Maxime Soulet

Maxime Soulet
Maxime Soulet
	Soulet at the Circuit of the Americas in 2019
Nationality	Belgian
Born	26 July 1983 (age 41); Uccle, Belgium
Previous series
2018–20; 2016–20; 2011–13, 15–20; 2008–09, 11	GT World Challenge America; Intercontinental GT Challenge; Blancpain Endurance Series; Belcar
Championship titles
2011; 2011; 2004; 2004	Belcar Endurance Championship; Belcar – GT3; Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium; Mini Cooper Challenge Belgium

Maxime Soulet (born 26 July 1983) is a Belgian racing driver.^[1]

Career

Soulet began his racing career in 2002, competing in two races in the French Formula Renault series. In 2004, Soulet competed in both the Mini Cooper Challenge Belgium and the Belgian Formula Renault 1.6 series, winning championship titles in both.^[2] In 2015, Soulet was signed as a Bentley factory driver in the then-Blancpain GT Series.^[3] For 2018, Soulet signed with K-Pax Racing alongside fellow factory driver Andy Soucek.^[4] Two years later, Soulet was part of the Bentley Team M-Sport team that won the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour.^[5] After Bentley's factory GT3 program wound down at the end of 2020, Soulet joined Selleslagh Racing Team for the final three rounds of the 2021 GT4 European Series.^[6]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2002	Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup	CD Sport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	Mini Cooper Challenge Belgium	J.M. Martin	15	2	?	?	7	176	1st
2004	Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium	Thierry Boutsen Racing	14	3	?	?	11	176	1st
2005	Formula BMW USA	Gelles Racing	14	0	?	?	5	98	7th
2006	Formula A3 Volkswagen	N/A	2	1	?	?	?	0	NC
2006	FIA GT Championship	SRT Team	1	0	0	?	0	0	NC
2007	THP Spider Cup	Boutsen Energy Racing	7	1	0	2	3	66	9th
	Eurocup Mégane Trophy	Boutsen Energy Racing	2	0	0	0	0	1	23rd
	GT4 European Cup	GPR Racing	6	1	3	1	3	26	4th
	FIA GT3 European Championship	Matech Racing	2	0	0	0	0	4	17th
	FIA GT Championship	Selleslagh Racing Team	2	0	0	?	0	2	24th
2008	Belgian GT Championship	N/A	11	3	?	?	5	117	3rd
	Belgian Touring Car Series	Street Machine	?	?	?	?	?	62	7th
	French GT Championship	Selleslagh Racing Team	4	0	0	1	1	0	NC
	FIA GT Championship	Selleslagh Racing Team	2	0	0	0	1	6	21st
	Formula Volkswagen South Africa	N/A	2	0	0	1	1	0	NC
2009	Belgian GT Championship	First Motorsport Barwell Motorsport	2	0	?	?	0	15	25th
2009	FIA GT Championship	Selleslagh Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	4	20th
2010	FIA GT3 European Cup	Prospeed Competition	1	0	0	0	0	?	?
2011	Belcar Endurance Championship	Prospeed Competition	6	4	1	1	6	126	1st
	Belcar		5	4	0	0	5	48	1st
	FIA GT3 European Championship		12	2	0	0	2	71	12th
	Blancpain Endurance Series		1	0	0	0	0	0.5	34th
	Belgian Touring Car Series	Delahaye Racing Team 1	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2012	Blancpain Endurance Series	Prospeed Competition	6	0	0	0	0	26	18th
	European Le Mans Series - GTE Am	Prospeed Competition	1	1	0	0	1	26	3rd
	Rolex Sports Car Series	Racers Edge Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	16	68th
2013	International GT Open	GPR Racing	8	3	1	1	5	44	5th
2013	Blancpain Endurance Series	Prospeed Competition	4	0	0	0	0	14	21st
2014	International GT Open	Selleslagh Racing Team SRT	14	2	2	2	9	81	4th
	European Le Mans Series	Prospeed Competition	3	0	0	0	0	2	30th
	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux	Allure	2	0	0	2	1	26	20th
	Belgian Racing Car Championship	SRT	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Blancpain Endurance Series	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	0	0	0	0	31	10th
2016	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	10	1	0	0	3	47	8th
	Blancpain Endurance Series		4	0	0	0	1	59	3rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		2	0	0	0	1	25	7th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie	Bentley Team ABT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	9	0	0	0	0	4	23rd
	Blancpain GT Endurance Sprint Cup		5	1	0	0	2	79	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		2	0	0	0	1	20	7th
2018	Pirelli World Challenge - GT Pro	K-Pax Racing	7	2	0	0	2	170	4th
	Pirelli World Challenge - GT Pro-Am	K-Pax Racing	4	3	0	2	4	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	0	0	0	0	17	26th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	4	0	0	0	0	16	15th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge America	K-Pax Racing	14	2	0	2	11	140	4th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	0	0	0	0	17	15th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	4	0	0	0	0	10	25th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Bentley K-Pax Racing	4	0	0	0	0	6	23rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	2	1	0	0	1	28	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	K-Pax Racing	2	0	0	0	0	28	7th
2021	GT4 European Series - Pro-Am	Selleslagh Racing Team	6	0	0	0	3	83	5th
2021	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Getspeed Performance	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2022	Stock Car Brasil	Crown Racing
	Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux	August Racing by NGT Racing
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	CMR

