# Mathias Lauda

Mathias Lauda (born 30 January 1981) is an Austrian racing driver notable for winning the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship for Aston Martin Racing in the LMGTE Am category. He is the son of the late three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda and his first wife, Marlene Knaus. He has a brother, Lukas, who was his manager during his racing career.

## Early 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, having been forbidden to begin racing by his father until the age of 21. He also drove in two races of German Formula VW and one race of Spanish Formula Three. He moved to World Series Lights in 2003 with the Vergani team, again moving in 2004 to the Euro Formula 3000 Series. Later in 2004 he drove in Formula 3000, completing the full season with the Coloni Motorsport team and finishing 13th in the standings. The following year, the Austrian remained with Coloni alongside former Formula One driver Gianmaria Bruni to drive in the newly-christened GP2 Series, though he would only take a sole points finish — a sixth place in Monaco. He also represented A1 Team Austria in the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season.

## Touring and sports car career

Lauda decided to turn his attention to touring cars from 2006 onwards, competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Persson Motorsport. After a scoreless debut campaign he moved to Mücke Motorsport in 2007, where two top eight finishes brought him to 15th in the standings. Lauda returned to Persson for the 2008 season, where he took a lone point at the Norisring. After another one-point season in 2009, one which he contested with Mücke, Lauda left the series. He drove in a lone race of the Porsche Supercup in 2010 before embarking on a full-time campaign in 2011 with Konrad Motorsport. He ended the year 12th in the championship.
2012 saw Lauda join Michael Bartels' Vita4One Racing Team in the FIA GT1 World Championship, where he finished 12th in the standings alongside Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof in a BMW Z4 GT3 (Bartels himself finished third that season). In addition, Lauda came third in the 2012 Spa 24 Hours, again in a Vita4One-entered BMW.
After a year out of racing in 2013, Lauda drove for DF1 Racing in the 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, where he won at Tours Speedway in the series's first oval race held in wet conditions. He then raced alongside Freddie Hunt (son of James Hunt, his father's title rival in the 1976 Formula One season) in the MRF Challenge during the winter, where the Austrian won the final Bahrain race. This ended up being a pathway for his career going forward, as the win attracted the attention of fellow racing driver and friend Pedro Lamy, who got Lauda into contact with Aston Martin Racing, whom he would join in the LMGTE Am class of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship as a silver-ranked driver. Along with Lamy and Paul Dalla Lana, Lauda won three races, including his debut appearance at Silverstone, though a non-score at Le Mans prevented the trio from claiming the title — they ended the season third in points.
For 2016, Lauda remained part of the lineup. This time, the season proved to be patchy, as a total of five wins was cancelled out by three retirements, including another one at Le Mans where Lauda suffered a gearbox failure. The trio once again ended the year in third place overall, with a blown engine at the season finale in Bahrain ending their title hunt. Going into their third season as teammates in 2017, Lauda, Lamy, and Dalla Lana laid the groundwork for another championship challenge with a second place in Silverstone, a dominant victory at Spa and a points finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. More podiums followed in the coming three races, bookended by a win in Austin. The team rounded the year off with successive triumphs in China and Bahrain, thereby clinching the LMGTE Am title. With a win at Spa the team began the 2018–19 "Super Season" well, though this would end up being one of just two podium finishes that season, as Lauda and his teammates finished seventh in the teams' standings.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Poles | Wins | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2002 | Formula Nissan 2000 | Epsilon by Graff | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12th |
| 2002 | Spanish Formula Three Championship | GTA Motor Competición | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2003 | World Series Lights | Vergani Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 8th |
| 2004 | Euro Formula 3000 | Traini Corse | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9th |
| 2004 | International Formula 3000 | CMS Performance | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13th |
| 2005 | GP2 Series | Coloni Motorsport | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21st |
| 2005–06 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Austria | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19th |
| 2006 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Persson Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18th |
| 2007 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Mücke Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15th |
| 2008 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Persson Motorsport | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15th |
| 2008 | Speedcar Series | GPC Squadra Corse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7th |
| 2008–09 | Speedcar Series | Phoenix Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2009 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Mücke Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15th |
| 2010 | Porsche Supercup | Porsche AG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2011 | Porsche Supercup | Konrad Motorsport Austria | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 11th |
| 2011 | Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2012 | FIA GT1 World Championship | Vita4One Racing Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 12th |
| 2012 | Blancpain Endurance Series - GT3 Pro | Vita4One Racing Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 11th |
| 2012 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | BMW Team Vita4One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2012 | Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2014 | NASCAR Whelen Euro Series | DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 523 | 9th |
| 2014 | ADAC GT Masters | HTP Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38th |
| 2014–15 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 | MRF Racing | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 6th |
| 2015 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Racing | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 144 | 3rd |
| 2015 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
| 2015 | United SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Aston Martin Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 19th |
| 2015 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Aston Martin Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2015 | NASCAR Whelen Euro Series | DF1 Racing by B66 Raceconsulting | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 23rd |
| 2016 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 149 | 3rd |
| 2016 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2016 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | Aston Martin Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 31st |
| 2016 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Aston Martin Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2016 | NASCAR Whelen Euro Series | DF1 Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 32nd |
| 2017 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Racing | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 192 | 1st |
| 2017 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th |
| 2017 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | Aston Martin Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 69th |
| 2017 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | HTP Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2018 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | Squadra Corse Garage Italia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 52nd |
| 2018 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Audi Sport Team WRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25th |
| 2018 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2018–19 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 8th |
| 2019 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2019 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | Spirit of Race | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 67th |
| 2019 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Spirit of Race | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34th |
| 2020 | European Le Mans Series - GTE | Aston Martin Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† |
| 2020 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | Aston Martin Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 58th |
| 2020 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | JP Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
† Guest driver ineligible to score points

