Matthew Rao

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Matthew Rao at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2015 European Formula 3 Championship

Matthew "Matt" Rao (born May 3, 1994 ) is a British racing driver . He started in the European Formula 3 championship in 2015 .

Career

Rao began his motorsport career in karting in 2009 , where he remained active until 2010. In 2011, Rao switched to Fluid Motorsport in formula racing and competed in some British Formula Ford races . He finished second in the scholarship class . In 2012, Rao stayed with Fluid Motorsport in the British Formula Ford. He finished tenth overall. In addition, he took part in some races of the Dutch Formula Ford for the racing team and came 21st in the drivers' standings. For Hillspeed , Rao also took part in two races each of the BARC Formula Renault and its winter series.

In 2013 Rao started for Hillspeed in the BARC Formula Renault. With a third place as the best result, he finished the season in 15th place. In early 2014 , Rao took part in the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand for Giles Motorsport . There he was 14th in the drivers' championship. He then went to Fortec Motorsports in the British Formula 3 Championship . Rao won five races. With 283 to 285 points, he was defeated by his teammate Martin Cao at the end of the season and finished second overall.

In 2015 , Rao received a cockpit in the European Formula 3 championship at Fortec Motorsports . Two 14th places were his best results.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2009–2010: karting
  • 2011: British Formula Ford , Scholarship (2nd place)
  • 2012: British Formula Ford (10th place)
  • 2012: Dutch Formula Ford (21st place)

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
2015 Fortec Motorsports Mercedes United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany HO1 FranceFrance PAU ItalyItaly MNZ BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany NOR NetherlandsNetherlands ZAN AustriaAustria SPI PortugalPortugal POR GermanyGermany ONLY GermanyGermany HO2 0 -
DNF 22nd DNF 14th 16 31 19th 24 19th 16 15th EX 23 14th DNF 23 21st DNF 22nd 23 27 25th 31 * 25th 25th DNF 21st 22nd 18th DNF 23 28 18th

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2017 FranceFrance Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A470 FranceFrance Romain Dumas United StatesUnited States Gustavo Menezes Rank 10

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About Me. Mattrao.com, accessed March 11, 2015 .
  2. ^ Peter Allen: Matt Rao makes European F3 switch with Fortec. paddockscout.com, February 27, 2015, accessed March 7, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Rao, Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rao, Matt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1994