Complete Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
2012	Racers Edge Motorsports	GT	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Dodge 8.0 L V10	DAY 42	BAR	MIA	JER	DET	MDO	ELK	WGL	IMS	WGL	MON	LGA	LIM	68th	16

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Bentley Team M-Sport	David Russell Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	AP	293	7th	6th
2017	Bentley Team M-Sport	Vincent Abril Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	APP	283	12th	5th
2018	Bentley Team M-Sport	Vincent Abril Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	APP	58	46th	12th
2019	Bentley Team M-Sport	Vincent Abril Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	APP	312	6th	6th
2020	Bentley Team M-Sport	Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper	Bentley Continental GT3	A-GT3 Pro	314	1st	1st

Stock Car Brasil results

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	Rank	Points
2022	Crown Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	INT 17	GOI 1	GOI 2	VCA 1	VCA 2	RIO 1	RIO 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	INT 1	INT 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	VCA 1	VCA 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	BRA 1	BRA 2

^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

^ "Driver Maxime Soulet Career Statistics". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
^ "Maxime Soulet, 2020". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "Bentley Motorsport announces full 2015 schedule". motorsport.com. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "K-PAX Racing Signs Two Bentley M-Sport Drivers to its Roster". kpaxracing.com. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "Bentley takes glory at thrilling 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race". motoringresearch.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "41 Cars For GT4 European Series At Spa". dailysportscar.com. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021. Centri Porsche Ticino drivers Max Busnelli and Ivan Jacoma are third in the standings with the #718 Porsche, followed by young Italian driver Luca Bosco (#34 Selleslagh Racing Team Mercedes-AMG), who will be joined for the trip to Spa by local expert and former Bentley factory driver Maxime Soulet.

External links

Profile at Total 24 Hours of Spa

[1] "Driver Maxime Soulet Career Statistics". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

[2] "Maxime Soulet, 2020". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[3] "Bentley Motorsport announces full 2015 schedule". motorsport.com. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[4] "K-PAX Racing Signs Two Bentley M-Sport Drivers to its Roster". kpaxracing.com. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[5] "Bentley takes glory at thrilling 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race". motoringresearch.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[6] "41 Cars For GT4 European Series At Spa". dailysportscar.com. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021. Centri Porsche Ticino drivers Max Busnelli and Ivan Jacoma are third in the standings with the #718 Porsche, followed by young Italian driver Luca Bosco (#34 Selleslagh Racing Team Mercedes-AMG), who will be joined for the trip to Spa by local expert and former Bentley factory driver Maxime Soulet.

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