Mathias Beche | |
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Beche at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers parade
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Nationality | Swiss |
Born |
Geneva, Switzerland |
28 June 1986
European Le Mans Series career | |
Debut season | 2010 |
Current team | Thiriet by TDS Racing |
Car no. | 46 |
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.
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.