Matthias Kaiser

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Matthias Kaiser
File:Matthias Kaiser in 2023.jpg
Kaiser in 2023
NationalityLiechtenstein Liechtensteiner
Born (1991-01-22) 22 January 1991 (age 35)
Gamprin, Liechtenstein
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2023
Current teamVector Sport
Racing licenceFile:FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number10
Starts7 (7 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish16th (LMP2) in 2023
Previous series
2021–25
2019–20–21
2019–20
2019		European Le Mans Series
Asian Le Mans Series
Michelin Le Mans Cup
Ultimate Cup Series
Championship titles
2019Ultimate Cup Series LMP3

Matthias Kaiser (born 22 January 1991) is a Liechtenstein racing driver currently competing in the European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing.[1][2]

He is the 2019 champion of the Ultimate Cup Series in the Challenge Proto-LMP3 category.[3]

Parallel to his racing commitments, Kaiser is the head of production and technology at Kaiser Premier in the US, having gotten a degree in alternative fuel vehicle technology engineering at the FH Joanneum.[4][5]

Career

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Early years

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Kaiser began his racing journey in the Porsche Super Sports Cup Germany in 2014.[6] He finished second in 2015 before winning the 911 GT3 Cup class title in 2016 and 2017.[7][8][9][10][11] During the latter year, Kaiser also contested the Touring Car Endurance Series in the TCR category, where he and full-time teammate Felix Wimmer finished the season fourth in the standings. The following year would see Kaiser switch to LMP3 prototypes, as he would race in the V de V Endurance Series. With two race victories the Liechtensteiner won the championship for Wimmer Werk Motorsport, beating two-time champion Jakub Śmiechowski amongst others.[12][13] In 2019, Kaiser returned to the now rebranded Ultimate Cup Series with Wimmer Werk, where four wins from six races earned him the championship.[14][15] Additionally, he made his first foray into the Michelin Le Mans Cup, competing at the Road to Le Mans event for Graff Racing alongside Sébastien Page.[16][17]

LMP3 seasons & LMP2 debut

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Kaiser drove for Graff in two races of the Asian Le Mans Series at the beginning of 2020, scoring a podium in Thailand, before embarking on a campaign in the MLMC together with Rory Penttinen, driving a Ligier JS P320 in LMP3.[18][19] With three podiums, which included a second place at Le Castellet, the pair finished third in the standings. They would lose out on a maiden race win at the season finale despite crossing the finish line first, being demoted to seventh for failing to serve a drive-through penalty.[20][21]

During the 2021 winter, Kaiser made his debut in the LMP2 category, driving an Oreca 07 in the AsLMS for Phoenix Racing as the team's bronze-ranked driver.[22][23] With three third-place finishes, Kaiser and Simon Trummer, his only full-time teammate, finished fourth overall in a field containing five cars. Kaiser's focus during the regular season shifted towards the European Le Mans Series, which he contested with Graff, once again partnering Penttinen in LMP3.[24][25] After struggling during the first few races, Kaiser and Penttinen took points three times and finished on the podium at the final round in Portimão, which led them to ninth in the teams' standings – four places below the sister Graff car.[26][27]

LMP2 full-time

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For 2022, Kaiser stepped up to contest the ELMS in the LMP2 category after being upgraded to a silver ranking by the FIA, driving together with Thomas Laurent and Ugo de Wilde at Mühlner Motorsport.[28][29] With a season-best third place which came from a strategic gamble at Monza, the team finished 11th in the standings, having retired from the final two races, including due to a crash caused by Kaiser in Portugal.[30][31][32]

The Liechtensteiner stepped into the FIA World Endurance Championship ahead of 2023, partnering Gabriel Aubry and fellow silver Ryan Cullen at Vector Sport.[33][34] The team finished tenth in the standings due to a number of technical issues, but scored their best finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with seventh place in the LMP2 class. After the category was removed from the WEC, Kaiser moved back to the ELMS in 2024, partnering Alex Lynn and Olli Caldwell at Algarve Pro Racing.[35] The trio scored two podiums, second at Barcelona and Mugello, and finished fifth in the standings.[36]

