Max Hofer

Max Hofer
Hofer in 2024
Nationality	Austrian
Born	(1999-05-23) 23 May 1999 (age 26) Vienna, Austria
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Championship titles
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Gold Cup

Maximilian Hofer (born 23 May 1999 in Vienna) is an Austrian racing driver currently competing for Tresor Attempto Racing in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.

A former Audi factory driver, Hofer is the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Gold Cup champion and is a race winner in ADAC GT Masters.

Career

Following a brief stint in professional radio-controlled car races, Hofer began karting in 2010.^[1] Winning the Austrian Kart Cup that same year, Hofer won two Rotax Max Challenge Eastern Europe titles in 2013 and 2014 in Junior Max before stepping up to the DD2 class for his final year in karts.^[2]

Having made his car racing debut in the final round of the 2015 ADAC Formula 4 Championship for Lechner Racing,^[3] Hofer switched to the Audi Sport TT Cup for 2016 to make his full-time debut in cars.^[4] He scored a lone podium, finishing third in the second Zandvoort race, and ended the season seventh in points.^[5]

Hofer then moved to the ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship for 2017 by joining Prosport Racing alongside Sheldon van der Linde.^[6] In his only season in TCR competition, Hofer scored one podium at the season-finale at the Hockenheimring by finishing second behind series champion Josh Files as he ended the season 11th in points.^[7]

The following year, Hofer joined Phoenix Racing to make his debut in ADAC GT Masters, driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo.^[8] In his rookie year in GT3 competition, Hofer won on debut at Oschersleben, which helped him to finish 16th in points after taking two more points finishes in the remaining six rounds of the season.^[9][10]

Remaining in ADAC GT Masters for 2019, Hofer switched to Audi-affiliated Montaplast by Land-Motorsport alongside Christopher Mies.^[11] Scoring podiums at Autodrom Most, Zandvoort and both races at Sachsenring,^[12] as he won the Junior Class title at season's end despite not taking an overall win.^[13]

Having been set to join R-Motorsport for a dual campaign GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup,^[14] Hofer partnered with Christopher Haase to remain with Montaplast by Land-Motorsport for a third season in ADAC GT Masters.^[15] The duo won at the second Lausitzring round and stood on the podium at the first Lausitzring round and at Hockenheimring as they finished fifth in points.^[16][17]

Hofer eventually made his GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup the following year with Audi factory team Attempto Racing alongside Dennis Marschall and Alex Aka.^[18] He scored a lone class podium at the Nürburgring and ended the year fourth in the Silver Class standings, while also making his GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup debut earlier that year for the same team.^[19]

The following year, Hofer joined Aust Motorsport to compete in the GTC Race championship,^[20] whilst also competing part-time in International GT Open for the same team.^[21] Hofer took four wins in the latter to take the GT3 title at season's end,^[22] whilst in the latter he took a Pro-Am win at the Red Bull Ring.^[23]

Joining the Audi factory programme in 2023,^[24] Hofer joined Comtoyou Racing to compete in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and Melbourne Performance Centre in GT World Challenge Australia.^[25][26] In the former, Hofer took class wins at Monza and Le Castellet,^[27][28] and scored a further class podium at the 24 Hours of Spa, but missed out on the Gold Cup title as he missed the 3 Hours of Nürburgring.^[29] In the latter, Hofer took five wins but was ineligible to score points from round three onwards to end the year 11th in points.^[30]

After Audi disbanded its factory programme following 2023,^[31] Hofer stayed with Tresor Attempto Racing to race in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and also joined Team Engstler to compete in GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup.^[32][33] In the former, Hofer won the 24 Hours of Spa in the Bronze class alongside Alexey Nesov and Andrey Mukovoz, which helped them to finish sixth in class at season's end.^[34] In the latter, Hofer teamed up with Luca Engstler as they drove an Audi for all but one rounds as they took Gold Cup wins at Brands Hatch and at Hockenheimring,^[35][36] the only round where they drove a Lamborghini,^[37] on their way to the Gold Cup title at season's end.^[38]

