Matthew Halliday (born 14 July 1979) is a motor racing driver. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Matthew Halliday
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 (age 44) Auckland, New Zealand
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season	2009
Current team	SANITEC GILTRAP Racing
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	42
Former teams	Jetstream Motorsport MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg
Starts	21
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	7th in 2009
Previous series
2007 2005–2006 2004 2003 2001 1999–2000	Champ Car World Series A1 Grand Prix Porsche Carrera Cup (AUS) Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Indy Lights Formula Holden
Awards
2006	Jim Clark Trophy

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Halliday's formula racing career has involved various single seater series in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the United States. Following two seasons in the Formula Holden category contesting the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1999 and 2000, he moved to the United States and ran in both the Indy Lights and Toyota Atlantic series in 2001. In 2002 he moved to the Infiniti Pro Series but was injured after two races. He finished 3rd and 4th in the inaugural A1 Grand Prix races at Brands Hatch in 2005 went on to have a very successful season with A1 Team New Zealand. He ran the first three races of the 2007 Champ Car World Series season for Conquest Racing however his sponsorship ended after three races and he was replaced by Jan Heylen. He was to drive for Team Australia in the 2008 Champ Car season but this didn't happen with the merger in to the IndyCar Series.

Halliday has been a regular in Carrera Cup racing in his native New Zealand with the odd season in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship and also the Porsche Supercup. Along with this he has races in the Australian V8 Supercars as an endurance driver from 2004 to 2013.