# Matthew Payne

Matthew Allen "Matt" Payne (born 3 October 2002) is a New Zealand racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand. He is currently competing in the Supercars Championship with Grove Racing, driving the No. 19 Ford Mustang GT.

## Racing career
### Toyota Racing Series

After turning heads with his karting success, Payne tested the FT-50 (older spec TRS) and impressed immediately with confirmation coming in December 2020 that Payne would contest the full three round 2021 Toyota Racing Series for M2 Motorsport.
The 2021 New Zealand Grand Prix was the opening round of the season and was held at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the series lacked international drivers. To compensate the event organizers called on experienced New Zealand racing drivers such as Shane Van Gisbergen, Greg Murphy & Andre Heimgartner to heighten the quantity and quality of the field. Payne impressed in his open-wheel debut finishing third in all three races over the weekend including the NZGP. Payne went on to win five of the remaining six races, winning the 2021 Toyota Racing Series conformably over second placed Kaleb Ngatoa.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2021 | Toyota Racing Series | M2 Competition | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 287 | 1st |
| 2021 | Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | Earl Bamber Motorsport | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 362 | 6th |
| 2021 | Super2 Series | Grove Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 17th |
| 2022 | Super2 Series | Grove Racing | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1209 | 3rd |
| 2022 | Supercars Championship | Grove Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 34th |
| 2022 | 24H GT Series - GT3 | Earl Bamber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5* | 12th* |
| 2022 | European Le Mans Series - GTE | JMW Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 15th |
| 2022 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Singha Racing Team TP 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2022 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | EBM Grove Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | Supercars Championship | Grove Racing | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1487 | 14th |
| 2023-24 | Middle East Trophy - GT3 | EBM – Grove Racing | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | Supercars Championship | Grove Racing | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | 24H Series - GT3 | Grove Racing | | | | | | | |
* Season still in progress

### Toyota Racing 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 | DC | Points |
| 2021 | M2 Competition | HD1 1 3 | HD1 2 3 | HD1 3 3 | HD2 1 1 | HD2 2 1 | MAN 1 1 | MAN 2 1 | MAN 3 2 | MAN 4 1 | 1st | 356 |

### Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results

| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Main race |
| 2021 | M2 Competition | Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota | 4th | 3rd |

### Australian Carrera Cup Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
| 2021 | Earl Bamber Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991.II | SAN R1 12 | SAN R2 10 | SAN R3 16 | BEN R4 Ret | BEN R5 5 | BEN R6 3 | TOW R7 10 | TOW R8 3 | TOW R9 1 | BAT R10 15 | BAT R11 9 | BAT R12 5 | BAT R13 4 | 6th | 362 |

### Super2 Series results

(key) (Race results only)
Super2 Series results :
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Position | Points |
| 2021 | Grove Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | BAT | BAT | TOW1 | TOW1 | TOW2 | TOW2 | SMP 16 | SMP C | BAT 13 | BAT 5 | | | 17th | 234 |
| 2022 | Grove Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | SMP 4 | SMP 2 | BAR 1 | BAR 2 | TOW 10 | TOW Ret | SAN 19 | SAN 1 | BAT 3 | BAT C | ADE 2 | ADE 4 | 3rd | 1209 |

### Supercars Championship results

Supercars results :
| Year | Team | Car | 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Position | Points |
| 2021 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang GT | BAT1 R1 | BAT1 R2 | SAN R3 | SAN R4 | SAN R5 | SYM R6 | SYM R7 | SYM R8 | BEN R9 | BEN R10 | BEN R11 | HID R12 | HID R13 | HID R14 | TOW1 R15 | TOW1 R16 | TOW2 R17 | TOW2 R18 | TOW2 R19 | SMP1 R20 | SMP1 R21 | SMP1 R22 | SMP2 R23 | SMP2 R24 | SMP2 R25 | SMP3 R26 | SMP3 R27 | SMP3 R28 | SMP4 R29 PO | SMP4 R30 PO | BAT2 R31 | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2022 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang GT | SMP R1 | SMP R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | MEL R6 | MEL R7 | MEL R8 | MEL R9 | BAR R10 | BAR R11 | BAR R12 | WIN R13 | WIN R14 | WIN R15 | HID R16 | HID R17 | HID R18 | TOW R19 | TOW R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | BEN R23 | SAN R24 PO | SAN R25 PO | SAN R26 | PUK R27 | PUK R28 | PUK R29 | BAT R30 6 | SUR R31 | SUR R32 | ADL R33 | ADL R34 | 34th | 204 |
| 2023 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang GT | NEW R1 12 | NEW R2 14 | MEL R3 13 | MEL R4 17 | MEL R5 21 | MEL R6 12 | BAR R7 6 | BAR R8 9 | BAR R9 18 | SYM R10 15 | SYM R11 15 | SYM R12 21 | HID R13 19 | HID R14 23 | HID R15 25 | TOW R16 15 | TOW R17 18 | SMP R18 24 | SMP R19 23 | BEN R20 7 | BEN R21 6 | BEN R22 18 | SAN R23 6 | BAT R24 11 | SUR R25 9 | SUR R26 4 | ADE R27 23 | ADE R28 1 | | | | | | | 14th | 1673 |
| 2024 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang GT | BAT1 R1 10 | BAT1 R2 7 | MEL R3 3 | MEL R4 3 | MEL R5 Ret | MEL R6 14 | TAU R7 13 | TAU R8 4 | BAR R9 8 | BAR R10 9 | HID R11 15 | HID R12 20 | TOW R13 4 | TOW R14 1 | SMP R15 2 | SMP R16 4 | SYM R17 17 | SYM R18 21 | SAN R19 4 | BAT R20 Ret | SUR R21 4 | SUR R22 9 | ADE R23 4 | ADE R24 23 | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 1863 |
| 2025 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang GT | SYD R1 4 | SYD R2 5 | SYD R3 6 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | MEL R7 | TAU R8 | TAU R9 | TAU R10 | SYM R11 | SYM R12 | SYM R13 | BAR R14 | BAR R15 | BAR R16 | HID R17 | HID R18 | HID R19 | TOW R20 | TOW R21 | TOW R22 | QLD R23 | QLD R24 | QLD R25 | BEN R26 | BAT R27 | SUR R28 | SUR R29 | SAN R30 | SAN R31 | ADE R32 | ADE R33 | ADE R34 | 5th | 212 |

### Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 2022 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | Lee Holdsworth | 6th | 161 |
| 2023 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang S650 | Kévin Estre | 11th | 161 |
| 2024 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang S650 | Garth Tander | DNF | 130 |

### European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
| 2022 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | LEC 10 | IMO 4 | MNZ 6 | CAT | SPA 6 | POR 7 | 15th | 33 |