Mathieu Arzeno (born 18 August 1987 in Salon-de-Provence) is a French rally driver and former racing driver. He scored his first World Rally Championship point on 2012 Rallye Deutschland finishing tenth overall in a Peugeot 207 S2000.
Career
Circuit racing Arzeno started off in karting, before stepping up to single-seaters 2005 when he finished second in Formula Renault Campus behind champion Jean-Karl Vernay. The following year he raced in French Formula Renault, finishing seventh overall before improving to the runner-up spot in 2007 behind Jules Bianchi. In 2008 he came tenth in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, but skipped two of the seven meetings due to a lack of budget.
Rallying In 2009, Arzeno switched to rallying and promptly finished 12th overall and third in class on the iconic Monte Carlo Rally. In 2010, he contested the Junior World Rally Championship before focussing on the French tarmac championship in 2011.
Racing record Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2006 Graff RacingZOL1ZOL2IST1IST2MIS1MIS2NÜR1NÜR2DON1DON2LMS1LMS2CAT1CAT2 33rd 0
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2007 Epsilon Sport TeamZOL1ZOL2NÜR1NÜR2HUN1HUN2DON1DON2MAG1MAG2EST1EST2CAT1CAT2 NC† 0 2008 Epsilon Sport SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LMS1 LMS2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 10th 23
† As Arzeno was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points
WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points 2010 Mathieu Arzeno Citroën C2 R2 Max SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL PORRet NC 0 Citroën C2 S1600 BUL23 FIN GERRet JPN FRA30 Ford Fiesta R2 ESPRet GBR 2012 Saintéloc Racing Peugeot 207 S2000 MONRet FRARet ITA ESP 29th 1 Mathieu Arzeno SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER10 Citroën DS3 R3T GBR18
JWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 JWRC Points 2010 Mathieu Arzeno Citroën C2 R2 Max TUR PORRet 11th 16 Citroën C2 S1600 BUL8 GERRet FRA4 Ford Fiesta R2 ESPRet
References
External links Official website Profile at ewrc-results.com