Mathias Beche

Mathias Beche
Beche at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers parade
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1986-06-28) 28 June 1986 Geneva, Switzerland
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Vaillante Rebellion
Car number	13
Former teams	Hope Polevision Racing Matech
Starts	9
Wins	4
Poles	3
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	Champion in 2012
Previous series
2011 2010 2009 2008 2008 2007–2008	FIA GT1 World Championship European GT3 Formula Le Mans Formula Asia 2.0 Formula V6 Asia Asian Formula Renault
Championship titles
2012	Euro Le Mans Series LMP2 Class

Mathias Beche (born 28 June 1986 in Geneva) is a Swiss professional racing driver. He finished eighth overall and second in the LMP2 class of the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans and is the reigning champion of the European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class.

Career

After starting in karting, Beche began racing in single-seaters in Asia in 2007 when he contested the Asian Formula Renault Challenge, finishing fifth overall with one win. The following year he took part in Formula Asia 2.0 where he ended up runner-up to Felix Rosenqvist.

2009 saw Beche switch to sportscar racing, finishing third in Formula Le Mans. In 2010 he contested four Le Mans Series rounds; three in the FLM class and one in GT1 in a Ford GT. He then entered the last two rounds of the FIA GT3 European Championship, also in a Ford.

In 2011 Beche competed in the full Le Mans Series season in an LMP2 Oreca 03 for TDS Racing with Pierre Thiriet and Jody Firth. The trio won the rounds at Spa and Estoril and finished fourth in the final drivers' standings. Beche also drove in the FIA GT1 World Championship round at Zolder in a Ford.

For 2012, LMP2 became the top class of the renamed European Le Mans Series. Partnering Thiriet at TDS, Beche won the opening round of the season at Paul Ricard and the season finale at Road Atlanta, securing his first major championship victory. For the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans they were joined by Christophe Tinseau and the car finished eighth overall and second in LMP2.

Racing record

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2010	Hope Polevision Racing	FLM	Oreca FLM09	General Motors 6.3 L V8	LEC 2						13th	28
	Applewood Seven						ALG Ret	HUN Ret	SIL
	Matech Competition	LMGT1	Ford GT1	Ford 5.3 L V8		SPA 2					6th	15
2011	TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	LEC Ret	SPA 1	IMO 7	SIL Ret	EST 1		4th	38
2012	Thiriet by TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	LEC 1	DON 2	PET 1				1st	94
2013	Thiriet by TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	IMO 1	RBR 1	HUN 6	LEC 8		6th	62
2016	Thiriet by TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL Ret	IMO 1	RBR 1	LEC 1	SPA 3	EST 8	2nd	96
2019	Inter Europol Competition	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC	MNZ	CAT	SIL	SPA 12	ALG Ret	35th	0.5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2012	ADR-Delta	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SEB	SPA	LMS	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ	SHA 7		35th	6
2013	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	Lola B12/60	Toyota (RV8KLM 3.4 L V8)	SIL 6	SPA 6	LMS 13	SÃO 3	COA 4	FUJ 3	SHA 4	BHR Ret		5th	63.5
2014	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	Lola B12/60	Toyota (RV8KLM 3.4 L V8)	SIL 4	SPA 7	LMS 4	COA 7	FUJ 12	SHA 7	BHR 7	SÃO 8		10th	64.5
2015	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	Rebellion R-One	AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6	SIL	SPA	LMS 19	NÜR 16	COA 15	FUJ 7	SHA 7	BHR 14		14th	14.5
2016	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	Rebellion R-One	AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6	SIL	SPA	LMS	NÜR 17	MEX	COA	FUJ			41st	0.5
	Manor	LMP2	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8								SHA Ret	BHR	33rd	0
2017	Vaillante Rebellion	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL 9	SPA 4	LMS DSQ	NÜR 4	MEX 5	COA 2	FUJ DSQ	SHA 3	BHR 3	8th	85
2018–19	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	Rebellion R13	Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8	SPA 3	LMS 3	SIL 1	FUJ Ret	SHA 5	SEB Ret	SPA	LMS		6th	73

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	Rebellion Racing	Andrea Belicchi Congfu Cheng	Lola B12/60-Toyota	LMP1	275	40th	8th
2014	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Nick Heidfeld	Rebellion R-One-Toyota	LMP1-L	360	4th	1st
2015	Rebellion Racing	Nicolas Prost Nick Heidfeld	Rebellion R-One-AER	LMP1	330	23rd	10th
2016	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Ryō Hirakawa Pierre Thiriet	Oreca 05-Nissan	LMP2	241	DNF	DNF
2017	Vaillante Rebellion	Nelson Piquet Jr. David Heinemeier Hansson	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	364	DSQ	DSQ
2018	Rebellion Racing	Gustavo Menezes Thomas Laurent	Rebellion R13-Gibson	LMP1	376	3rd	3rd
2019	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	356	16th	11th

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Pts
2017	JDC-Miller MotorSports	P	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 5	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA		24th	49
	Rebellion Racing													PET 8

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2020	arto Ping An Team Thailand	Lexus RC F GT3	GT300	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	MOT	FUJ	SUZ 19	MOT 23	FUJ 26	NC	0

External links

• Official website
• Mathias Beche career summary at DriverDB.com