Matthieu Lahaye

Matthieu Lahaye
Matthieu Lahaye
Nationality	French
Born	23 November 1984 (age 40); Rennes, France
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Current team	OAK Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	LMP2
Previous series
2011; 2011; 2008–2011; 2005–2008; 2004; 2002–03; 2001–02	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup; American Le Mans Series; Le Mans Series; Eurocup Mégane Trophy; World Series Lights; French Formula Renault; Formula France
Years
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2008–2010, 2012, 2021
Teams	Saulnier/OAK
Best finish	7th (2010)
Class wins	None

Matthieu Lahaye (born 23 November 1984, in Rennes) is a French racing driver, competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for OAK Racing. Along with his brother Jean-Baptiste, he runs a small sports car racing team called Ultimate.^[1]

Career

Lahaye's career began in karting, in which he competed between 1995 and 2001. He then took part in Formula France and French Formula Renault. In 2004 he contested World Series Lights, finishing fifth in the standings with a win at Valenca. He moved on to the Eurocup Mégane Trophy in 2005 for Tech 1 Racing, finishing his first season ninth overall. The following year he won three times on his way to the runner-up spot. 2007 saw him slip to fifth place with just one win.

2008 saw him switch to sportscars, driving in the Le Mans Series for Saulnier Racing. Racing a Pescarolo-Judd with Pierre Ragues, he finished fifth in the LMP2 standings. He also took part in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans with the team together with Ragues and China's Congfu Cheng, finishing 18th overall and third in LMP2.

In 2009 he continued with the team (now renamed OAK Racing) in the LMP2 class of the LMS, with Karim Ajlani as his teammate. They scored two podium finishes from the five races, finishing ninth in the final standings. He and Ajlani were joined at Le Mans by Guillaume Moreau, but the car retired from the race. Lahaye did win the class in the two races at Okayama that made up the 2009 Asian Le Mans Series, partnering team owner Jacques Nicolet and Richard Hein.

In 2010 he partnered Nicolet in the Le Mans Series, and finished the year third in LMP2. At Le Mans he finished seventh overall and second in LMP2, sharing with Moreau and Jan Charouz.

In 2011 he contested the LMP1 category of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup with OAK. However, a heavy accident in qualifying at Spa left him with two broken vertebrae, a broken hand and an injured knee, and he would miss the 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[2]

In 2012 he is competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship in OAK's Morgan LMP2 alongside Nicolet and Olivier Pla.^[3]

Racing record

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	OAK Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SEB 2	SPA 5	LMS Ret						36th	6.5
2012	OAK Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8				SIL 6	SÃO 3	BHR 6	FUJ 3	SHA 3	36th	6.5
2021	Association SRT41	Innovative	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	SPA	ALG	MNZ	LMS 32	BHR	BHR			0	0
2022	Ultimate	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	SEB 10	SPA 12	LMS 14	MNZ 8	FUJ 12	BHR 11			21st	6

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	Saulnier Racing	Pierre Ragues Cheng Congfu	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP2	333	18th	3rd
2009	OAK Racing Team Mazda France	Guillaume Moreau Karim Ajlani	Pescarolo 01-Mazda	LMP2	208	DNF	DNF
2010	OAK Racing	Guillaume Moreau Jan Charouz	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP2	361	7th	2nd
2012	OAK Racing	Jacques Nicolet Olivier Pla	Morgan LMP2-Judd	LMP2	139	DNF	DNF
2021	Association SRT41	Nigel Bailly Takuma Aoki	Oreca 07-Gibson	CDNT	334	32nd	–
2022	Ultimate	François Heriau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	335	48th	24th

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2012	OAK Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Judd-BMW HK 3.6L V8	LEC	DON 6	PET				12th	9
2016	Ultimate	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	SIL 11	IMO 10	RBR Ret	LEC 4	SPA 4	EST 14	10th	26
2017	Ultimate	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	SIL 2	MNZ 3	RBR 4	LEC 6	SPA 8	ALG 8	4th	61
2018	Ultimate	LMP3	Norma M30	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	LEC Ret	MNZ 7	RBR 4	SIL 3	SPA Ret	ALG 12	8th	36.5
2019	Ultimate	LMP3	Norma M30	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	LEC 1	MNZ Ret	CAT 2	SIL 7	SPA 4	ALG 3	3rd	76
2021	Ultimate	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 5	RBR 5	LEC 13	MNZ 11	SPA 10	ALG 11	16th	23
2021	Ultimate	Pro-Am Cup	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	1	3	4	3	10	3	3rd	82
2023	Ultimate	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	CAT 7	LEC 12	ARA 3	SPA Ret	PRT 2	ALG Ret	9th	39
2024	Ultimate	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	CAT 9	LEC 3	IMO 3	SPA 5	MUG 5	ALG Ret	11th	32

^* Season still in progress.

References

^ Dagys, John (22 November 2021). "French LMP2 Squad Ultimate Plotting WEC Debut". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ Constant, Brad (17 May 2011). "Tiago Monteiro to replace Oak's injured Matthieu Lahaye". autoweek.com. Crain Communications, Inc. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
^ Dagys, John (28 February 2012). "OAK Reveals WEC Driver Lineups". speedtv.com. Speed Channel, Inc. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

External links

Official website Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
Matthieu Lahaye career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] Dagys, John (22 November 2021). "French LMP2 Squad Ultimate Plotting WEC Debut". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

[2] Constant, Brad (17 May 2011). "Tiago Monteiro to replace Oak's injured Matthieu Lahaye". autoweek.com. Crain Communications, Inc. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2011.

[3] Dagys, John (28 February 2012). "OAK Reveals WEC Driver Lineups". speedtv.com. Speed Channel, Inc. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

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