Quick Facts
Biography
Mathias Lauda (born 30 January 1981) is an Austrian race car driver currently racing for Aston Martin Racing as a factory driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He is the son of three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda and Marlene, and also has a brother, Lukas, who is currently his manager.
Career
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 Light in 2003 with the Vergani team, again moving in 2004 to the Euro 2000 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.
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.
Racing record
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 |
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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |
- † — 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 | 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 |
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 | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 2nd* | 104* |
* Season still in progress.
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 |
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
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NWES | Points | |||
| 2014 | DF1 Racing | 66 | Chevrolet | VAL 7 | VAL 8 | BRH 7 | BRH 15 | TOU 4 | TOU 1 | NUR 8 | NUR 11 | UMB 20 | UMB 10 | LEM 23 | LEM 13 | 9th | 523 | |||
| 2015 | DF1 Racing | 66 | Chevrolet | VAL | VAL | VEN | VEN | BRH | BRH | TOU 5 | TOU 4 | UMB | UMB | ZOL DSQ | ZOL DNS | 23rd | 147 | |||
| 2016 | DF1 Racing | 66 | Chevrolet | VAL 10 | VAL 14 | VEN | VEN | BRH | BRH | TOU | TOU | ADR | ADR | ZOL | ZOL | 32nd | 64 | |||