Matthew Di Leo (born March 2, 1995) is a Canadian racing driver from Barrie, Ontario.
After karting, Di Leo began racing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship in 2011 for Brian Stewart Racing. and finished fifth in points with a podium finish in Baltimore. That winter he had finished third in the U.S. F2000 Winterfest. In 2012 he returned to U.S. F2000, this time driving for his own MDL Racing team. He finished ninth in the Winterfest and then finished fourth in points in the main championship, with four podium finishes and was running at the finish of all but one race. During the 2013 winter he competed in the 24 Hours of Dubai and the 2013 U.S. F2000 Winterfest where he finished eighth. On April 9, 2013, he completed his first Firestone Indy Lights test at Buttonwillow Raceway and on April 16 announced that he would compete in the Long Beach Indy Lights race the following weekend.[1] Starting ninth in the ten-car field, he finished fifth in the race.[2]
Racing record
editU.S. F2000 National Championship
edit| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Brian Stewart Racing | SEB 9 |
SEB 11 |
STP 4 |
STP 7 |
ORP 6 |
MIL 8 |
MDO 6 |
MDO 5 |
ROA 7 |
ROA 6 |
BAL 3 |
BAL 13 |
5th | 174 | ||
| 2012 | MDL Racing | SEB 12 |
SEB 4 |
STP 18 |
STP 3 |
LOR 8 |
MDO 7 |
MDO 2 |
ROA 2 |
ROA 4 |
ROA 5 |
BAL 3 |
BAL 6 |
VIR 7 |
VIR 21 |
4th | 220 |
Indy Lights
edit| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | MDL Racing | STP | ALA | LBH 5 |
INDY | MIL | IOW | POC | TOR 9 |
MDO 10 |
BAL 6 |
HOU 11 |
FON | 9th | 119 | ||
| 2014 | MDL Racing | STP | LBH | ALA | ALA | IND | IND | INDY | POC | TOR 6 |
MDO | MDO | MIL | SNM | SNM | 16th | 28 |
References
edit- ^ Di Leo to Make Debut on Streets of Long Beach Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, April 16, 2013, Retrieved 2013-04-16
- ^ "2013 Long Beach 100". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
External links
edit- Official website
- Matthew Di Leo driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Matthew Di Leo career summary at DriverDB.com
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