Mathéo Tuscher

Mathéo Tuscher (born December 12, 1996 in Noville VD ) is a former French - Swiss racing driver . He started partly with a Czech racing license. In 2014 and 2015 he competed in the GP3 series .

Career

Tuscher began his motorsport career at the age of three in karting , in which he was active until 2010. Among other things, he won the Swiss KF3 kart championship in 2009 .

At the beginning of 2011, Tuscher made his first experiences in formula racing . He tested a Formula 3 car under the supervision of Luca Baldisserri , who heads the Scuderia Ferrari driver development program . Tuscher made his first racing entries in formula racing in 2011 in the Formula Pilota China Series . He started in this series with a Czech license and under the Czech flag. Since he was 14 years old at the time, the Asian series was one of the few opportunities to compete in formula racing at that age. Tuscher won eight of twelve races and dominated the championship. In the winter of 2011/2012 he took part in Formula 2 test drives under the French flag and then in test drives in the GP3 series under the Swiss flag . He was within the first ten. Tuscher finally received a cockpit in the FIA ​​Formula 2 championship for the 2012 season , in which he started under the Swiss flag. At the age of 15, he was the youngest Formula 2 driver at the time. He already achieved pole position in his first qualifying . On the second race weekend he finished both races in second and achieved his first podium positions. Tuscher won two races and was second in the drivers' standings behind Luciano Bacheta with 210 to 231.5 points . Tuscher was the best newcomer in the 2012 season.

In 2013 , after Formula 2 was discontinued, Tuscher was without a fixed cockpit. He only took part in one Formula Renault 3.5 event for Zeta Corse . In 2014 Tuscher started for Jenzer Motorsport in the GP3 series . In the first sprint race in Barcelona , he managed the only podium finish of the season in second. He finished the season in twelfth place overall. In 2014 Tuscher also took part in an Alpine Formula Renault event. In 2015 Tuscher completed his second GP3 season for Jenzer. He reached the 13th place overall. In addition, Tuscher competed in two races of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) for Rebellion Racing .

After Tuscher's contract with Rebellion was not extended at the end of the 2016 season, Tuscher is currently without a cockpit for the 2017 season.

nationality

Tuscher has French and Swiss citizenship . He entered some races with a Czech racing license.

Others

Tuscher is managed by Craig Pollock .

statistics

Career stations

2000–2010: karting 2011: Formula Pilota China Series (champion) 2012 : Formula 2 (2nd place)

2013 : Formula Renault 3.5 (30th place) 2014 : GP3 series (12th place) 2014: Alpine Formula Renault

2015 : GP3 series (13th place) 2015 : WEC (32nd place)

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2014	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		29	12.
		8th	2	6th	DNF	14th	8th	18th	11	22nd	15th	DNF	16	8th	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	10
2015	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		22nd	13.
		14th	13	12	DSQ	10	9	10	9	DNF	4th	6th	6th	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	16	14th

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

year	team	vehicle	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2015	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R-One	AER	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	0.5	32.
										DNF	11

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Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2016	Rebellion Racing	Rebellion R-One	Alexandre Imperatori	Dominik Kraihamer	not classified

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} “The boy wonder: Matheo Tuscher” (paddockscout.com on May 1, 2012)
2. ↑ “MALAYSIAN SUPER SERIES 2011” ( Memento from July 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (formulapilotachina.com on November 27, 2011; PDF; 154 kB)
3. ^ “GP3 Season Gets underway With Testing In Estoril” (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on February 20, 2012)
4. ↑ “Müller tops timesheets on day one of testing in Estoril” ( Memento from April 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (gp3series.com on February 21, 2012)
5. ↑ “Vainio tops final day of GP3 test in Estoril” ( Memento from April 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (gp3series.com on February 22, 2012)
6. ↑ Peter Allen: “Jenzer confirm GP3 trio of Varhaug, Tuscher and Fong”. paddockscout.com, May 3, 2014, accessed May 4, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Gruz David: Jenzer retain Matheo Tuscher, add Ralph Boschung for GP3. paddockscout.com, March 5, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 . 
8. ^ Matheo Tuscher replaces Daniel Abt at Rebellion Racing for WEC. autosport.com, October 26, 2015, accessed November 22, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Peter Wyss: Motorsport: Neel Jani is number 1. In: AutoSprintCH.de. February 4, 2017, accessed April 1, 2017 . 
10. ↑ “Mathéo Tuscher” (formulapilotachina.com; accessed on March 2, 2012)

Web links

• Official website of Mathéo Tuscher (French)
• Career statistics from Mathéo Tuscher (English)