Matt Halliday

Matthew Halliday
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 Auckland (New Zealand)
Porsche Supercup career
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.

Single seater racing

Halliday's 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 A1 Grand Prix races at Brands Hatch in 2005 went on to have a very successful season with A1 Team New Zealand. He ran the first three races of the 2007 Champ Car World Series season for Conquest Racing however his sponsorship ended after three 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.

GT and touring car racing

Halliday 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)

Touring / sports cars

Complete V8 Supercar results

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

† Guest driver (no points awarded)

Complete GT1 World Championship results

* Season still in progress.

Other results

External links

• http://www.matthalliday.com/
• Career statistics from driverdb.com