Mattia Mondo

**Mattia Mondo was a very well known Formula One driver who was racing mostly of his career for Red Bull Racing.**

## Appearances

### Debut

Australian Grand Prix | S1

**Mattia started his career at the Australian Grand Prix in Season 1 in the Toro Rosso racing team along side Liam Rist.**

**He always was the driver to stick out more than his team mate Rist, as he always defeated him in the team battle.**

**Mattia scored two race wins with Toro Rosso in Season 2 in Malaysia and in the USA, and the year after in Monaco and Azerbaijan.**

**It didn't take long as the top teams finally took a eye on the young italian driver, who still raced for Toro Rosso at the moment.**

**Mattia tho, rejected all the offers and got called up to Red Bull Racing who he really was excited to race for.**

**In his fourth season, he was able to win the USA GP again, as well as the Formula One World Championship.**

**It felt very surreal to everyone, but he had done it. He was the first-ever Red Bull driver who won his first championship in his debuting season with the team.**

**The year after his success continued very well, as he won European Grand Prix, and the Brazilian Grand Prix.**

**After his long run with Red Bull Racing, he received a offer to join the Scuderia Ferrari team which he gladly accepted.**

**He raced alot of years for Toro Rosso and the bigger team Red Bull Racing, and he thought it was time to move on and challenge himself.**

**Mattia won the Monaco Grand Prix and the British Grand Prix in the Scuderia Ferrari but after that year his success came to a end.**

**As soon as Ferrari's patience ended with Mattia, they didn't sign him for a new contract and he had to lookout for a new seat.**

**Mattia then went on to sign with Lamborghini Racing, who back then were not a very rich team, and it didn't take long for him to notice, as only a few years later after signing there the team pulled out of the sport.**

**Years later he signed with the upcoming ARA Motorsports team, which was freshly new in the sport, led by Henk Schaaphok, Marvin Hanf and Sebastian Vettel.**

**In his first season with the team they were pretty much stuck in the midfield, Mattia was being put together with William Huisman that year who both drove a incredible season for ARA Motorsport's first year in the sport.**

**Mattia scored a few podiums in his first season with ARA Motorsports, and finished in the midfield of the Drivers Championship.**

**The year after Mattia raced together with Alen Kopic who won the Drivers Championship that year.**

**Mattia once again scored alot of podiums, but only finished on P13 out of 20 drivers in the Championship that year which was his worst championship position in his whole career.**

**Mattia finished the following year on P6 in the first Grand Prix of the season, while F1-debuting driver Stefano Di Marchi won the season opener.**

**In that year Mattia ended his run with ARA Motorsports, and returned back to his old love Red Bull Racing.**

**Mondo collected alot of wins and podiums, and also went on to win his second Formula One World Championship with 256 points.**

**After winning his second Drivers Championship, he decided to finally retire in peace and leave the sport behind him.**