Mathias Beche

Mathias Beche
Mathias Beche
Born	June 28, 1986 (age 40); Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss and French
Occupation	Professional racing driver
Years active	2007–present
Known for	European Le Mans Series competitor, ELMS LMP2 champion, FIA World Endurance Championship overall winner

Mathias Beche Aussel (born 28 June 1986 in Geneva) is a professional racing driver holding Swiss and French nationality, currently competing in the European Le Mans Series with Richard Mille by TDS. He has previously secured titles as ELMS LMP2 champion and LMP1-L champion, also achieving overall victory in the FIA World Endurance Championship while driving for Rebellion Racing.

Career

Beche's motorsport journey began in karting, before advancing to Asian single-seater competitions in 2007, where he finished fifth in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge. The following year, he claimed second place in Formula Asia 2.0. Transitioning to sportscar racing in 2009, he earned third place in Formula Le Mans. In 2010, he participated in four rounds of the Le Mans Series and took part in two events of the FIA GT3 European Championship, piloting a Ford GT.

During 2011, Beche contested the full season of the Le Mans Series in the LMP2 category with TDS Racing, achieving victories at Spa and Estoril and concluding the season fourth overall. Additionally, he competed at Zolder in the FIA GT1 World Championship.

In 2012, with LMP2 elevated as the premier class of ELMS, Beche alongside teammate Pierre Thiriet triumphed in both the opening race at Paul Ricard and the finale at Road Atlanta, ultimately securing the championship title. The pair also attained a second-place finish in class at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Christophe Tinseau.

Continuing his ELMS campaign with TDS Racing in 2013, Beche made his debut in the FIA WEC's top-tier class driving for Rebellion Racing. Despite missing the ELMS season opener, he achieved two victories and concluded second overall. In WEC competition, Beche earned two podium finishes and ranked fifth in the championship standings.

From 2014 through 2015, Beche concentrated on Rebellion’s LMP1 program, capturing the LMP1-L class win at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Nico Prost and Nick Heidfeld, as well as securing the LMP1-L championship that year. In 2015, after initially missing races to assist with developing the Rebellion R-One car, he claimed two privateer class victories and successfully defended his title. He was also considered for a reserve driver role with Toyota Gazoo Racing but was ultimately not selected, losing out to Kamui Kobayashi.

Returning to ELMS action in 2016 with TDS Racing, Beche drove an Oreca 05 alongside Pierre Thiriet and Ryō Hirakawa. Despite an early setback due to a crash at Silverstone, they went on to win races at Imola, Red Bull Ring, and Paul Ricard but ended up second to G-Drive Racing following difficulties during the final round.

In 2017, Beche rejoined Rebellion Racing full-time for their WEC LMP2 campaign. The team encountered disqualifications at both Le Mans and Fuji because of technical non-compliance but managed to secure three podium finishes late in the season, finishing fourth overall.

For the 2018–19 WEC "Super Season," Beche returned to LMP1 competition driving Rebellion’s R13 alongside Thomas Laurent and Gustavo Menezes. The team achieved several podiums including a class victory at Silverstone after Toyota’s disqualification. Midway through the season, Beche switched vehicles and exited prior to its conclusion, finishing sixth overall.

Following intermittent racing appearances during 2019–20—including his Super GT debut with arto Ping An Team Thailand—Beche won the final race of the 2021 Le Mans Cup and earned LMP2 Pro-Am honors at the 8 Hours of Portimão with Realteam Racing.

In 2022, competing in ELMS Pro-Am with TDS Racing x Vaillante alongside rookie Tijmen van der Helm and amateur Philippe Cimadomo, Beche secured two pole positions but finished fourth in Pro-Am rankings. The team achieved fourth place at the 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours after Cimadomo was excluded before the race, leading to Nyck de Vries joining for that event.

During the 2023 ELMS season with Nielsen Racing alongside Ben Hanley and Rodrigo Sales, Beche attained three podiums and ended fourth in Pro-Am standings. Their Le Mans campaign was cut short due to a crash involving Sales.

For 2024, Beche has signed with Richard Mille by TDS’s ELMS LMP2 squad alongside rookie Grégoire Saucy and returning teammate Rodrigo Sales.

Complete Asian Formula Renault Challenge results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole positions) (Races shown in italics represent fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Position	Points Earned
2007	Asia Racing Team	ZHU1 1 6th	ZHU1 2 6th	SEP 1 4th	SEP 2 5th	BEI1 1 2nd	BEI1 2 2nd	SHA1 1 5th	SHA1 2 Retired	ZHU2 1 15th	ZHU2 2 11th	BEI2 1 4th	BEI2 2 Retired	SHA2 1 4th	SHA2 2 1st	5th	190

Complete Formula Asia 2.0 results

(key) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps are indicated in italics)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final Standing	Points Accumulated
2008	Champ Motorsport	SEP1 1 1st	SEP1 2 2nd	SEP1 3 2nd	SEP2 1 4th	SEP2 2 5th	BIR1 1 3rd	BIR1 2 3rd	BIR2 1 5th	BIR2 2 4th							2nd	190

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Full Formula Le Mans Cup Results

(Legend) (Events shown in bold denote pole position) (Events in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final Position	Total Points
2009	Hope Polevision Racing	SPA 1 3rd	SPA 2 2nd	LMS 2nd	PRT 1 4th	PRT 2 2nd	NÜR 1 2nd	NÜR 2 8th	SIL 1 2nd	SIL 2 1st	MAG 1st	3rd overall	146 points

