1. Maximilian Alexander Chilton was born on 21 April 1991 and is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 2013 to 2014.
33 Facts About Max Chilton
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Max Chilton competed in the GP2 Series from 2010 to 2012, finishing fourth in the latter with Carlin.
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Max Chilton competed in Formula One for Marussia from 2013 to 2014.
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Max Chilton is the current holder of the hillclimb record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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Max Chilton was born in Redhill and grew up in Reigate.
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Max Chilton was educated at Ardingly College from 2000 to 2008.
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Max Chilton started his racing career at the age of 10 in karts where he spent 2 years learning the ropes in cadet karting before stepping up to junior TKM.
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Max Chilton dovetailed his 2005 karting season with a season in the T Cars championship, for drivers between fourteen and seventeen years of age.
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Max Chilton finished eighth in his first season, before going on to finish third in the Autumn Trophy.
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Max Chilton continued in T Cars in 2006, where he finished as runner-up to Luciano Bacheta by three points.
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Max Chilton made his debut at the second round of the 2007 British Formula 3 season for Arena International, despite being below the required age of 16 to take part in the season opener having sought special dispensation on the eve of his 16th birthday.
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Max Chilton drove in the 2007 1000km of Silverstone for Arena with his brother Tom, and they finished sixth overall, eight laps down on the winning Peugeot 908 HDi FAP of Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gene.
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For 2008 Max Chilton moved to David Hayle's Hitech Racing, and improved to tenth place in the championship.
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Max Chilton moved to Carlin Motorsport for the 2009 season, taking three pole positions in the first four races.
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Max Chilton won twice during the season, the first at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, and the second in his final Formula Three race at Brands Hatch.
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In 2011 Max Chilton joined his father's Carlin team for the outfit's first foray into GP2, having previously driven for them in Formula Three.
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Max Chilton remained with the team, now with backing from the Marussia Formula One team, for the 2012 season alongside Rio Haryanto.
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Max Chilton secured his first series podium finish in the feature race of the first round of the championship in Malaysia, and later his first pole position and race victory in the Hungarian feature race.
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In November 2011 Max Chilton drove for the Force India team in the Young Driver test at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit.
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Max Chilton was appointed Marussia F1's testing and reserve driver for the second half of the 2012 season, starting from the Japanese Grand Prix.
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Max Chilton competed in the first practice session at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November for Marussia F1.
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Max Chilton achieved his best finish of the season at the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix, when he finished in 14th place following several retirements.
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Max Chilton achieved his best qualifying result of 16th position at the 2013 Belgian Grand Prix in a mixed-weather session where he was one of three drivers to go out on slick tyres at the end when the track's condition was improving.
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Max Chilton is the only driver to have finished every race of his rookie season.
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Max Chilton achieved his best finish to date at the Australian Grand Prix, finishing 13th.
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Max Chilton finished 13th again at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Max Chilton had finished every Formula One race he had contested until the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix, which meant that he had finished 25 consecutive races, 19 of them in his rookie season.
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Max Chilton received a three-place grid penalty at the following race.
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Max Chilton's season ended after Marussia went into administration and then closed down, resulting in Chilton missing the last three races of the season and having no seat for 2015.
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On 1 February 2016, Max Chilton joined Chip Ganassi Racing to compete in the IndyCar Series.
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In February 2022, Max Chilton announced his retirement from IndyCar racing, in order to concentrate on other ventures, including the Le Mans Endurance Race.
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Max Chilton joined Nissan Motorsports to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2015.
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Max Chilton ran the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the team, retiring after 234 laps due to a suspension failure.