Max Chilton

Partnered variously by reigning Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Mikhail Aleshin and Álvaro Parente, he finished 22nd in the Asia series and 20th in the main series.

Maximilian Alexander Chilton (born 21 April 1991) is a British racing driver who last competed for Carlin Motorsport in the IndyCar Series, before announcing his retirement from IndyCar in February 2022.

Max Chilton was educated at Ardingly College from 2000 to 2008.

His brother, Tom Chilton, is also a racing driver.

Chilton started his racing career at the age of 10 in karts where he spent 2 years learning the ropes in cadet karting before stepping up to junior TKM.

He started to make a name for himself with J.I.C.A, where he made regular appearances on the podium, before turning his attention to car racing at the age of 14.

Throughout this period Chilton was racing in the Super 1 National Kart Championships.

He dovetailed his 2005 karting season with a season in the T Cars championship, for drivers between fourteen and seventeen years of age.

He finished eighth in his first season, before going on to finish third in the Autumn Trophy.

He continued in T Cars in 2006, where he finished as runner-up to Luciano Bacheta by three points.

He won seven races to Bacheta's six.

Chilton made his debut at the second round of the 2007 British Formula 3 season for Arena International, despite being below the required age of 16 to take part in the season opener having sought special dispensation on the eve of his 16th birthday.

His best result was eleventh, in Bucharest and at Brands Hatch.

He made one appearance in the Star Mazda Championship, at Laguna Seca – because he was a guest driver, Chilton was ineligible for points.

He drove in the 2007 1000km of Silverstone for Arena with his Brother Tom, and they finished sixth overall, eight laps down on the winning Peugeot 908 HDi FAP of Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gené.

His father, Grahame Chilton, is a businessman who co-owned the insurance company Benfield Group until 2008, when it was taken over by Aon plc for £738m.

Chilton became vice-chairman of Aon after the deal and also collected around £77m for his stake.

For 2008 Chilton moved to David Hayle's Hitech Racing, and improved to tenth place in the championship.

He recorded pole positions at Monza and Rockingham, and scored two podiums – second in the opening race at Oulton Park and third at Rockingham.

He moved to Carlin Motorsport for the 2009 season, taking three pole positions in the first four races.

He won twice during the season, the first at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, and the second in his final Formula Three race at Brands Hatch.

Chilton graduated to the GP2 Asia Series for the 2009–10 season, driving for Barwa Addax.

From there Chilton moved to Ocean Racing Technology for the 2010 GP2 Series season championship with the highest place finish of 5th.

In 2011 Chilton joined his father's Carlin team for the outfit's first foray into GP2, having previously driven for them in Formula Three.

In November 2011 Chilton drove for the Force India team in the Young Driver test at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit.

This was his second time driving Formula One machinery following a straight-line aerodynamic test for the team earlier in the year.

In 2012, he raced in the GP2 series for Marussia-backed Carlin Motorsport.

He is the current holder of the Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb record.

His Brother Tom is also a racing driver, currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship.

Chilton was born in Redhill and grew up in Reigate.

He remained with the team, now with backing from the Marussia Formula One team, for the 2012 season alongside Rio Haryanto.

He secured his first series podium finish in the feature race of the first round of the championship in Malaysia, and later his first pole position and race victory in the Hungarian feature race.

This improvement in form, together with consistent points-scoring finishes throughout the season, resulted in Chilton rising to fourth place in the drivers' championship.

Chilton was appointed Marussia F1's testing and reserve driver for the second half of the 2012 season, starting from the Japanese Grand Prix.

Chilton competed in the first practice session at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November for Marussia F1.

In December 2012, Nikolai Fomenko, the engineering director of Marussia F1, announced that Chilton would race for the team full-time in 2013.

The team confirmed the next day that Chilton would race.

Chilton qualified 20th on his debut at the Australian GP.

Prior to IndyCar, he competed in Formula One, driving for Marussia F1 in 2013 and 2014.

He achieved his best finish of the season at the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix, when he finished in 14th place following several retirements.