Maxime Martin

Maxime Martin
Maxime Martin
Nationality	Belgian
Born	20 March 1986 (age 38); Uccle, Belgium
DTM career
Debut season	2014
Current team	BMW Team RBM
Former teams	BMW Team RMG
Starts	64
Wins	3
Poles	3
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	7th in 2014, 2015
Previous series
2006; 2007; 2007; 2007, 09; 2007–08; 2008; 2008; 2008–09; 2008–10; 2009; 2009; 2009; 2010–12; 2010; 2013; 2013; 2014-17	Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium; French Formula Renault; THP Spider Cup; GT4 European Cup; Eurocup Mégane Trophy; FIA GT Championship; Renault Clio Cup France; Renault Clio Cup Belgium; FIA GT3 Championship; Formula Le Mans; Belgian GT Championship; ADAC GT Masters; FIA GT1 World Championship; French GT Championship; Blancpain Endurance Series; American Le Mans Series; DTM
Championship titles
2008	Clio Cup France

Maxime Martin (born 20 March 1986) is a Belgian professional racing driver and son of four-time Spa 24 Hours winner Jean-Michel Martin. He competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Aston Martin Racing. Martin had been a BMW factory driver since 2013, racing full-time in the American Le Mans Series for BMW Team RLL that season, as well as acting as BMW's DTM test and reserve driver. In late 2013 at BMW Motorsport's yearly review, Martin was confirmed as a full-time BMW DTM driver for the 2014 season.

Career

Born in Uccle, Martin finished fourth in 2006 in the Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium series.^[1] In 2007 he began racing in the Eurocup Mégane Trophy, finishing third overall with one victory. The following year he finished as runner-up, with six wins. He also won the French Renault Clio Cup title. In 2009 he raced mainly in the FIA GT3 European Championship for AutoGT Racing in a Morgan Aero 8, winning at Silverstone.

For 2010 Martin began racing in the new FIA GT1 World Championship for the Marc VDS Racing Team in a Ford GT. Along with teammate Bas Leinders he scored two podium finishes and ended the season 14th in the standings. In 2011, Martin teamed with Frédéric Makowiecki to win 4 races, including both rounds at Ordos. Between 2011 and 2013 Martin raced in the Blancpain Endurance Series mainly driving a BMW Z4 GT3 also for the Marc VDS Racing Team. His best result came in 2012, where he finished runner-up together with his teammates Bas Leinders and Markus Palttala.

In 2014 Martin made his debut in the DTM championship for BMW. He won a race at the Moscow Raceway, the first victory for a Belgian in the DTM.^[2]^[3] In 2015, he won another race, this time at the Nürburgring.^[4] In 2016, he only managed to finish twice on the podium, and ended the year winless. 2017 was his most successful season yet in the DTM, ending the season with one victory and four podiums.

In 2016 Martin won the Spa 24 Hours together with Alexander Sims and Philipp Eng, driving a BMW M6 GT3.^[5] By winning this race, he followed in the footsteps of his father Jean-Michel Martin, who won the race four times.

In late 2017 Martin announced he would leave BMW after 5 years as a factory driver. He later announced he would join Aston Martin Racing as a factory driver to race in the 2018 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Racing record

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Marc VDS Racing Team	Ford GT1	ABU QR 6	ABU CR 13	SIL QR 19	SIL CR 8	BRN QR 16	BRN CR Ret	PRI QR 20	PRI CR 4	SPA QR 9	SPA CR Ret	NÜR QR Ret	NÜR CR 11	ALG QR Ret	ALG CR 5	NAV QR 3	NAV CR 5	INT QR 11	INT CR 5	SAN QR 3	SAN CR Ret	14th	54
2011	Marc VDS Racing Team	Ford GT1	ABU QR 1	ABU CR 8	ZOL QR 5	ZOL CR 8	ALG QR 6	ALG CR Ret	SAC QR 1	SAC CR Ret	SIL QR NC	SIL CR Ret	NAV QR 3	NAV CR 4	PRI QR 5	PRI CR 6	ORD QR 1	ORD CR 1	BEI QR Ret	BEI CR 4	SAN QR 15	SAN CR 11	6th	98
2012	Valmon Racing Team Russia	Aston Martin DBRS9	NOG QR 16	NOG CR 12	ZOL QR 9	ZOL CR 12	NAV QR 14	NAV QR Ret	SVK QR	SVK CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	SVK QR	SVK CR	MOS QR	MOS CR	NUR QR	NUR CR	DON QR	DON CR			28th	0

