Max Chilton

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Max Chilton
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T Cars Autumn Trophy
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Statistics current as of July 4, 2020.

Maximilian Alexander Chilton (born 21 April 1991) is a British

Carlin Motorsport
.

He is the current holder of the Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb record.

His brother Tom is also a racing driver, currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship.[2]

Early life

Chilton was born in

Aon plc for £738m. Chilton became vice-chairman of Aon after the deal and also collected around £77m for his stake.[4] Max Chilton was educated at Ardingly College from 2000 to 2008. His brother, Tom Chilton
, is also a racing driver.

Career

Karting

Chilton started his racing career at the age of 10 in karts where he spent 2 years learning the ropes in cadet karting before stepping up to junior

TKM. He started to make a name for himself with J.I.C.A, where he made regular appearances on the podium, before turning his attention to car racing at the age of 14. Throughout this period Chilton was racing in the Super 1 National Kart Championships
.

T Cars

He dovetailed his 2005 karting season with a season in the T Cars championship, for drivers between fourteen and seventeen years of age. He finished eighth in his first season, before going on to finish third in the Autumn Trophy. He continued in T Cars in 2006, where he finished as runner-up to Luciano Bacheta by three points. He won seven races to Bacheta's six.

Formula Three

2008 British Formula 3 season

Chilton made his debut at the second round of the

2007 1000km of Silverstone for Arena with his brother Tom, and they finished sixth overall, eight laps down on the winning Peugeot 908 HDi FAP of Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gené
.

For 2008 Chilton moved to David Hayle's

Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, and the second in his final Formula Three race at Brands Hatch
.

GP2 Series

2011 GP2 Series season

Chilton graduated to the

2010 GP2 Series season
championship with the highest place finish of 5th.

In 2011 Chilton joined his father's

Hungarian feature race.[7]
This improvement in form, together with consistent points-scoring finishes throughout the season, resulted in Chilton rising to fourth place in the drivers' championship.

Formula One

Force India (2011)

Chilton, driving for Marussia, at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix

In November 2011 Chilton drove for the Force India team in the Young Driver test at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit. This was his second time driving Formula One machinery following a straight-line aerodynamic test for the team earlier in the year.[8]

Marussia (2012–14)

Chilton was appointed

2012 season, starting from the Japanese Grand Prix.[9] Chilton competed in the first practice session at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
in November for Marussia F1.

In December 2012,

2013.[10] The team confirmed the next day that Chilton would race.[11] Chilton qualified 20th on his debut at the Australian GP. He achieved his best finish of the season at the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix, when he finished in 14th place following several retirements. He achieved his best qualifying result of 16th position at the 2013 Belgian Grand Prix
in a mixed-weather session where he was one of three drivers to go out on slick tyres at the end when the track's condition was improving.

Chilton is the only driver to have finished every race of his rookie season.[12]

Chilton at the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix

On 11 January it was announced that Marussia F1 would be retaining Chilton for the 2014 season.[13] Chilton achieved his best finish to date at the Australian Grand Prix, finishing 13th. He finished 13th again at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Chilton had finished every Formula One race he had contested until the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix, which meant that he had finished 25 consecutive races, 19 of them in his rookie season. This was a record for most classified finishes in a rookie season. Lewis Hamilton holds the record for most consecutive classified finishes at 48. Chilton's Canadian Grand Prix retirement came when he collided with his teammate Jules Bianchi on the first lap, sending the Frenchman into the wall at Turn 4. Chilton received a three-place grid penalty at the following race.[14] His season ended after Marussia went into administration and then closed down, resulting in Chilton missing the last three races of the season and having no seat for 2015.

IndyCar

Indy Lights

With no F1 seat for 2015, Chilton returned to

Indy Lights efforts, planning to move on to a full IndyCar Series drive in 2016. Chilton's maiden Indy Lights pole position and race win, taking place on the same weekend as Jules Bianchi's death, was dedicated to his former Formula One teammate and karting rival.[15][16]

IndyCar Series

Chip Ganassi (2016–2017)

Chilton exiting out of the pits for qualifying in the 2018 Grand Prix of Portland.

