Maximilian Götz

Maximilian "Maxi" Götz (born 4 February 1986) is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as International Formula Master and the Formula 3 Euro Series. He won the 2003 Formula BMW ADAC season, taking six victories. He also won the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, in a highly controversial fashion, by finishing three points ahead of Liam Lawson in the drivers' championship.^[2]

Maximilian Götz
Götz in 2022
Nationality	German
Born	(1986-02-04) 4 February 1986 (age 39) Ochsenfurt, West Germany
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Racing
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	1
Former teams	Mücke Motorsport, HWA Team, Mercedes-AMG Team HRT
Starts	68
Wins	3
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	1st in 2021[1]
Previous series
2014 2013-14 2010-14 2007-08 2007 2004-05 2002-03	Blancpain Sprint Series Blancpain Endurance Series ADAC GT Masters Formula 3 Euro Series International Formula Master Formula 3 Euro Series Formula BMW ADAC
Championship titles
2021 2014 2012 2003	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Blancpain Sprint Series ADAC GT Masters Formula BMW ADAC

Career

IMSA SportsCar Championship

On January 5, 2022, Alegra Motorsports announced that Götz would compete alongside Linus Lundqvist, Daniel Morad and Michael de Quesada in the #28 Mercedes for the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona.^[3]

FIA World Endurance Championship

In 2023, Goetz began a partnership with Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, appearing as a guest of the team at the pre-season WEC Prologue.^[4]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2002	Formula BMW ADAC	Mücke Motorsport	20	3	2	3	11	183	2nd
2003	Formula BMW ADAC	Mücke Motorsport	20	6	4	6	13	259	1st
2004	Formula 3 Euro Series	Maximilian Götz	18	0	0	0	0	3	19th
		Team Kolles	2	0	0	0	0
	Masters of Formula 3	TME Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	32nd
2005	Formula 3 Euro Series	HBR Motorsport	8	0	0	0	0	13	14th
		ASM Formule 3	2	0	0	0	1
2007	Formula 3 Euro Series	RC Motorsport	8	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	International Formula Master	ISR Racing	6	0	3	3	2	24	10th
2008	Formula 3 Euro Series	RC Motorsport powered by Volkswagen	8	0	0	0	0	3	22nd
2009	Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo	Lamborghini München Team Holzer	3	0	0	0	1	41	7th
2010	ADAC GT Masters	s-Berg Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2011	ADAC GT Masters	Oliver Mayer	2	0	0	0	0	38	20th
		Maximilian Mayer	2	0	0	0	0
		MS-Racing	12	0	0	0	1
2012	ADAC GT Masters	kfzteile24 MS Racing Team	16	1	2	1	8	167	1st
2013	ADAC GT Masters	Polarweiss Racing	16	1	1	1	6	165	3rd
	Blancpain Endurance Series	HTP Motorsport	2	2	2	0	2	71	2nd
2014	ADAC GT Masters	HTP Motorsport	16	2	0	1	6	136	5th
	Blancpain GT Sprint Series		14	3	0	0	8	142	1st
	Blancpain Endurance Series		1	0	0	0	0	18	16th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2015	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Petronas Mercedes-AMG	18	0	0	0	0	25	22nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Haribo Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2016	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA	18	0	0	0	0	17	20th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	AMG - Team HTP Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	12	29th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	12	12th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Haribo Racing Team - AMG	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2017	ADAC GT Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport	14	0	0	0	1	60	16th
	Blancpain GT Series Asia	GruppeM Racing Team	2	1	0	0	1	31	17th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Black Falcon	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H Series - SP2	Mercedes-AMG Testteam Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport	1	0	0	1	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Haribo Racing Team - Mercedes-AMG	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2018	ADAC GT Masters	Mann-Filter Team HTP	14	1	2	1	4	117	4th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	5	0	0	0	1	24	19th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		4	0	0	0	1	34	8th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team Mann Filter	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
2019	ADAC GT Masters	Mann-Filter Team HTP	14	1	1	0	3	145	3rd
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia	Craft-Bamboo Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	1	0	0	0	0	10	22nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	3	0	1	1	2	62	2nd
		Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing	1	0	0	0	0
		Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance	1	0	0	0	0
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team Mann Filter	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2020	ADAC GT Masters	Mann-Filter - Team HTP-Winward	14	0	0	0	1	87	9th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1	0	0	0	1	18	13th
	24H GT Series - GT3	HTP Winward Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	14	11th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2021	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	16	3	0	0	9	230	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	HubAuto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2022	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Racing	16	0	0	1	1	74	11th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	AKKodis ASP Team	2	0	0	0	1	12.5	12th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Alegra Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	379	46th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	WeatherTech Racing	1	0	0	0	0	275	29th
	ADAC GT Masters	Madpanda Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	16	30th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	BWT AMG Team GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	1	22	18th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	1	18	13th
		Mercedes-AMG GruppeM Racing	1	0	1	0	0
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed BWT	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2023	ADAC GT Masters	Haupt Racing Team	6	0	0	1	2	75	9th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	AKKodis ASP Team	5	0	0	0	0	6	22nd
	GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	Craft-Bamboo Racing	12	0	0	0	1	29	21st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Team Korthoff Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	192	59th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing	1	0	0	0	1	33	14th
		Mercedes-AMG Team 2 Seas	1	0	0	0	1
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Boutsen VDS	9	1	1	1	3	35.5	7th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	24	12th
	British GT Championship - GT3	2 Seas Motorsport	9	2	2	1	2	75	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Korthoff/Preston Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	273	52nd
	GT World Challenge Asia	Craft-Bamboo Racing	4	0	0	?	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing
		Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2025	British GT Championship - GT3	2 Seas Motorsport	9	2	3	0	6	141.5	3rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Korthoff Competition Motors	2	0	0	0	0	392	51st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Boutsen VDS	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC*
	International GT Open	Team Motopark

