Max Coates
| Max Coates | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
4 January 1994 Northallerton, North Yorkshire |
| British Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2015 |
| Current team | Support Our Paras Racing |
| Car no. | 71 |
| Starts | 3 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 34th in 2015 |
| Previous series | |
| 2010-2011 2010-2011 2012-2014 2014 |
Ginetta Junior Championship Ginetta Junior Winter Series Ginetta GT4 Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain |
Max Peter Coates (born 4 January 1994) is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship.
Racing career
After several years of karting, Coates made his car racing debut in 2010, racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship. He spent two years in this series before graduating to the Ginetta GT Supercup for 2012, 2013 and 2014, but his racing programmes have often been stymied by a lack of budget, restricting him to part-seasons and guest appearances, such as a one-off outing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain in 2014.
After four rounds of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season, Coates was signed by the Support Our Paras team to drive its second entry for the remainder of the season, alongside Derek Palmer Jr..[1] He took the seat that was previously occupied by Richard Hawken and Martin Donnelly. However, due a sponsorship problem, he lost his drive following just one round of the championship.[2]
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Support Our Paras Racing | Infiniti Q50 | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
THR 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
CRO 1 21 |
CRO 2 27 |
CRO 3 20 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
ROC 3 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
34th | 0 |
References
- ↑ Scott, Mitchell (24 June 2015). "Max Coates replaces ex-F1 driver Martin Donnelly in BTCC". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ James, Matt (7 August 2015). "Support Our Paras team loses one of its BTCC TOCA licences". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Max Coates career summary at DriverDB.com