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Max Chilton

Maximilian Alexander Chilton (born 21 April 1991) is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 2013 to 2014.

Max Chilton
Chilton at the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix
Born
Maximilian Alexander Chilton

(1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 33)
Redhill, Surrey, England
Spouse
Chloe Roberts
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(m. 2017)​
Children1
RelativesTom Chilton (brother)
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Active years2013–2014
TeamsMarussia
Car number4
Entries35 (35 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry2013 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry2014 Russian Grand Prix
IndyCar Series career
78 races run over 6 years
Best finish11th (2017)
First race2016 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race2021 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Previous series
2015
2010–2012
2009–2011
2007–2009
2005–2006		Indy Lights
GP2 Series
GP2 Asia Series
British F3
T Cars

Born and raised in Redhill, Surrey, Chilton is the younger brother of racing driver Tom Chilton. He competed in the GP2 Series from 2010 to 2012, finishing fourth in the latter with Carlin. Chilton competed in Formula One for Marussia from 2013 to 2014. After Formula One, Chilton competed in the IndyCar Series from 2016 to 2021 for Chip Ganassi and Carlin. He is the current holder of the hillclimb record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Early life

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Chilton was born in Redhill and grew up in Reigate. His father, Grahame Chilton, is a businessman who co-owned the insurance company Benfield Group[1] until 2008, when it was taken over by Aon plc for £738m. Chilton became vice-chairman of Aon after the deal and also collected around £77m for his stake.[2] Max Chilton was educated at Ardingly College from 2000 to 2008. His brother, Tom Chilton, is also a racing driver.

Career

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Karting

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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

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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

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Chilton qualifying for Hitech Racing at the Croft round of the 2008 British Formula 3 season

Chilton made his debut at the second round of the 2007 British Formula 3 season for Arena International, despite being below the required age of 16 to take part in the season opener having sought special dispensation on the eve of his 16th birthday. His best result was eleventh, in Bucharest and at Brands Hatch. He made one appearance in the Star Mazda Championship, at Laguna Seca – because he was a guest driver, Chilton was ineligible for points. He drove in 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 Hitech Racing, and improved to tenth place in the championship. He recorded pole positions at Monza and Rockingham, and scored two podiums – second in the opening race at Oulton Park and third at Rockingham. He moved to Carlin Motorsport for the 2009 season, taking three pole positions in the first four races. He won twice during the season, the first at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, and the second in his final Formula Three race at Brands Hatch.

GP2 Series

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Chilton driving for Carlin at the Monza round of the 2011 GP2 Series season

Chilton graduated to the GP2 Asia Series for the 2009–10 season, driving for Barwa Addax.[3][4] From there Chilton moved to Ocean Racing Technology for the 2010 GP2 Series season championship with the highest place finish of 5th.

In 2011 Chilton joined his father's Carlin team for the outfit's first foray into GP2, having previously driven for them in Formula Three. Partnered variously by reigning Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Mikhail Aleshin and Álvaro Parente, he finished 22nd in the Asia series and 20th in the main series. He remained with the team, now with backing from the Marussia Formula One team, for the 2012 season alongside Rio Haryanto. He secured his first series podium finish in the feature race of the first round of the championship in Malaysia, and later his first pole position and race victory in the Hungarian feature race.[5] 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

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Force India (2011)

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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.[6]

Marussia (2012–14)

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Chilton was appointed Marussia F1's testing and reserve driver for the second half of the 2012 season, starting from the Japanese Grand Prix.[7] Chilton competed in the first practice session at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November for Marussia F1.

In December 2012, Nikolai Fomenko, the engineering director of Marussia F1, announced that Chilton would race for the team full-time in 2013.[8] The team confirmed the next day that Chilton would race.[9] 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.[10]

 
Chilton at the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix

On 11 January it was announced that Marussia F1 would be retaining Chilton for the 2014 season.[11] 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.[12] 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

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Indy Lights

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With no F1 seat for 2015, Chilton returned to Carlin for testing in order to assist them with their 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.[13][14]

IndyCar Series

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Chip Ganassi Racing (2016–2017)

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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.[15]

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.[16]

Carlin (2018–2021)

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On 13 December 2017 it was announced that Chilton would race for Carlin Motorsport for the 2018 IndyCar Series.[17]

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.[18]

World Endurance Championship

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Nissan (2015)

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Chilton joined Nissan Motorsports to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2015.[19] Chilton ran the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the team, retiring after 234 laps due to a suspension failure.[20]

Racing record

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Career summary

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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 British Formula Three Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate 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 21 22 DC Points
2007 Arena International Motorsport Dallara F307 Mercedes OUL
1 		OUL
2 		DON
1
20 		DON
2
17 		BUC
1
19 		BUC
2
19 		SNE
1
11 		SNE
2
14 		MNZ
1
13 		MNZ
2
16 		BRH
1
11 		BRH
2
20 		SPA
1
17 		SPA
2
14 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
26 		THR
1
20 		THR
2
Ret 		CRO
1
Ret 		CRO
2
Ret 		ROC
1
15 		ROC
2
22 		18th 0
2008 Hitech Racing Dallara F308 Mercedes HWA OUL
1
2 		OUL
2
14 		CRO
1
22 		CRO
2
10 		MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
4 		ROC
1
4 		ROC
2
3 		SNE
1
16 		SNE
2
7 		THR
1
14 		THR
2
12 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
10 		SPA
1
17 		SPA
2
10 		SIL
1
7 		SIL
2
10 		BUC
1
6 		BUC
2
16 		DON
1
21 		DON
2
11 		10th 72
2009 Carlin Motorsport Dallara F309 Volkswagen OUL
1
17 		OUL
2
4 		SIL1
1
2 		SIL1
2
3 		ROC
1
5 		ROC
2
10 		HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
16 		SNE
1
6 		SNE
2
7 		DON
1
6 		DON
2
7 		SPA
1
8 		SPA
2
6 		SIL2
1
4 		SIL2
2
7 		ALG
1
6 		ALG
2
3 		BRH
1
2 		BRH
2
1 		4th 171

Complete GP2 Series results

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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Indy Lights

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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

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(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 [21]
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 [22]
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 [23]
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 [24]
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 [25]
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 [26]

Indianapolis 500

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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

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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

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

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