title: Mathieu Arzeno
text: # Mathieu Arzeno
  
  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.
  
  ## 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 | POR Ret | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
  | 2010 | Mathieu Arzeno | Citroën C2 S1600 | | | | | | | BUL 23 | FIN | GER Ret | JPN | FRA 30 | | | NC | 0 |
  | 2010 | Mathieu Arzeno | Ford Fiesta R2 | | | | | | | | | | | | ESP Ret | GBR | NC | 0 |
  | 2012 | Saintéloc Racing | Peugeot 207 S2000 | MON Ret | | | | | | | | | | FRA Ret | ITA | ESP | 29th | 1 |
  | 2012 | Mathieu Arzeno | Peugeot 207 S2000 | | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | GER 10 | | | | | 29th | 1 |
  | 2012 | Mathieu Arzeno | Citroën DS3 R3T | | | | | | | | | | GBR 18 | | | | 29th | 1 |
  
  ### JWRC results
  
  | Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | JWRC | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2010 | Mathieu Arzeno | Citroën C2 R2 Max | TUR | POR Ret | | | | | 11th | 16 |
  | 2010 | Mathieu Arzeno | Citroën C2 S1600 | | | BUL 8 | GER Ret | FRA 4 | | 11th | 16 |
  | 2010 | Mathieu Arzeno | Ford Fiesta R2 | | | | | | ESP Ret | 11th | 16 |
  