Maxime Soulet

Maxime Soulet
Maxime Soulet
	Soulet at the Circuit of the Americas in 2019
Nationality	Belgian
Born	26 July 1983 (age 41); Uccle, Belgium
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Previous series
2018–20; 2016–20; 2011–13, 15–20; 2008–09, 11	GT World Challenge America; Intercontinental GT Challenge; Blancpain Endurance Series; Belcar
Championship titles
2023; ; 2011; 2011; 2004; 2004	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold Cup; Belcar Endurance Championship; Belcar – GT3; Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium; Mini Cooper Challenge Belgium

Maxime Soulet (born 26 July 1983) is a Belgian racing driver.^[1]

Career

Soulet began his racing career in 2002, competing in two races in the French Formula Renault series. In 2004, Soulet competed in both the Mini Cooper Challenge Belgium and the Belgian Formula Renault 1.6 series, winning championship titles in both.^[2] In 2015, Soulet was signed as a Bentley factory driver in the then-Blancpain GT Series.^[3] Soulet's best overall season with the marque occurred in 2017, when he and co-drivers Vincent Abril and Andy Soucek came within seven points of winning the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. They entered the final round with an eight-point advantage,^[4] but retired during the final race while their closest competitor finished third. For 2018, Soulet signed with K-Pax Racing alongside fellow factory driver Soucek.^[5] Two years later, Soulet was part of the Bentley Team M-Sport team that won the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour.^[6] After Bentley's factory GT3 program wound down at the end of 2020, Soulet joined Selleslagh Racing Team for the final three rounds of the 2021 GT4 European Series.^[7] Soulet returned to the wheel of a Bentley Continental GT3 in 2022, joining customer team CMR's entry into the 2022 24 Hours of Spa.^[8] Also in 2022, Soulet took part in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux with August Racing by NGT.^[9] He would finish ninth in the overall championship, scoring 65 points.^[10]

In 2023, Soulet joined HAAS RT, initially competing in the 2023 Dubai 24 Hour.^[11] Additionally, Soulet returned full-time to the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, competing with Comtoyou Racing in the Gold Cup category alongside Nicolas Baert and Max Hofer.^[12] After winning their class in the first two races of the season, Baert and Soulet claimed the Gold Cup championship at season's end.^[13]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2002	Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup	CD Sport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	Mini Cooper Challenge Belgium	J.M. Martin	15	2	?	?	7	176	1st
2004	Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium	Thierry Boutsen Racing	14	3	?	?	11	176	1st
2005	Formula BMW USA	Gelles Racing	14	0	?	?	5	98	7th
2006	Formula A3 Volkswagen	N/A	2	1	?	?	?	0	NC
2006	FIA GT Championship	SRT Team	1	0	0	?	0	0	NC
2007	THP Spider Cup	Boutsen Energy Racing	7	1	0	2	3	66	9th
	Eurocup Mégane Trophy	Boutsen Energy Racing	2	0	0	0	0	1	23rd
	GT4 European Cup	GPR Racing	6	1	3	1	3	26	4th
	FIA GT3 European Championship	Matech Racing	2	0	0	0	0	4	17th
	FIA GT Championship	Selleslagh Racing Team	2	0	0	?	0	2	24th
2008	Belgian GT Championship	N/A	11	3	?	?	5	117	3rd
	Belgian Touring Car Series - S2	Street Machine	?	?	?	?	?	62	7th
	French GT Championship	Selleslagh Racing Team	4	0	0	1	1	0	NC
	FIA GT Championship	Selleslagh Racing Team	2	0	0	0	1	6	21st
	Formula Volkswagen South Africa	N/A	2	0	0	1	1	0	NC
2009	Belgian GT Championship	First Motorsport Barwell Motorsport	2	0	?	?	0	15	25th
2009	FIA GT Championship	Selleslagh Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	4	20th
2010	FIA GT3 European Cup	Prospeed Competition	1	0	0	0	0	?	?
2011	Belcar Endurance Championship	Prospeed Competition	6	4	1	1	6	126	1st
	Belcar - GT3		5	4	0	0	5	48	1st
	FIA GT3 European Championship		12	2	0	0	2	71	12th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro		1	0	0	0	0	0.5	34th
	Belgian Touring Car Series - S1	Delahaye Racing Team 1	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2012	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Prospeed Competition	6	0	0	0	0	26	18th
	European Le Mans Series - GTE Am	Prospeed Competition	1	1	0	0	1	26	3rd
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Racers Edge Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	16	68th
2013	International GT Open - GTS	GPR Racing	8	3	1	1	5	44	5th
2013	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Prospeed Competition	4	0	0	0	0	14	21st
2014	International GT Open - Super GT	Selleslagh Racing Team SRT	14	2	2	2	9	81	4th
	European Le Mans Series - GTC	Prospeed Competition	3	0	0	0	0	2	30th
	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux	Allure	2	0	0	2	1	26	20th
	Belgian Racing Car Championship	SRT	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	0	0	0	0	31	10th
2016	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	10	1	0	0	3	47	8th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		4	0	0	0	1	59	3rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		2	0	0	0	1	25	7th
	VLN Series - SP9	Bentley Team ABT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	9	0	0	0	0	4	23rd
	Blancpain GT Endurance Sprint Cup		5	1	0	0	2	79	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		2	0	0	0	1	20	7th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9-LG	Bentley Team Abt	1	0	?	?	1	N/A	3rd
2018	Pirelli World Challenge - GT Pro	K-Pax Racing	10	1	1	2	2	170	13th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	0	0	0	0	17	26th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	4	0	0	0	0	16	15th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge America	K-Pax Racing	14	2	0	2	11	140	4th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Bentley Team M-Sport	5	0	0	0	0	17	15th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	4	0	0	0	0	10	25th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Bentley K-Pax Racing	4	0	0	0	0	6	23rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Bentley Team M-Sport	2	1	0	0	1	28	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	K-Pax Racing	2	0	0	0	0	28	7th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	GetSpeed Performance	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
2021	GT4 European Series - Pro-Am	Selleslagh Racing Team	6	0	0	0	3	83	5th
2021	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Getspeed Performance	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2022	Stock Car Brasil	Crown Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux	August Racing by NGT Racing
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Classic & Modern Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022-23	Middle East Trophy - GT3	HAAS RT	2	0	?	?	1	56	2nd
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Comtoyou Racing	5	0	0	0	0	8	18th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup	Comtoyou Racing	5	2	0	1	3	104	1st
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro/Am	CP Racing	2	0	?	?	1	0	N/A