On 1 February 2016, Chilton joined Chip Ganassi Racing to compete in the IndyCar Series.[17]

In the 2017 Indianapolis 500, Chilton dominated the latter part of the race and led 47 of the last 72 laps, but ultimately finished fourth. Chilton led the most laps total with 50.[18]

Carlin (2018–2021)

On 13 December 2017 it was announced that Chilton would race for

Carlin Motorsport for the 2018 IndyCar Series.[19]

On 6 June 2019, it was announced that Chilton would no longer run races on oval tracks, with the exception of the Indy 500. Conor Daly would run the remainder of the Oval races for the 2019 season for Carlin Motorsport.

Chilton during the 2020 IndyCar Harvest GP.

In February 2022, Chilton announced his retirement from IndyCar racing, in order to concentrate on other ventures, including the Le Mans Endurance Race.[20]

World Endurance Championship

Nissan (2015)

Chilton joined

FIA World Endurance Championship in 2015.[21] Chilton ran the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the team, retiring after 234 laps due to a suspension failure.[22]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2005 T Cars ? ? ? ? 7 ? 8th
T Cars Autumn Trophy 7 0 0 0 4 106 3rd
2006 T Cars Tomax 20 7 7 ? 14 167 2nd
2007
British Formula 3 Championship
 Arena Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 0 18th
2008
British Formula 3 Championship
Hitech Racing
 22 0 2 1 2 72 10th
2009
British Formula 3 Championship
Carlin Motorsport
 20 1 4 2 5 171 4th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
 Comtec Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 40th
2010
GP2 Series
 Ocean Racing Technology 20 0 0 0 0 3 25th
2011
GP2 Series
Carlin
 18 0 0 0 0 4 20th
GP2 Final 2 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
Formula One
Sahara Force India F1 Team
 Test driver
2012
GP2 Series
Carlin
 24 2 2 0 4 169 4th
Formula One
Marussia F1 Team
 Test/Reserve driver
2013 Formula One Marussia F1 Team 19 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
2014 Formula One Marussia F1 Team 16 0 0 0 0 0 21st
2015
Indy Lights
Carlin Motorsport
 13 1 3 2 6 258 5th
FIA World Endurance Championship
 Nissan Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 0 34th
2016 IndyCar Series Chip Ganassi Racing 16 0 0 1 0 267 19th
2017 IndyCar Series Chip Ganassi Racing 17 0 0 0 0 396 11th
2018 IndyCar Series
Carlin
 17 0 0 0 0 223 19th
2019 IndyCar Series
Carlin
 12 0 0 0 0 184 22nd
2020 IndyCar Series
Carlin
 9 0 0 0 0 147 22nd
2021 IndyCar Series
Carlin
 12 0 0 0 0 135 25th


Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2010
 Ocean Racing Technology
CAT
FEA

18
CAT
SPR

16 		MON
FEA
Ret 		MON
SPR
14 		IST
FEA
9 		IST
SPR
11 		VAL
FEA
Ret 		VAL
SPR
11 		SIL
FEA
19 		SIL
SPR
19 		HOC
FEA
19 		HOC
SPR
16 		HUN
FEA
17 		HUN
SPR
16 		SPA
FEA
17 		SPA
SPR
11
MNZ
FEA

8
MNZ
SPR

5 		YMC
FEA
12 		YMC
SPR
12 		24th 3
2011
Carlin
 IST
FEA
Ret 		IST
SPR
17
CAT
FEA

12
CAT
SPR

11 		MON
FEA
7 		MON
SPR
6 		VAL
FEA
Ret 		VAL
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
19 		NÜR
FEA
17 		NÜR
SPR
6 		HUN
FEA
18 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
15 		SPA
SPR
16
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

18 		20th 4
2012
Carlin
 SEP
FEA
3 		SEP
SPR
7 		BHR1
FEA
4 		BHR1
SPR
5 		BHR2
FEA
5 		BHR2
SPR
13
CAT
FEA

7
CAT
SPR

5 		MON
FEA
5 		MON
SPR
2 		VAL
FEA
7 		VAL
SPR
4 		SIL
FEA
9 		SIL
SPR
19 		HOC
FEA
14 		HOC
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
1 		HUN
SPR
11 		SPA
FEA
12 		SPA
SPR
22
MNZ
FEA

