Matthieu Vaxivière (born 3 December 1994) is a French racing driver from

Limoges Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...

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. He was the 2011 French F4 champion. In 2012 he raced in the V de V Endurance Cup, French GT, and 2e Grand Prix Èlectrique. In addition, he was 14th in the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season and 29th in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, driving for

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. In 2013 he finished 10th in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and 18th in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps. In 2014 he was assigned as one of the drivers for the Lotus F1 Junior team, while competing in the Formula Renault 3.5 series alongside Filipino-Swiss driver Marlon Stöckinger. He currently drives for Alpine, driving the

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in the World Endurance Championship.

Career

24 Hours of Le Mans

TDS Racing Oreca 07 Vaxiviere Silverstone 2018

Five hours into the race and at 12th place, Vaxivière in the No. 28 TDS Racing attempted a three-wide pass in the braking zone in the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans race, resulting in a crash that ended the race for the No. 82 Risi Competizione Ferrari. After a review, the No. 28 car was given a seven-minute stop and hold penalty.

Karting

Vaxivière started his racing career in 2005 in the Karting Championship of France.

French F4 (2011)

Vaxivière got his first championship title in the French F4 Championship in 2011. He finished the year with 5 pole positions, 6 fastest laps and 3 wins, amassing 146 points.

Formula Renault 2.0 (2012–2013)

Tech 1 Racing

Vaxiviere entered his debut season in 2012 with Tech 1 Racing and finished in 29th position with 1 point. In 2013 he finished his best season in Formula Renault 2.0 with 10th position overall. He had 2 pole positions, 2 fastest laps and 2 wins, collecting 57 points.

Formula Renault 3.5 (2014–)

After his season in the

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, Vaxivière graduated to Formula Renault 3.5 in 2014, driving for

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and partnering with Marlon Stöckinger. Despite missing two rounds for an injury, he finished 8th in the season standings. In 2015 he was runner-up with Lotus, claiming three wins and 10 podiums in 17 races. He switched to

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for 2016.

Lotus F1

After he did several post season tests with both

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and

, he was announced by Lotus to drive with them for the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season alongside Filipino-Swiss 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season and Lotus F1 Junior Team rookie Marlon Stockinger replacing Marco Sørensen of Denmark becoming a test and reserve driver for the Lotus F1 Team in the process.

Racing record

Racing career summary

† Guest driver ineligible to score points

Complete French F4 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete GP3 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

References

External links

Driver Database
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