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Maxime Soulet

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Maxime Soulet
Born (1983-07-26) July 26, 1983 (age 43)
Uccle, Belgium
OccupationRacing driver
Years active2002–present
Known forProfessional racing driver; factory driver for Bentley in Blancpain GT Series; winner of the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour; 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Gold Cup champion

Maxime Soulet (born 26 July 1983) is a professional racing driver from Belgium.

Career

Soulet launched his motorsport journey in 2002, competing in the French Formula Renault championship. By 2004, he secured titles in both the Mini Cooper Challenge Belgium and the Belgian Formula Renault 1.6 championships. In 2015, he was appointed as a factory driver for Bentley in the Blancpain GT Series. His standout year with Bentley came in 2017 when, alongside teammates Vincent Abril and Andy Soucek, he nearly clinched the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. The trio entered the final event holding an eight-point advantage but were forced to retire.

The following year, Soulet joined K-Pax Racing with Soucek as his teammate. He was a member of the Bentley Team M-Sport squad that triumphed at the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour. After Bentley discontinued its factory GT3 program at the end of 2020, Soulet transitioned to Selleslagh Racing Team for the concluding rounds of the 2021 GT4 European Series.

In 2022, Soulet made a comeback to Bentley by racing with customer outfit CMR at the 24 Hours of Spa. Additionally, he participated in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux representing August Racing by NGT, achieving ninth place overall with a total of 65 points.

For the 2023 season, Soulet signed with HAAS RT to compete in the Dubai 24 Hour and resumed full-time competition in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. He raced in the Gold Cup category for Comtoyou Racing, partnering with Nicolas Baert and Max Hofer. After winning their class in the opening two events, Baert and Soulet ultimately secured the Gold Cup title by season’s conclusion.

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
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2007
THP Spider Cup Thierry Boutsen Energy Racing 7 1 0 2 3 66 9th
Eurocup Mégane Trophy 2 0 0 0 0 1 23rd

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Season ! Series ! Team ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! F/Laps ! Podiums ! Points ! Position
2023
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Comtoyou Racing 5 0 0 0 0 8 18th
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup 5 2 0 1 3 104 1st
2023 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro/Am CP Racing 2 0 ? ? 1 0 N/A


Full Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results

(Legend) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position)

Year Team Category Vehicle Engine Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final Position Points Earned
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 Results for the 24 Hours of Spa

