Matias Laine

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

Career Laine during Race 1 of the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season at Moscow Raceway.

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, 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.

Formula Three 2010 would see Laine move to the Formula 3 Euro Series, competing for Motopark Academy. He joined fellow Formula Renault graduates António Félix da Costa and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs at the team. 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.

GP3 Laine contested for the Marussia Manor Racing team in 2011 and eventually finished 31st. He was signed to MW Arden for the 2012 season where he scored his first points and then his first podium finish in the Catalunya round. He won his first GP3 race at Spa Francorchamps, along with a final podium at Monza. He ended the season fifth and earned a drive for the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 season with P1 Motorsport.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter CupCR 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 18 0 0 0 0 3 14th 2011 GP3 Series Marussia Manor Racing 16 0 0 0 0 0 31st 2012 GP3 Series MW Arden 16 1 0 1 4 111 5th 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series P1 by Strakka Racing 17 0 0 0 0 9 23rd 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Strakka Racing 17 0 0 0 0 40 13th

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series 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 LEC1 LEC2 HOC1 HOC2 VAL1 VAL2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 OSC1 OSC2 HOC1 HOC2 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 Points 2011 Marussia Manor Racing ISTFEA ISTSPR CATFEA CATSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 31st 0 2012 MW Arden CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 5th 111

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 Pos Points 2013 P1 Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 23rd 9 2014 Strakka Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 JER1 JER2 13th 40