Maxime Soulet


Maxime Soulet is a Belgian racing driver.

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. In 2015, Soulet was signed as a Bentley factory driver in the then-Blancpain GT Series. Soulet's best overall season with the marque occurred in 2017, when he and co-drivers Vincent Abril and Andy Soucek came within seven points of winning the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. They entered the final round with an eight-point advantage, but retired during the final race while their closest competitor finished third. For 2018, Soulet signed with K-Pax Racing alongside fellow factory driver Soucek. Two years later, Soulet was part of the Bentley Team M-Sport team that won the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour. 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. Soulet returned to the wheel of a Bentley Continental GT3 in 2022, joining customer team CMR's entry into the 2022 24 Hours of Spa. Also in 2022, Soulet took part in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux with August Racing by NGT. He would finish ninth in the overall championship, scoring 65 points.
In 2023, Soulet joined HAAS RT, initially competing in the 2023 Dubai 24 Hour. Additionally, Soulet returned full-time to the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, competing with Comtoyou Racing in the Gold Cup category alongside Nicolas Baert and Max Hofer. After winning their class in the first two races of the season, Baert and Soulet claimed the Gold Cup championship at season's end.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

YearTeamClassMakeEngine12345678910111213RankPoints
2012Racers Edge MotorsportsGTDodge Viper Competition CoupeDodge 8.0 L V10DAY
42
BARMIAJERDETMOHELKWGLIMSWGLMONLGALIM68th16

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920212223RankPoints
2022Crown RacingChevrolet CruzeINT
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.

Complete 24 Hours of Zolder results