| Montego Maassen | |
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| Maassen in 2024 | |
| Nationality | |
| Born | 9 November 2007 Hofheim am Taunus, Germany |
| Related to | Sascha Maassen (father) |
Montego Maassen (born 9 November 2007) is a German racing driver who last competed in the French F4 Championship.
Maassen is the son of Sascha Maassen, [1] a former Porsche factory driver and 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner. [2]
Maassen began karting in 2019, competing until 2023. [3] During his karting career, Maassen most notably finished runner-up in the Mini and Senior classes of Rotax Max Challenge Germany in 2020 and 2023, respectively. [4] [5] In late 2023, Maassen made his single-seater debut by competing in the Trophy Event of the 2024 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship in Bahrain. [6]
Moving to single-seaters on a full-time basis in 2024, Maassen joined the FFSA Academy-centrally run French F4 Championship as one of two drivers part of the ADAC Formula 4 Junior Team. [7] [8] Starting off the season with an eighth-place finish in race three at Nogaro, [9] Maassen didn't score points until four rounds later at Magny-Cours, in which he finished fifth and fourth in races one and three, respectively. [10] [11] Maassen then scored his maiden podiums the following round at Dijon by finishing second in race two and third in race three, [12] before ending the year with a third-place finish in race two at Le Castellet to finish the season eighth in points. [13] [14]
The following year, Maassen remained in the French F4 Championship as part of the ADAC Formula 4 Junior Team for the second consecutive year. [15] [16] Following a no-score round at Nogaro, Maassen scored two third-place finishes in the following round at Dijon, [17] [18] before finishing second in race one at Spa. [19] In the following three rounds, Maassen scored a best result of fifth in race one at Dijon as he ended his sophomore year 10th in points. [20] In late 2025, Maassen participated in the European Le Mans Series rookie test at Algarve, [21] and also made a one-off appearance in the Italian GT Cup Sprint Championship at Monza for MRNC12 in the Division 2 Pro-Am class. [22]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Rotax Max Challenge Germany - Micro | Nees Racing | NC |
| Rotax Max Challenge Clubsport - Micro | NC | ||
| 2020 | Rotax Max Challenge Germany - Mini | 2nd | |
| 2021 | Rotax Max Challenge Germany - Junior | 8th | |
| BNL Karting Series - Rotax Max Junior | 23rd | ||
| Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Junior | Nees Racing | 43rd | |
| Rotax MAX Euro Golden Trophy - Junior | 18th | ||
| 2022 | Rotax Max Challenge Germany - Junior | 3rd | |
| 2023 | Rotax Max Euro Winter Cup - Senior Max | Kraft Motorsport | 27th |
| Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Senior Max | 19th | ||
| RMC International Trophy - Senior Max | 7th | ||
| Rotax Max Challenge Germany - Senior | 2nd | ||
| Sources: [23] [24] | |||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | F4 Saudi Arabian Championship - Trophy Event | Altawkilat Meritus.GP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | NC |
| 2024 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 79 | 8th |
| 2025 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 10th |
| Italian GT Sprint Championship – GT Cup Div.2 Pro-Am | MRNC12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | NC | |
| Sources: [25] [23] | |||||||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NOG 1 21 | NOG 2 C | NOG 3 8 | LÉD 1 15 | LÉD 2 11 | LÉD 3 11 | SPA 1 21 | SPA 2 21 | SPA 3 17 | NÜR 1 16 | NÜR 2 17 | NÜR 3 24 | MAG 1 5 | MAG 2 Ret | MAG 3 4 | DIJ 1 7 | DIJ 2 2 | DIJ 3 3 | LEC 1 9 | LEC 2 3 | LEC 3 7 | 8th | 79 |
| 2025 | NOG 1 12 | NOG 2 12 | NOG 3 Ret | DIJ 1 3 | DIJ 2 9 | DIJ 3 3 | SPA 1 2 | SPA 2 6 | SPA 3 Ret | MAG 1 7 | MAG 2 10 | MAG 3 8 | LÉD 1 5 | LÉD 2 Ret | LÉD 3 7 | LMS 1 12 | LMS 2 Ret | LMS 3 9 | 10th | 80 | |||