^† Guest driver ineligible to score points ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series record

(key)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2004	Maximilian Götz	Dallara F303/001	TOM's	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 11	EST 1 17	EST 2 Ret	ADR 1 10	ADR 1 13	PAU 1 14	PAU 2 9	NOR 1 11	NOR 1 10	MAG 1 16	MAG 2 13	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 22	ZAN 1 9	ZAN 2 16	BRN 1 19	BRN 2 24			19th	3
	Team Kolles	Dallara F303/012	HWA-Mercedes																			HOC 1 6	HOC 2 15
2005	HBR Motorsport	Dallara F305/040	Spiess-Opel	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 13	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 DSQ	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 11	MON 1 13	MON 2 7	OSC 1	OSC 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	LAU 1	LAU 2			14th	13
	ASM Formule 3	Dallara F305/059	HWA-Mercedes																			HOC 1 3	HOC 2 18†
2007	RC Motorsport	Dallara F306/038	Volkswagen	HOC 1	HOC 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 9	CAT 1 20†	CAT 2 10	NOG 1 11	NOG 2 9	HOC 1 16	HOC 2 Ret	NC‡	0‡
2008	RC Motorsport powered by Volkswagen	Dallara F308/077	Volkswagen	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 8	MUG 1 22	MUG 2 22	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 Ret	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 20	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	BUG 1	BUG 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	22nd	3

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
^‡ As Götz was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete GT World Challenge Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2014	HTP Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	Pro	NOG QR 5	NOG CR 1	BRH QR 2	BRH CR 2	ZAN QR 2	ZAN CR 4	SVK QR 3	SVK CR 4	ALG QR 2	ALG CR 1	ZOL QR 6	ZOL CR 1	BAK QR 9	BAK CR Ret	1st	142
2022	AKKodis ASP Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	BRH 1	BRH 2	MAG 1 10	MAG 2 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	VAL 1	VAL 2					12th	12.5
2024	Boutsen VDS	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	BRH 1 DNS	BRH 2 3	MIS 1 9	MIS 2 9	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 4	MAG 1 19	MAG 2 3	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 5					7th	35.5

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen 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	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2015	Mücke Motorsport	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé	HOC 1 16	HOC 2 16	LAU 1 15	LAU 2 16	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 15	ZAN 2 16	SPL 1 20	SPL 2 7	MSC 1 16	MSC 2 18	OSC 1 16	OSC 2 18	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 6	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 13	22nd	25
2016	Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 12	SPL 1 15	SPL 2 22	LAU 1 16	LAU 2 Ret	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 12	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 Ret	MSC 1 4	MSC 2 16	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 23	HUN 1 21	HUN 2 17	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 19	20th	17
2021	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 10	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 1	ZOL 1 7	ZOL 2 2	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 4	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 3	ASS 1 4	ASS 2 6	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 3	NOR 1 1	NOR 2 1			1st	230
2022	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	ALG 1 11	ALG 2 5	LAU 1 10	LAU 2 15	IMO 1 20	IMO 2 9	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 6	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 5	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 15	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 20	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 Ret			11th	74

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2022	Alegra Motorsports	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 20	SEB 9	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR		46th	379
	WeatherTech Racing	GTD Pro														PET 6	29th	275
2023	Team Korthoff Motorsports	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 15	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		59th	192
2024	Korthoff/Preston Motorsports	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 5	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			52nd	273
2025	Korthoff Competition Motors	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 9	SEB 18	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			51st	392

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2024	2 Seas Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	GT3	OUL 1 13	OUL 2 10	SIL 1 12	DON 1 7	SPA 1 1	SNE 1 9	SNE 2 1	DON 1 12	BRH 1 Ret	7th	75
2025	2 Seas Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	GT3	DON 1 3	SIL 1 13	OUL 1 2	OUL 2 1	SPA 1 19	SNE 1 2	SNE 2 1	BRH 1 7	DON 1 3	3rd	141.5