Matt Solomon
Matthew Barry "Matt" Solomon (born February 19, 1996 ) is a former Hong Kong - Chinese - Australian racing car driver . He started in the European Formula 3 championship in 2015 .
Career
Solomon began his motorsport career in karting in 2007 , where he remained active until 2012. In 2013 Solomon switched to formula racing and competed for Eurasia Motorsport in the Formula Masters China . He scored points in every race and achieved four third places as the best results. In the overall standings, he was fifth. He also made a guest start in the Alpine Formula Renault for Prema in Europe . In 2014, Solomon stayed with Eurasia Motorsport in the Formula Masters China. He won five races and was second overall behind James Munro with 187 to 215 points . In addition, Solomon was active in GT racing in 2014 . He finished ninth in the Chinese Audi R8 LMS Cup and 28th in the GT3 class of the Asian GT championship.
In the winter of 2014/15 Solomon took part in an event of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 and achieved a second place. Then in 2015 Solomon switched to the European Formula 3 championship for Double R Racing . A 13th place was his best result.
Personal
Solomon's mother is Chinese . He usually competes for Hong Kong in motorsport , but occasionally also as an Australian .
statistics
Career stations
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Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship
| year | team | engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23 | 24 | 25th | 26th | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30th | 31 | 32 | 33 | Points | rank |
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| 2015 | Double R Racing | Mercedes |
 SIL
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 HO1
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 PAU
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 MNZ
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 SPA
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NOR
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 ZAN
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 SPI
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 POR
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ONLY
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HO2
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| 25th | 26th | 24 | 21st | 26th | 23 | 25th | DNF | 13 | DNF | 19th | 19th | DNF | 19th | 25th | DNF | 25th | DNF | 21st | 17th | DNF | DNF | 20th | 26th | 21st | 25th | 22nd | 28 | DNF | 19th | 26th | 26th | 14th | |||||
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Biography. mattsolomon.com, accessed March 18, 2015 .
- ^ Peter Allen: Solomon completes deal with Double R for European F3. paddockscout.com, February 2, 2015, accessed March 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Entry List. renaultsportitalia.it, accessed March 18, 2015 .
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| SURNAME | Solomon, Matt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Solomon, Matthew Barry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hong Kong-Sino-Australian racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1996 |