Max Wilson

Max Wilson
Wilson in 2018
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1972-08-22) 22 August 1972 (age 51) Hamburg, West Germany
Stock Car Brasil
Teams	Eufarma RC
Starts	100
Championships	1 (2010)
Wins	9
Poles	6
Fastest laps	5
Previous series
1994 1995 1995–96 1996 1997–99 2001 2002–08 2009-current	Formula Chevrolet Formula Three Sudamericana German Formula 3 DTM International Formula 3000 Champ Car V8 Supercar Stock Car Brasil

Max Wilson (born August 22, 1972 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a racing driver of Brazilian parentage.

Racing career

Junior formulae

Wilson started his motor racing career in 1985 in go-karts. He moved into single-seaters in 1993, when he was offered a ride in the Brazilian Formula Ford Championship. In 1994 he moved to the Brazilian Formula Chevrolet Championship and finished 2nd overall, behind Felipe Giaffone.^{[citation needed]}

Formula 3

Again, Wilson graduated up a level into Formula Three Sudamericana for the 1995 season. Again he finished 2nd in the championship, this time behind Ricardo Zonta. After testing for the WTS-F3-Team, owned by Michael Schumacher's personal manager Willi Weber, Wilson was signed by the BSR squad to compete at Magny-Cours for the penultimate round of the German Formula Three Championship that year. He finished 5th and 6th in the double-header event.

Wilson moved to Munich at the beginning of 1996 to race in the German Formula Three Championship. Willi Weber had sold his WTS-F3-Team to aspiring team owner Georgis Tokmakidis, and Wilson was signed to race with Dutchman Tom Coronel as a team-mate. But the team struggled with personnel problems; Coronel ended up never racing for the team and a variety of drivers walked in and out. After winning a pre-season non-championship, the team's subsequent results were disappointing and led to Wilson, one of the championship favorites, leaving the team after two races. He then decided to join the Italian Prema Power F3 Team as a team mate to André Couto from mid-season on, and managed to win one championship round in wet conditions at Diepholz, despite the car having an underpowered Fiat engine. In those days almost every car on the grid was powered by the superior Opel Spiess engine. Wilson finished 10th in the championship.

Sportscars

Wilson was offered a drive with Porsche to contest the 1997 FIA GT1 championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours but turned down the offer to prioritise Formula 3000 and, ultimately, Formula 1.

Formula 3000, Formula 1 and Indycars

In 1997, Edenbridge Racing chose him to drive one of their Formula 3000 cars, alongside Werner Lupberger. He finished 5th in the championship, 19 points behind champion Ricardo Zonta after 10 rounds. He stayed on at Edenbridge for the 1998 season, and also became a test driver for the Williams F1 team. At the end of 1999, Wilson was offered a drive with the ailing Minardi team for the 2000 season but a lack of financial backing saw him lose the ride at the last minute to Gastón Mazzacane, a less experienced but more financially solvent driver. He spent 2000 as an F1 test driver for Michelin as the tyre manufacturer prepared to re-enter Formula One competition in 2001. Unable to secure a full-time Formula One ride for the 2001 season, Wilson returned to the United States and joined the Arciero-Blair Racing team to contest the Champ Car World Series. The lone bright spots were a 4th place finish in Portland and leading laps in Cleveland.

Touring cars

At the end of 1996, he drove one race in the International Touring Car Championship at Interlagos for Alfa Romeo, as all manufacturers had one local driver to improve interest among local spectators. He led the second race for a while, eventually finishing in 2nd.^{[citation needed]} Failing to raise a full Champ Car budget for 2002, Wilson moved to Australia where he joined the Ford V8 Supercars team Briggs Motor Sport. In his second outing in a V8 Supercar, Wilson qualified fifth at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide. Racing for Dick Johnson Racing in 2003, he took his first podium finish in the championship at the final round of the year.

2004 saw Wilson fail to finish five of the rounds, driving for Triple 8 Racing. In 2005, a last-minute arrangement saw Wilson compete in the championship with Team Dynamik after his former Briggs Motor Sport team mate Tony Longhurst became the entrant for one of the team's Holden Commodore VZs. His 2005 campaign included a fifth place in the final race in China and a top ten finish at the Oran Park round.