4
MNZ
SPR

6 		MRN
FEA
1 		MRN
SPR
19 		4th 169

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2009–10
 Barwa Addax Team
YMC1
FEA

16
YMC1
SPR

17
BHR1
FEA

18
BHR1
SPR

12
BHR2
FEA

19
BHR2
SPR

15 		18th 2
Ocean Racing Technology
YMC2
FEA

8
YMC2
SPR

6
2011
Carlin
YMC
FEA

12
YMC
SPR

18
IMO
FEA

22
IMO
SPR

15 		22nd 0

Complete GP2 Final results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 DC Points
2011
Carlin
 YMC
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR
16 		23rd 0

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicates fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WDC Points
2012
 Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR01 Cosworth CA2012 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU
TD 		USA BRA  –  –
2013
 Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR02 Cosworth CA2013 2.4 V8 AUS
17 		MAL
16 		CHN
17 		BHR
20 		ESP
19 		MON
14 		CAN
19 		GBR
17 		GER
19 		HUN
17 		BEL
19 		ITA
20 		SIN
17 		KOR
17 		JPN
19 		IND
17 		ABU
21 		USA
21 		BRA
19 		23rd 0
2014
 Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR03 Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 t AUS
13 		MAL
15 		BHR
13 		CHN
19 		ESP
19 		MON
14 		CAN
Ret 		AUT
17 		GBR
16 		GER
17 		HUN
16 		BEL
16 		ITA
Ret 		SIN
17 		JPN
18 		RUS
Ret 		USA BRA ABU 21st 0

American open-wheel racing results

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2015
Carlin Motorsport
STP

12
STP

4 		LBH
5 		ALA
5 		ALA
3
IMS

4
IMS

3
INDY

DNS
TOR
TOR
 MIL
6 		IOW
1 		MDO
2 		MDO
2
LAG

11
LAG

3 		5th 258

IndyCar Series

(key)

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
2016 Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara DW12 8 Chevrolet STP
17 		PHX
7 		LBH
14 		ALA
21 		IMS
14 		INDY
15 		DET
21 		DET
22 		ROA
20 		IOW
19 		TOR
18 		MDO
16 		POC
13 		TXS
15 		WGL
10 		SNM
16 		19th 267 [23]
2017 Honda STP
16 		LBH
14 		ALA
12 		PHX
20 		IMS
7 		INDY
4 		DET
11 		DET
15 		TXS
8 		ROA
9 		IOW
14 		TOR
7 		MDO
15 		POC
18 		GTW
17 		WGL
8 		SNM
12 		11th 396 [24]
2018
Carlin
 59 Chevrolet STP
19 		PHX
18 		LBH
17 		ALA
22 		IMS
16 		INDY
22 		DET
20 		DET
11
TXS

12
ROA

17
IOW

15
TOR

23
MDO

24
POC

13 		GTW
17 		POR
18
SNM

21 		19th 223 [25]
2019
STP

16 		COA
21
ALA

22 		LBH
14
IMS

18 		INDY
DNQ 		DET
17 		DET
15
TXS
RDA

16
TOR

14
IOW
MDO

16
POC
 GTW POR
11 		LAG
13 		22nd 184 [26]
2020 TXS IMS
16
ROA

17
ROA

15
IOW
IOW
 INDY
17 		GTW GTW
MDO

16
MDO

13 		IMS
11 		IMS
19
STP

12 		22nd 147 [27]
2021
ALA

20
STP

24
TXS
TXS
IMS
 INDY
24 		DET
22 		DET
22
ROA

10
MDO

18 		NSH
18
IMS

20 		GTW POR
19 		LAG
21 		LBH
15 		25th 134 [28]

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2016 Dallara Chevrolet 22 15 Chip Ganassi Racing
2017 Dallara Honda 15 4 Chip Ganassi Racing
2018 Dallara Chevrolet 20 22
Carlin
2019 Dallara Chevrolet DNQ
Carlin
2020 Dallara Chevrolet 30 17
Carlin
2021 Dallara Chevrolet 29 24
Carlin

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2015
 Nissan Motorsports LMP1 Nissan GT-R LM Nismo Nissan VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS
Ret 		NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 34th 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2015 Japan Nissan Motorsports France Olivier Pla
United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough 		Nissan GT-R LM Nismo LMP1 234 DNF DNF


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