Complete Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
2012	Racers Edge Motorsports	GT	Dodge Viper Competition Coupe	Dodge 8.0 L V10	DAY 42	BAR	MIA	JER	DET	MDO	ELK	WGL	IMS	WGL	MON	LGA	LIM	68th	16

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Bentley Team M-Sport	David Russell Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	AP	293	7th	6th
2017	Bentley Team M-Sport	Vincent Abril Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	APP	283	12th	5th
2018	Bentley Team M-Sport	Vincent Abril Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	APP	58	46th	12th
2019	Bentley Team M-Sport	Vincent Abril Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	APP	312	6th	6th
2020	Bentley Team M-Sport	Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper	Bentley Continental GT3	A-GT3 Pro	314	1st	1st

Stock Car Brasil results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Rank	Points
2022	Crown Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	INT 17	GOI 1	GOI 2	VCA 1	VCA 2	RIO 1	RIO 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	INT 1	INT 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	VCA 1	VCA 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	BRA 1	BRA 2

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

References

^ "Driver Maxime Soulet Career Statistics". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
^ "Maxime Soulet, 2020". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "Bentley Motorsport announces full 2015 schedule". motorsport.com. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "Maxime Soulet (Bentley Team M-Sport) : "On sait ce qu'on a à faire"" [Maxime Soulet (Bentley Team M-Sport): "We know what we have to do"]. Endurance Info (in French). 29 September 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "K-PAX Racing Signs Two Bentley M-Sport Drivers to its Roster". kpaxracing.com. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "Bentley takes glory at thrilling 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race". motoringresearch.com. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "41 Cars For GT4 European Series At Spa". dailysportscar.com. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021. Centri Porsche Ticino drivers Max Busnelli and Ivan Jacoma are third in the standings with the #718 Porsche, followed by young Italian driver Luca Bosco (#34 Selleslagh Racing Team Mercedes-AMG), who will be joined for the trip to Spa by local expert and former Bentley factory driver Maxime Soulet.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (26 July 2022). "Soulet Back in Bentley for 24H Spa Pro-Am Drive". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Maxime Soulet joins August Porsche Addiction in Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux". Porsche Sport. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Standings - Carrera Cup Benelux". Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ Dricot, Dominique (22 November 2022). "Maxime Soulet : « On ne part pas d'une feuille blanche »" [Maxime Soulet: “We are not starting from scratch”]. Auto Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Comtoyou Racing presents full Fanatec GT Europe line-up for three-car Audi Sport assault". GT World Challenge Europe. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (1 October 2023). "ASP Defends Endurance Cup Title; Ferrari Takes Barcelona 1-2". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 10 December 2023. It was the Comtoyou Racing Audi duo of Nicolas Baert and Maxime Soulet who secured the Endurance Cup class title...

External links

Profile at Total 24 Hours of Spa

Sporting positions
Preceded by Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy Frederik Schandorff	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Gold Cup Champion 2023 With: Nicolas Baert	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] "Driver Maxime Soulet Career Statistics". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

[2] "Maxime Soulet, 2020". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[3] "Bentley Motorsport announces full 2015 schedule". motorsport.com. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[4] "Maxime Soulet (Bentley Team M-Sport) : "On sait ce qu'on a à faire"" [Maxime Soulet (Bentley Team M-Sport): "We know what we have to do"]. Endurance Info (in French). 29 September 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[5] "K-PAX Racing Signs Two Bentley M-Sport Drivers to its Roster". kpaxracing.com. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[6] "Bentley takes glory at thrilling 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race". motoringresearch.com. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[7] "41 Cars For GT4 European Series At Spa". dailysportscar.com. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021. Centri Porsche Ticino drivers Max Busnelli and Ivan Jacoma are third in the standings with the #718 Porsche, followed by young Italian driver Luca Bosco (#34 Selleslagh Racing Team Mercedes-AMG), who will be joined for the trip to Spa by local expert and former Bentley factory driver Maxime Soulet.

[8] Lloyd, Daniel (26 July 2022). "Soulet Back in Bentley for 24H Spa Pro-Am Drive". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[9] "Maxime Soulet joins August Porsche Addiction in Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux". Porsche Sport. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[10] "Standings - Carrera Cup Benelux". Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[11] Dricot, Dominique (22 November 2022). "Maxime Soulet : « On ne part pas d'une feuille blanche »" [Maxime Soulet: “We are not starting from scratch”]. Auto Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[12] "Comtoyou Racing presents full Fanatec GT Europe line-up for three-car Audi Sport assault". GT World Challenge Europe. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

[13] Lloyd, Daniel (1 October 2023). "ASP Defends Endurance Cup Title; Ferrari Takes Barcelona 1-2". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 10 December 2023. It was the Comtoyou Racing Audi duo of Nicolas Baert and Maxime Soulet who secured the Endurance Cup class title...

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