| Maximilian Kofler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 2024 at IDM Schleiz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 August 2000 Vöcklabruck, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | CM Racing Ducati | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maximilian Kofler (born 18 August 2000) is an Austrian motorcycle rider, [1] [2] contracted to compete in the 2022 Supersport World Championship with CM Racing Ducati. [3]
Kofler started racing bikes at age seven, and competed in MiniMoto and SuperMoto bikes from 2007 until 2016, winning both Austrian and German championships. [4]
In 2017 he competed in the Italian Moto3 Championship and finished the season 8th in the standings. He graduated to the Moto3 Junior World Championships, where he competed full-time in 2018 and 2019 with limited success, finishing 25th and 17th respectively. [4]
Kofler made his debut Grand Prix wild-card appearance during his home round at the Red Bull Ring in 2017, finishing the race in 23rd.
He once again made a one-off appearance in the 2018 season's Austrian GP round, this time finishing in 29th.
Kofler would race in two Grand Prixs in the 2019 season, finishing 20th in Austria, and 28th in Great Britain.
He became a full-time Moto3 Grand Prix rider in 2020, signed by the CIP Green Power team to partner Darryn Binder. Although Kofler did not score a single point during the year, he was retained by the CIP Green Power team for the 2021 season. [5]
The 2021 Moto3 World Championship saw improvements from Kofler, finishing 15th and 14th in the first two races of the year in Doha, Qatar, before a serious accident in Mugello fractured four vertebrae in his chest, causing him to miss an extended time of the season. [6] He returned with a 9th place in Austria, but that was his last point scoring finish of the season, ending the year with only 10 points, 26th in the standings. Kofler was not given a new contract for 2022 by Moto3 teams.
In 2022, Kofler joined the 2022 Supersport World Championship with CM Racing, riding on the Ducati Panigale V2. [3]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | KTM | ALB | LMS | CAT1 | CAT2 | VAL1 | VAL2 | EST | JER1 | JER1 | ARA | VAL1 24 | VAL2 Ret | NC | 0 |
| 2018 | KTM | EST | VAL1 | VAL2 | FRA | CAT1 14 | CAT2 DNS | ARA 20 | JER1 Ret | JER2 7 | ALB 16 | VAL1 Ret | VAL2 Ret | 25th | 11 |
| 2019 | KTM | EST 12 | VAL1 Ret | VAL2 Ret | FRA 11 | CAT1 7 | CAT2 10 | ARA 13 | JER1 19 | JER2 15 | ALB Ret | VAL1 19 | VAL2 10 | 17th | 34 |
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Moto3 | KTM | Motorsport Kofler E.U. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41st |
| 2018 | Moto3 | KTM | Motorsport Kofler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46th |
| 2019 | Moto3 | KTM | Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43rd |
| 2020 | Moto3 | KTM | CIP Green Power | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th |
| 2021 | Moto3 | KTM | CIP Green Power | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26th |
| Total | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto3 | 2017–2021 | 2017 Austria | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2017–2021 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT 23 | GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 41st | 0 | |
| 2018 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT 29 | GBR | RSM | ARA | THA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 46th | 0 |
| 2019 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT 20 | GBR 28 | RSM | ARA | THA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 43rd | 0 |
| 2020 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 27 | SPA 20 | ANC 18 | CZE Ret | AUT 25 | STY 24 | RSM 22 | EMI 27 | CAT 23 | FRA 21 | ARA Ret | TER 28 | EUR 21 | VAL Ret | POR 25 | 30th | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 15 | DOH 14 | POR 21 | SPA 19 | FRA 16 | ITA Ret | CAT | GER | NED | STY 9 | AUT 22 | GBR 25 | ARA 19 | RSM 22 | AME 17 | EMI 18 | ALR | VAL | 26th | 10 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Pts |
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| 2022 | Ducati | SPA 22 | SPA Ret | NED 20 | NED 19 | POR Ret | POR 16 | ITA 16 | ITA 17 | GBR 19 | GBR Ret | CZE 17 | CZE Ret | FRA 24 | FRA 18 | SPA 29 | SPA 25 | POR 23 | POR 14 | ARG | ARG | INA | INA | AUS | AUS | 34th | 2 |
| 2023 | Ducati | AUS | AUS | INA | INA | NED 18 | NED 19 | SPA NC | SPA 24 | MIS 18 | MIS Ret | GBR 23 | GBR 22 | ITA 17 | ITA 12 | CZE 18 | CZE 20 | FRA 26 | FRA Ret | SPA 21 | SPA 20 | POR 19 | POR 22 | JER | JER | NC | 0 |
* Season still in progress.
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