For 2006, Wilson moved to the WPS Racing team, but immediately prior to the 2008 season the team folded, leaving Wilson without a drive. He returned to his native Brazil but did drive the Australian enduro season with Brad Jones Racing, finishing fifth with Brad Jones at the Bathurst 1000 having led the race in parts.^{[citation needed]} In 2009 he returned to racing in Brazil competing in the Stock Car Brasil, winning the title in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1995	Formula Three Sudamericana	2nd	Dallara 394 Mugen Honda Dallara 394 Opel	Amir Nasr Racing Prop Car
	German Formula Three Championship	19th	Dallara 395 Opel	Opel Team BSR
1996	German Formula Three Championship	10th	Dallara 395 Fiat	Tokmakidis Motorsport Prema Powerteam
	International Touring Car Championship	19th	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Engineering
1997	International Formula 3000 Championship	5th	Lola T96/50 - Zytek	Edenbridge Racing
1998	International Formula 3000 Championship	9th	Lola T96/50 - Zytek	Edenbridge Racing
1999	International Formula 3000 Championship	8th	Lola B99/50 - Zytek	Super Nova Racing
2001	CART Championship Series	25th	Lola B2K/00 - Ford Cosworth	Arciero-Blair Racing
2002	V8 Supercar Championship Series	32nd	Ford AU Falcon	Briggs Motor Sport
2003	V8 Supercar Championship Series	17th	Ford BA Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing
2004	V8 Supercar Championship Series	28th	Ford BA Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering
2005	V8 Supercar Championship Series	24th	Holden VZ Commodore	Team Dynamik
2006	V8 Supercar Championship Series	15th	Ford BA Falcon	WPS Racing
2007	V8 Supercar Championship Series	17th	Ford BF Falcon	WPS Racing
2008	V8 Supercar Championship Series	33rd	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
2009	Stock Car Brasil	9th	Chevrolet Vectra	Eurofarma RC
2010	Stock Car Brasil	1st	Chevrolet Vectra	Eurofarma RC
2011	Stock Car Brasil	4th	Chevrolet Vectra	Eurofarma RC
2012	Stock Car Brasil	6th	Chevrolet Sonic	Eurofarma RC
2013	Stock Car Brasil	5th	Chevrolet Sonic	Eurofarma RC
2014	Stock Car Brasil	10th	Chevrolet Sonic	Eurofarma RC
2015	Stock Car Brasil	8th	Chevrolet Sonic	Eurofarma RC
2016	Stock Car Brasil	12th	Chevrolet Sonic Chevrolet Cruze	Eurofarma RC

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
1997	Edenbridge Racing	Lola T96/50	Zytek-Judd	SIL Ret	PAU 7	HEL Ret	NÜR 5	PER 3	HOC 2	A1R 8	SPA 2	MUG 4	JER 10†			5th	21
1998	Edenbridge Racing	Lola T96/50	Zytek-Judd	OSC 17†	IMO Ret	CAT 6	SIL 5	MON DNPQ	PAU 2	A1R Ret	HOC Ret	HUN Ret	SPA 13	PER Ret	NÜR 23†	9th	9
1999	Petrobras Junior Team	Lola T99/50	Zytek	IMO Ret	MON 3	CAT DSQ	MAG Ret	SIL Ret	A1R Ret	HOC 2	HUN Ret	SPA	NÜR 3			8th	14

American open wheel racing results

FedEx Championship Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Pts	Ref
2001	Arciero-Brooke Racing	Lola B2K/00	Phoenix IC108F	MTY 28	LBH 21	NAZ 17	MOT																	25th	12	[1]
	Arciero-Blair Racing		Ford XD					MIL 23	DET 23	POR 4	CLE 19	TOR 25	MCH	CHI	MDO 15	ROA 25	VAN 25	LAU 18	ROC 21	HOU 16	LAG 24	SRF	FON

