Matthew Round-Garrido (R)
Nationality: British / Spanish
Languages spoken: English and Spanish
Height/weight: 6’2” / 160 lbs.
Education: Secondary school graduate
Hobbies/interests: Driver coaching and working on karts
Favorite food: Chinese takeaway
Guilty food pleasure: Chocolate digestives with a cup of tea
Best meal I can cook by myself: Chicken and bacon omelet
Fears or pet peeves: I am afraid of heights
An interesting note about me: My mother is Spanish, and it was in Spain that I fell in love with karting
Racing goal: To keep winning
Racing hero: Michael Schumacher
Career results:
2021
- Competed in 13 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship races, earning a podium and four top-five finishes
- Earned three top-10s in the three-race Road Atlanta round of the Formula Regional Americas Championship Powered by Honda
2020
- Finished seventh in his first full Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship season, with 13 top-10 finishes in 17 races
- Competed in three FR America’s Championship powered by Honda races, capturing two top-10 finishes
2019
- Contested 11 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship races with five top 10 finishes and a podium in Toronto
- Competed in four Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires with a best finish of 10th in the season finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
2018
- Won the Northern Irish Formula Ford Championship, which earned him entry into the Road to Indy $200k Shootout
- Finished third in the Avon Tyres National Formula Ford Championship with two wins and seven podiums
- Finished ninth in the Formula Ford Festival finale
2017
- Finished third in the Avon Tyres Formula Ford 1600 Northern Championship with two wins and five podiums
- Won the Star of Anglesey Formula Ford Championship
- Finished ninth in the Formula Ford Festival finale and eighth in the Walter Hayes Trophy finale
2016
- Competed in a partial Junior Saloon Car Championship season, with two podiums and a pole position
- Earned a heat race podium in the Formula Ford Festival
- Earned a maiden Formula Ford win at Oulton Park
2015
- Junior TKM Shenington Winter Club Champion
2014
- Junior TKM Superone British Championship 4th
2013
- Won the Trent Valley Kart Club Junior TKM title
- Junior TKM Continental Cup Champion
- Junior TKM Superone British Championship 9th
2012
- Won the Trent Valley Kart Club Junior TKM title
- Junior TKM Superone British Championship 15th
2011
- Easykart Cadet UK Champion
- Ellough Park Libre Cadet Champion
2010
2006