Max Hart (born 29 April 2001) is an Irish racing driver competing in TCR Europe and TCR UK for ALM Motorsport.
Career Hart began his single-seater career in 2018, racing in the Brands Hatch round of the Reprise IT Tiedeman Trophy for Leastone Racing Team, as well as winning the Irish Formula Vee Star of Tomorrow Championship. Remaining with the team for the following year's Monoposto Championship, Hart took wins at Castle Combe and Silverstone as he ended the year runner-up in the Mono 1000 standings. After being nominated as a Motorsport Ireland Young Racing Driver of the Year, Hart made his Formula 4 debut in the final Sepang round of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship, taking a best result of third in race three.
Switching to TCR competition for 2020, Hart joined Maximum Motorsport to race in the Touring Car Trophy, Hart won the finale at Donington Park and finished third in the other six races en route to a third-place points finish. Continuing with Maximum Motorsport for the following year, Hart won the season-opening race at Silverstone and took six more podiums to end the year fourth in points. In 2022, Hart remained in the newly-rebanded TCR UK Touring Car Championship as he switched to JamSport Racing for his third season in TCR competition. Hart won both races at Donington Park and finished second in both Oulton Park races, and ended the year eighth in points despite parting ways with the team ahead of the Snetterton finale.
Transitioning to TCR China and Hyundai N Team Z.Speed for the following year, took his only win of the season in Macau and a podium at Shanghai to round out the year sixth in points. Remaining with the same team to race in TCR Asia for 2024, Hart began the year by qualifying on pole for the season opener at Sepang, in which he finished second, before ending the weekend with his first win of the season in race two. After four consecutive podiums, Hart took his second and final win of the year in race one of the second Buriram round, which helped him end the year third in points. During 2024, Hart also made his TCR World Tour debut at Macau, a round which was held in conjunction with TCR Asia.
Returning to Europe for 2025, Hart joined Target Competition for his rookie year in TCR Europe. In the six-round season, he took a lone win at Hockenheimring from third on the grid, as well as finishing second in race two and taking a third-place finish in race two at the Red Bull Ring, as he ended the season eighth in points. At the end of the year, Hart made a one-off appearance in the TCR World Tour for SP Competition at Macau.
The following year, Hart joined ALM Motorsport to continue in TCR Europe, as well as joining Hall Racing to return to TCR UK competition.
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2018 Reprise IT Tiedeman Trophy Leastone Racing Team 2 0 0 0 1 35 14th2019 Monoposto Championship – Mono 1000 Leastone Racing Team 14 2 1 1 8 932nd Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Meritus.GP 4 0 0 0 1 0 NC 2020 Touring Car Trophy Maximum Motorsport 7 1 0 0 7 1013rd 2021 Touring Car Trophy Maximum Motorsport with Motus One Racing 14 1 2 2 7 219 4th2022 TCR UK Touring Car Championship JamSport Racing 13 2 0 4 4 226 8th British Endurance Championship – Class E T4 Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 42 7th2023 TCR China Touring Car Championship Hyundai N Team Z.Speed 12 1 0 0 2 91 6th GT Cup Championship – GTH T4 with Brookspeed 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC British Endurance Championship – TCR T4 Motorsport 20 7th2024 TCR Asia Series Hyundai N Team Z.Speed 10 2 2 1 8 3173rd TCR World Tour 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC2025 TCR Europe Touring Car Series Target Competition 12 1 0 1 3 145 8th TCR World Tour SP Competition 2 0 0 1 0 24 22ndTCR Australia Touring Car Series 2 0 0 1 0 0 NC†2026 TCR Europe Touring Car Series ALM Motorsport TCR UK Touring Car Championship Sources:
Complete TCR UK 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 DC Points 2020 Maximum Motorsport CUPRA León TCR OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 DON1 DON2 DON33rd101 2021 Maximum Motorsport with Motus One Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR SIL1 SIL2 CAS1 CAS2 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 OUL1 OUL2 ANG1 ANG2 DON1 DON2 DON3 4th 219 2022 JamSport Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 OUL1 OUL2 CAS1 CAS2 DON1 DON2SNE1SNE2 8th 226
Complete TCR China Touring Car Championship 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 DC Points 2023 Hyundai N Team Z.Speed Hyundai Elantra N TCR SHA11 SHA12 ZHE1 ZHE2 ZHZ11 ZHZ12 SHA21 SHA22 ZHZ21 ZHZ22 MAC1 MAC2 6th 91
Complete TCR Asia Series 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 DC Points 2024 Hyundai N Team Z.Speed Hyundai Elantra N TCR SEP11 SEP12 SEP21 SEP22 BUR11 BUR12 BUR21 BUR22 MAC1 MAC23rd317
Complete TCR World Tour 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 19 20 DC Points 2024 Team Hyundai N Z.Speed Hyundai Elantra N TCR ITA1 ITA2 MAR1 MAR2 USA1 USA2 BRA1 BRA2 URU1 URU2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 2025 SP Competition Cupra León VZ TCR MEX1 MEX2 MEX3 ESP1 ESP2 ESP3 ITA1 ITA2 POR1 POR2 AUS1 AUS2 AUS3 KOR1 KOR2 KOR3 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 22nd 24
Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series 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 DC Points 2025 Target Competition Hyundai Elantra N TCR (2024) PRT1 PRT2 SPA1 SPA2 HOC1 HOC2 MIS1 MIS2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 8th 145 2026 ALM Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) MUG1 MUG2 SPA1 SPA2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 12th* 48*
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