File:24H Le Mans 2025 Nr. 25.jpg
Kaiser's No. 25 car at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans

Kaiser remained at Algarve Pro for the 2025 ELMS season, being joined by Théo Pourchaire and Lorenzo Fluxá.[37] Sixth at Barcelona was followed by 14th in Le Castellet, a race which Kaiser had led early on owing to the correct tyre strategy.[38][39][40] In Imola meanwhile, Pourchaire qualified on pole and led the team to a third place at the flag, with Algarve Pro benefiting from a late penalty to the Iron Lynx car.[41][42] The team missed out on another podium at Spa, as they received a 3-minute stop-and-go penalty for entering a closed pit lane during a FCY period.[43] Kaiser and his teammates took fifth at Silverstone and retired from the Portimão finale, thus ending up seventh in the teams' standings.[44][45]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Porsche Super Sports Cup - 5c ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2015 Porsche Super Sports Cup - 911 GT3 Cup Team FMT ? ? ? ? ? ? 2nd
Porsche Sports Cup Endurance 12 213.5[46] 2nd
2016 Porsche Super Sports Cup - 911 GT3 Cup Team FMT ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st
2017 Porsche Super Sports Cup - 911 GT3 Cup Team FMT 24 12 ? ? 22 235.4 1st
Touring Car Endurance Series - TCR Wimmer Werk Motorsport 4 0 0 0 1 24 4th
2018 V de V Endurance Series - LMP3 Wimmer Werk Motorsport 7 2 0 0 4 201 1st
VLN Endurance 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2019 Ultimate Cup Series - Challenge Proto - LMP3 Wimmer Werk Motorsport 6 4 5 0 5 192 1st
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Graff 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - V5 QTQ-Raceperformance Florian Quante 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
VLN Series - V4 Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport 3 0 0 0 0 8.54 71st
VLN Series - V5 N/A 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 Graff Racing 2 0 0 0 1 21 9th
2020 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Graff 7 0 0 0 3 70.5 4th
2021 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Phoenix Racing 4 0 0 0 3 57 4th
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 Graff Racing 6 0 0 0 1 24.5 14th
2022 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Mühlner Motorsport 6 0 0 0 1 19 15th
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Vector Sport 7 0 0 0 0 29 16th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 6 0 0 0 2 50 5th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2025 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 6 0 0 0 1 40 7th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2025–26 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing

† As Kaiser was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Ultimate Cup Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2019 Wimmer Werk Motorsport LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 EST
1 		DIJ
4 		SLR
1 		MUG
1 		VAL MAG
1 		LEC
3 		1st 192

Complete Le Mans Cup results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2019 Graff LMP3 Norma M30 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 LEC MNZ LMS
1
12 		LMS
2
13 		CAT SPA ALG NC 0
2020 Graff LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 LEC1
3 		SPA
5 		LEC2
2 		LMS
1
13 		LMS
2
5 		MNZ
3 		ALG
7 		4th 70.5

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2021 Graff Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 CAT
14 		RBR
12 		LEC
9 		MNZ
14 		SPA
7 		ALG
3 		14th 24.5
2022 Mühlner Motorsport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 LEC
9 		IMO
11 		MNZ
3 		CAT
9 		SPA
Ret 		ALG
Ret 		15th 19
2024 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
2 		LEC
7 		IMO
8 		SPA
14 		MUG
2 		ALG
8 		5th 50
2025 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
5 		LEC
8 		IMO
3 		SPA
12 		SIL
5 		ALG
Ret 		7th 40

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2023 Vector Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
9 		PRT
11 		SPA
Ret 		LMS
5 		MNZ
Ret 		FUJ
7 		BHR
NC 		16th 29

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2023 United Kingdom Vector Sport France Gabriel Aubry
Republic of Ireland Ryan Cullen 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 325 15th 7th
2024 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing United Kingdom Olli Caldwell
Canada Roman De Angelis 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 294 22nd 8th
2025 Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Spain Lorenzo Fluxá
France Théo Pourchaire 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 364 25th 8th

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Points
2025–26 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEP
1
13 		SEP
2
13 		DUB
1 		DUB
2 		ABU
1 		ABU
2 		15th* 0*

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