Yves Matton is a Belgian Rally Motorsport Car Racing champion and a former FIA Rally Director.
16 Facts About Yves Matton
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Yves Matton founded his self-named company MY Racing, before being appointed Logistics Manager for Citroen Sport, and later GM for Citroen Racing.
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Yves Matton served as a customer racing manager, and helped track the development of young talented drivers.
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Whilst studying for a degree in business administration, Yves Matton founded Prorace in 1990.
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Between 1997 and 2001, Yves Matton worked for the Belgian rally outfit, Future World.
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In 2001 and 2002, Yves Matton pursued his career with Kronos Racing.
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Yves Matton worked as Team Manager for Simon Jean-Joseph and Kris Princen, who both drove Peugeot 206 WRCs in the World Rally Championship.
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Yves Matton then worked as WRC Coordinator before being appointed Team Manager by Guy Frequelin.
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Yves Matton then combined this position with the role of customer racing manager.
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At the start of 2008, Yves Matton left Citroen Sport to set up MY Racing.
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On 5 January 2012, Yves Matton was appointed Citroen Racing Team Principal, taking over from Olivier Quesnel.
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Yves Matton was tasked by Frederic Banzet, CEO of the Citroen Brand, with preparing effectively for the post-Sebastien Loeb era.
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In 2014, Yves Matton became Principal for both teams competing in the FIA World Championships.
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Yves Matton concluded as well an agreement between the FIA and ASO to launch the first FIA World Rally-Raid Championship in 2022.
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In 2022, Yves Matton returned to Belgium and MY Vintage, the "classic" division of the MY Racing company he founded back in 2014.
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Yves Matton leads the creation and development of a new department, MY Gallery, a trading and advisory activity for investors in racing collection cars.