Maximilian Paul (born 14 February 2000) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the

DTM DTM may refer to: Sport * Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, a motor-racing series staged annually in Germany since 2000 * Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, a motor-racing championship staged in Germany from 1984 to 1995 Computing * Data Transfer ...

for his own team Paul Motorsport.

Career

Karting

Paul started karting in 2011. He has competed in the

KZ2 KZ2 is a kart racing class using 125 cc water-cooled two-stroke engines yielding about . The engines are equipped with a 6-speed gearbox. Z2 is the second fastest of the KZ karting racing categories, and technical regulations are similar to faster ...

category of the

CIK-FIA Karting European Championship The FIA Karting European Championship, officially known as the Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. Alongside the Karting World Championship, it is one ...

and

WSK Super Master Series The WSK Super Master Series is a kart racing competition organised by the WSK. Its inaugural season took place in 2010. Today, the series holds championships in four karting categories: KZ2, OK, OKJ and 60 Mini. Notable champions have been Fo ...

as a factory driver of DR Racing Kart.

Sports car racing

In 2017 Paul made his car racing debut by competing in a round of the DMV BMW Challenge. In 2018 he competed in the Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup. In 2019 he returned to the championship, competing in four races which he all won. That he also made his debut in the

ADAC GT Masters The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT ...

. He competed for the T3 Motorsport team from

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

and finished the season in 34th. In 2020 he remained in the

with T3-HRT-Motorsport. Together with his teammate Niels Langeveld he finished the season in 30th. Paul also made an appearance in the Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup, where he won both races at

Autodrom Most Autodrom Most is a hard-surfaced long race track for motorsport outside of the city of Most (city), Most in the northwest of the Czech Republic. The racing circuit was built between 1978 and 1983, but the Most district was known for organizing m ...

and

TT Circuit Assen The TT Circuit Assen is a motorsport race track built in 1955 and located in Assen, Netherlands. Host of the Dutch TT, it is popularly referred to as "The Cathedral of Speed" by motorcycle racing fans. The venue has the distinction of holding th ...

. In 2021 he started his third season with T3 Motorsport in the

. He started the season with Hugo Sasse as his teammate. Later in the season Sasse was replaced first by

Marco Mapelli Marco Mapelli (born 1 August 1987 in Seregno, Italy) is an Italian racing driver. He is part of the Lamborghini Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. ( , ), usually referred to as Lamborghini or colloquially Lambo, is an Italian manufacturer of lu ...

and then

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. Paul finished the season in 22nd. In 2021 he also joined his team for a guest start in the

Red Bull Ring The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Austria, Spielberg, Styria, Austria. The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from t ...

round of the

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, commonly abbreviated as the DTM, is a sports car racing series sanctioned by ADAC. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The series currently races a modified version of Group GT3 gra ...

. He finished the races in thirteenth and eleventh. In 2022 Paul was announced as a Lamborghini Junior. He remained in the

with the same team once again. He also joined the team to compete in the

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. The team finished the race eight in the GTD class. In the ADAC GT Masters Paul's teammate would be

. During the season the team hit financial troubles and was at risk of

insolvency In accounting, insolvency is the state of being unable to pay the debts, by a person or company ( debtor), at maturity; those in a state of insolvency are said to be ''insolvent''. There are two forms: cash-flow insolvency and balance-sheet i ...

. From the fourth round at the

Nürburgring The () is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long configuration, built in the 1920s ...

onwards Maximilian Paul and Marco Mapelli started under the name Paul Motorsport with the help of Maximilian's father Tobias Paul and his main sponsor Meyle Autoteile. In the second race at the Nürburgring the pair finally took their first podium of the season. Three more podiums throughout the season enabled the pair to finish the season in eleventh after a poor start. In 2023 Paul joined Oregon Team to compete in the

International GT Open The International GT Open is a grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It was a spin-off of the now-defunct Spanish GT Championship, but is now a distinct series featuring FIA GT3-spec ...

with

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as his teammate. The pair took their first race win at the

Hungaroring The Hungaroring is a motorsport racetrack in Mogyoród, Pest County, Hungary where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held. In 1986, it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtai ...

. At

Circuit Paul Ricard The Circuit Paul Ricard () is a French motorsport race track built in 1969 at Le Castellet, Var, near Marseille, with finance from pastis magnate Paul Ricard. Ricard wanted to experience the challenge of building a racetrack. The circuit has ...

they took their second race win of the season. He also completed a guest start in the

with his fathers's team Paul Motorsport and teammate Simon Connor Primm. Paul then joined

GRT Grasser Racing Team Gottfried Grasser GmbH racing as GRT Grasser Racing Team is an Austrian racing team. The team, based only 10 kilometers away from the Red Bull Ring, has raced in various Group GT3 based racing series with support from Lamborghini since 2015, inclu ...

in the

2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The 2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-seventh season of the premier German motor racing championship and also the twenty-fourth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was ...

as a replacement for Mick Wishofer. He won the wet second race on his first weekend at the

Racing record

Career summary

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As Paul was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete International GT Open results

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

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paul, Maximilian 2000 births Living people German racing drivers Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers Racing drivers from Saxony Sportspeople from Dresden ADAC GT Masters drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers International GT Open drivers Lamborghini Squadra Corse drivers Euronova Racing drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers Iron Lynx drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers