Matthieu Vaxivière

Matthieu Vaxivière
Nationality France French
Born (1994-12-03) 3 December 1994
Limoges, France
Formula V8 3.5 career
Debut season 2014
Current team SMP Racing
Car no. 23
Former teams Lotus
Starts 48
Wins 5
Poles 8
Fastest laps 8
Best finish 2nd in 2015
Previous series
2012-13
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2005-2006		 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Porsche Carrera Cup France
French F4 Championship
Mitjet Series
Andros Trophy
Karting Championship of France Minimal
Championship titles
2011 French F4 Championship

Matthieu Vaxivière is a French racing driver. He was born on 3 December 1994 in Limoges, France. 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 Tech 1 Racing. 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.

Career

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 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Vaxivière graduated to Formula Renault 3.5 in 2014, driving for Lotus 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 SMP Racing for 2016.

Lotus F1

After he did several post season tests with both Pons Racing and Lotus, 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

Complete Formula V8 3.5 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 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Points
2014 Lotus MNZ
1
17†		 MNZ
2
16		 ALC
1
7		 ALC
2
8		 MON
1
Ret		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 MSC
1		 MSC
2		 NÜR
1
13		 NÜR
2
2		 HUN
1
5		 HUN
2
7		 LEC
1
3		 LEC
2
6		 JER
1
4		 JER
2
8		 8th 83
2015 Lotus ALC
1
4		 ALC
2
1		 MON
1
Ret		 SPA
1
1		 SPA
2
3		 HUN
1
4		 HUN
2
2		 RBR
1
6		 RBR
2
1		 SIL
1
3		 SIL
2
2		 NÜR
1
4		 NÜR
2
11		 BUG
1
10		 BUG
2
2		 JER
1
3		 JER
2
3		 2nd 234
2016 SMP Racing ALC
1
2		 ALC
2
Ret		 HUN
1
5		 HUN
2
5		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
1		 LEC
1
5		 LEC
2
Ret		 SIL
1
2		 SIL
2
7		 RBR
1
1		 RBR
2
6		 MNZ
1
3		 MNZ
2
Ret		 JER
1
3		 JER
2
3		 CAT
1
Ret		 CAT
2
Ret		 6th 175

References

    Sporting positions
    Preceded by
    Stoffel Vandoorne    		 French F4
    Champion
    2011     		Succeeded by
    Alexandre Baron
    Preceded by
    Christophe Ferrier    		 Andros Trophy Électrique
    Champion
    2015-16     		Succeeded by
    Incumbent
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