# Matthew Rees (racing driver)

Matthew Owain Rees (born 27 July 2005) is a British racing driver from Wales who most recently competed in the GB3 Championship, driving for JHR Developments. He was the 2021 F4 British Championship champion, and is a BRDC Superstar.

## Career
### Karting

Rees competed in various karting championships across the United Kingdom, before he drove in international karting in 2018 and 2019, including in the FIA European Karting Championship and the FIA Karting World Championship.

### F4 British Championship

Rees made his car racing debut in the 2021 F4 British Championship, driving for JHR Developments. He took double pole position at round 1, but finished 13th in race 1 after an unsuccessful tyre gamble. After taking another double pole at the second round at Snetterton Circuit, he converted this into victory in race 1 and race 3. He took pole position for race 1 at the third round at Brands Hatch, making it his fifth consecutive pole of the season.
After a quieter middle of the season, Rees took double pole position at the penultimate round at Donington Park, and converted it into wins in the first and third race. Entering the final round of the season in the championship lead, Rees finished in the top 5 in all three races, enough to seal the overall title and rookie title.

### GB3 Championship
#### 2022

On 12 January 2022, it was announced that Rees would step up to the 2022 GB3 Championship, driving again for JHR Developments. He finished third in his debut race, and took two other podiums finished across the season, including a win at Brands Hatch, and pole at the same weekend after Tom Lebbon received a grid penalty from the previous round. He finished 6th in the standings.

#### 2023

Rees re-signed with JHR Developments for the 2023 GB3 Championship.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2014 | Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet | Soixante Racing Team | 35th |
| 2015 | Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet | CKS | 30th |
| 2016 | LGM Series — IAME Cadet | | 15th |
| 2016 | Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet | AIM Motorsport | 9th |
| 2016 | ABkC British Open Championship — IAME Cadet | | 9th |
| 2017 | LGM Series — IAME Cadet | | 13th |
| 2017 | Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet | | 6th |
| 2018 | 23° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 19th |
| 2018 | German Karting Championship — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 13th |
| 2018 | CIK-FIA European Junior Championship — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 34th |
| 2018 | CIK-FIA Karting World Championship — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 20th |
| 2018 | WSK Final Cup — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 14th |
| 2019 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 40th |
| 2019 | 24° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 23rd |
| 2019 | WSK Super Masters Series — OKJ | KR Motorsport | 13th |
| 2019 | CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — OKJ | KR Motorsport | NC |

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2021 | F4 British Championship | JHR Developments | 30 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 331 | 1st |
| 2022 | GB3 Championship | JHR Developments | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 310.5 | 6th |
| 2022 | Prototype Challenge - Radical | Valour Performance Technology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2023 | GB3 Championship | JHR Developments | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 370 | 5th |
| 2024 | Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro | Team Parker Racing | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 5th |

### Complete F4 British Championship 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 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
| 2021 | JHR Developments | THR1 1 13 | THR1 2 13 | THR1 3 5 | SNE 1 1 | SNE 2 12 | SNE 3 1 | BHI 1 9$^{10}$ | BHI 2 2 | BHI 3 4 | OUL 1 2 | OUL 2 9$^9$ | OUL 3 5 | KNO 1 3 | KNO 2 14 | KNO 3 3 | THR2 1 9 | THR2 2 7$^6$ | THR2 3 5 | CRO 1 3 | CRO 2 12$^3$ | CRO 3 5 | SIL 1 2 | SIL 2 NC | SIL 3 Ret | DON 1 1 | DON 2 7$^9$ | DON 3 1 | BHGP 1 5 | BHGP 2 5$^6$ | BHGP 3 4 | 1st | 331 |

### Complete GB3 Championship 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 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
| 2022 | JHR Developments | OUL 1 3 | OUL 2 4 | OUL 3 16 | SIL1 1 12 | SIL1 2 8 | SIL1 3 Ret | DON1 1 8 | DON1 2 6 | DON1 3 7$^{13}$ | SNE 1 Ret | SNE 2 4 | SNE 3 12$^7$ | SPA 1 DSQ | SPA 2 7 | SPA 3 15 | SIL2 1 8 | SIL2 2 6 | SIL2 3 6$^6$ | BRH 1 1 | BRH 2 3 | BRH 3 13$^2$ | DON2 1 17 | DON2 2 6 | DON2 3 9$^6$ | 6th | 310.5 |
| 2023 | JHR Developments | OUL 1 2 | OUL 2 11 | OUL 3 14$^{10}$ | SIL1 1 3 | SIL1 2 7 | SIL1 3 23 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 9 | SPA 3 Ret | SNE 1 2 | SNE 2 4 | SNE 3 18$^6$ | SIL2 1 1 | SIL2 2 2 | SIL2 3 C | BRH 1 6 | BRH 2 5 | BRH 3 12$^8$ | ZAN 1 6 | ZAN 2 7 | ZAN 3 14$^5$ | DON 1 2 | DON 2 4 | DON 3 13$^8$ | 5th | 370 |