Matthew Payne

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Matt Payne
Matt Payne during Driver Signings at Sydney Motorsport Park 2024.jpg
Matt Payne at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2024
NationalityFlag of New Zealand.svg New Zealander
Born (2002-10-03) 3 October 2002 (age 22)
Auckland, New Zealand
Supercars Championship career
Debut season 2022
Current team Grove Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number19
Starts29
Wins6
Podiums5
Poles2
Best finish6th in 2024
Previous series
2021
2021
Toyota Racing Series
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Championship titles
2021 Toyota Racing Series

Matthew Allen "Matt" Payne (born 3 October 2002) is a New Zealand racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand. [1] He is currently competing in the Supercars Championship with Grove Racing, driving the No. 19 Ford Mustang GT. [2]

Contents

Racing career

Toyota Racing Series

After turning heads with his karting success, Payne tested the FT-50 (older spec TRS) and impressed immediately with confirmation coming in December 2020 that Payne would contest the full three round 2021 Toyota Racing Series for M2 Motorsport. [3]

The 2021 New Zealand Grand Prix was the opening round of the season and was held at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the series lacked international drivers. To compensate the event organizers called on experienced New Zealand racing drivers such as Shane Van Gisbergen, Greg Murphy & Andre Heimgartner to heighten the quantity and quality of the field. [4] Payne impressed in his open-wheel debut finishing third in all three races over the weekend including the NZGP. Payne went on to win five of the remaining six races, winning the 2021 Toyota Racing Series conformably over second placed Kaleb Ngatoa. [5]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/lapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2021 Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 953592871st
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Earl Bamber Motorsport 1312033626th
Super2 Series Grove Racing 3000023417th
2022 Super2 Series Grove Racing 11230612093rd
Supercars Championship 1000020434th
24H GT Series - GT3 Earl Bamber Motorsport 100005*12th*
European Le Mans Series - GTE JMW Motorsport500003315th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Singha Racing Team TP 12 [6] 100000NC
EBM Grove Racing 10000
2023 Supercars Championship Grove Racing 281001148714th
2023-24 Middle East Trophy - GT3 EBMGrove Racing
2024 Supercars Championship Grove Racing
24H Series - GT3

* Season still in progress

Toyota Racing Series results

Payne during the 2021 NZGP at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Matthew Payne during 2021 NZGP.jpg
Payne during the 2021 NZGP at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park

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

YearTeam123456789DCPoints
2021 M2 Competition HD1
1

3
HD1
2

3
HD1
3

3
HD2
1

1
HD2
2

1
MAN
1

1
MAN
2

1
MAN
3

2
MAN
4

1
1st356

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results

YearTeamCarQualifyingMain race
2021 Flag of New Zealand.svg M2 Competition Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota 4th3rd

Australian Carrera Cup Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

YearTeamCar12345678910111213PosPts
2021 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991.II SAN
R1

12
SAN
R2

10
SAN
R3

16
BEN
R4

Ret
BEN
R5

5
BEN
R6

3
TOW
R7

10
TOW
R8

3
TOW
R9

1
BAT
R10

15
BAT
R11

9
BAT
R12

5
BAT
R13

4
6th362

Super2 Series results

(key) (Race results only)

Super2 Series results
YearTeamCar123456789101112PositionPoints
2021 Grove Racing Nissan Altima L33 BAT
BAT
TOW1
TOW1
TOW2
TOW2
SMP
16
SMP
C
BAT
13
BAT
5
17th234
2022 Grove Racing Nissan Altima L33 SMP
4
SMP
2
BAR
1
BAR
2
TOW
10
TOW
Ret
SAN
19
SAN
1
BAT
3
BAT
C
ADE
2
ADE
4
3rd1209

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334PositionPoints
2021 Grove Racing Ford Mustang GT BAT1
R1

