Matthew Payne

Matthew Allen "Matt" Payne (born 3 October 2002) is a New Zealand racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand.^[1] He is currently competing in the Supercars Championship with Grove Racing, driving the No. 19 Ford Mustang GT.^[2]

Matt Payne
Matt Payne at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2024
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(2002-10-03) 3 October 2002 (age 22) Auckland, New Zealand
Supercars Championship career
Debut season	2022
Current team	Grove Racing
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	19
Starts	29
Wins	6
Podiums	5
Poles	2
Best finish	6th in 2024
Previous series
2021 2021	Toyota Racing Series Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Championship titles
2021	Toyota Racing Series

Racing career

Toyota Racing Series

After turning heads with his karting success, Payne tested the FT-50 (older spec TRS) and impressed immediately with confirmation coming in December 2020 that Payne would contest the full three round 2021 Toyota Racing Series for M2 Motorsport.^[3]

The 2021 New Zealand Grand Prix was the opening round of the season and was held at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the series lacked international drivers. To compensate the event organizers called on experienced New Zealand racing drivers such as Shane Van Gisbergen, Greg Murphy & Andre Heimgartner to heighten the quantity and quality of the field.^[4] Payne impressed in his open-wheel debut finishing third in all three races over the weekend including the NZGP. Payne went on to win five of the remaining six races, winning the 2021 Toyota Racing Series conformably over second placed Kaleb Ngatoa.^[5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2021	Toyota Racing Series	M2 Competition	9	5	3	5	9	287	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup Australia	Earl Bamber Motorsport	13	1	2	0	3	362	6th
	Super2 Series	Grove Racing	3	0	0	0	0	234	17th
2022	Super2 Series	Grove Racing	11	2	3	0	6	1209	3rd
	Supercars Championship		1	0	0	0	0	204	34th
	24H GT Series - GT3	Earl Bamber Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	5*	12th*
	European Le Mans Series - GTE	JMW Motorsport	5	0	0	0	0	33	15th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Singha Racing Team TP 12[6]	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		EBM Grove Racing	1	0	0	0	0
2023	Supercars Championship	Grove Racing	28	1	0	0	1	1487	14th
2023-24	Middle East Trophy - GT3	EBM – Grove Racing
2024	Supercars Championship	Grove Racing
	24H Series - GT3

* Season still in progress

Toyota Racing Series results

Payne during the 2021 NZGP at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2021	M2 Competition	HD1 1 3	HD1 2 3	HD1 3 3	HD2 1 1	HD2 2 1	MAN 1 1	MAN 2 1	MAN 3 2	MAN 4 1	1st	356

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Main race
2021	M2 Competition	Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota	4th	3rd

Australian Carrera Cup Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts
2021	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991.II	SAN R1 12	SAN R2 10	SAN R3 16	BEN R4 Ret	BEN R5 5	BEN R6 3	TOW R7 10	TOW R8 3	TOW R9 1	BAT R10 15	BAT R11 9	BAT R12 5	BAT R13 4	6th	362

Super2 Series results

(key) (Race results only)

Super2 Series results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Position	Points
2021	Grove Racing	Nissan Altima L33	BAT	BAT	TOW1	TOW1	TOW2	TOW2	SMP 16	SMP C	BAT 13	BAT 5			17th	234
2022	Grove Racing	Nissan Altima L33	SMP 4	SMP 2	BAR 1	BAR 2	TOW 10	TOW Ret	SAN 19	SAN 1	BAT 3	BAT C	ADE 2	ADE 4	3rd	1209

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	Position	Points
2021	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	BAT1 R1	BAT1 R2	SAN R3	SAN R4	SAN R5	SYM R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	BEN R9	BEN R10	BEN R11	HID R12	HID R13	HID R14	TOW1 R15	TOW1 R16	TOW2 R17	TOW2 R18	TOW2 R19	SMP1 R20	SMP1 R21	SMP1 R22	SMP2 R23	SMP2 R24	SMP2 R25	SMP3 R26	SMP3 R27	SMP3 R28	SMP4 R29 PO	SMP4 R30 PO	BAT2 R31				NC	0
2022	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	SMP R1	SMP R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	MEL R6	MEL R7	MEL R8	MEL R9	BAR R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13	WIN R14	WIN R15	HID R16	HID R17	HID R18	TOW R19	TOW R20	BEN R21	BEN R22	BEN R23	SAN R24 PO	SAN R25 PO	SAN R26	PUK R27	PUK R28	PUK R29	BAT R30 6	SUR R31	SUR R32	ADL R33	ADL R34	34th	204
2023	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	NEW R1 12	NEW R2 14	MEL R3 13	MEL R4 17	MEL R5 21	MEL R6 12	BAR R7 6	BAR R8 9	BAR R9 18	SYM R10 15	SYM R11 15	SYM R12 21	HID R13 19	HID R14 23	HID R15 25	TOW R16 15	TOW R17 18	SMP R18 24	SMP R19 23	BEN R20 7	BEN R21 6	BEN R22 18	SAN R23 6	BAT R24 11	SUR R25 9	SUR R26 4	ADE R27 23	ADE R28 1							14th	1673
2024	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	BAT1 R1 10	BAT1 R2 7	MEL R3 3	MEL R4 3	MEL R5 Ret	MEL R6 14	TAU R7 13	TAU R8 4	BAR R9 8	BAR R10 9	HID R11 15	HID R12 20	TOW R13 4	TOW R14 1	SMP R15 2	SMP R16 4	SYM R17 17	SYM R18 21	SAN R19 4	BAT R20 Ret	SUR R21 4	SUR R22 9	ADE R23 4	ADE R24 23											5th	1863
2025	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	SYD R1 4	SYD R2 5	SYD R3 6	MEL R4 9	MEL R5 11	MEL R6 10	MEL R7 C	TAU R8 1	TAU R9 4	TAU R10 1	SYM R11 15	SYM R12 7	SYM R13 1	BAR R14 6	BAR R15 5	BAR R16 2	HID R17 3	HID R18 8	HID R19 3	TOW R20 4	TOW R21 3	TOW R22 5	QLD R23 12	QLD R24 6	QLD R25 4	BEN R26	BAT R27	SUR R28	SUR R29	SAN R30	SAN R31	ADE R32	ADE R33	ADE R34	3rd*	1524*

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2022	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S550	Lee Holdsworth	6th	161
2023	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	Kévin Estre	11th	161
2024	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang S650	Garth Tander	DNF	130

European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2022	JMW Motorsport	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	LEC 10	IMO 4	MNZ 6	CAT	SPA 6	POR 7	15th	33