Matthieu Vaxivière (born 3 December 1994) is a French racing driver from
Limoges
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,
France
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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
Tech 1 Racing
Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. They currently compete in the World Series by Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy.
Tech 1 also operate the Panis Racing LMP2 entry to the European Le Mans Series and the Ultimate LMP2 Pr ...
. 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
Alpine A480
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in the
World Endurance Championship.
Career
24 Hours of Le Mans

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
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits.
It served as a support series to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to 2015. Renault Sp ...
, Vaxivière graduated to
Formula Renault 3.5 in 2014, driving for
Lotus
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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
SMP Racing
SMP Racing is the motor sport endurance racing team and also motorsport management created in 2013 by Boris Rotenberg, founder of the SMP Bank of Russia.
Description
The goal of SMP Racing is to train and unveil new talents. The team's training ...
for 2016.
Lotus F1
After he did several post season tests with both
Pons Racing
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and
Lotus
Lotus may refer to:
Plants
*Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly:
** ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae
**Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also ...
, 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
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External links
Driver Database
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1994 births
Living people
French racing drivers
Sportspeople from Limoges
French F4 Championship drivers
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers
Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
GP3 Series drivers from France
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
Auto Sport Academy drivers
Charouz Racing System drivers
AF Corse drivers
SMP Racing drivers
TDS Racing drivers
Signature Team drivers
DAMS drivers
Racing Engineering drivers
Wayne Taylor Racing drivers
Starworks Motorsport drivers
Tech 1 Racing drivers
R-Motorsport drivers
Audi Sport drivers
W Racing Team drivers
KCMG drivers
R-ace GP drivers
Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers