Mathéo Tuscher

Mathéo Tuscher
Nationality	Swiss
Born	12 December 1996 Noville, Switzerland
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Jenzer Motorsport
Car no.	21
Starts	36
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	12th in 2014
Previous series
2013 2012 2011	Formula Renault 3.5 Series FIA Formula Two Championship Formula Pilota China
Championship titles
2011	Formula Pilota China

Mathéo Tuscher (born 12 December 1996 in Noville) is a professional Swiss-French racing driver.

Career

Karting

Tuscher began karting in 2004 and raced primarily in his native Switzerland for the majority of his career, winning Swiss KF3 championship in 2008.^[1]

Formula Pilota China

In 2011 at just fourteen years, Tuscher graduated to single–seaters, racing in the newly launched Formula Pilota China series in Asia for Jenzer Welch Asia Racing under Czech racing license.^[2] He dominated from beginning of the season, winning eight races on all six venues and the championship title.

FIA Formula Two Championship

In 2012 Tuscher stepped up into FIA Formula Two Championship. He became the youngest ever driver in the revived category, competing at the age of fifteen.^[3] On his series début at Silverstone, Tuscher qualified on pole position by 0.2 seconds from closest rival Luciano Bacheta.^[4] He finished sixth and fifth in the weekend's races. He scored his first podium of the series in the following round in Algarve, finishing second in both races, and moving into second in the standings.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Tuscher will make his Formula Renault 3.5 Series debut at Motorland Aragón, replacing Emmanuel Piget at Zeta Corse team.^[5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	Formula Pilota China	Jenzer Welch Asia Racing	12	8	10	8	9	189	1st
2012	FIA Formula Two Championship	Motorsport Vision	16	2	4	1	9	210	2nd
2013	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Zeta Corse	2	0	0	0	0	0	30th
2014	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	18	0	0	0	1	29	12th
2015	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	18	0	0	0	0	22	13th
	World Endurance Championship	Rebellion Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0.5	32nd
2016	World Endurance Championship	Rebellion Racing	9	0	0	0	2	66.5	7th
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF

Complete Formula Two results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2012	12	SIL 1 6	SIL 2 5	ALG 1 2	ALG 2 2	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 3	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 8	BRH 1 2	BRH 2 Ret	LEC 1 1	LEC 2 2	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 2	MNZ 1 1	MNZ 2 5	2nd	210

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2014	Jenzer Motorsport	CAT FEA 8	CAT SPR 2	RBR FEA 6	RBR SPR Ret	SIL FEA 14	SIL SPR 8	HOC FEA 18	HOC SPR 11	HUN FEA 22	HUN SPR 15	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 16	MNZ FEA 8	MNZ SPR Ret	SOC FEA Ret	SOC SPR 11	YMC FEA Ret	YMC SPR 10	12th	29
2015	Jenzer Motorsport	CAT FEA 14	CAT SPR 13	RBR FEA 12	RBR SPR DSQ	SIL FEA 10	SIL SPR 9	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR 9	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 4	MNZ FEA 6	MNZ SPR 6	SOC FEA Ret	SOC SPR Ret	BHR FEA 12	BHR SPR Ret	YMC FEA 16	YMC SPR 14	13th	22

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2015	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	Rebellion R-One	AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6	SIL	SPA	LMS	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA Ret	BHR 11		32nd	0.5
2016	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	Rebellion R-One	AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6	SIL 3	SPA 3	LMS Ret	NÜR 7	MEX 5	COA 7	FUJ 6	SHA 17	BHR 7	7th	66.5

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Rebellion Racing	Alexandre Imperatori Dominik Kraihamer	Rebellion R-One-AER	LMP1	200	DNF	DNF

References

1. "Présentation de Mathéo Tuscher". matheo-tuscher.ch/. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
2. "Teams & drivers 2011". Formula Pilota China. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
3. "Mathéo Tuscher graduates to Formula Two". FIA Formula Two Championship. Motorsport Vision. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
4. Bradley, Charles (14 April 2012). "Teenager Matheo Tuscher takes pole position for opening Formula 2 round at Silverstone". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
5. Allen, Peter (23 April 2013). "Matheo Tuscher to do Aragon FR3.5 round with Zeta". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

External links

• Official website
• Mathéo Tuscher career summary at DriverDB.com