Max Coates

Max Coates
Coates driving the Mini JCW GP during the 2021 Mini Challenge UK at Brands Hatch
Nationality	British
Born	(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 31) Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England
Clio Cup UK career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Team HARD
Car number	71
Former teams	Ciceley Motorsport
Starts	72
Wins	14
Poles	15
Fastest laps	10
Best finish	2nd in 2019
Previous series
2010-2011 2010-2011 2012-2014 2014 2015 2021	Ginetta Junior Championship Ginetta Junior Winter Series Ginetta GT4 Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain British Touring Car Championship

Max Peter Coates (born 4 January 1994) is a British racing driver who competes in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain for Graves Motorsport.

Coates is a former Clio Cup UK competitor but has since moved factors as the Clio Cup withdrew from being a British Touring Car Championship support race. He spent three years in the Mini Challenge Series, supporting the BTCC, and currently races in the Porsche Sprint Challenge.

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]

After a successful season in 2018, Coates once again joined Guy Colclough in the DAT Racing TCR-spec SEAT to race in the 2019 Britcar Endurance Championship season. ^{[3] [4]}

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	Ginetta Junior Championship	Privateer	20	0	0	0	0	194	11th
2011	Ginetta Junior Championship	Privateer	20	0	0	0	3	306	6th
2012	Ginetta GT Supercup - G50	Redbrick Racing	20	5	4	1	7	272	6th
	Ginetta GT Supercup - G55		3	0	0	0	0	41	15th
2013	Ginetta GT Supercup - G55	Century Motorsport	3	0	0	0	1	66	19th
2014	Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain	Parr Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Ginetta GT4 Supercup	Privateer	3	0	0	0	0	40	20th
2015	British Touring Car Championship	Support Our Paras Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	34th
2016	Renault Clio Cup UK	Ciceley Motorsport	18	1	2	2	7	361	3rd
2017	Renault Clio Cup UK	Ciceley Motorsport	18	2	2	3	6	360	4th
2018	24H TCE Series - A2	Cicley Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	28	NC
	Renault Clio Cup UK	Team Pyro	18	4	5	1	9	309	3rd
	Britcar Endurance Championship	DAT Racing	4	0	0	1	1	146	9th
	Britcar Endurance Championship - Class S4		4	0	0	1	3	146	5th
2019	Renault Clio Cup UK	Team HARD.	18	7	6	4	14	357	2nd
	Britcar Endurance Championship	DAT Racing	8	0	0	0	0	180	9th
	Britcar Endurance Championship - Class 4		8	3	5	3	5	180	3rd
	Touring Car Trophy		2	2	1	0	2	88	8th
2020	Mini Challenge UK - JCW	Elite Motorsport	13	1	1	0	2	374	6th
2021	Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge - Pro	Breakell Racing	2	0	1	0	0	33	20th
2022	Mini Challenge UK - JCW	Graves Motorsport	20	1	0	2	2	530	7th
	British Endurance Championship - Class E	Dragon Sport by Amigo	4	0	0	1	2	87	6th
2023	Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain - Pro	Graves Motorsport	6	0	0	1	2	26	5th*
	British Endurance Championship - TCR	Dragon Sport by Amigo	1	0	1	0	1	31	4th*‡
2024	Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain	Team Omologato with Graves Motorsport

^*Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings. † Coates was ineligible for points as he was an invitation entry.

Complete Ginetta Junior 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;-

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2010	Privateer	THR 1 18	THR 2 17	ROC 1 14	ROC 2 12	BHGP 1 8	BHGP 2 8	OUL 1 9	OUL 2 9	CRO 1 11	CRO 2 14	SNE 1 13	SNE 2 16	SIL 1 11	SIL 2 7	KNO 1 15	KNO 2 7	DON 1 9	DON 2 11	BHI 1 10	BHI 2 6	11th	194
2011	Privateer	BHI 1 9	BHI 2 4	DON 1 6	DON 2 4	THR 1 3	THR 2 3	OUL 1 17	OUL 2 7	CRO 1 5	CRO 2 9	SNE 1 6	SNE 2 11	KNO 1 10	KNO 2 8	ROC 1 4	ROC 2 13	BHGP 1 3	BHGP 2 6	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 11	6th	309

Complete Ginetta GT4 Supercup 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;-