### 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 |
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### 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 |
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### 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 | Ref |
| 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 |
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* † — 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 E89 Z4 GT3 | 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 |
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### 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 1 | FUJ 5 | SHA 1 | BHR 1 | 1st | 192 |
| 2018–19 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SPA 1 | LMS Ret | SIL 4 | FUJ 3 | SHA 5 | SEB 8 | SPA 6 | LMS Ret | | 8th | 77 |
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### 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 |
| 2018 | Aston Martin Racing | Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 92 | DNF | DNF |
| 2019 | Aston Martin Racing | Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 87 | DNF | DNF |
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### Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
| 2015 | Aston Martin Racing | GTLM | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 6 | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | | | 19th | 52 |
| 2016 | Aston Martin Racing | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | Aston Martin 6.0 V12 | DAY 4 | SEB 10 | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | | 28th | 51 |
| 2017 | Aston Martin Racing | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | Aston Martin 6.0 V12 | DAY 12 | SEB | LBH | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 69th | 19 |
| 2018 | Spirit of Race | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 | DAY 21 | SEB 12 | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | | 48th | 29 |
| 2019 | Spirit of Race | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 | DAY 20 | SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | | 67th | 11 |
| 2020 | Aston Martin Racing | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY 17 | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MDO | CLT | PET | LGA | SEB | | 58th | 14 |
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### Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points |
| 2020 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | LEC Ret | SPA 3 | LEC | MNZ | ALG | NC† | 0† |
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$^†$ As Lauda was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

### 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

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NWES | Pts |
| 2014 | DF1 Racing | 66 | Chevrolet | VAL 7 | VAL 8 | BRH 7 | BRH 15 | TOU 4 | TOU 1 | NÜR 8 | NÜR 11 | UMB 20 | UMB 10 | BUG 23 | BUG 13 | 9th | 523 |
| 2015 | DF1 Racing | 66 | Chevrolet | VAL | VAL | VEN | VEN | BRH | BRH | TOU 5 | TOU 4 | UMB | UMB | ZOL 22 | ZOL 22 | 23rd | 147 |
| 2016 | DF1 Racing | 66 | Chevrolet | VAL 10 | VAL 14 | VEN | VEN | BRH | BRH | TOU | TOU | ADR | ADR | ZOL | ZOL | 32nd | 64 |