Matheus Leist

Matheus Tobias Leist (born September 8, 1998) is a Brazilian racing driver who last raced for JDC-Miller MotorSports in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He has previously competed in the IndyCar Series, the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, and Indy Lights.

Career

Karting Leist began karting in 2009 at the age of eleven. In 2013, he finished as runner-up in the Petrobras Karting Championship.

Lower formulas In 2014, Leist graduated to single-seaters, racing in the B class of the Brazilian F3 Championship, finishing runner-up to Vitor Baptista.

The following year, Leist switched to MSA Formula in Britain with Double R Racing. He scored two victories and finished fifth in the standings.

British F3 In 2016, Leist reunited with Double R Racing and graduated to BRDC British F3. Scoring four wins, two poles and six fastest laps, Leist took the title at the final round after a close fight with Ricky Collard throughout the season.

GP3 Series In November 2016, it was announced Leist would partake in the GP3 post-season test at Yas Marina with ART Grand Prix, Arden International and Trident Racing.

Indy Lights In February 2017, Leist signed with Carlin for the Indy Lights Championship. During his first season, Leist picked up his first podium at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis before taking pole and winning the Freedom 100 less than two weeks later, having led from start to finish.

IndyCar Series In November 2017, A.J. Foyt Enterprises announced that the team hired Leist to drive the No. 4 Chevrolet in 2018. Leist partners veteran Brazilian driver Tony Kanaan and made his IndyCar debut at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 11, 2018. Leist completed two full seasons of IndyCar with Foyt, with a best finish of fourth at the 2019 IndyCar Grand Prix. He was replaced at Foyt with Charlie Kimball for 2020.

IMSA Leist joined JDC–Miller MotorSports for the Endurance Cup rounds of the 2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship plus the Laguna Seca round. Following a best finish of fourth in the season-ending 12 Hours of Sebring, JDC-Miller downsized to one car for the 2021 season leaving Leist without a drive.

Personal life Leist's younger brother Arthur is also a racing driver, currently competing in Stock Car Brasil.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Fórmula 3 Brasil results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points 2014 Hitech Racing Class B TAR1 TAR2 SCS1 SCS2 BRA1 BRA2 2nd 115 Cesário F3 INT1 INT2 CUR11 CUR12 VEL1 VEL2 CUR21 CUR22 GOI1 GOI2

Complete MSA Formula Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points 2015 Double R Racing BHI1 BHI2 BHI3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 5th 273

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2016 Double R Racing SNE11 SNE12 SNE13 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 SNE21 SNE22 SNE23 DON1 DON2 DON3 1st 493

American open-wheel racing (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points 2017 Carlin STP STP ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY RDA RDA IOW TOR TOR MOH MOH GMP WGL 4th 279

IndyCar Series (key) Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref 2018 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara DW12 4 Chevrolet STP24 PHX19 LBH14 ALA12 IMS21 INDY13 DET15 DET14 TXS22 RDA15 IOW22 TOR15 MOH19 POC11 GTW16 POR14 SNM19 18th 253 2019 STP22 COA ALA LBH IMS INDY15 DET DET TXS RDA TOR19 IOW16 MOH18 POC GTW17 POR8 LAG17 19th 261

Season still in progress.

Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2018 Dallara Chevrolet1113 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 2019 Dallara Chevrolet2415 A. J. Foyt Enterprises

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2020 JDC-Miller MotorSports DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY DAY SEB ELK ATL MOH PET LGA SEB 11th 123