Matthew Payne

Matthew Allen Payne (born 3 October 2002) is a New Zealand racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand. He is currently competing in the Supercars Championship with Grove Racing, driving the No. 19 Ford Mustang GT. He won the 2025 Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander. He went to the same school in Waiau Pa with F1 driver Liam Lawson.

Racing career Toyota Racing Series

After turning heads with his karting success, Payne tested the FT-50 (older spec TRS) and impressed immediately with confirmation coming in December 2020 that Payne would contest the full three round 2021 Toyota Racing Series for M2 Motorsport.

The 2021 New Zealand Grand Prix was the opening round of the season and was held at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the series lacked international drivers. To compensate the event organizers called on experienced New Zealand racing drivers such as Shane van Gisbergen, Greg Murphy & Andre Heimgartner to heighten the quantity and quality of the field. Payne impressed in his open-wheel debut finishing third in all three races over the weekend including the NZGP. Payne went on to win five of the remaining six races, winning the 2021 Toyota Racing Series conformably over second placed Kaleb Ngatoa.

Supercars career Payne would debut in the Australian Supercars Championship in 2022 for Grove Racing, his debut race was the Bathurst 1000 co-driving with Lee Holdsworth where they finished the race in sixth place.

2025 was the breakout year for Payne, finishing fifth in the championship, but also winning fivr wins and prestigious trophies including the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy for accumulating the most point during the New Zealand round, winning Race 13 in Tasmania over by Broc Feeney by 0.0550 seconds, the third closest finish in Supercars, Bathurst 1000 & Enduro Cup along with Garth Tander and capping off with the Adelaide 500 at the end of the season.

Racing record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition 2010 New Zealand Top Half Series - Cadet 14th 2011 New Zealand Schools Nationals - Cadet 9th 43rd Blossom Festival - Cadet 5th 2012 New Zealand Top Half Series - Cadet 13th New Zealand Sprint Championship - Cadet 1st New Zealand Schools Nationals - Cadet 1st North Island Sprint Championship - 100cc Junior Restricted 3rd Auckland City of Sails - Cadet Raket 1st CIK Trophy of New Zealand - Cadet 18th Auckland Regional Schools Championship - Cadet 1st 2013 New Zealand Top Half Series - Yamaha Junior 11th New Zealand Sprint Championship - 100cc Junior Restricted 4th North Island Sprint Championship - 100cc Junior Restricted 5th Auckland City of Sails - 100cc Junior Restricted 2nd 2013 North Island Sprint Championship - Rotax Junior 6th Auckland City of Sails - 100cc Junior Restricted 2nd New Zealand Sprint Championship - 100cc Junior Restricted 2nd 2014 New Zealand Sprint Championship - Rotax Junior 6th 2016 RMC New Zealand - Junior Max 1st 2018 New Zealand Pro Kart Series - KZ2 4th North Island Sprint Championship - Rotax Light 2nd New Zealand Sprint Championship - Rotax Light 8th Auckland City of Sails - KZ2 2nd 2019 CIK Trophy of New Zealand - KZ2 11th New Zealand Sprint Championship - KZ2 1st FIA Karting International Super Cup - KZ2 34th Race of Stars - KZ2 3rd Australian Karting Championship - KZ2 10th 2020 WSK Super Masters Series - KZ2 42nd 25th South Gardia Winter Cup - KZ2 12th

Circuit racing summary Season still in progress

Complete Toyota Racing 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 DC Points 2021 M2 Competition HD11 HD12 HD13 HD21 HD22 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 MAN4 1st 356

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Main race 2021 M2 Competition Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota 4th 3rd

Complete Australian Carrera Cup Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts 2021 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991.II SANR1 SANR2 SANR3 BENR4 BENR5 BENR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 TOWR9 BATR10 BATR11 BATR12 BATR13 6th 362

Super2 Series results (key) (Race results only)

Supercars Championship results

Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2022 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S550 Lee Holdsworth 6th 161 2023 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Kévin Estre 11th 161 2024 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Garth Tander DNF 130 2025 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Garth Tander 1st 161 2026 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Will Davison

The Bend 500 Results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2025 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Garth Tander 3rd 102 2026 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Will Davison

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2022 JMW Motorsport LMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo LEC IMO MNZ CAT SPA POR 15th 33