Matt Halliday

Matthew Halliday
Nationality New Zealander
Born 14 July 1979 (1979-07-14) (age 32)
Auckland (New Zealand)
2012 Porsche Supercup
Debut season 2009
Current team SANITEC GILTRAP Racing
Car no. 42
Former teams Jetstream Motorsport
MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg
Starts 21
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 12th in 2009
Previous series
2007
2005-2006
2004
2003
2001
1999-2000
Champ Car World Series
A1 Grand Prix
Porsche Carrera Cup (AUS)
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
Indy Lights
Formula Holden
Awards
2006 Jim Clark Trophy

Matthew Halliday (born 14 July 1979 in Auckland) is a motor racing driver from New Zealand.

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Formula Racing

His formula racing career has involved various single seater series in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the United States. Following two seasons in the Formula Holden category contesting the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1999 and 2000, he moved to the United States and ran in both the Indy Lights and Toyota Atlantic series in 2001. In 2002 he moved to the Infiniti Pro Series but was injured after two races. He finished 3rd and 4th in the inaugural A1GP races at Brands Hatch in 2005 went on to have a very successful season with the New Zealand A1GP team. He ran the first three races of the 2007 Champ Car World Series season for Conquest Racing however his sponsorship ended after 3 races and he was replaced by Jan Heylen. He was to drive for Team Australia in the 2008 Champ Car season but this didn't happen with the merger in to the IndyCar Series.

Sedan Racing

He has been a regular in Carrera Cup racing in his native New Zealand with the odd season in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship and also the Porsche Supercup. Along with this he has races in the Australian V8 Supercars as an endurance driver since 2004.

Motorsports Career Results

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Champ Car Atlantic

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2001 Duesenberg Brothers
LBH
11

NAZ

MIL

MON

CLE

TOR

CHI

TRV

ROA

VAN

TXS

LS
23rd 2

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2001 Conquest Racing
MTY

LBH

TXS

MIL
9

POR
4

KAN
4

TOR
4

MDO
5

STL
3

ATL
8

LS
7

FON
3
6th 89
2002 Bowes Seal Fast Racing
KAN
12

NSH

MIS

KTY

STL
7

CHI

TXS
17th 44

Champ Car

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2007 Conquest Racing
LVG
Ret

LBH
Ret

HOU
14

POR

CLE

MTT

TOR

EDM

SJO

ROA

ZOL

ASN

SRF

MXC
21st 18

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 New Zealand GBR
SPR

3
GBR
FEA

4
GER
SPR

GER
FEA

POR
SPR

14
POR
FEA

16
AUS
SPR

AUS
FEA

MYS
SPR

6
MYS
FEA

6
UAE
SPR

15
UAE
FEA

13
RSA
SPR

6
RSA
FEA

4
IDN
SPR

8
IDN
FEA

7
MEX
SPR

Ret
MEX
FEA

8
USA
SPR

8
USA
FEA

12
CHN
SPR

8
CHN
FEA

4
4th 77
2006–07 NED
SPR

6
NED
FEA

11
CZE
SPR

CZE
FEA

BEI
SPR

10
BEI
FEA

9
MYS
SPR

MYS
FEA

IDN
SPR

IDN
FEA

NZL
SPR

NZL
FEA

AUS
SPR

AUS
FEA

RSA
SPR

3
RSA
FEA

3
MEX
SPR

MEX
FEA

SHA
SPR

SHA
FEA

GBR
SPR

16
GBR
SPR

8
2nd 93

Touring / Sports cars

Complete V8 Supercar results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Final Pos Points
2004 Larkham Motor Sport ADL
ECK
PUK
HDV
PTH
QLD
WIN
ORP
SAN
Ret
BAT
11
SUR
SYM
ECK
53th 152
2005 Larkham Motor Sport ADL
PUK
PTH
ECK
CHI
HDV
QLD
ORP
SAN
Ret
BAT
12
SUR
SYM
ECK
51st 148
2006 Ford Performance Racing ADL
PUK
PTH
WIN
HDV
QLD
ORP
SAN
15
BAT
Ret
SUR
SYM
BHN
PHI
50th 180
2007 Ford Performance Racing ADL
PTH
PUK
WIN
ECK
HDV
QLD
ORP
SAN
8
BAT
13
SUR
SYM
BHN
PHI
33rd 42
2008 Britek Motorsport ADL ECK HAM PER SAN HDV QLD WIN PHI Q
22
PHI R
21
BAT
14
SUR BHR SYM OPR 44th 225
2010 Team BOC YMC
R1

YMC
R2

BHR
R3

BHR
R4

ADE
R5

ADE
R6

HAM
R7

HAM
R8

QLD
R9

QLD
R10

WIN
R11

WIN
R12

HDV
R13

HDV
R14

TOW
R15

TOW
R16

PHI
Q

26
PHI
R17

Ret
BAT
R18

4
SUR
R19

SUR
R20

SYM
R21

SYM
R22

SAN
R23

SAN
R24

SYD
R25

SYD
R26

43rd 269
2011 Dick Johnson Racing YMC
R1

YMC
R2

ADE
R3

ADE
R4

HAM
R5

HAM
R6

PER
R7

PER
R8

PER
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

HDV
R12

HDV
R13

TOW
R14

TOW
R15

QLD
R16

QLD
R17

QLD
R18

PHI
Q

10
PHI
R19

25
BAT
R20

25
SUR
R21

SUR
R22

SYM
R23

SYM
R24

SAN
R25

SAN
R26

SYD
R27

SYD
R28

65th 137

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 12 13 DC Points
2009 Jetstream Motorsport BHR1
3
BHR2
8
ESP1
3
MON
6
TUR
13
GBR
5
GER
HUN
ESP2
BEL
ITA
12th 69
Sanitec Racing UAE1
6†
UAE2
9†
2010 Sanitec Racing BHR1
Ret
BHR2
6
ESP1
Ret
MON
8
ESP2
12
GBR
8
GER
9
HUN
Ret
BEL
8
ITA
13th 48
2011 MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg IST
CAT
MON
10†
NNS
18th 10
Sanitec Racing SIL
11
GER
12
HUN
BEL
ITA
UAE1
UAE2

† Guest driver (no points awarded)

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