Mathieu_Jaminet

Mathieu Jaminet

French racing driver

Mathieu Jaminet (born 24 October 1994) is a French racing driver. He is currently employed by Porsche as a factory driver and participates primarily in endurance racing, including the Intercontinental GT Challenge, the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, and the North American Endurance Championship within IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Quick Facts Nationality, Born ...

Mathieu Jaminet

Nationality	French
Born	(1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 29) Hayange, France
Racing licence	FIA Platinum

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2017
Teams	Porsche GT Team, Wright Motorsports, Alegra Motorsports
Car number	912 (2018–2020)
Starts	5 (GT Le Mans)
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	19th in 2019
Previous series
2017–2018 2017–2018 2016 2015–2016 2013 2012 2011 2010	ADAC GT Masters Pirelli World Challenge Porsche Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup France FFSA GT Championship Peugeot RCZ Cup France Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 F4 Eurocup 1.6
Championship titles
2018 2016 2012	ADAC GT Masters Porsche Carrera Cup France Peugeot RCZ Cup France

Career

Jaminet originally began pursuing a career in formula racing, participating in the F4 Eurocup 1.6 championship in 2010 and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship in 2011. Following this, he moved between several racing series over the next years before entering the Porsche Carrera Cup France championship in 2015. After finishing second in his debut season there, he was named a Porsche Junior Driver for the 2016 season. Jaminet won the Carrera Cup championship in 2016 and took third in the Porsche Supercup championship, prompting Porsche to promote him to a "Young Professional."^[1]

For 2017, Jaminet participated primarily in ADAC GT Masters, driving for KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard.^[2] He, along with teammate Michael Ammermüller, finished eight in the championship, including a win at the first race of the season. Jaminet also made appearances in other series, including a handful of starts in the Pirelli World Challenge, two starts in the GT Daytona class of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, a participation in the 24 Hours of Spa.

Jaminet continued in ADAC GT Masters in 2018 ADAC GT Masters, this time driving for Precote Herberth Motorsport. He and teammate Robert Renauer won the championship, resulting in Jaminet earning more international race outings and a place on the North American Porsche GT Team to drive endurance races in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as well as a chance to drive the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[3]

For the 2020 season, Jaminet was promoted to a full Porsche factory driver.^[4] He continues to drive the North American endurance events with the Porsche GT Team, as well as participating in international GT3 events.

Personal life

Jaminet currently resides in Differdange, Luxembourg.^[5]

Racing results

Career summary

More information Season, Series ...

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	F4 Eurocup 1.6	Auto Sport Academy	14	3	3	2	6	112	3rd
2011	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Josef Kaufmann Racing	14	0	0	0	0	15	16th
2011	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Josef Kaufmann Racing	5	0	0	0	0	27	31st
2012	Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup	Saintéloc Racing	12	4	5	6	9	174	1st
2013	FFSA GT Championship	Saintéloc Racing	14	0	0	0	0	28	18th
2014	Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup	JSB Compétition	1	0	0	0	0	0	37th
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Racing Technology	12	4	4	3	6	174	2nd
2016	Porsche Supercup	Martinet by Alméras	10	3	3	3	6	146	3rd
2016	Porsche Carrera Cup France	Martinet by Alméras	12	10	9	9	12	218	1st
2017	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	14	1	1	1	2	91	8th
	Pirelli World Challenge - GT	GMG Racing	5	0	1	0	0	51	36th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Alegra Motorsports	2	0	1	2	0	47	47th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Manthey Racing	3	1	1	1	2	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am	Herberth Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	7	38th
	24H Series - A6	IMSA Performance
2018	ADAC GT Masters	Precote Herberth Motorsport	14	1	1	1	4	137	1st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche GT Team	1	0	0	0	0	25	21st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Wright Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	37	44th
	Pirelli World Challenge - GT	GMG Racing	2	0	0	0	0	11	41st
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Craft-Bamboo Racing	1	0	0	0	0	1	25th
	FIA GT World Cup	Craft-Bamboo Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	24H GT Series - A6	Manthey Racing
	24H GT Series - SPX	Manthey Racing
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	ROWE Racing	5	0	1	0	0	32	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	EBM	2	0	0	0	0	52	6th
		Park Place Motorsports	1	0	0	0	1
		ROWE Racing	1	0	0	0	0
		Frikadelli Racing Team	1	1	0	0	1
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche GT Team	3	0	0	0	1	82	19th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	13.36	25th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	1	0	13.36	25th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GPX Racing	4	0	0	0	2	65	2nd
	24H GT Series - GT3	GPX Racing
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Absolute Racing	1	0	0	0	1	45	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	GPX Racing	2	0	0	0	2	45	2nd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche GT Team	2	0	0	0	1	58	12th
	ADAC GT Masters	Precote Herberth Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	27	27th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Manthey Racing	2	0	0	0	0	11.04	49th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2021	ADAC GT Masters	SSR Performance	14	4	2	2	6	195	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GPX Martini Racing	5	1	0	0	1	35	10th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	WeatherTech Racing	5	2	0	1	4	1706	5th
	24H GT Series - GT3	GPX Racing
	Dubai 24 Hour - GT3-Pro	GPX Racing	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	1	0	0	1	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Pfaff Motorsports	10	5	2	0	8	3497	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Toksport WRT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	EMA Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	2	33rd
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP	Porsche Penske Motorsport	9	2	0	0	4	2691	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Bathurst 12 Hour - GT3 Pro	Manthey EMA Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Lionspeed by Car Collection Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP	Porsche Penske Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	4th*	304*

