Max Peter Coates (born 4 January 1994) is a British racing driver who competes in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain for Graves Motorsport.

Coates is a former Clio Cup UK competitor but has since moved factors as the Clio Cup withdrew from being a British Touring Car Championship support race. He spent three years in the Mini Challenge Series, supporting the BTCC, and currently races in the Porsche Sprint Challenge.

Racing career After several years of karting, Coates made his car racing debut in 2010, racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship. He spent two years in this series before graduating to the Ginetta GT Supercup for 2012, 2013 and 2014, but his racing programmes have often been stymied by a lack of budget, restricting him to part-seasons and guest appearances, such as a one-off outing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain in 2014.

After four rounds of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season, Coates was signed by the Support Our Paras team to drive its second entry for the remainder of the season, alongside Derek Palmer Jr. He took the seat that was previously occupied by Richard Hawken and Martin Donnelly. However, due a sponsorship problem, he lost his drive following just one round of the championship.

After a successful season in 2018, Coates once again joined Guy Colclough in the DAT Racing TCR-spec SEAT to race in the 2019 Britcar Endurance Championship season.britcar-endurance.com/teamDrivers.php

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2010 Ginetta Junior Championship Privateer 20 0 0 0 0 194 11th 2011 Ginetta Junior Championship Privateer 20 0 0 0 3 306 6th 2012 Ginetta GT Supercup - G50 Redbrick Racing 20 5 4 1 7 272 6th Ginetta GT Supercup - G55 3 0 0 0 0 41 15th 2013 Ginetta GT Supercup - G55 Century Motorsport 3 0 0 0 1 66 19th 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Parr Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Ginetta GT4 Supercup Privateer 3 0 0 0 0 40 20th 2015 British Touring Car Championship Support Our Paras Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 34th 2016 Renault Clio Cup UK Ciceley Motorsport 18 1 2 2 7 361 3rd 2017 Renault Clio Cup UK Ciceley Motorsport 18 2 2 3 6 360 4th 2018 24H TCE Series - A2 Cicley Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 28 NC Renault Clio Cup UK Team Pyro 18 4 5 1 9 309 3rd Britcar Endurance Championship DAT Racing 4 0 0 1 1 146 9th Britcar Endurance Championship - Class S4 4 0 0 1 3 146 5th 2019 Renault Clio Cup UK Team HARD. 18 7 6 4 14 357 2nd Britcar Endurance Championship DAT Racing 8 0 0 0 0 180 9th Britcar Endurance Championship - Class 4 8 3 5 3 5 180 3rd Touring Car Trophy 2 2 1 0 2 88 8th 2020 Mini Challenge UK - JCW Elite Motorsport 13 1 1 0 2 374 6th 2021 Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge - Pro Breakell Racing 2 0 1 0 0 33 20th 2022 Mini Challenge UK - JCW Graves Motorsport 20 1 0 2 2 530 7th British Endurance Championship - Class E Dragon Sport by Amigo 4 0 0 1 2 87 6th 2023 Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain - Pro Graves Motorsport 6 0 0 1 2 26 5th* British Endurance Championship - TCR Dragon Sport by Amigo 1 0 1 0 1 31 4th*‡2024 Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain Team Omologato with Graves Motorsport2026Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - ProGraves Motorsport *Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings. † Coates was ineligible for points as he was an invitation entry.

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Points 2010 Privateer THR118 THR217 ROC114 ROC212 BHGP18 BHGP28 OUL19 OUL29 CRO111 CRO214 SNE113 SNE216 SIL111 SIL27 KNO115 KNO27 DON19 DON211 BHI110 BHI26 11th 194 2011 Privateer BHI19 BHI24 DON16 DON24 THR13 THR23 OUL117 OUL27 CRO15 CRO29 SNE16 SNE211 KNO110 KNO28 ROC14 ROC213 BHGP13 BHGP26 SIL19 SIL211 6th 309

Complete Ginetta GT4 Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Points2012 Redbrick Racing G50 BRH115 BRH26 BRH3Ret DON19 DON26 DON38 THR112 THR27 THR36 OUL1 OUL2 CRO110 CRO2Ret CRO3Ret SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 SIL1 SIL2 6th 272 G55 BRH15 BRH29 BRH316 15th 41 2013 Century Motorsport G55 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 CRO16 CRO24 CRO33 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 SIL1 SIL2 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 19th 66 2014 Privateer G55 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 CRO113 CRO26 CRO38 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 SIL1 SIL2 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 20th 40

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

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 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Pts 2015 Support Our Paras Racing Infiniti Q50 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO121 CRO227 CRO320 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 34th 0

Complete Renault Clio Cup UK results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races;- Races with * indicate driver lead a lap in race – 1 point awarded all races (2018-2019);-

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts 2016 Ciceley Motorsport BHI16 BHI28 DON14 DON25 THR19 THR210 OUL13 OUL25 CRO12 CRO21 SNE12 SNE25 ROC18 ROC23 SIL15 SIL25 BHGP16 BHGP22 3rd 361 2017 Ciceley Motorsport BHI16 BHI26 DON11 DON23 THR18 THR2Ret< OUL16 OUL25 CRO16 CRO22 SNE17 SNE22 ROC11 ROC23 SIL19 SIL24 BHGP18 BHGP29 4th 360 2018 Team Pyro BHI15* BHI21* DON16 DON26 THR12* THR23 OUL13 OUL21* CRO12 CRO21* SNE111 SNE21* ROC1Ret ROC23 SIL1Ret SIL25 BHGP15 BHGP24 3rd 309 2019 Team HARD BHI11* BHI21* DON1Ret DON23 CRO11* CRO21* OUL13 OUL21* SNE16* SNE21 THR12 THR2Ret* KNO11* KNO22 SIL12 SIL211 BRH13 BRH22 2nd 357

Complete Britcar results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 2018 DAT Racing SEAT León TCR S4 ROC1 ROC2 SIL1 SIL2 OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 SIL2 BRH1 BRH2 9th 5th 146 2019 DAT Racing SEAT León TCR 4 SIL1 SIL2 SIL1 SIL2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 OUL1 OUL2 BRH1 BRH2 9th 3rd 180

Complete TCR UK/Touring Car Trophy results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts 2019 DAT Racing SEAT Leon TCR OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 CRO1 CRO2 BHI1 BHI2 DON1 DON2 8th 88

Complete British Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 2022 Dragon Sport by Amigo Vauxhall Astra TCR E SIL1 OUL SNE SIL2 DON1 DON2 22nd 6th 87 2023 Dragon Sport by Amigo Vauxhall Astra TCR TCR SIL1 BRH OUL SIL2 SNE DON 18th*‡ 4th*‡ 31*‡ *Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings.

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