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🇬🇧 Max Chilton

#4
Racing driver from United Kingdom. IndyCar.
Driver facts
Full name
Max Chilton
Born
21 April 1991(b. 1991)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Series
IndyCar
Status
Retired
Career wins
3
Career podiums
10
Career starts
190
Career DNFs
5
Racer Rating
5,117
Max Chilton
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,117
Rank 1013 of 39,251 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Max Chilton is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in IndyCar. Chilton has recorded 3 wins and 10 podiums from 190 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,117 ranks Chilton 1013th of 39,251 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2021 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2021-09-26Grand Prix at Long BeachIndyCarP15+50
2021-09-19Grand Prix of Laguna SecaIndyCarP21−26
2021-09-12Grand Prix of PortlandIndyCarP19−3
2021-08-14Grand Prix of Indianapolis (Road Course)IndyCarP20−12
2021-08-08Grand Prix of NashvilleIndyCarP18+4
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+157Sepang International Circuit 2012GP2 SeriesP3
+156Indianapolis 500 2017IndyCarP4
+141Monza 2010GP2 SeriesP5
+133Singapore 2012GP2 SeriesP1
+124Hungaroring 2012GP2 SeriesP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Monza5 starts+32
Sepang International Circuit4 starts+28
Indianapolis 5005 starts+23
Monaco6 starts+20
Struggles
Spa-Francorchamps6 starts-41
Silverstone7 starts-29
Grand Prix of Alabama4 starts-28
Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio4 starts-16
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2021▸IndyCar1200000P25−1905,117
2020▸IndyCar900000P25+1615,109
2019▸IndyCar1200000P25+955,144
2018▸IndyCar1700000P22−5695,020
2017▸IndyCar1700000P14+4355,213
2016▸IndyCar1600000P17−2025,674
2015▸Indy NXTCarlin1416130P5−625,156
▸WECNissan Motorsports100100P15−81
2014▸Formula 1Marussia1600300P15−625,223
2013▸Formula 1Marussia1900000P19↑500−5655,591
2012▸GP2 SeriesCarlin2324020P5+8865,656
2011▸GP2 SeriesCarlin1200000P18−1284,770
2010▸GP2 SeriesOcean Racing Technology1800010P21↑675−7574,898
2009▸Formula 3 MacauCarlin100000—−164,980
▸Formula V8 3.5Comtec Racing100000P26↑225−145
2008▸Formula 3 MacauHitech Racing100000—↑750−704,916
2007▸Star Mazda ChampionshipVelocity Motorsports100000P23+2,8864,236
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Chilton finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇸🇪 Marcus EricssonFIA Platinum5,96690296132%
🇺🇸 Josef NewgardenFIA Platinum6,47783137016%
🇳🇿 Scott DixonFIA Platinum6,3768397411%
🇬🇧 Alexander RossiFIA Platinum5,77383176620%
🇯🇵 Takuma Sato5,73783305336%
🇺🇸 Graham RahalFIA Gold5,72583176620%
🇬🇧 Simon PagenaudFIA Platinum5,58883137016%
🇳🇿 Ryan Hunter-ReayFIA Platinum5,31083265731%
🇺🇸 Will PowerFIA Platinum6,27582216126%
🇨🇦 James HinchcliffeFIA Gold4,84678225628%
🇬🇧 Lewis HamiltonFIA Platinum, 9× champion8,638353329%
🇩🇪 Nico RosbergFIA Platinum, 2× champion7,9003553014%
🇪🇸 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,6572161529%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 39,251 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
1,003🇩🇪 Bernd Schneider24H Series5,122
1,004🇩🇪 Jan SeyffarthNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,122
1,005🇺🇸 Roger YasukawaIndyCar5,122
1,006🇺🇸 Madison SnowIMSA WeatherTech5,121
1,007🇯🇵 Taito KatoFormula 35,119
1,008🇧🇷 Enrique BernoldiStock Car Pro Series5,118
1,009🇺🇸 Matt McMurryRadical Cup NA5,118
1,010🇺🇸 Paul MenardTrans-Am5,118
1,011🇪🇸 Felix PorteiroWorld Touring Car Championship5,117
1,012🇺🇸 Jeff SimmonsIndy NXT5,117
1,013🇬🇧 Max ChiltonIndyCar5,117
1,014🇨🇭 Mike RockenfellerEuropean Le Mans Series5,116
1,015🇬🇧 Olli CaldwellEuropean Le Mans Series5,116
1,016🇮🇹 Severino NardozziInternational Formula 30005,116
1,017🇧🇷 Fabio CarboneStock Car Pro Series5,115
1,018🇮🇹 Matteo BobbiFIA GT Championship5,114
1,019🇺🇸 Sam MayerNASCAR Xfinity5,114
1,020🇺🇸 Stan WattlesIndyCar5,114
1,021🇫🇷 Cathy MullerInternational Formula 30005,113
1,022🇫🇷 Emmanuel CléricoFIA GT Championship5,113
1,023🇮🇹 Giorgio RodaAsian Le Mans Series5,113
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Max Chilton is a retired professional racing driver who spent fifteen seasons in single-seater and open-wheel racing from 2007 to 2021. Platinum-graded under FIA endurance classifications, he competed primarily in IndyCar, where he made 83 starts across 2016 to 2021 as a full-time professional. He also raced in Formula 1 for Marussia in 2013 and 2014, taking 35 starts in the championship, and spent time in GP2 Series and Indy NXT, primarily with Carlin.[1]

Chilton's open-wheel record comprised 190 starts across seven series with 3 wins and 10 podiums. In GP2 Series he took 2 wins and 4 podiums from 53 starts; in Indy NXT he won once and podiumed six times from 14 starts. His IndyCar tenure produced no wins but consistent mid-field presence, with road-course racing accounting for 53 of his 83 starts and oval racing the remainder. He competed in a single WEC round for Nissan Motorsports in 2015 but did not continue in endurance racing.[2]

Chilton raced regularly against drivers at the established professional level and higher. He finished consistently behind Josef Newgarden, a two-time IndyCar champion with 246 starts in the series, and Marcus Ericsson, an established professional who ran 127 IndyCar starts across his career. He beat Álex Palou, now a four-time IndyCar champion, on six occasions, and once finished ahead of Nico Rosberg, the 2016 Formula 1 world champion, in their single meeting in GP2 Series.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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