^† As Jaminet was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

More information Year, Team ...

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	Porsche GT Team	Sven Müller Dennis Olsen	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	339	27th	7th
2023	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Felipe Nasr Nick Tandy	Porsche 963	Hypercar	84	DNF	DNF
Sources:^[6]^[7]

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

More information Year, Team ...

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	Wright Motorsports	Patrick Long Christina Nielsen Robert Renauer	Porsche 911 GT3 R	GTD	666	41st	20th
2019	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR	GTLM	570	12th	3rd
2020	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTLM	786	14th	2nd
2022	Pfaff Motorsports	Felipe Nasr Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 GT3 R	GTD Pro	711	18th	1st
2023	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Dane Cameron Nick Tandy	Porsche 963	GTP	700	42nd	8th
Source:^[6]

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

More information Year, Team ...

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Romain Dumas Sven Müller	Porsche 911 GT3 R	APP	234	DNF	DNF
2020	Absolute Racing	Matt Campbell Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	A-Pro	314	4th	4th

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

More information Year, Entrant ...

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points	Ref
2017	Alegra Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	DAY	SEB	LBH	COA 7	DET 10	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LAG	PET	47th	47	^[8]
2018	Wright Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	DAY 19	SBR 6	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LAG	PET		44th	37	^[9]
2018	Porsche GT Team	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	DAY	SEB	LBH	MDO	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LAG	PET 6		21st	25	^[9]
2019	Porsche GT Team	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	DAY 3	SEB 5	LBH	MDO	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LAG	PET 5		19th	82	^[10]
2020	Porsche GT Team	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR-19	DAY 2	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET 5	LGA	SEB		12th	58	^[11]
2021	WeatherTech Racing	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR-19	DAY	SEB 1	DET	WGL 5	WGL	LIM 3	ELK	LGA	LBH 3	VIR	PET 1		5th	1706	^[12]
2022	Pfaff Motorsports	GTD Pro	Porsche 911 GT3 R	DAY 1	SEB 5	LBH 6	LGA 1	WGL 3	MOS 1	LIM 1	ELK 2	VIR 1	PET 3			1st	3497	^[13]
2023	Porsche Penske Motorsport	GTP	Porsche 963	DAY 8	SEB 3	LBH 1	MON 2	WGL 9	MOS 5	ELK 7	IMS 1	PET 10				4th	2691	^[14]
2024	Porsche Penske Motorsport	GTP	Porsche 963	DAY 4	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	ELK	IMS	ATL				4th*	304*	^[15]
Source:^[6]

* Season still in progress

References

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"Awards and prizes for the champions". adac-gt-masters.de. ADAC GT Masters. December 9, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
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"Mathieu Jaminet : " Une belle récompense pour mon travail "". Autohebdo.fr. AUTOHebdo. September 9, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
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"Mathieu Jaminet - 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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"Mathieu Jaminet - 2024 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Maxime Jousse	Porsche Carrera Cup France Champion 2016	Succeeded by Julien Andlauer
Preceded by Jules Gounon	ADAC GT Masters Champion 2018 With: Robert Renauer	Succeeded by Kelvin van der Linde Patric Niederhauser
Preceded by Antonio García Jordan Taylor (GTLM)	IMSA SportsCar Championship GTD Pro Champion 2022 With: Matt Campbell	Succeeded by Incumbent

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