Matthieu Vaxivière

Matthieu Vaxivière
Nationality France French
Born (1994-12-03) 3 December 1994
Limoges, France
Formula V8 3.5 career
Debut season 2014
Current team SMP Racing
Car no. 23
Former teams Lotus
Starts 48
Wins 5
Poles 8
Fastest laps 8
Best finish 2nd in 2015
Previous series
2012-13
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2005-2006
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Porsche Carrera Cup France
French F4 Championship
Mitjet Series
Andros Trophy
Karting Championship of France Minimal
Championship titles
2011 French F4 Championship

Matthieu Vaxivière is a French racing driver. He was born on 3 December 1994 in Limoges, France. He was the 2011 French F4 champion. In 2012 he raced in the V de V Endurance Cup, French GT, and 2e Grand Prix Èlectrique. In addition, he was 14th in the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season and 29th in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, driving for Tech 1 Racing. In 2013 he finished 10th in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and 18th in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps. In 2014 he was assigned as one of the drivers for the Lotus F1 Junior team, while competing in the Formula Renault 3.5 series alongside Filipino-Swiss driver Marlon Stöckinger.

Career

24 Hours of Le Mans

Five hours into the race and at 12th place, Vaxivière in the No. 28 TDS Racing attempted a three-wide pass in the braking zone in the 2017 24 hours of LeMans race, resulting in a crash that ended the race for the No. 82 Risi Competizione Ferrari. After a review, the No. 28 car was given a seven minutes stop and hold penalty.


Karting

Vaxivière started his racing career in 2005 in the Karting Championship of France.

French F4 (2011)

Vaxivière got his first championship title in the French F4 Championship in 2011. He finished the year with 5 pole positions, 6 fastest laps and 3 wins, amassing 146 points.

Formula Renault 2.0 (2012–2013)

Tech 1 Racing

Vaxiviere entered his debut season in 2012 with Tech 1 Racing and finished in 29th position with 1 point. In 2013 he finished his best season in Formula Renault 2.0 with 10th position overall. He had 2 pole positions, 2 fastest laps and 2 wins, collecting 57 points.

Formula Renault 3.5 (2014–)

After his season in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Vaxivière graduated to Formula Renault 3.5 in 2014, driving for Lotus and partnering with Marlon Stöckinger. Despite missing two rounds for an injury, he finished 8th in the season standings. In 2015 he was runner-up with Lotus, claiming three wins and 10 podiums in 17 races. He switched to SMP Racing for 2016.

Lotus F1

After he did several post season tests with both Pons Racing and Lotus, he was announced by Lotus to drive with them for the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season alongside Filipino-Swiss 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season and Lotus F1 Junior Team rookie Marlon Stockinger replacing Marco Sørensen of Denmark becoming a test and reserve driver for the Lotus F1 Team in the process.

Racing record

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series 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 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Points
2014 Lotus MNZ
1

17†
MNZ
2

16
ALC
1

7
ALC
2

8
MON
1

Ret
SPA
1
SPA
2
MSC
1
MSC
2
NÜR
1

13
NÜR
2

2
HUN
1

5
HUN
2

7
LEC
1

3
LEC
2

6
JER
1

4
JER
2

8
8th 83
2015 Lotus ALC
1

4
ALC
2

1
MON
1

Ret
SPA
1

1
SPA
2

3
HUN
1

4
HUN
2

2
RBR
1

6
RBR
2

1
SIL
1

3
SIL
2

2
NÜR
1

4
NÜR
2

11
BUG
1

10
BUG
2

2
JER
1

3
JER
2

3
2nd 234
2016 SMP Racing ALC
1

2
ALC
2

Ret
HUN
1

5
HUN
2

5
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

1
LEC
1

5
LEC
2

Ret
SIL
1

2
SIL
2

7
RBR
1

1
RBR
2

6
MNZ
1

3
MNZ
2

Ret
JER
1

3
JER
2

3
CAT
1

Ret
CAT
2

Ret
6th 175

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2017 TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
3
SPA LMS
Ret
NÜR
8
MEX
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
15th* 19*

* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2017 France TDS Racing France François Perrodo
France Emmanuel Collard
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 213 DNF DNF

Complete GP3 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 Pos Points
2017 DAMS CAT
FEA

CAT
SPR

RBR
FEA

RBR
SPR

SIL
FEA

SIL
SPR

HUN
FEA

12
HUN
SPR

12
SPA
FEA

SPA
SPR

MNZ
FEA

MNZ
SPR

JER
FEA

JER
SPR

YMC
FEA

YMC
SPR

18th* 0*

* Season still in progress.

References

    Sporting positions
    Preceded by
    Stoffel Vandoorne
    French F4
    Champion

    2011
    Succeeded by
    Alexandre Baron
    Preceded by
    Christophe Ferrier
    Andros Trophy Électrique
    Champion

    2015-16
    Succeeded by
    Christophe Ferrier

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