Year Team Name Co-Drivers Car Model Category Number of Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2006 Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Renstal Excelsior Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Chris Buncombe
Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall David Hart
Template:Country data MCOTemplate:Namespace detect showall Geoffroy Horion 		Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GT1 52 DNF DNF
2007 Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Selleslagh Racing Team Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Damien Coens
Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Marc Duez
Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Steve Van Bellingen 		Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GT1 502 10th 8th
2008 Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Selleslagh Racing Team Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Christophe Bouchut
Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Xavier Maassen
Template:Country data CHETemplate:Namespace detect showall Christophe Pillon 		Chevrolet Corvette C6-R GT1 12 DNF DNF
2009 Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Selleslagh Racing Team Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Oliver Gavin
Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Bert Longin
Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall James Ruffier 		Chevrolet Corvette C6-R GT1 485 15th 5th
2010 Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showallProspeed Competition Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jos Menten
Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Julien Schroyen
Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showall Oskar Slingerland 		Porsche 997 GT3-R GT3 488 15th 7th
2011 Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showallProspeed Competition Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showallMarc Goossens
Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showallJan Heylen 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 331 DNF DNF
2012 Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showallProspeed Competition Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showallFrédéric Bouvy
Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showallDylan Derdaele
Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showallPaul Van Splunteren 		Porsche 997 GT3-R Pro-Am 485 13th 8th
2013 Template:Country data BELTemplate:Namespace detect showallProspeed Competition GermanyMarc Hennerici
Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showallXavier Maassen 		Porsche 997 GT3-R Pro Cup 550 9th 5th
2015 Template:Flagicon GBRBentley [[M-Sport#Other series and championships Team M-Sport]] Template:Flagicon DEUMaximilian Buhk
Template:Flagicon ESPAndy Soucek 		Bentley Continental GT3 Pro Cup 258 DNF DNF
[[2016 24 Hours of Spa 2016]] align="left" Template:Flagicon GBRBentley [[M-Sport#Other series and championships Team M-Sport]] align="left" Template:Flagicon BELWolfgang Reip
Template:Flagicon ESPAndy Soucek 		align="left" Bentley Continental GT3 Pro Cup 530 4th 4th
[[2017 24 Hours of Spa 2017]] align="left" Template:Flagicon GBRBentley [[M-Sport#Other series and championships Team M-Sport]] align="left" Template:Flagicon MONVincent Abril
Template:Flagicon SPAAndy Soucek 		align="left" Bentley Continental GT3 Pro Cup 546 2nd 2nd
[[2018 24 Hours of Spa 2018]] align="left" Template:Flagicon GBRBentley [[M-Sport#Other series and championships Team M-Sport]] align="left" Template:Flagicon MONVincent Abril
Template:Flagicon SPAAndy Soucek 		align="left" Bentley Continental GT3 Pro Cup 349 DNF DNF
[[2019 24 Hours of Spa 2019]] align="left" Template:Flagicon GBRBentley [[M-Sport#Other series and championships Team M-Sport]] align="left" Template:Flagicon GBRAlex Buncombe
Template:Flagicon FINMarkus Palttala 		align="left" Bentley Continental GT3 Pro Cup 118 DNF DNF
[[2020 24 Hours of Spa 2020]] align="left" Template:Flagicon USAK-Pax Racing align="left" Template:Flagicon FRAJules Gounon
Template:Flagicon RSAJordan Pepper 		align="left" Bentley Continental GT3 Pro Cup 525 10th 10th
[[2022 24 Hours of Spa 2022]] align="left" Template:Flagicon FRA Classic and Modern Racing align= " left " {{ flag icon BEL } } Nigel Bailly < br > {{ flag icon CHE } } Antonin Borga < br > {{ flag icon BEL } } Stéphane Lémeret align= " left " [ [ Bentley Continental GT # Continental_GT_3_(2018–2021) ] ] Bentley Continental_GT_3 Gold_Cup 187 DNF DNF
[ [2023_24_Hours_of_Spa] ](2023) align= " left " { { Flag icon BEL } } [ [ Comtoyou_Racing ] ] align= " left " { { flag icon BEL } } Nicolas Baert < br > { { flag icon AUT } } Max Hofer align= " left " [ [ Audi_R8_(Type_4S) # R8_LMS_(GT3) ] ] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Gold_Cup 534 21st ! style= " background: #FFDF9F; " third place


Full Nürburgring 24 Hours Race Results

Year Team Drivers Vehicle Category Completed Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2017 Germany Bentley Team Abt Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Steven Kane
Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Guy Smith 		Bentley Continental GT3 SP9 LG 147 20th 3rd
2020 Germany GetSpeed Performance Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Markus Palttala
United States Janine Shoffner
United States John Shoffner 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9 GT3 79 17th 16th
2021 Germany GetSpeed Performance Germany Moritz Kranz
Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showall Markus Palttala
United States John Shoffner 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9 GT3 58 14th 14th

Full Bathurst 12 Hour Race Results

Year Team Name Drivers Vehicle Model Classification Laps Completed Pos. Class
Pos.
2016 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Bentley Team M-Sport Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall David Russell
Template:Country data SPATemplate:Namespace detect showall Andy Soucek 		Bentley Continental GT3 AP 293 7th 6th
2017 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Bentley Team M-Sport Template:Country data MCOTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vincent Abril
Template:Country data SPATemplate:Namespace detect showall Andy Soucek 		Bentley Continental GT3 APP 283 12th 5th
2018 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Bentley Team M-Sport Template:Country data MCOTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vincent Abril
Template:Country data SPATemplate:Namespace detect showall Andy Soucek 		Bentley Continental GT3 APP 58 46th 12th
2019 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Bentley Team M-Sport Template:Country data MCOTemplate:Namespace detect showall Vincent Abril
Template:Country data SPATemplate:Namespace detect showall Andy Soucek 		Bentley Continental GT3 APP 312 6th 6th
2020 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Bentley Team M-Sport Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jules Gounon
Template:Country data ZAFTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jordan Pepper 		Bentley Continental GT3 A-GT3 Pro 314 1st 1st


Full Stock Car Brasil Results

(legend) (Races shown in bold denote pole position) (Races in italics signify fastest lap)

Year Team Vehicle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Final Position Total 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

† Classified despite not finishing, having completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Results of the 24 Hours of Zolder

Year Team Name Co-Drivers Vehicle Model Category Number of 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

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