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🇳🇿 Matthew Payne
Racing driver from New Zealand. Supercars Championship, Penrite Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Matthew Payne
Nationality
New Zealand
Current team
Penrite Racing
Series
Supercars Championship
Status
Active
Career wins
9
Career podiums
22
Career starts
114
Career DNFs
5
Racer Rating
6,136
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,136Rank 143 of 40,308 indexed, +5 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Matthew Payne is a racing driver from New Zealand who competes in Supercars Championship for Penrite Racing. Payne has recorded 9 wins and 22 podiums from 114 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 6,136 ranks Payne 143th of 40,308 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2026-04-17 | ITM Christchurch Super 440 | P19 | −152 |
| 2026-04-17 | ITM Christchurch Super 440 | P1 | +89 |
| 2026-04-17 | ITM Christchurch Super 440 | P1 | +85 |
| 2026-04-10 | ITM Taupo Super 440 | P5 | +34 |
| 2026-04-10 | ITM Taupo Super 440 | P5 | +33 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +231 | Repco Bathurst 1000 2022 | Supercars Championship | P6 |
| +210 | Imola 2022 | European Le Mans Series | P4 |
| +209 | Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint 2023 | Supercars Championship | P6 |
| +200 | VALO Adelaide 500 2023 | Supercars Championship | P1 |
| +176 | OTR Supersprint 2023 | Supercars Championship | P6 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
ITM Taupo Super 4406 starts+33
Sydney 5006 starts+31
NTI Townsville 5007 starts+21
Boost Mobile Gold Coast 5006 starts+13
Struggles
NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint5 starts-34
Betr Darwin Triple Crown8 starts-29
Melbourne Supersprint11 starts-19
Penrite Oil Sandown 5004 starts-13
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Supercars Championship | Penrite Racing | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | P3 | +5 | 6,136 |
| 2025 | ▸Supercars Championship | Penrite Racing | 33 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P3 | +1,263 | 6,131 |
| 2024 | ▸Supercars Championship | Penrite Racing | 24 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | P5 | +1,011 | 4,868 |
| ▸24H Series | Grove Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −347 | ||
| 2023 | ▸Supercars Championship | Penrite Racing | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +2,473 | 4,204 |
| 2022 | ▸European Le Mans Series | JMW Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +626 | 1,731 |
| ▸24H Series | Earl Bamber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +97 | ||
| ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Singha Racing Team TP 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P43 | +57 | ||
| ▸Supercars Championship | Penrite Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | +231 | ||
| 2021 | ▸SCCA Majors | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P70 | −629 | 721 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Payne finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Broc FeeneyFIA Gold | 6,596 | 99 | 32 | 67 | 32% |
| 🇦🇺 Cameron Waters | 5,999 | 99 | 41 | 58 | 41% |
| 🇦🇺 Will BrownFIA Gold | 5,844 | 99 | 37 | 62 | 37% |
| 🇦🇺 Anton De PasqualeFIA Gold | 5,697 | 99 | 61 | 38 | 62% |
| 🇦🇺 Chaz MostertFIA Platinum | 5,519 | 99 | 42 | 57 | 42% |
| 🇦🇺 James GoldingFIA Gold | 5,147 | 99 | 66 | 33 | 67% |
| 🇳🇿 Andre HeimgartnerFIA Gold | 4,990 | 99 | 65 | 34 | 66% |
| 🇦🇺 Tom Randle | 4,835 | 99 | 60 | 39 | 61% |
| 🇦🇺 David ReynoldsFIA Gold | 4,424 | 99 | 71 | 28 | 72% |
| 🇦🇺 Cameron HillFIA Gold | 4,395 | 99 | 74 | 25 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Austin CindricFIA Silver, 2× champion | 6,339 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Matt CampbellFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,296 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇧🇪 Charles WeertsFIA Platinum, 4× champion | 6,272 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,308 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | 🇿🇦 Tony Maggs | Formula 1 | 6,160 |
| 134 | 🇳🇿 Scott Dixon | IndyCar | 6,159 |
| 135 | 🇬🇧 Tom Pryce | Formula 1 | 6,159 |
| 136 | 🇩🇪 Maximilian Günther | Formula E | 6,158 |
| 137 | 🇫🇮 Keke Rosberg | Formula 1 | 6,156 |
| 138 | 🇨🇳 Guanyu Zhou | Formula 1 | 6,147 |
| 139 | 🇬🇧 Allan McNish | WEC | 6,143 |
| 140 | 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | Formula 1 | 6,143 |
| 141 | 🇬🇧 Anthony Davidson | WEC | 6,136 |
| 142 | 🇨🇭 Jo Siffert | Formula 1 | 6,136 |
| 143 | 🇳🇿 Matthew Payne | Supercars Championship | 6,136 |
| 144 | 🇺🇸 Aric Almirola | NASCAR Xfinity | 6,135 |
| 145 | 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | Formula 1 | 6,130 |
| 146 | 🇵🇱 Robert Kubica | WEC | 6,129 |
| 147 | 🇮🇹 Luigi Musso | Formula 1 | 6,124 |
| 148 | 🇬🇧 Peter Collins | Formula 1 | 6,124 |
| 149 | 🇺🇸 Sam Hanks | Formula 1 | 6,121 |
| 150 | 🇧🇷 Carlos Pace | Formula 1 | 6,120 |
| 151 | 🇮🇹 Felice Bonetto | Formula 1 | 6,117 |
| 152 | 🇮🇹 Antonio Giovinazzi | WEC | 6,116 |
| 153 | 🇩🇪 Phil Hill | Formula 1 | 6,113 |
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