Matthew Payne | |
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Nationality | New Zealander |
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 3 October 2002
Supercars Championship career | |
Debut season | 2022 |
Current team | Grove Racing |
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
Car number | 19 |
Starts | 29 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 5 |
Poles | 2 |
Best finish | 6th 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]
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]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2021 | Toyota Racing Series | M2 Competition | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 287 | 1st |
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | Earl Bamber Motorsport | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 362 | 6th | |
Super2 Series | Grove Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 17th | |
2022 | Super2 Series | Grove Racing | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1209 | 3rd |
Supercars Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 34th | ||
24H GT Series - GT3 | Earl Bamber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5* | 12th* | |
European Le Mans Series - GTE | JMW Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 15th | |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Singha Racing Team TP 12 [6] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
EBM Grove Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023 | Supercars Championship | Grove Racing | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1487 | 14th |
2023-24 | Middle East Trophy - GT3 | EBM – Grove Racing | |||||||
2024 | Supercars Championship | Grove Racing | |||||||
24H Series - GT3 |
* Season still in progress
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
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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 | 1st | 356 |
(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)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
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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 | 6th | 362 |
(key) (Race results only)
Super2 Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Position | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Grove Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | BAT | BAT | TOW1 | TOW1 | TOW2 | TOW2 | SMP 16 | SMP C | BAT 13 | BAT 5 | 17th | 234 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 3rd | 1209 |
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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2022 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | Lee Holdsworth | 6th | 161 |
2023 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang S650 | Kévin Estre | 11th | 161 |
2024 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang S650 | Garth Tander | DNF | 130 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2022 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | LEC 10 | IMO 4 | MNZ 6 | CAT | SPA 6 | POR 7 | 15th | 33 |
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