Hofer remained with Tresor Attempto Racing for 2025 alongside Nesov and Mukovoz in the Bronze class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.^[39]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2011	Rotax Max Challenge Eastern Europe – Junior Max		3rd
2012	Rotax Max Challenge Eastern Europe – Junior Max		2nd
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior Max		37th
	Karting Academy Trophy	Speedworld Academy Team	24th
2013	Rotax Max Challenge Eastern Europe – Junior Max		1st
	Rotax Max Euro Trophy – Junior Max	KMS Hungary	57th
	Rotax International Open – Junior		11th
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — 125 Junior	Speedworld Academy	18th
2014	Florida Winter Tour – Rotax Junior		44th
	Rotax Max Challenge Eastern Europe – Junior Max		1st
	Rotax Max Euro Trophy – Junior Max	KMS Birel Motorsport Team TKP[a]	10th
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior Max	Speedworld Academy	5th
2015	Rotax Winter Trophy – DD2	Speedworld	16th
	Rotax Max Euro Trophy – DD2		20th
	Rotax Max Challenge World Final — DD2	SWA PB KMS	31st
Sources:[40][41]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Lechner Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	51st
2016	Audi Sport TT Cup	—	14	0	0	0	1	156	7th
2017	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC	14	0	0	1	1	177	11th
2018	ADAC GT Masters	Phoenix Racing	14	1	1	0	1	39	16th
	VLN Series – SP9		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP8		1	0	0	0	0	—	DNF
2019	ADAC GT Masters	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	14	0	1	1	4	134	4th
2020	ADAC GT Masters	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	14	1	0	0	3	127	5th
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Attempto Racing
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver Cup		4	0	0	0	1	65	4th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	ADAC GT Masters	GRT Grasser Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	2	42nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am	Phoenix-IronForce Racing	1	0	0	0	1	—	2nd
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – Cup 3	Teichmann Racing GTX	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT3	Easy Race	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	International GT Open – Pro-Am	Aust Motorsport	7	1	0	1	2	30	9th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring – SPX	KTM True Racing	1	0	0	0	0	—	DNF
2023	GT World Challenge Australia – GT3 Pro-Am	Melbourne Performance Centre	13	5	0	0	10	75	11th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Comtoyou Racing	4	0	0	0	0	8	18th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold			2	0	1	3	94	2nd
	24H GT Series – GT3 Pro	HAAS RT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H GT Series – GT3 Pro-Am		1	1	0	0	0	0	NC
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9	Audi Sport Team Car Collection	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro		1	0	0	0	0	—	11th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Tresor Attempto Racing	5	0	0	0	0	8	23rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze			1	0	0	2	53	6th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Liqui Moly Team Engstler by One Group	10	0	1	0	0	9.5	14th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Gold Cup		10	2	4	2	9	107.5	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP11	Dörr Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	—	1st
	ADAC GT Masters	Wolf-Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2025	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Tresor Attempto Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0*	NC*
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze			0	0	1	0	1*	30th*
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro	Eastalent Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	3*	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro		1	0	0	0	0	—	5th
Source:[42][40]

† As Hofer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2015	Lechner Racing	OSC 1	OSC 2	OSC 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	LAU 1	LAU 2	LAU 3	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	SAC 1	SAC 2	SAC 3	OSC 1	OSC 2	OSC 3	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 27	HOC 3 26	51st	0

Complete TCR ADAC Germany Touring Car Championship 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
2017	AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	OSC 1 8	OSC 2 22	RBR 1 18	RBR 2 17	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 7	ZAN 1 14	ZAN 2 11	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 23	SAC 1 10	SAC 2 10	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 2	11th	177

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
2018	Phoenix Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	OSC 1 1	OSC 2 Ret	MST 1 Ret	MST 2 13	RBR 1 8	RBR 2 Ret	NÜR 1 19	NÜR 2 11	ZAN 1 5	ZAN 2 12	SAC 1 11	SAC 2 11	HOC 1 23	HOC 2 19	16th	39
2019	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 20	MST 1 3	MST 2 25	RBR 1 6	RBR 2 6	ZAN 1 5	ZAN 2 2	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 8	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 17	SAC 1 2	SAC 2 3	4th	134
2020	Montaplast by Land-Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo	LAU1 1 3	LAU1 2 14	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 6	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 2	SAC 1 15	SAC 2 4	RBR 1 20	RBR 2 6	LAU2 1 1	LAU2 2 12	OSC 1 4	OSC 2 11	5th	127
2021	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	OSC 1	OSC 2	RBR 1 14	RBR 2 Ret	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	42nd	2
2024	Wolf-Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	OSC 1	OSC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1 19	HOC 2 16			NC†	0

† As Hofer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete GT World Challenge results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2021	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver	MON	LEC 18	SPA 6H 28	SPA 12H 23	SPA 24H 15	NÜR 9	CAT 15	4th	65
2023	Comtoyou Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Gold	MNZ 7	LEC 9	SPA 6H 34	SPA 12H 26	SPA 24H 21	NÜR	CAT 35	2nd	94
2024	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Bronze	LEC Ret	SPA 6H 29	SPA 12H 3	SPA 24H 10	NÜR Ret	MNZ 11	JED Ret	6th	53
2025	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Bronze	LEC 50	MNZ Ret	SPA 6H 51	SPA 12H 63†	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR	BAR	30th*	1*

^*Season still in progress.

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2021	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Pro	MAG 1	MAG 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	BRH 1 15	BRH 2 14	VAL 1	VAL 2	NC	0
2024	LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler by OneGroup	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Gold	BRH 1 7	BRH 2 10	MIS 1 21	MIS 2 15			MAG 1 13	MAG 2 19	CAT 1 7	CAT 2 10	1st	119.5
		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2						HOC 1 6	HOC 2 13

Notes

1. Hofer competed for KMS Birel Motorsport in Rounds 1–3, ran for Team TKP in round 4.

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External links

• Max Hofer career summary at DriverDB.com