BAT1
R2

SAN
R3

SAN
R4

SAN
R5

SYM
R6

SYM
R7

SYM
R8

BEN
R9

BEN
R10

BEN
R11

HID
R12

HID
R13

HID
R14

TOW1
R15

TOW1
R16

TOW2
R17

TOW2
R18

TOW2
R19

SMP1
R20

SMP1
R21

SMP1
R22

SMP2
R23

SMP2
R24

SMP2
R25

SMP3
R26

SMP3
R27

SMP3
R28

SMP4
R29

PO
SMP4
R30

PO
BAT2
R31
NC0
2022 Grove Racing Ford Mustang GT SMP
R1
SMP
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
MEL
R6
MEL
R7
MEL
R8
MEL
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
WIN
R15
HID
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
TOW
R19
TOW
R20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
BEN
R23
SAN
R24

PO
SAN
R25

PO
SAN
R26
PUK
R27
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
BAT
R30

6
SUR
R31
SUR
R32
ADL
R33
ADL
R34
34th204
2023 Grove Racing Ford Mustang GT NEW
R1
12
NEW
R2
14
MEL
R3
13
MEL
R4
17
MEL
R5
21
MEL
R6
12
BAR
R7
6
BAR
R8
9
BAR
R9
18
SYM
R10
15
SYM
R11
15
SYM
R12
21
HID
R13
19
HID
R14
23
HID
R15
25
TOW
R16
15
TOW
R17
18
SMP
R18
24
SMP
R19
23
BEN
R20
7
BEN
R21
6
BEN
R22
18
SAN
R23
6
BAT
R24
11
SUR
R25
9
SUR
R26
4
ADE
R27
23
ADE
R28
1
14th1673
2024 Grove Racing Ford Mustang GT BAT1
R1

10
BAT1
R2

7
MEL
R3

3
MEL
R4

3
MEL
R5

Ret
MEL
R6

14
TAU
R7

13
TAU
R8

4
BAR
R9

8
BAR
R10

9
HID
R11

15
HID
R12

20
TOW
R13

4
TOW
R14

1
SMP
R15

2
SMP
R16

4
SYM
R17

17
SYM
R18

21
SAN
R19

4
BAT
R20

Ret
SUR
R21

4
SUR
R22

9
ADE
R23

4
ADE
R24

23
5th1863
2025 Grove Racing Ford Mustang GT SYD
R1

4
SYD
R2

5
SYD
R3

6
MEL
R4

9
MEL
R5

11
MEL
R6

10
MEL
R7

C
TAU
R8

1
TAU
R9

4
TAU
R10

1
SYM
R11

15
SYM
R12

7
SYM
R13

1
BAR
R14

6
BAR
R15

5
BAR
R16

2
HID
R17

3
HID
R18

8
HID
R19

3
TOW
R20

4
TOW
R21

3
TOW
R22

5
QLD
R23

12
QLD
R24

6
QLD
R25

4
BEN
R26

BAT
R27

SUR
R28

SUR
R29

SAN
R30

SAN
R31

ADE
R32

ADE
R33

ADE
R34

3rd*1524*

Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2022 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S550 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth 6th161
2023 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Flag of France.svg Kévin Estre 11th161
2024 Grove RacingFord Mustang S650 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander DNF130

European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassis123456RankPoints
2022 JMW MotorsportLMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo LEC
10
IMO
4
MNZ
6
CAT SPA
6
POR
7
15th33

References

  1. "Matthew Payne Biography". Supercars.
  2. "Kiwi prodigy on pathway to Supercars seat". Supercars.
  3. MATTHEW PAYNE CONFIRMS FULL TRS CAMPAIGN motorsport.org.nz
  4. Heimgartner joins New Zealand GP field Speedcafe 9 January 2021
  5. Australia-bound Payne wins Toyota Racing Series title Speedcafe 15 February 2021
  6. Payne to make GT World Challenge Europe debut Speedcafe 12 June 2022
Sporting positions
Preceded by Toyota Racing Series
Winner

2021
Succeeded by