About Matt

Matt's Bio

Name		Matthew Chase Brabham
Nickname		Matty B or Matty Brabs
Birthday		25th February, 1994
Family		Parents, Geoff and Roseina
Born		Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Residence		Indianapolis USA, Gold Coast Australia
Nationality		USA / Australian
School		TSS - The Southport School
Goal		F1 World Champion and Indy 500 winner
Titles		2012 USF2000 Champion
		2013 Pro Mazda Champion
Current Team		Andretti Autosport
Racing #		83
Kart Debut		June 10, 2026 Coomera, Qld Australia
Racing Debut		July 9, 2026 Sandown, Vic Australia (F.Ford)
Hobbies		Fitness, Surfing, Basketball, Skiing
Racing hero		Valentino Rossi
Twitter		@mattybrabs
Career Highlights
2014		Signed to drive Andretii Autosport MAZDASPEED / UFD Indy Lights car.
2013		Pro Mazda Series Champion & Rookie of the year, driving for Andretti Autosport / MAZDASPEED. Holds Pro Mazda all time single season records with (13) wins (7 in a row), (15) podiums, (10) poles & (13) fastest laps. Awarded BRDC Rising Star membership.
2012		USF2000 Series Champion & Rookie of the Year, driving for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor racing. (4) wins, (5) second & (2) third places, (8) fastest laps, (3) track records and (6) pole positions. Wins Team USA Scholarship nomination, to compete in 3 British Formula Renault 2.0 Races. Finished 2nd at Rockingham.
2011		Signed with the Sonic Motor Racing Services to compete in the Victorian State Series, and a limited schedule in the Australian National Championship. Matthew won (8) out of (12) State races, including (7) in a row. He also had (2) wins, (2) seconds and a pole position in the National Championship. Matthew finished his year 12 exams at The Southport School.
2010		Matthew competed in the Australian Formula Ford championship with the CAMS Rising Star Team. A pole and one race win in the Victorian State Series were the best results.
2009		The year started with Matthew finishing his Karting career by winning the 'Jr Rotax' Young Guns Title. Matthew switched to Formula Ford as CAMS lowered the age for circuit racing to 14. The rest of the year involved some testing and three races at the end of the year. He had a 2nd and a 3rd in the Victorian State series. Matthew was selected to join the CAMS Rising Star program for 2010.
2008		Matthew won both the NSW & QLD State Jr National Light Titles. He also finished 2nd in the Australian Titles and the Melbourne City Titles. Both times coming through the field from the back of the grid, after failing to finish the pre-finals. Matthew was voted driver of the meeting at the Australian Titles. Best results for the year were 3 wins, 6 seconds and 3 thirds, plus 2 pole positions.
2007		Matthew won the QLD State 'Rookie' Title in a thrilling 3 way battle that went right down to the last corner. In 15 races during the year Matthew had 5 wins, 3 seconds and 4 thirds. After the QLD Titles he moved up to the Jr National Light class.
2006		7 victories out of 14 race meetings highlighted Matthew's 2006 'Rookie' Karting program. Wins included the 'Yamaha' and the SE QLD 'Rookie' Titles. He was also scored podiums in both the Victorian and NSW State Titles.
2001 - 2005		Matthew Started racing Karts when he was 7 years old, racing in the Australian 'Midget' class. During that time he won 21 races including the NSW State Title in 2004