Máximo Cortés

Máximo Cortés
Máximo Cortés
Nationality	Spanish
Born	13 April 1988 (age 36); Móstoles, Madrid (Spain)
Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2009
Current team	MIK Corse
Car number	23
Starts	3
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2005; 2006-2007; 2008; 2009; 2010	Master Junior Formula; Spanish Formula Three; Formula Renault 3.5 Series; LeMans Series; Championship of Spain Gran Turismo - Spanish Resistance Cup - Superleague Formula
Championship titles
2007	Spanish Formula Three

Máximo Cortés (born 13 April 1988 in Móstoles, Madrid) is a Spanish racing driver who competes in single seater formulae.

Career

Formula Three

After a first successful season in the Master Junior Formula, finishing the season as runner-up, Cortés graduated to Spanish Formula Three Championship in 2006 with Spanish team Escuderia TEC-Auto. A strong third place in the standings in his rookie year boost him as the favorite for the followed season.

Cortés continued with TEC Auto into the 2007 season. During the season he took nine podiums, including six race wins, to win the drivers' title ahead of his teammate Marco Barba, winning the title by just four points.^[1]

World Series by Renault

In 2008, Cortés signed with Pons Racing in order to participate in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series alongside fellow Spanish Formula Three teammate Marcos Martínez.^[2]^[3]

After only seven races in the championship, Máximo was replaced by Aleix Alcaraz due to financial problems;^[4] during his short stint in the championship, Cortés finished two times in the points positions, a seven in Spa being his best result.

Racing record

Season	Series	Team	Car No.	Races	Poles	Wins	FLaps	Points	Position
2009	Le Mans Series LMP2	Q8 Oils Hache Team	43	3	0	0	0	0*	N/A*
2008	Spanish Formula Three	emiliodevillota.com	22	2	1	1	0	0	N/A
2008	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	14	7	0	0	0	5	26th
2007	Spanish Formula Three	Escuderia TEC-Auto	1	16	4	6	9	117	1st
2006	Spanish Formula Three	Escuderia TEC-Auto	13	16	2	2	3	93	3rd
2005	Master Junior Formula	Escuela de Pilotos Emilio de Villota		20		10		469	2nd

* Season still in progress

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2008	Pons Racing	MNZ 1 17	MNZ 2 16	SPA 1 7	SPA 2 13	MON 1 10	SIL 1 14	SIL 2 17	HUN 1	HUN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	26th	5

References

^ "Máximo Cortés is the new Champion". formula3.cc. 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
^ "Marcos Martínez y Máximo Cortés, con Pons Racing" (in Spanish). terra.net. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
^ "Pons announces Cortes and Martinez". italiaracing.net. 2008-02-27. Archived from the original on 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
^ "Alcaraz joins Pons". crash.net. 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2008-07-06.

External links

Máximo Cortés career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ricardo Risatti	Spanish Formula Three Champion 2007	Succeeded by Germán Sánchez

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[1] "Máximo Cortés is the new Champion". formula3.cc. 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2008-04-29.

[2] "Marcos Martínez y Máximo Cortés, con Pons Racing" (in Spanish). terra.net. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-03-02.

[3] "Pons announces Cortes and Martinez". italiaracing.net. 2008-02-27. Archived from the original on 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-02-28.

[4] "Alcaraz joins Pons". crash.net. 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2008-07-06.

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