Maxime Martin

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.

After strong results in the Blancpain Endurance Series driving the BMW Z4 GT3, Martin was promoted to a factory driver for 2013. In 2013 Martin mainly competed in the American Le Mans Series with BMW Team RLL in the all new BMW Z4 GTE. He and his team mate Bill Auberlen won in only the second race and finished 6th in the Drivers' standings.

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, and his uncle Philippe, who won twice alongside Jean-Michel.

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 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship. In September 2020 Martin won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMGTE Pro class together with Alex Lynn and Harry Tincknell for Aston Martin Racing. He took four more podiums during the season and finished runner-up in the Drivers' standings.

While Aston Martin Racing officially ended its factory involvement in the FIA WEC after the 2019-2020 season, Martin was retained as a factory driver to support the customer racing program. However, due to a lack of opportunities in 2021 he raced on Porsche cars on several occasions. In 2022 Martin will race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 from The Heart of Racing Team. This marks his return to a full time program in North America for the first time since 2013. Martin ended up winning two races in the GTD class during the season, one of which was the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, helping his teammate Roman De Angelis win the title. At the end of the season he and Aston Martin decided to part ways after five seasons.^[6]

On October 26, 2022 it was announced that Martin would return to the squad of BMW factory drivers.^[7] In 2023 Martin will mainly compete in the GT World Challenge Europe series partnering MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi driving a BMW M4 GT3 for Team WRT. Beside his GT program Martin will also be involved in WRT's testing program of the BMW M Hybrid V8. On July 16 he and Rossi won the second sprint race at the Misano circuit which marked Rossi's maiden win in the championship.^[8]

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

^* Season still in progress.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	First Motorsport	Dries Heyman Jean-Claude Meert Peter Van Delm	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	G3	232	DNF	DNF
2008	Belgian Racing	Bas Leinders Renaud Kuppens	Gillet Vertigo Streiff	G2	145	DNF	DNF
2009	Matech GT Racing	Marc Hennerici Thomas Mutsch Peter Wyss	Ford GT GT3	G3	519	7th	1st
2010	Marc VDS Racing Team	Marc Duez Bas Leinders	Ford GT GT3	GT3	512	8th	2nd
2011	Marc VDS Racing Team	Marc Hennerici Bas Leinders	BMW Z4 GT3	Pro Cup	102	DNF	DNF
2012	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Markus Palttala	BMW Z4 GT3	Pro Cup	507	4th	4th
2013	Marc VDS Racing Team	Yelmer Buurman Bas Leinders	BMW Z4 GT3	Pro Cup	300	DNF	DNF
2014	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Augusto Farfus Jörg Müller	BMW Z4 GT3	Pro Cup	153	DNF	DNF
2015	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Augusto Farfus Dirk Werner	BMW Z4 GT3	Pro Cup	399	31st	14th
2016	ROWE Racing	Philipp Eng Alexander Sims	BMW M6 GT3	Pro Cup	531	1st	1st
2017	ROWE Racing	Philipp Eng Alexander Sims	BMW M6 GT3	Pro Cup	498	33rd	20th
2018	R-Motorsport	Dominik Baumann Marvin Kirchhöfer	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	Pro Cup	485	35th	20th
2019	R-Motorsport	Matt Parry Matthieu Vaxivière	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Pro Cup	84	DNF	DNF
2020	Garage 59	Jonathan Adam Chris Goodwin Alexander West	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Pro-Am	519	20th	3rd
2021	KCMG	Nick Tandy Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Pro Cup	554	5th	5th
2022	Beechdean AMR	Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Pro Cup	534	10th	10th
2023	Team WRT	Augusto Farfus Valentino Rossi	BMW M4 GT3	Pro Cup	537	6th	6th

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2012	Marc VDS Racing Team	Bas Leinders Markus Palttala	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	154	4th	4th
2013	Marc VDS Racing Team	Yelmer Buurman Andrea Piccini Richard Göransson	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	88	2nd	2nd
2014	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Uwe Alzen Jörg Müller Marco Wittmann	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	60	DNF	DNF
2015	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Lucas Luhr Markus Palttala Richard Westbrook	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	156	2nd	2nd
2016	ROWE Racing	Philipp Eng Alexander Sims Dirk Werner	BMW M6 GT3	SP9 GT3	133	5th	5th
2017	ROWE Racing	Philipp Eng Marc Basseng	BMW M6 GT3	SP9 GT3	157	10th	10th
2018	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim Darren Turner	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	SP9-LG	134	4th	1st
2020	Frikadelli Racing Team	Lance David Arnold Mathieu Jaminet Lars Kern	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9 PRO	85	7th	7th
2021	Frikadelli Racing Team	Frédéric Makowiecki Dennis Olsen Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9 PRO	54	DNF	DNF
2022	TF Sport AMR	David Pittard Marco Sørensen Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	SP9 PRO	45	DNF	DNF
2023	ROWE Racing	Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Marco Wittmann	BMW M4 GT3	SP9 PRO	162	2nd	2nd
2024	ROWE Racing	Augusto Farfus Raffaele Marciello Marco Wittmann	BMW M4 GT3	SP9 PRO	50	7th	7th

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
2020	Aston Martin Racing	Alex Lynn Harry Tincknell	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Pro	346	20th	1st
2021	Hub Auto Racing	Álvaro Parente Dries Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	227	DNF	DNF
2023	DKR Engineering	Tom van Rompuy Ugo de Wilde	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	311	32nd	15th
				LMP2 Pro-Am			3rd
2024	Team WRT	Ahmad Al Harthy Valentino Rossi	BMW M4 GT3	LMGT3	109	DNF	DNF

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

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

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

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	Turner Motorsport	Billy Johnson Paul Dalla Lana Boris Said Bill Auberlen	BMW M3	GT	631	28th	18th
		Bill Auberlen Michael Marsal Andy Priaulx Gunter Schaldach			-	DNS	DNS
2014	BMW Team RLL	Joey Hand Andy Priaulx Bill Auberlen	BMW Z4 GTE	GTLM	679	7th	2nd
2016	Turner Motorsport	Michael Marsal Markus Palttala Jesse Krohn	BMW M6 GT3	GTD	701	19th	5th
2017	Turner Motorsport	Justin Marks Jens Klingmann Jesse Krohn	BMW M6 GT3	GTD	628	25th	8th
2022	Heart of Racing Team	Ross Gunn Alex Riberas	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	GTD Pro	103	DNF	DNF
2023	Paul Miller Racing	Corey Lewis Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	BMW M4 GT3	GTD	726	28th	8th

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

^* Season still in progress.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos.	Class Pos.
2023	KFC VR46 with Team WRT	Sean Gelael Valentino Rossi Tim Whale Max Hesse	BMW M4 GT3	Pro	DUB 3	ABU	MUG	SPA	MON	EST 1	EST 2	BAR	KUW	3rd	3rd

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• Maxime Martin career summary at DriverDB.com