Maximilian Paul

Maximilian Paul
Paul racing at the Red Bull Ring in 2024
NationalityGermany German
Born (2000-02-14) 14 February 2000 (age 24)
Dresden, Germany
International GT Open career
Debut season2023
Current teamOregon Team
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number63
Previous series
2022
2018–2019		IMSA SportsCar Championship
Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup

Maximilian Paul (born 14 February 2000) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the DTM for his own team Paul Motorsport.

Career

Karting

Paul started karting in 2011.[1] He has competed in the KZ2 category of the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship and WSK Super Master Series as a factory driver of DR Racing Kart.[2]

Sports car racing

In 2017 Paul made his car racing debut by competing in a round of the DMV BMW Challenge.[3]

In 2018 he competed in the Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup.[3]

In 2019 he returned to the championship, competing in four races which he all won.[4] That he also made his debut in the ADAC GT Masters.[2] He competed for the T3 Motorsport team from Dresden and finished the season in 34th.

In 2020 he remained in the ADAC GT Masters with T3-HRT-Motorsport.[5][6] Together with his teammate Niels Langeveld he finished the season in 30th. Paul also made an appearance in the Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup, where he won both races at Autodrom Most and TT Circuit Assen.[7][8][9]

In 2021 he started his third season with T3 Motorsport in the ADAC GT Masters.[10] He started the season with Hugo Sasse as his teammate.[11] Later in the season Sasse was replaced first by Marco Mapelli and then Luca Ghiotto.[12][13] Paul finished the season in 22nd.[14] In 2021 he also joined his team for a guest start in the Red Bull Ring round of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.[15] He finished the races in thirteenth and eleventh.[16][17]

In 2022 Paul was announced as a Lamborghini Junior.[17][18][19] He remained in the ADAC GT Masters with the same team once again.[20] He also joined the team to compete in the 24 Hours of Daytona.[21][22] The team finished the race eight in the GTD class.[23] In the ADAC GT Masters Paul's teammate would be Marco Mapelli.[24][25] During the season the team hit financial troubles and was at risk of insolvency.[26][27] From the fourth round at the Nürburgring onwards Maximilian Paul and Marco Mapelli started under the name Paul Motorsport with the help of Maximilian's father Tobias Paul and his main sponsor Meyle Autoteile.[27][28] In the second race at the Nürburgring the pair finally took their first podium of the season.[29] Three more podiums throughout the season enabled the pair to finish the season in eleventh after a poor start.[17][27][30]

In 2023 Paul joined Oregon Team to compete in the International GT Open with Pierre-Louis Chovet as his teammate.[31][32] The pair took their first race win at the Hungaroring.[33][34] At Circuit Paul Ricard they took their second race win of the season.[35]

He also completed a guest start in the ADAC GT Masters with his fathers's team Paul Motorsport and teammate Simon Connor Primm.[36]

Paul then joined GRT Grasser Racing Team in the 2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters as a replacement for Mick Wishofer.[17][37] He won the wet second race on his first weekend at the Nürburgring.[38]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 DMV BMW Challenge ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2018 Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup Seyffarth Motorsport 4 0 0 0 4 53 11th
2019 ADAC GT Masters T3 Motorsport 13 0 0 0 0 8 34th
Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup Seyffarth Motorsport 4 4 4 4 4 88 11th
2020 ADAC GT Masters T3-HRT-Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 22 30th
Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup Seyffarth Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2021 ADAC GT Masters T3 Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 37 22nd
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 ADAC GT Masters T3 Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 106 11th
Paul Motorsport 8 0 0 0 4
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD T3 Motorsport North America 1 0 0 0 0 239 57th
2023 International GT Open Oregon Team 13 4 6 1 7 104 4th
ADAC GT Masters Paul Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 26 23rd
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Paul Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
VSR 4 0 0 0 0
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters GRT Grasser Racing Team 4 1 0 0 1 28 21st
2024 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Paul Motorsport 16 0 1 1 0 38 18th
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2-R+4WD Giti Tire Motorsport by WS Racing 2 0 0 0 1 * *
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Konrad Motorsport
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9
International GT Open Oregon Team 2 0 0 0 0 8 25th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe GG Magic Motorsport
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Iron Lynx 1 0 0 0 0 202 44th

Complete ADAC GT 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 DC Points
2019 T3 Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo OSC
1
23 		OSC
2
Ret 		MST
1
25 		MST
2
Ret 		RBR
1
19 		RBR
2
Ret 		ZAN
1
22 		ZAN
2
27 		NÜR
1
24 		NÜR
2
Ret 		HOC
1
8 		HOC
2
25 		SAC
1
DNS 		SAC
2
18 		34th 8
2020 T3-HRT-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo LAU1
1
12 		LAU1
2
21 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
23 		HOC
1
23 		HOC
2
19 		SAC
1
27 		SAC
2
11 		RBR
1
12 		RBR
2
17 		LAU2
1
11 		LAU2
2
22 		OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
Ret 		30th 22
2021 T3 Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo OSC
1
20 		OSC
2
15 		RBR
1
18 		RBR
2
18 		ZAN
1
15 		ZAN
2
21 		LAU
1
11 		LAU
2
Ret 		SAC
1
8 		SAC
2
15 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
12 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
8 		22nd 37
2022 T3 Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo OSC
1
11 		OSC
2
18 		RBR
1
8 		RBR
2
15 		ZAN
1
7 		ZAN
2
20† 		11th 106
Paul Motorsport NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
10 		LAU
1
33 		LAU
2
5 		SAC
1
19† 		SAC
2
3 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
3
2023 Paul Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo HOC1
1 		HOC1
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		NÜR
1
33 		NÜR
2
7 		SAC
1 		SAC
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		HOC2
1 		HOC2
2 		14th* 26*

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2021 T3 Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		LAU
1 		LAU
2 		ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		RBR
1
13 		RBR
2
11 		ASS
1 		ASS
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		NC† 0†
2023 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 OSC
1 		OSC
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		NÜR
1
13 		NÜR
2
1 		LAU
1
19 		LAU
2
Ret 		SAC
1 		SAC
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		21st 28
2024 Paul Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 OSC
1
17 		OSC
2
DSQ 		LAU
1
12 		LAU
2
Ret 		ZAN
1
Ret 		ZAN
2
91 		NOR
1
10 		NOR
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
16 		SAC
1
15 		SAC
2
Ret 		RBR
1
62 		RBR
2
14 		HOC
1
16 		HOC
2
14 		18th 38

† As Paul was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete International GT Open 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 DC Points
2023 Oregon Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo PRT
1
10 		PRT
2
10 		SPA
1
8 		HUN
1
3 		HUN
2
1 		LEC
1
15 		LEC
2
1 		RBR
1
1 		RBR
2
17 		MNZ
1
1 		MNZ
2
3 		CAT
1
3 		CAT
2
5 		4th 104
2024 Oregon Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo ALG
1 		ALG
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		SPA
1 		HUN
1
7 		HUN
2
7 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		MNZ
1 		25th 8

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2024 Iron Lynx GTD Pro Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS
13 		PET 44th 202

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