 World Championship	Vita4One Racing Team	18	0	0	0	2	56	12th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - GT3 Pro		4	0	0	0	2	45	11th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Team Vita4One	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2014	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting	12	0	1	1	1	523	9th
	ADAC GT Masters	HTP Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	5	38th
2014–15	MRF Challenge Formula 2000	MRF Racing	8	1	0	0	1	71	6th
2015	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	8	1	0	1	6	144	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	United SportsCar Championship - GTLM		2	0	0	0	0	52	19th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting	2	0	0	0	0	147	23rd
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	9	0	0	0	6	149	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD		2	0	0	0	0	51	31st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	DF1 Racing	2	0	0	0	0	64	32nd
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	9	1	0	0	7	192	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD		1	0	0	0	0	19	69th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	HTP Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	Squadra Corse Garage Italia	2	0	0	0	0	29	52nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi Sport Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	1	25th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	8	0	0	0	2	77	8th
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	Spirit of Race	1	0	0	0	0	11	67th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	4	34th
2020	European Le Mans Series - GTE	Aston Martin Racing	2	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD		1	0	0	0	0	14	58th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	JP Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC

† Guest driver ineligible to score points

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(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	DC	Points
2004	CMS Performance	IMO 12	CAT 7	MON Ret	NUR 10	MAG Ret	SIL 13	HOC Ret	HUN Ret	SPA 14	MNZ 6	13th	5
Sources: [15] [16]

Complete GP2 Series results

(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	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	DC	Points
2005	Coloni Motorsport	IMO FEA 12	IMO SPR Ret	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 13	MON FEA 6	NÜR FEA 10	NÜR SPR Ret	MAG FEA 16	MAG SPR 15	SIL FEA 20	SIL SPR 15	HOC FEA 14	HOC SPR 21	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 14	IST FEA 16	IST SPR 18	MNZ FEA 13	MNZ SPR 12	SPA FEA 9	SPA SPR 24	BHR FEA 14	BHR SPR 21	21st	3
Sources: [15] [16]

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(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	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points	Ref
2005–06	Austria	GBR SPR 20	GBR FEA 11	GER SPR 13	GER FEA 15	POR SPR 16	POR FEA 10	AUS SPR 19	AUS FEA Ret	MYS SPR 18	MYS FEA Ret	UAE SPR 17	UAE FEA 7	RSA SPR 16	RSA FEA 7	IDN SPR 13	IDN FEA Ret	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	USA SPR 12	USA FEA 9	CHN SPR Ret	CHN FEA 13	19th	14	[17]

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2006	Persson Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	HOC 11	LAU 14	OSC 16	BRH 15	NOR Ret	NÜR 13	ZAN 15	CAT 13	BUG Ret	HOC 10		17th	0
2007	Mücke Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	HOC 13	OSC 13	LAU 7	BRH 12	NOR 11	MUG 12†	ZAN 15	NÜR 11	CAT 6	HOC 11		15th	4
2008	Persson Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007	HOC 15	OSC 13	MUG 16	LAU 12	NOR 8	ZAN 13	NÜR 10	BRH 16	CAT Ret	BUG 15	HOC Ret	15th	1
2009	Mücke Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HOC 10	LAU 9	NOR 14	ZAN Ret	OSC 12	NÜR 9	BRH 20†	CAT 11	DIJ 8	HOC 14		15th	1
Sources: [18] [15] [16]

• † — 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)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
2010	Porsche AG	BHR	BHR	CAT	MON	ESP	SIL	HOC 20	HUN	SPA	MNZ		NC‡	0‡
2011	Konrad Motorsport Austria	IST 15	CAT 14	MON 15	NNS 14	SIL 18	NÜR 11	HUN 11	SPA Ret	MNZ 14	UAE 13	UAE 10	12th	40

‡ Not eligible for points for entering as a guest driver.

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2012	BMW Team Vita4One	BMW E89 Z4 GT3	NOG QR 12	NOG CR 11	ZOL QR 5	ZOL CR 14	NAV QR 7	NAV QR 6	SVK QR 10	SVK CR 7	ALG QR 5	ALG CR 8	SVK QR 2	SVK CR 3	MOS QR 7	MOS CR 10	NÜR QR 9	NÜR CR 5	DON QR 8	DON CR Ret	12th	56
Source: [15]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2015	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 1	SPA 1	LMS NC	NÜR 2	COA 5	FUJ 2	SHA 2	BHR 1		3rd	144
2016	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 2	SPA 1	LMS Ret	NÜR 1	MEX Ret	COA 1	FUJ 1	SHA 1	BHR Ret	3rd	149
2017	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 2	SPA 1	LMS 4	NÜR 3	MEX 2	COA 1	FUJ 5	SHA 1	BHR 1	1st	192
2018–19	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SPA 1	LMS Ret	SIL 4	FUJ 3	SHA 5	SEB 8	SPA 6	LMS Ret		8th	77
Sources: [19] [16]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	321	NC	NC
2016	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	281	DNF	DNF
2017	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	329	36th	8th
2018	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	92	DNF	DNF
2019	Aston Martin Racing	Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	87	DNF	DNF
Sources: [16] [20]

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points	Ref
2015	Aston Martin Racing	GTLM	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 V8	DAY 6	SEB 6	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET			19th	52	[21]
2016	Aston Martin Racing	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 V12	DAY 4	SEB 10	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET		28th	51	[22]
2017	Aston Martin Racing	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 V12	DAY 12	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	69th	19	[23]
2018	Spirit of Race	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8	DAY 21	SEB 12	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		48th	29	[24]
2019	Spirit of Race	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8	DAY 20	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		67th	11	[25]
2020	Aston Martin Racing	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 17	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB		58th	14	[26]
Source: [16]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2020	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	LEC Ret	SPA 3	LEC	MNZ	ALG	NC†	0†
Source: [16]

^† 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

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	NWES	Pts
2014	DF1 Racing	66	Chevrolet	VAL 7	VAL 8	BRH 7	BRH 15	TOU 4	TOU 1	NÜR 8	NÜR 11	UMB 20	UMB 10	BUG 23	BUG 13	9th	523
2015				VAL	VAL	VEN	VEN	BRH	BRH	TOU 5	TOU 4	UMB	UMB	ZOL 22	ZOL 22	23rd	147
2016				VAL 10	VAL 14	VEN	VEN	BRH	BRH	TOU	TOU	ADR	ADR	ZOL	ZOL	32nd	64

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• Mathias Lauda career summary at DriverDB.com

External links

• Official website
• Mathias Lauda career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Rui Águas	FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers 2017 With: Pedro Lamy & Paul Dalla Lana	Succeeded by Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Lindsey Egidio Perfetti