Mateusz Materiał

Material at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Szczecin, Poland

**Mateusz Materiał** (born 10 January 2004) is a Polish race car driver currently competing in the 2025 Formula A World Championship with SaxSpeed Formula A Team. He is also part of Barzetti Youth Academy.

## Early Life

Growing up, Mateusz was always fascinated by cars and speed. He would often spend his free time tinkering with engines and building go-karts with his father, who was a mechanic. As Mateusz got older, he began to enter local go-kart races and quickly made a name for himself as a talented driver. With the support of his family, he decided to pursue a career in motorsports and began competing in regional car racing circuits. Mateusz's hard work and dedication paid off, and he quickly moved up the ranks, impressing scouts and earning offers from top teams in Formula D.

## Driving career

### German Formula D (2022)

Mateusz Materiał made his debut in this competition with high hopes and his goal was clear - to win the championship. Round one took place at the Hockenheimring, where Mateusz took pole position and won the first races of the season. The following rounds brought him further successes and his lead over his rivals grew with every race. Mateusz was extremely effective on the track and his precision and driving skills delighted the fans. His rivals were finding it increasingly difficult to catch up with him, and his lead in the general classification was already impossible to make up. In the end, after a thrilling battle, Mateusz Materiał won the German Formula D championship, ending the season with an impressive points total and many victories to his credit. His triumph was not only due to his talent, but also to the hard work and determination of the whole team. This season was an unforgettable experience for Mateusz and his fans, and his success will remain long in the memory of all Polish motorsport enthusiasts.

### Formula C (2023)

Mateusz Material's season in Formula C was full of ups and downs. At first, the driver did not perform well by taking poor positions. Mateusz complained about the unpredictability of the car's behaviour when driving, which made it difficult for him to navigate around the circuit. The team tried to solve these problems, but nothing was working. The driver started to get frustrated , and because of this Mateusz completely changed his driving style, Mateusz started to focus on driving more safely and precisely. He worked on his driving technique and learned how to manoeuvre the car smoothly and effectively. He realised that success in racing requires not only speed, but also the ability to control and master the vehicle. These decisions had a positive effect - Mateusz regained his form and his results started to improve. He managed several second and third places, as well as one victory. However, the whole season was difficult and full of uncertainty for him.

### 2024 Formula B Championship with Thorn Energy Forshaw FB Team

Mateusz Materiał was preparing for another season in Formula C however two Formula B drivers Eddie West and Alexander McKenna have been arrested on charges surrounding the illegal distribution of class A drugs. This event meant that Highland GP and Forshaw had vacant seats. Mateusz's agent was quick to spot the opportunity and immediately contacted the teams. Forshaw were interested in the Pole's services and contracted him despite his lack of experience driving a Formula B car. Mateusz showed himself to be good subsitute during the Abu Dhabi race by achieving 4th place in the feature race and victory in the in sprint race. During the German GP, Mateusz qualified in 9th position. During the race on lap 7 in the feature race he ran over debris that was left on the track after an incident between Kenneth Robinson and Cesar Carvalho and spu in turn 9 from a puncture ending his race prematurely. Due to a DNF in the main race Mateusz started from the last 20th place in the sprint race. Within 27 laps the Pole managed to break into 12th place ending this race weekend with zero points. The Swedish GP was much better than the German GP. Szczecinian qualified in 3rd position, but the feature race saw him start on a hard tyre, a different decision to his rivals who opted for a soft tyre. The tyre choice did not help Mateusz at the start of the race, pushing him down to 7th position. Despite a poor start and major problems with the hard tyre, he was able to finish in 8th position, giving him pole position in the spirnt race.  At the start of the sprint race he lost out to Danique de Lange who had a better start but this didn't make any difference to the Forshawn driver and he overtook the Dutchman on the next lap at Turn 10 and never looked back for the rest of the race, making him the first driver to win two races this season. The British GP did not start well for the Pole after he qualified in 17th position. During the feature race on lap 21 Materiał's car had problems with the fuel system which caused the engine to cut. Kenneth Robinson was not expecting the slow-moving Forshaw driver and went straight into him snapping the front suspension and hitting the wall. Somehow Mateusz, while doing a 360, was able to regain control of the car and get back into the pit lane and get the car back into shape which allowed him to finish the race in 6th position. In the sprint race he didn't have as much luck as in the main race because on lap 18 he had a problem with his hydraulics which denied him the chance to finish on the podium in this race. During the Italian GP, Mateusz qualified in 5th position losing the competition to teammate Andrija Dovicijožo. In the feature race, the Pole showed his good side in which he finished in an excellent second position after a poor start in which for a moment he was 10th, broke through on the podium and scored his first fastest time of the season. In the sprint race he was forced to retire to the pit lane after a plastic bag got stuck in his engine intake, making him the last driver to finish (P19). The Belgian GP was the Pole's worst race weekend. He finished the qualifying at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in 10th place and that was the only race session he finished. During the feature race Material he lost control mid point of eau rouge and in the sprint race after a battle for 18th place he collided with Jarkko Toivonen and ended up in the wall. Before the Brazilian GP, Mateusz was offered a contract by the Barzetti Youth Academy which he accepted. He finished 12th in the qualifying and 13th in the future race after going wide and damaging his front wing. The sprint race was much better, where his good qualification allowed him to finish in 7th position. He finished the Formula B season in 5th position, with 67 points.

### 2025 Formula A World Championship with SaxSpeed Formula A Team

In 2025 Mateusz will drive for the German SaxSpeed Formula A Team and his teammate will be Oswald Speed.

## Interesting facts

* Mateusz's favourite football club is Pogoń Szczecin
* In addition to motorsport, Mateusz enjoys touring canoeing
* Mateusz is shy
* Pole is afraid of needles