Year	Team	Class	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	DC	Points
2012	Redbrick Racing	G50	BRH 1 15	BRH 2 6	BRH 3 Ret	DON 1 9	DON 2 6	DON 3 8	THR 1 12	THR 2 7	THR 3 6	OUL 1	OUL 2	CRO 1 10	CRO 2 Ret	CRO 3 Ret	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	ROC 1	ROC 2	SIL 1	SIL 2				6th	272
		G55																									BRH 1 5	BRH 2 9	BRH 3 16	15th	41
2013	Century Motorsport	G55	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	THR 1	THR 2	THR 3	OUL 1	OUL 2	CRO 1 6	CRO 2 4	CRO 3 3	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	ROC 1	ROC 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	19th	66
2014	Privateer	G55	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	THR 1	THR 2	THR 3	OUL 1	OUL 2	CRO 1 13	CRO 2 6	CRO 3 8	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	ROC 1	ROC 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	20th	40

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

Complete Renault Clio Cup UK 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;- Races with * indicate driver lead a lap in race – 1 point awarded all races (2018-2019);-

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Pts
2016	Ciceley Motorsport	BHI 1 6	BHI 2 8	DON 1 4	DON 2 5	THR 1 9	THR 2 10	OUL 1 3	OUL 2 5	CRO 1 2	CRO 2 1	SNE 1 2	SNE 2 5	ROC 1 8	ROC 2 3	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 5	BHGP 1 6	BHGP 2 2	3rd	361
2017	Ciceley Motorsport	BHI 1 6	BHI 2 6	DON 1 1	DON 2 3	THR 1 8	THR 2 Ret<	OUL 1 6	OUL 2 5	CRO 1 6	CRO 2 2	SNE 1 7	SNE 2 2	ROC 1 1	ROC 2 3	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 4	BHGP 1 8	BHGP 2 9	4th	360
2018	Team Pyro	BHI 1 5*	BHI 2 1*	DON 1 6	DON 2 6	THR 1 2*	THR 2 3	OUL 1 3	OUL 2 1*	CRO 1 2	CRO 2 1*	SNE 1 11	SNE 2 1*	ROC 1 Ret	ROC 2 3	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 5	BHGP 1 5	BHGP 2 4	3rd	309
2019	Team HARD	BHI 1 1*	BHI 2 1*	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 3	CRO 1 1*	CRO 2 1*	OUL 1 3	OUL 2 1*	SNE 1 6*	SNE 2 1	THR 1 2	THR 2 Ret*	KNO 1 1*	KNO 2 2	SIL 1 2	SIL 2 11	BRH 1 3	BRH 2 2	2nd	357

Complete Britcar results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	CP	Points
2018	DAT Racing	SEAT León TCR	S4	ROC 1	ROC 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	OUL 1	OUL 2	DON 1	DON 2	SNE 1 Ret	SNE 2 3	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 9	BRH 1	BRH 2			9th	5th	146
2019	DAT Racing	SEAT León TCR	4	SIL 1 18	SIL 2 15	SIL 1	SIL 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	DON 1 9	DON 2 9	OUL 1 7	OUL 2 15	SNE 1	SNE 2	OUL 1 5	OUL 2 11	BRH 1	BRH 2	9th	3rd	180

Complete TCR UK/Touring Car Trophy 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	DC	TU	Pts	TCR Pts
2019	DAT Racing	SEAT Leon TCR	OUL 1	OUL 2	DON 1 1	DON 2 1	CRO 1	CRO 2	BHI 1	BHI 2	DON 1	DON 2	8th		88

Complete British Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	DC	CP	Points
2022	Dragon Sport by Amigo	Vauxhall Astra TCR	E	SIL1 8	OUL 16	SNE	SIL2 12	DON1 Ret	DON2	22nd	6th	87
2023	Dragon Sport by Amigo	Vauxhall Astra TCR	TCR	SIL1 16	BRH	OUL	SIL2	SNE	DON	18th*‡	4th*‡	31*‡

^*Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings.

References

1. Scott, Mitchell (24 June 2015). "Max Coates replaces ex-F1 driver Martin Donnelly in BTCC". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 24 June 2015.
2. James, Matt (7 August 2015). "Support Our Paras team loses one of its BTCC TOCA licences". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 9 August 2015.
3. "DAT Racing Confirm Dunlop Britcar Endurance Season Entry". Britcar Endurance. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
4. britcar-endurance.com/teamDrivers.php

External links

• Official website
• Max Coates career summary at DriverDB.com