🇦🇹 Mathias Lauda

Mathias Lauda is a professional endurance racing driver who competed primarily in the WEC and IMSA WeatherTech between 2015 and 2020, driving Aston Martin GT cars for Aston Martin Racing. Graded FIA Silver, he sits below the full-professional Gold and Platinum ranks but above amateur level. His career spanned ten seasons from 2004 to 2020, beginning in single-seater racing before moving to endurance competition.[1]

Lauda won 13 races across his career, all in the WEC, and took 22 podiums from 75 starts. He claimed the WEC LMGTE Am title in 2015 and again in 2017, the latter shared with Aston Martin Racing. His five IMSA starts yielded no victories, and his single GT World Challenge Europe appearance in 2020 came late in his racing tenure. His early career included 19 starts in GP2 and 10 in International Formula 3000 without wins, racing against fields mixing amateur drivers with graded professionals.[2]

In the WEC, Lauda was closely matched with Christian Ried, a multi-time LMGTE Am champion and regular presence across endurance racing, while he typically finished ahead of Gold-graded Benjamin Barker. He finished ahead of Nico Rosberg once, when Rosberg raced in the 2005 GP2 grid early in what became an elite professional career. Aston Martin Racing, his primary team, fielded 46 drivers across the index and counted established professionals among its roster.