Matias Laine
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| Matias Laine | |
|---|---|
 Laine in 2013. | |
| Nationality |  Finnish |
| Born | Matias Roni Rikunpoika Laine 25 April 1990 |
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2013 |
| Current team | Strakka Racing |
| Car number | 12 |
| Former teams | P1 by Strakka Racing |
| Starts | 34 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 13th in 2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011 2010 2009 2009 2008 2008 | GP3 Series Formula 3 Euro Series Formula Renault 2.0 UK Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 FR2.0 UK Winter Series FR2.0 Portugal Winter Series |
Matias Roni Rikunpoika Laine (born 25 April 1990 in Joensuu) is a Finnish former racing driver.
Karting
Laine began his motorsport career in karting in 2003, finishing as runner-up in the Finnish Raket Cup Championship. In 2005 he won the Finnish Championship for the ICA Junior class.
Formula Renault
Laine began his formula racing career in the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Cup season with CR Scuderia. He finished ninth in the championship with 50 points. He also completed two races of 2008 Portugal Winter Series FR2.0 at Estoril. Laine finished third and thirteenth in those races.
The following season, Laine competed in both the Formula Renault 2.0 UK and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships for CRS Racing and Motopark Academy respectively. He finished fourteenth in the UK standings, scoring points in each of the twelve races,[1] before injury curtailed his season at Snetterton. In the Eurocup, he took 22nd place in the championship with six points that were earned in the second race at Silverstone Circuit.[2]
Formula Three
2010 will see Laine move to the Formula 3 Euro Series, competing for Motopark Academy. He joined fellow Formula Renault graduates António Félix da Costa and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs at the team.[3] He earned his first point finishing ninth at Hockenheim round because Esteban Gutiérrez who finished sixth was guest driver and was ineligible to scoring points.[4]
GP3
Laine contested for the Marussia Manor Racing team in 2011 and eventually finished 31st. He was signed to MW Arden for the 2012 season where he scored his first points and then his first podium finish in the Catalunya round. He won his first GP3 race at Spa Francorchamps, along with a final podium at Monza. He ended the season fifth and earned a drive for the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 season with P1 Motorsport.