Max Chilton


































































































Max Chilton

Max Chilton 2.jpg
Chilton at the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix

Nationality
United Kingdom British
Born Maximilian Alexander Chilton
(1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 27)
Redhill, Surrey, England

IndyCar Series career
50 races run over 3 years
Team(s) No. 59 (Carlin)

2017 position
11th
Best finish 11th (2017)
First race
2016 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race
2018 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma (Sonoma)











Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0


Formula One World Championship career
Active years
2013–2014
Teams Marussia
Entries 35 (35 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 2013 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry 2014 Russian Grand Prix
Related to
Tom Chilton (brother)
Previous series

2015
2010–2012
2009–10–2011
2009
2007–09
2007
2007
2005
2005–06

Indy Lights
GP2 Series
GP2 Asia Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
British Formula 3
Le Mans Series
Star Mazda Championship
T Cars Autumn Trophy
T Cars


Maximilian Alexander Chilton (born 21 April 1991) is a British racing driver currently racing for Carlin Motorsport in the IndyCar Series. Prior to IndyCar, he competed in Formula One, driving for Marussia F1 in 2013 and 2014. In 2012, he raced in the GP2 series for Marussia-backed Carlin Motorsport.


His brother Tom is also a racing driver, currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Early life


  • 2 Career


    • 2.1 Karting


    • 2.2 T Cars


    • 2.3 Formula Three


    • 2.4 GP2 Series


    • 2.5 Formula One


      • 2.5.1 Force India (2011)


      • 2.5.2 Marussia (2012–14)




    • 2.6 IndyCar


      • 2.6.1 Indy Lights


      • 2.6.2 IndyCar Series




    • 2.7 World Endurance Championship


      • 2.7.1 Nissan (2015)






  • 3 Racing record


    • 3.1 Career summary


    • 3.2 Complete GP2 Series results


      • 3.2.1 Complete GP2 Asia Series results




    • 3.3 Complete Formula One results


    • 3.4 American open-wheel racing results


      • 3.4.1 Indy Lights


      • 3.4.2 IndyCar Series


      • 3.4.3 Indianapolis 500




    • 3.5 Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results


    • 3.6 Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Early life


Chilton was born in Redhill and grew up in Reigate. His father, Grahame Chilton, is a business man who co-owned the insurance company Benfield Group[2] 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.[3] 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




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




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.[4][5] 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.[6] This improvement in form, allied to 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.[7]



Marussia (2012–14)


Chilton was appointed Marussia F1's testing and reserve driver for the second half of the 2012 season, starting from the Japanese Grand Prix.[8] 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.[9] The team confirmed the next day that Chilton would race.[10] 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.[11]




Chilton at the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix


On 11 January it was announced that Marussia F1 would be retaining Chilton for the 2014 season.[12] 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 is a record for most classified finishes in a rookie season. Nick Heidfeld holds the record for most consecutive classified finishes at 41. 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.[13] 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 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.[14][15]



IndyCar Series




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.[16]


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.[17]


On 13 December 2017 it was announced that Chilton would race for Carlin Motorsport for the 2018 IndyCar Series.[18]



World Endurance Championship



Nissan (2015)


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



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
2012

GP2 Series

Marussia Carlin GP2 Team
24
2
2
0
4
169
4th

Formula One

Marussia F1 Team
Test 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
14
1
3
2
6
258
5th

FIA World Endurance Championship

Nissan Motorsports
1
0
0
0
0
0
34th

24 Hours of Le Mans
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
DNF
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 Motorsport
17
0
0
0
0
223
19th


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

Marussia Carlin GP2 Team

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 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
Engine
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Rank
Points

2016

Chip Ganassi Racing

Dallara DW12

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

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

2018

Carlin

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

* Season still in progress



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


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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External links







  • Official website


  • Max Chilton career summary at DriverDB.com


  • Max Chilton driver statistics at Racing-Reference











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