🇬🇧 Max Chilton

Racing driver from United Kingdom. IndyCar, Carlin.

Driver facts

Full name

Max Chilton

Born

21 April 1991(b. 1991)

Nationality

United Kingdom

Current team

Carlin

Series

IndyCar

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

4,479

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

4,479

RANK 379 / 12,285 INDEXED · +0 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Platinum

DRIVER CATEGORISATION · FIA
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 0H AGO

Max Chilton is a British driver whose career began in single-seaters before he progressed to Formula One, where he competed from 2013 to 2014. He later moved to North America, joining the IndyCar Series in 2016, where he built a reputation as a consistent and durable competitor across multiple seasons. His transition from Formula One to IndyCar marked a significant shift in his career, allowing him to establish himself in American open-wheel racing with various teams before eventually settling with Carlin.[1]

Across his IndyCar career, Chilton amassed 64 starts, one victory, and six podium finishes, reflecting a career built on reliability rather than frequent race-winning form. His Racer Rating of 4,479 places him at 379th among active drivers on the database's Elo-style scale, indicative of a mid-tier standing relative to the sport's leading competitors. In the 2026 season, Chilton competed in 12 rounds for Carlin without recording a win or podium, finishing 20th in the standings. His racing status is now listed as retired, closing out a career that spanned both Formula One and a lengthy tenure in the IndyCar Series.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Max Chilton is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in IndyCar for Carlin. Chilton has recorded 1 win and 6 podiums from 64 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,479 ranks Chilton 379th of 12,285 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. 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

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED JUST NOW AGO

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	DNFs	Poles	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2021	IndyCar	Carlin	12	0	0	0	0	P20	−122	4,479
2020	IndyCar	Carlin	9	0	0	0	0	P25	+175	4,601
2019	IndyCar	Carlin	12	0	0	0	0	P16	−2	4,426
2018	IndyCar	Carlin	17	0	0	0	0	P19	−1,349	4,428
2015	Indy NXT	Carlin	14	1	6	1	3	P12	−1,223	5,777

Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES CHILTON FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🏳️ Ed Jones	4,107	54	20	34	37%
🇳🇿 Scott Dixon	5,767	50	2	48	4%
🇺🇸 Josef Newgarden	5,476	50	5	45	10%
🇺🇸 Will Power	5,358	50	12	38	24%
🇺🇸 Alexander Rossi	5,246	50	8	42	16%
🇺🇸 Graham Rahal	5,161	50	10	40	20%
🇯🇵 Takuma Sato	5,014	50	15	35	30%
🇫🇷 Simon Pagenaud	4,772	50	8	42	16%
🇺🇸 Ryan Hunter-Reay	4,692	50	14	36	28%
🇬🇧 Jack Harvey	4,496	49	16	33	33%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 0H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia