Mathieu Trésarrieu Explained

Mathieu Trésarrieu
Birth Date:2 March 1986
Birth Place:Bordeaux, France
Years1:2001–2002
Career1:Isle of Wight Islanders
Years2:2005
Career2:Reading Racers
Years3:2006–2007
Career3:Redcar Bears
Years4:2010
Career4:Peterborough Panthers
Years5:2011
Career5:Leicester Lions
Years6:2011–2012
Career6:Ipswich Witches
Years7:2014
Career7:Rye House Rockets
Indivyear1:2017, 2022
Indivhonour1:World Longtrack Champion
Indivyear2:2004, 2007, 2018
Indivhonour2:French Speedway Champion
Indivyear3:2020
Indivhonour3:European Grasstrack Champion
Indivyear4:2009, 2016
Indivhonour4:French Grasstrack Champion
Teamyear1:2018, 2019
Teamhonour1:World Longtrack Team champion
Teamyear2:2022
Teamhonour2:World Longtrack Team bronze
Teamyear3:2011
Teamhonour3:Premier League Fours

Mathieu "Mat" Trésarrieu (born 2 March 1986) is a French motorcycle speedway rider who competes in Speedway, Longtrack and Grasstrack. He is a two times World Longtrack Champion and is a three-time speedway champion of France.[1]

Biography

Trésarrieu was born in Bordeaux in 1986, and took up speedway at the age of twelve.[2] [3] His two older brothers Stéphane and Sebastien are also speedway riders. He won the French national championship for the first time in 2002. Between 2002 and 2003 he rode for the Isle of Wight Islanders in seven matches, but only got a regular league place in 2005 when he rode in forty matches for Reading Racers at an average score of 5.6.[4]

In 2006, he moved on to Redcar Bears, where he stayed for two seasons, averaging over seven in each. He won the French title for a second time in 2007, and (after missing the 2008 season through injury) for a third time in 2009. He also finished third in the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship in 2007. He returned to British speedway in 2010 in the Elite League with Peterborough Panthers, but failed to get a starting place at the start of the 2011 season. An injury to Ilya Bondarenko gave him an opportunity with Leicester Lions, and later in 2011 he signed for Ipswich Witches to replace the injured Chris Schramm, riding as part of the team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship at Leicester.[5] [6]

Mat re-joined Ipswich in 2012, electing to focus on speedway, rather than grass and long track racing.

In 2018, he was part of the French team, along with Dimitri Bergé, Stéphane Trésarrieu and David Bellego, that won the 2018 Team Long Track World Championship. The following season, in 2019, he was part of the French team again, along with Bergé and Bellego, that won the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.[7]

In 2022, he won his second individual World Longtrack title, finishing 28 points clear of Zach Wajtknecht in the 2022 Individual Long Track World Championship.[8] Additionally in 2022, he was part of the French team, along with Stéphane Trésarrieu and Mathias Trésarrieu, that won the bronze medal at the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.[9]

In 2023, he was part of the French team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.[10]

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix Series

YearGPPointsPosGP WinsGP Podiums
2004NSR0000
1161900
2006346501
3423rd10
DNC0000
572802
691601
690501
1142600
681801
464502
350601
5843rd02
51011st12
51023rd13
51013rd12
2373rd01
61161st32

Best results

European Grasstrack Championship

Finals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 8 July 2023.
  2. "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-26
  3. "Mathieu Trésarrieu", peterboroughpanthers.co, retrieved 2011-11-26
  4. Web site: 2008 Rider index . British Speedway . 6 April 2023.
  5. "Hemsley hails Mathieu Tresarrieu impact at Leicester", BBC, 18 May 2011, retrieved 2011-11-26
  6. "Speedway: Ipswich Witches make Mathieu Tresarrieu signing", BBC, 27 June 2011, retrieved 2011-11-26
  7. Web site: World Longtrack Championship. GrasstrackGB. 17 July 2021.
  8. . King Mat, champ Zach . Speedway Star . 20 . 17 September 2022 .
  9. Web site: 2022 RESULTS Herxheim – Long Track of Nations . FIM . 15 July 2023.
  10. Web site: WELCOME TO SWC . FIM . 26 July 2023.