Matias Laine

Matias Laine
Nationality	Finnish
Born	April 25, 1990 (1990-04-25) (age 21) Joensuu (Finland)
2011 Formula Three Euroseries
Debut season	2010
Current team	Motopark Academy
Car no.	10
Starts	6
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2009 2009 2008 2008	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 FR2.0 UK Winter Series FR2.0 Portugal Winter Series

Matias Laine (born April 25, 1990 in Joensuu) is a Finnish racing driver.

Career

Karting

Laine began his motorsport career in karting in 2003, finishing as runner-up in the Finnish Raket Cup Championship. In 2005 he won the Finnish Championship for the ICA Junior class.

Formula Renault

Laine began his formula racing career in the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Cup season with CR Scuderia. He finished ninth in the championship with 50 points. He also completed two races of 2008 Portugal Winter Series FR2.0 at Estoril. Laine finished third and thirteenth in those races.

The following season, Laine competed in both the Formula Renault 2.0 UK and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships for CRS Racing and Motopark Academy respectively. He finished fourteenth in the UK standings, scoring points in each of the twelve races,^[1] before injury curtailed his season at Snetterton. In the Eurocup, he took 22nd place in the championship with six points that were earned in the second race at Silverstone Circuit.^[2]

Formula Three

2010 will see Laine move to the Formula Three Euroseries, competing for Motopark Academy. He will join fellow Formula Renault graduates António Félix da Costa and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs at the team.^[3] He earned his first point finishing ninth at Hockenheim round because Esteban Gutiérrez who finished sixth was guest driver and was ineligible to scoring points.^[4]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Cup	CR Scuderia Formula Renault	4	0	0	0	0	50	9th
	Portugal Winter Series FR2.0		2	0	0	0	1	11	12th
2009	Formula Renault UK 2.0	CRS Racing	12	0	0	0	0	135	14th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Motopark Academy	4	0	0	0	0	6	22nd
2010	Formula Three Euroseries	Motopark Academy	6	0	0	0	0	1*	13th*

• * Season in progress.

Complete Formula Three Euroseries results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2010	Motopark Academy	Dallara F308/096	Volkswagen	LEC 1 10	LEC 2 13	HOC1 1 9	HOC1 2 10	VAL 1 Ret	VAL 2 10	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 7	NÜR 1 11	NÜR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 12	ZAN 2 10	BRH 1 10	BRH 2 6	OSC 1 11	OSC 2 Ret	HOC2 1 10	HOC2 2 9	14th	3

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	DC	Points
2011	Marussia Manor Racing	TUR FEA 18	TUR SPR Ret	ESP FEA 19	ESP SPR 24	VAL FEA 17	VAL SPR Ret	GBR FEA Ret	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 14	GER SPR 23	HUN FEA 14	HUN SPR 21	BEL FEA 18	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA 20	ITA SPR Ret	31th	0

* Season in Progress

References

1. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 UK 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/77-2009/. Retrieved 2009-12-24. 
2. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/129-2009/. Retrieved 2009-12-24. 
3. ^ Beer, Matt; Mills, Peter (2009-12-09). "Motopark signs Quaife-Hobbs, Laine". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Archived from the original on 2009-12-24. http://www.webcitation.org/5mGS82QF9. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
4. ^ Tischer, Alexander H.H. (2010-04-24). "Hockenheim Race 1". f3euroseries.com. Formula Three Euroseries. http://www.f3euroseries.com/ergebnisse/2010-04-24-r1.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-27. 

External links

• Official website
• Laine career statistics at Driver Database

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Name	Laine, Matias
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Date of birth	April 25, 1990
Place of birth	Joensuu (Finland)
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