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Mathias Lauda (born 30 January 1981) is an Austrian
Lauda was born during his father's temporary retirement from F1. Unlike many drivers, who start out in 
When he had not achieved any major results in single seater racing, Lauda decided to turn his attention to 
Career statistics
from ''driverdb.com''. Retrieved on 10 July 2008.
racing driver
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currently racing for Aston Martin Racing
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as a factory driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship
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. He is the son of the late three-time Formula One
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world champion Niki Lauda
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian Formula One driver and aviation entrepreneur. He was a three-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, winning in , and , and is the only driver in Formula ...
and his first wife, Marlene. He has a brother, Lukas, who is currently his manager.
Career
Lauda was born during his father's temporary retirement from F1. Unlike many drivers, who start out in karting
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on f ...
, Lauda debuted in 2002 in Formula Nissan 2000. He also drove in two races of German Formula VW and one race of Spanish Formula Three
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. He moved to World Series Lights
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in 2003 with the Vergani team, again moving in 2004 to the Euro Formula 3000 Series. Later in 2004 he drove in Formula 3000
Formula 3000 (F3000) was a type of open wheel, single seater formula racing, occupying the tier immediately below Formula One and above Formula Three. It was so named because the cars were powered by 3.0 L engines.
Formula 3000 championships
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, completing the full season with the Coloni Motorsport
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team.
Lauda raced in the 2005 GP2 Series
The 2005 GP2 Series season was the thirty-ninth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also first season under the GP2 Series moniker. The season started in Imola, Italy on 23 April, and ended in Manama, Bahrain on 30 Sep ...
for the Coloni team, alongside former Formula One
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driver Gianmaria Bruni
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. He was one of only a few competitors in that initial GP2 season who had a full season of F3000 experience behind them. He also represented A1 Team Austria in the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season.
When he had not achieved any major results in single seater racing, Lauda decided to turn his attention to touring cars
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While the cars do not mo ...
. From 2006 he competed in the German
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-based Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
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series with Mercedes-Benz
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, whereas in 2008 and 2009 he dovetailed this with racing in the Speedcar Series.
2012 saw Lauda join Michael Bartels' Vita4One Racing Team in the now-defunct FIA GT1 World Championship, where he finished 12th in the standings with Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
Nikolaus "Niki" Mayr-Melnhof (born 9 November 1978 in Leoben) is an Austrian racing driver currently competing in the Blancpain Sprint Series for Phoenix Racing (Germany). He previously competed in the FIA GT1 World Championship for Vita4one Rac ...
in a BMW Z4 GT3 (Bartels himself finished 3rd that season). In addition, Lauda was 3rd in the 2012 Spa 24 Hours, again in a Vita4One-entered BMW.
Racing record
Career summary
† Guest driver ineligble to score pointsComplete International Formula 3000 results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.)
Complete GP2 Series results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
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Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
*† — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Complete Porsche Supercup results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
‡ Not eligible for points for entering as a guest driver.
Complete GT1 World Championship results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
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* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete European Le Mans Series results
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Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† As Lauda was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
NASCAR
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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1
References
Career statistics
from ''driverdb.com''. Retrieved on 10 July 2008.
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