Maxime Soulet

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

Maxime Soulet
Soulet at the Circuit of the Americas in 2019
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1983-07-26) 26 July 1983 (age 42) 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

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
	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
	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		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		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
	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		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
	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		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		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
		K-Pax Racing	2	0	0	0	0
	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
	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		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	MOH	ELK	WGL	IMS	WGL	MON	LGA	LIM	68th	16

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Renstal Excelsior	Chris Buncombe David Hart Geoffroy Horion	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GT1	52	DNF	DNF
2007	Selleslagh Racing Team	Damien Coens Marc Duez Steve Van Bellingen	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	GT1	502	10th	8th
2008	Selleslagh Racing Team	Christophe Bouchut Xavier Maassen Christophe Pillon	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	GT1	12	DNF	DNF
2009	Selleslagh Racing Team	Oliver Gavin Bert Longin James Ruffier	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	GT1	485	15th	5th
2010	Prospeed Competition	Jos Menten Julien Schroyen Oskar Slingerland	Porsche 997 GT3-R	GT3	488	15th	7th
2011	Prospeed Competition	Marc Goossens Jan Heylen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	331	DNF	DNF
2012	Prospeed Competition	Frédéric Bouvy Dylan Derdaele Paul Van Splunteren	Porsche 997 GT3-R	Pro-Am	485	13th	8th
2013	Prospeed Competition	Marc Hennerici Xavier Maassen	Porsche 997 GT3-R	Pro Cup	550	9th	5th
2015	Bentley Team M-Sport	Maximilian Buhk Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro Cup	258	DNF	DNF
2016	Bentley Team M-Sport	Wolfgang Reip Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro Cup	530	4th	4th
2017	Bentley Team M-Sport	Vincent Abril Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro Cup	546	2nd	2nd
2018	Bentley Team M-Sport	Vincent Abril Andy Soucek	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro Cup	349	DNF	DNF
2019	Bentley Team M-Sport	Alex Buncombe Markus Palttala	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro Cup	118	DNF	DNF
2020	K-Pax Racing	Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro Cup	525	10th	10th
2022	Classic and Modern Racing	Nigel Bailly Antonin Borga Stéphane Lémeret	Bentley Continental GT3	Gold Cup	187	DNF	DNF
2023	Comtoyou Racing	Nicolas Baert Max Hofer	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Gold Cup	534	21st	3rd

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	Bentley Team Abt	Steven Kane Guy Smith	Bentley Continental GT3	SP9 LG	147	20th	3rd
2020	GetSpeed Performance	Markus Palttala Janine Shoffner John Shoffner	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	SP9 GT3	79	17th	16th
2021	GetSpeed Performance	Moritz Kranz Markus Palttala John Shoffner	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	SP9 GT3	58	14th	14th

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

Complete Stock Car Brasil 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	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.

Complete 24 Hours of Zolder results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2005	BPO Racing	Bernard André Jonathan Moury Ryan Campbell	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	G		DNF	DNF
2006	Selleslagh Racing Team	Tom Cloet David Hart Marc Duez	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	1	828	1st	1st
2007	GPR Racing	Guillaume Dumarey Maxime Dumarey Marc Goossens	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Belcar 1	798	1st	1st
2008	GPR Racing	Gregory Franchi Christian Kelders Bas Leinders	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	Belcar 1		DNF	DNF
2009	Delahaye Racing Team	Marc Goossens Anthony Kumpen Ludovic Sougnez	Renault Mégane Trophy	4A		DNF	DNF
2011	Prospeed Competition	Marc Goossens David Loix Markus Palttala	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GTO+	800	2nd	1st
2012	Prospeed Competition	Frédéric Bouvy Marc Goossens Bert Redant	Porsche 997 GT3-R	GT-1	855	2nd	2nd