Mateusz Materiał

**Mateusz Materiał** is a Polish racing driver competing with BMS Scuderia Italia in MMS F1 S6.

## Early Life

Mateusz was born in Szczecin, Poland. He came from a moderately well-off family. At the age of 7 Mateusz went karting with his parents, he liked it so much that his parents registered him in the local karting school.

## Racing Career

### Karting

Mateusz showed his potential in karting by winning races in his age category. At the age of 10, he won the Polish karting championship, thanks to this victory he was noticed by sponsors and the driver himself started to perform in other European countries.

### Polonez Caro Cup

At the age of 13 Mateusz took part in Polonez Caro Cup, he was the youngest competitor in the championship. His result in the championship was a great success, winning most races and taking the championship.

### German Formula Ford Championship

At the age of 14, he moved across the western border and performed German Formula Ford. He did well, winning rounds at Hockenheimring, Norisring and Nürburgring. He led the championship until the last round, but unfortunately for him the car broke down in the last race, causing the young driver to drop out in a rather spectacular crash. As a result of the accident, he broke his arm, which they said was a miracle considering how bad the accident looked. After the last round, he dropped from 1st to 3rd place in the general classification, which was a disappointing result considering his form all season.

### German Formula 3

Mateusz, despite an average successful season in the German Formula Ford Championship, decided to make a step forward and started in the German Formula 3. In his first season of driving he achieved mixed results, this was due to the hand, which has not yet recovered after the accident from the previous season. In his second season, he showed great improvement in his speed, making him one of the candidates for the title. In the penultimate race at Lausitzring he drove the best race of his junior career, during qualifying he made a mistake on the first measuring lap which caused him to crash his car. If he wanted to keep his chances for the title he had to win the race which, seeing as he had crashed his car in qualifying, seemed impossible, but thanks to great pace and 2 red flags. Thanks to this, he was able to overtake the leader on the last lap and finish in first place. This race brought him a lot of publicity. Unfortunately, in the last race, he was not able to match his previous race and missed out on the chance to be champion. After a season in German Formula 3 he got a chance to test for the Footwork team and after a very successful test he was contracted as a race driver, making him one of the youngest drivers in the field.

## MMS Formula 1

### Season 1

In his first season at MMS F1, he drove for the Footwork-Ford team, where he scored his only podium so far after a crazy Estonian GP.

### Season 2

In his second season he remained with the Footwork team, during which time he also became good friend with his teammate Giuseppe Stella.

### Season 3

In season 3 he joined the newly formed Alpine team. During the Austrian GP, he achieved his best qualifying position (P4), missing the pole position by just 0.010.

### Season 4

In season 4 he joined Liger's team after Alpine withdrew from F1. Since the British GP he replaces Mihael Valjak at Williams, who was given a race ban for the British GP, Swedish GP and French GP.

### Season 5

In this season Mateusz remained with Ligera, during the British GP Mateusz had technical problems at the entrance to the service lane and wrecked the car, unfortunately his wreck was unable to evade Minardi driver Conan McGuinness and the Pole was disallowed for the next race in which he was replaced by Szymon Wit. Mateusz was knocked out of the Liger before the final round at Brazili but, having previously signed a contract with Scuderia Italia for season 6, he was able to replace the unfit Zed Ancaja.

### Season 6

For Season 6, Mateusz will be driving for BMS Scuderia Italia #21

## MMS Le Mans Series

### Season 2

Mateusz spent his season in the MMS Le Mans Series with Bulldog Racing in the LMP2 class. His season could not be counted as a success due to uneven form throughout the season. Despite an average season, the Pole was able to win in the LMP2 class at 1 Hour of Mosport.