Mathias Lauda

Mathias Lauda (born 30 January 1981 in Salzburg, Salzburg State, Austria) is an Austrian racing driver, who competed in the inaugural 2005 FIA GP2 Series, competing for Coloni Motorsport. The son of three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda, Lauda would only complete one season of GP2, before taking a seat in the DTM for 2006.

Lauda would partner Gianmaria Bruni for his rookie season of GP2, and would be one of the only drivers to have competed in GP2's predecessor, International Formula 3000. However, a difficult season for Lauda would see him only claim one points finish, leaving him in 21st in the Championship.

Lauda left GP2 at the end of the 2005 season, and instead joined the DTM from 2006 onward. The Austrian driver would later go on to secure a factory seat with Aston Martin, culminating in him winning the LMGTE Am class of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2017.

Background
Lauda's career began in 2002, with the Austrian racer taking a race seat in Formula Nissan 2000, while also taking one-off drives in Formula VW and Spanish Formula Three. After finishing twelfth in that series, Lauda secured a seat in the World Series Light for 2003, finishing eighth overall in support of the World Series by Nissan. For 2004 Lauda would compete in two Formula 3000 series, finishing ninth in the in the Euro Series, and thirteenth in the full International Formula 3000 Championship.

GP2 Series History
After competing with Coloni Motorsport in International F3000, Lauda would re-sign with the Italian squad for the inaugural FIA GP2 Series in 2005, partnering Gianmaria Bruni.

Post GP2 Series Career
After finishing the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix championship for Team Austria, Lauda moved to the DTM Championship in Germany, taking a customer Mercedes seat. Four seasons in the DTM saw Lauda claim a handful of points finishes, before he moved on to the Porsche Supercup for 2011. 2012 saw another move, Lauda completing a single season in the FIA GT1 World Championship, before bouncing across ADAC GT Master and NASCAR Whelen Euro Series in 2014.

2015 saw Lauda sign as a factory Aston Martin driver for the FIA World Endurance Championship, who placed the Austrian racer in their LMGTE Am team alongside Paul Dalla Lana and Pedro Lamy. In 2017 the trio claimed the 2017 LMGTE Am title in WEC, and would compete with the team until the end of the 2018-19 Super Season.

Full GP2 Series Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining 's career in the GP2 Series in statistical form.

GP2 Series Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for during their GP2 career:

Career Results
Below is a table showing 's full GP2 Series record.