Max Coates

Max Peter Coates is a British racing driver who competes in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain for Graves Motorsport.
Coates is a former Clio Cup UK competitor but has since moved factors as the Clio Cup withdrew from being a British Touring Car Championship support race. He spent three years in the Mini Challenge Series, supporting the BTCC, and currently races in the Porsche Sprint Challenge.

Racing career

After several years of karting, Coates made his car racing debut in 2010, racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship. He spent two years in this series before graduating to the Ginetta GT Supercup for 2012, 2013 and 2014, but his racing programmes have often been stymied by a lack of budget, restricting him to part-seasons and guest appearances, such as a one-off outing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain in 2014.
After four rounds of the 2015 British [Touring Car Championship season], Coates was signed by the Support Our Paras team to drive its second entry for the remainder of the season, alongside Derek Palmer Jr. He took the seat that was previously occupied by Richard Hawken and Martin Donnelly. However, due a sponsorship problem, he lost his drive following just one round of the championship.
After a successful season in 2018, Coates once again joined Guy Colclough in the DAT Racing TCR-spec SEAT to race in the 2019 Britcar Endurance Championship season.

Racing record

Racing career summary

^*Season still in progress.
‡ Team standings.
† Coates was ineligible for points as he was an invitation entry.

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year

Team

Points

2010 [Ginetta Junior Championship|2010]

Privateer

THR
1
18

THR
2
17

ROC
1
14

ROC
2
12

BHGP
1
8

BHGP
2
8

OUL
1
9

OUL
2
9

CRO
1
11

CRO
2
14

SNE
1
13

SNE
2
16

SIL
1
11

SIL
2
7

KNO
1
15

KNO
2
7

DON
1
9

DON
2
11

BHI
1
10

BHI
2
6

11th

194

2011

Privateer

BHI
1
9

BHI
2
4

DON
1
6

DON
2
4

THR
1
3

THR
2
3

OUL
1
17

OUL
2
7

CRO
1
5

CRO
2
9

SNE
1
6

SNE
2
11

KNO
1
10

KNO
2
8

ROC
1
4

ROC
2
13

BHGP
1
3

BHGP
2
6

SIL
1
9

SIL
2
11

6th

309

Complete Ginetta GT4 Supercup results

(Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year

Team

Class

Points

2012

Redbrick Racing

G50

BRH
1
15

BRH
2
6

BRH
3
Ret

DON
1
9

DON
2
6

DON
3
8

THR
1
12

THR
2
7

THR
3
6

OUL
1

OUL
2

CRO
1
10

CRO
2
Ret

CRO
3
Ret

SNE
1

SNE
2

SNE
3

KNO
1

KNO
2

KNO
3

ROC
1

ROC
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

6th

272

2012

Redbrick Racing

G55

BRH
1
5

BRH
2
9

BRH
3
16

15th

2013

Century Motorsport

G55

BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

DON
1

DON
2

DON
3

THR
1

THR
2

THR
3

OUL
1

OUL
2

CRO
1
6

CRO
2
4

CRO
3
3

SNE
1

SNE
2

SNE
3

KNO
1

KNO
2

KNO
3

ROC
1

ROC
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

19th

2014

Privateer

G55

BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

DON
1

DON
2

DON
3

THR
1

THR
2

THR
3

OUL
1

OUL
2

CRO
1
13

CRO
2
6

CRO
3
8

SNE
1

SNE
2

SNE
3

KNO
1

KNO
2

KNO
3

ROC
1

ROC
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

20th

Complete British Touring Car 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	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Pts
2015	Support Our Paras Racing	Infiniti Q50	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	THR 1	THR 2	THR 3	OUL 1	OUL 2	OUL 3	CRO 1 21	CRO 2 27	CRO 3 20	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	ROC 1	ROC 2	ROC 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	34th	0

Complete Renault Clio Cup UK results

Year

Team

Pts

2016

Ciceley Motorsport

BHI
1
6

BHI
2
8

DON
1
4

DON
2
5

THR
1
9

THR
2
10

OUL
1
3

OUL
2
5

CRO
1
2

CRO
2
1

SNE
1
2

SNE
2
5

ROC
1
8

ROC
2
3

SIL
1
5

SIL
2
5

BHGP
1
6

BHGP
2
2

3rd

361

2017

Ciceley Motorsport

BHI
1
6

BHI
2
6

DON
1
1

DON
2
3

THR
1
8

THR
2
Ret<

OUL
1
6

OUL
2
5

CRO
1
6

CRO
2
2

SNE
1
7

SNE
2
2

ROC
1
1

ROC
2
3

SIL
1
9

SIL
2
4

BHGP
1
8

BHGP
2
9

4th

360

2018

Team Pyro

BHI
1
5*

BHI
2
1*

DON
1
6

DON
2
6

THR
1
2*

THR
2
3

OUL
1
3

OUL
2
1*

CRO
1
2

CRO
2
1*

SNE
1
11

SNE
2
1*

ROC
1
Ret

ROC
2
3

SIL
1
Ret

SIL
2
5

BHGP
1
5

BHGP
2
4

3rd

309

2019

Team HARD

BHI
1
1*

BHI
2
1*

DON
1
Ret

DON
2
3

CRO
1
1*

CRO
2
1*

OUL
1
3

OUL
2
1*

SNE
1
6*

SNE
2
1

THR
1
2

THR
2
Ret*

KNO
1
1*

KNO
2
2

SIL
1
2

SIL
2
11

BRH
1
3

BRH
2
2

2nd

357

Complete Britcar results

(Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year

Team

Car

Class

Points

2018

DAT Racing

SNE
1
Ret

SNE
2
3

SIL
1
9

SIL
2
9

BRH
1

BRH
2

9th

5th

146

2019

DAT Racing

SEAT León TCR

SIL
1
18

SIL
2
15

DON
1
9

DON
2
9

OUL
1
7

OUL
2
15

SNE
1

SNE
2

OUL
1
5

OUL
2
11

BRH
1

BRH
2

9th

3rd

180

Complete TCR UK/Touring Car Trophy results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10			Pts
2019	DAT Racing	SEAT Leon TCR	OUL 1	OUL 2	DON 1 1	DON 2 1	CRO 1	CRO 2	BHI 1	BHI 2	DON 1	DON 2	8th		88

Complete British Endurance Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year

Team

Car

Class

Points

2022

Dragon Sport by Amigo

Vauxhall Astra TCR

SIL1
8

OUL
16

SNE

SIL2
12