Complete FIA GT Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2013	Marc VDS Racing Team	BMW Z4 GT3	Pro	NOG QR	NOG CR	ZOL QR	ZOL CR	ZAN QR	ZAN CR	SVK QR	SVK CR	NAV QR	NAV CR	BAK QR 5	BAK CR Ret	NC‡	0‡

^‡ As Martin was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2015	BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil	BMW Z4 GT3	Pro	NOG QR 2	NOG CR 1	BRH QR	BRH CR	ZOL QR	ZOL CR	MOS QR	MOS CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	MIS QR	MIS CR	ZAN QR	ZAN CR	14th	31
2016	Boutsen Ginion	BMW M6 GT3	Pro-Am	MIS QR 25	MIS CR 25	BRH QR	BRH CR											6th	21
2016	Rowe Racing	BMW M6 GT3	Pro					NÜR QR 9	NÜR CR 8	HUN QR	HUN CR	CAT QR	CAT CR					26th	4

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2011	Kronos Racing Marc VDS Racing Team	Vanina Ickx Bas Leinders	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	LMP1	328	7th	7th
2012	OAK Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson Bas Leinders	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	LMP2	341	14th	7th
2013	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Pierre Thiriet Ludovic Badey	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	310	DNF	DNF
2018	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Pro	327	37th	13th
2019	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Jonathan Adam	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Pro	325	44th	12th

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2014	BMW Team RMG	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 20	OSC 14	HUN 6	NOR 17	MSC 1	SPL 15	NÜR 7	LAU 14	ZAN 6	HOC Ret									7th	47
2015	BMW Team RMG	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 14	LAU 1 7	LAU 2 8	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 10	ZAN 1 3	ZAN 2 17	SPL 1 14	SPL 2 19	MSC 1 18	MSC 2 4	OSC 1 11	OSC 2 9	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 13	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 6	7th	94
2016	BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 3	SPL 1 6	SPL 2 5	LAU 1 9	LAU 2 13	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 3	ZAN 1 10	ZAN 2 Ret	MSC 1 6	MSC 2 17	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 10	HUN 1 13	HUN 2 7	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 6	8th	90
2017	BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 Ret	LAU 1 4	LAU 2 8	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 3	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 1	MSC 1 16	MSC 2 Ret	ZAN 1 3	ZAN 2 6	NÜR 1 17	NÜR 2 11	SPL 1 6	SPL 2 11	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 6	8th	132

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2018	Jetstream Motorsport AMR	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	GT3	OUL 1 10	OUL 2 8	ROC 1 5	SNE 1 2	SNE 2 9	SIL 1 13	SPA 1 1	BRH 1 Ret	DON 1 11	7th	77.5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2018–19	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SPA 6	LMS 13	SIL 4	FUJ 9	SHA 4	SEB 8	SPA 1	LMS 14	8th	66
2019–20	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SIL 3	FUJ 3	SHA 4	BHR 3	COA 4	SPA	LMS		4th*	77*

^* Season still in progress.

References

^ "Maxime Martin". Driver Database. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
^ "Martin proud of first Belgian win". Retrieved 2016-08-04.
^ Leeuwen, Andrew van. "Moscow DTM: Maxime Martin converts pole to first series win". Retrieved 2016-08-04.
^ Adam, Mitchell. "DTM Nurburgring: BMW's Martin wins after clash with Wehrlein". Retrieved 2016-08-04.
^ "Maxime Martin wint spectaculaire 24 Uur van Spa met BMW - AutoWereld". www.autowereld.be (in Flemish). Retrieved 2016-08-04.

External links

Official website
Maxime Martin career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] "Maxime Martin". Driver Database. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

[2] "Martin proud of first Belgian win". Retrieved 2016-08-04.

[3] Leeuwen, Andrew van. "Moscow DTM: Maxime Martin converts pole to first series win". Retrieved 2016-08-04.

[4] Adam, Mitchell. "DTM Nurburgring: BMW's Martin wins after clash with Wehrlein". Retrieved 2016-08-04.

[5] "Maxime Martin wint spectaculaire 24 Uur van Spa met BMW - AutoWereld". www.autowereld.be (in Flemish). Retrieved 2016-08-04.

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