Full European Le Mans Series Results

(Legend) (Entries in bold indicate pole position) (Entries in italics represent fastest lap)

Year	Team	Category	Chassis Model	Engine Type	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final Standing	Points Accumulated
2010	Hope Polevision Racing	FLM	Oreca FLM09	General Motors 6.3 L V8	LEC 2nd						13th place	28 points
	Applewood Seven	FLM	Oreca FLM09	General Motors 6.3 L V8			ALG Template:Small Retired	HUN Template:Small Retired	SIL		13th place	28 points
	Matech Competition	LMGT1	Ford GT1	Ford 5.3 L V8		SPA 2nd					6th place	15 points
2011	TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	LEC Template:Small Retired	SPA Template:Small 1st	IMO Template:Small 7th	SIL Template:Small Retired	EST Template:Small 1st		4th overall	38 points
2012	Thiriet by TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	LEC Template:Small 1st	DON Template:Small 2nd	PET Template:Small 1st				Champion (1st)	94 points
2013	Thiriet by TDS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8		IMO Template:Small 1st	RBR Template:Small 1st				6th position	62 points
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Full FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final Position	Total 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 Turbocharged V6		<style="background:#DFFFDF;">LMS 19		14th	14.5

24 Hours of Le Mans Results

Year	Team	Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Completed Laps	Overall Ranking	Category Ranking
2012	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Thiriet by TDS Racing	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Pierre Thiriet Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Christophe Tinseau	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	353	8th	2nd
2013	Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Rebellion Racing	Template:Country data ITA Template:Namespace detect showall Andrea Belicchi Template:Country data CHN Template:Namespace detect showall Congfu Cheng	Lola B12/60-Toyota	LMP1	275	40th	8th
2014	Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Rebellion Racing	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Nicolas Prost Germany Nick Heidfeld	Rebellion R-One-Toyota	LMP1-L	360	4th	1st
2015	Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Rebellion Racing	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Nicolas Prost Germany Nick Heidfeld	Rebellion R-One-AER	LMP1	330	23rd	10th
2016	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Thiriet by TDS Racing	Template:Country data JPN Template:Namespace detect showall Ryō Hirakawa Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Pierre Thiriet	Oreca 05-Nissan	LMP2	241	DNF	DNF
2017	Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Rebellion Racing#Vaillante Rebellion	Template:Country data BRA Template:Namespace detect showall Nelson Piquet Jr. Template:Country data DEN Template:Namespace detect showall David Heinemeier Hansson	Oreca 07-Gibson Technology#Gibson	LMP2	364	DSQ	DSQ
2018	Template:Country data CHE Template:Namespace detect showall Rebellion Racing	United States Gustavo Menezes Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Thomas Laurent	Rebellion R13-Gibson Technology#Gibson	LMP1	376	3rd	3rd

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Full Asian Le Mans Series Results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Laps Completed	Overall Result	Class Result
2019	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Anders Fjordbach	Oreca 07-Gibson Technology#Gibson	LMP2	356	16th	11th
2022	TDS Racing XVaillante	Nyck de Vries Tijmen van der Helm	Oreca 07-Gibson Technology#Gibson	LMP2	368	8th	4th
2023	Nielsen Racing	Ben Hanley Rodrigo Sales	Oreca 07-Gibson Technology#Gibson	LMP2	18	DNF	DNF
LMP2 Pro-Am
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Season	Team	Category	Vehicle	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final Standing	Points Accumulated
2014	Craft-Bamboo Racing	CN	Ligier JS53	Honda 2.0 L I4	INJ 1	FUJ 1	SHA	SEP			3rd place	52 points
2019–20	Inter Europol Endurance	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SHA 4	BEN Ret	SEP 5	BUR 7			5th overall	28 points
2023	Nielsen Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DUB 1 4	DUB 2 3	ABU 1 6	ABU 2 8			Finished 6th	39 points
2023–24	ARC Bratislava	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 10	SEP 2 10	DUB 10	ABU 1 11	ABU 2 8		Ranked 14th	7 points
2024–25	Proton Competition	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 9	style = " background : #FFFFFF ; " > SEP 2 < br > WD	style = " background : #DFFFDF ; " > DUB 1 < br > 9	style = " background : #DFFFDF ; " > DUB 2 < br > 10	style = " background : #DFFFDF ; " > ABU 1 < br > 5	style = " background : #DFFFDF ; " > ABU 2 < br > 5	Positioned 11th	23 points

Full IMSA SportsCar Championship Results

(key) (Events shown in bold denote pole positions) (Events in italics indicate fastest laps)

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Power Unit	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2017	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Prototype	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 5th	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA		24th place	49 points
2017	Rebellion Racing	Prototype	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8										PET 8th	24th place	49 points
2025	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	LMP2 Class	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8 Engine	DAY 3rd	SEB 9th	WGL 12th	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET				21st*	786*

^* Current season ongoing.

Full Super GT Results

(key) (Events in bold signify pole position) (Events in italics represent fastest lap)

Year	Racing Team	Model	Division	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Final Standing (DC)	Total Points
2020	arto Ping An Insurance Team Thailand	Lexus RC F GT3	GT300 Class	Fuji Speedway (FUJ)	Fuji Speedway (FUJ)	Suzuka Circuit (SUZ)	Twin Ring Motegi (MOT)	Fuji Speedway (FUJ)	SUZ 19th	MOT 23rd	FUJ 26th	NC (Not Classified)	0 points