V8 Supercar 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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	Pos.	Pts
2002	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford AU Falcon	ADE R1 Ret	ADE R2 Ret	PHI R3 18	PHI R4 Ret	EAS R5 21	EAS R6 27	EAS R7 19	HDV R8 18	HDV R9 22	HDV R10 14	CAN R11 Ret	CAN R12 17	CAN R13 Ret	BAR R14 12	BAR R15 15	BAR R16 19	ORA R17 24	ORA R18 Ret	WIN R19 18	WIN R20 29	QLD R21 Ret	BAT R22 Ret	SUR R23 8	SUR R24 Ret	PUK R25 11	PUK R26 16	PUK R27 9	SAN R28 14	SAN R29 23										32nd	319
2003	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1 26	ADE R1 Ret	PHI R3 16	EAS R4 16	WIN R5 9	BAR R6 24	BAR R7 17	BAR R8 13	HDV R9 Ret	HDV R10 20	HDV R11 16	QLD R12 24	ORA R13 Ret	SAN R14 19	BAT R15 12	SUR R16 9	SUR R17 23	PUK R18 18	PUK R19 24	PUK R20 19	EAS R21 5	EAS R22 3																	17th	1214
2004	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1 Ret	ADE R2 Ret	EAS R3 10	PUK R4 5	PUK R5 28	PUK R6 17	HDV R7 10	HDV R8 Ret	HDV R9 22	BAR R10 16	BAR R11 23	BAR R12 17	QLD R13 14	WIN R14 Ret	ORA R15 Ret	ORA R16 Ret	SAN R17 Ret	BAT R18 Ret	SUR R19 8	SUR R20 5	SYM R21 26	SYM R22 15	SYM R23 15	EAS R24 22	EAS R25 8	EAS R26 11													28th	865
2005	Team Dynamik	Holden VZ Commodore	ADE R1 Ret	ADE R2 7	PUK R3 15	PUK R4 15	PUK R5 Ret	BAR R6 31	BAR R7 18	BAR R8 Ret	EAS R9 26	EAS R10 16	SHA R11 Ret	SHA R12 14	SHA R13 5	HDV R14 16	HDV R15 33	HDV R16 13	QLD R17 14	ORA R18 13	ORA R19 10	SAN R20 DNS	BAT R21 Ret	SUR R22 26	SUR R23 25	SUR R24 14	SYM R25 16	SYM R26 14	SYM R27 15	PHI R28 20	PHI R29 21	PHI R30 12									24th	931
2006	WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1 16	ADE R2 8	PUK R3 6	PUK R4 Ret	PUK R5 Ret	BAR R6 8	BAR R7 19	BAR R8 Ret	WIN R9 17	WIN R10 6	WIN R11 13	HDV R12 11	HDV R13 Ret	HDV R14 16	QLD R15 10	QLD R16 Ret	QLD R17 11	ORA R18 11	ORA R19 25	ORA R20 Ret	SAN R21 11	BAT R22 14	SUR R23 28	SUR R24 13	SUR R25 13	SYM R26 15	SYM R27 15	SYM R28 14	BHR R29 16	BHR R30 12	BHR R31 24	PHI R32 20	PHI R33 16	PHI R34 16					15th	2038
2007	WPS Racing	Ford BF Falcon	ADE R1 17	ADE R2 Ret	BAR R3 23	BAR R4 18	BAR R5 13	PUK R6 16	PUK R7 12	PUK R8 14	WIN R9 9	WIN R10 Ret	WIN R11 Ret	EAS R12 19	EAS R13 23	EAS R14 21	HDV R15 8	HDV R16 14	HDV R17 16	QLD R18 15	QLD R19 14	QLD R20 Ret	ORA R21 16	ORA R22 11	ORA R23 9	SAN R24 Ret	BAT R25 7	SUR R26 13	SUR R27 9	SUR R28 10	BHR R29 23	BHR R30 26	BHR R31 20	SYM R32 26	SYM R33 17	SYM R34 19	PHI R35 19	PHI R36 24	PHI R37 15		17th	110
2008	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	EAS R3	EAS R4	EAS R5	HAM R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	BAR R29	BAR R10	BAR R11	SAN R12	SAN R13	SAN R14	HDV R15	HDV R16	HDV R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	WIN R21	WIN R22	WIN R23	PHI Q 7	PHI R24 15	BAT R25 5	SUR R26	SUR R27	SUR R28	BHR R29	BHR R30	BHR R31	SYM R32	SYM R33	SYM R34	ORA R35	ORA R36	ORA R37	33rd	343

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos.	Pts
2009	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Vectra	INT Ret	CTB 5	BSB 4	SCZ 1	SAO 16	SAL 14	RIO 9	CGD 25	CTB 13	BSB 18	TAR 10	INT 3										9th	234
2010	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Vectra	INT 1	CTB 4	VEL Ret	RIO 8	RBP 5	SAL 5	INT 20	CGD Ret	LON 1	SCS 8	BSB 2	CTB 8										1st	265
2011	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Vectra	CTB 2	INT 5	RBP 2	VEL Ret	CGD 9	RIO 5	INT 3	SAL 2	SCZ 5	LON 3	BSB 16	VEL 17										4th	248
2012	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 24	CTB 2	VEL 3	RBP 20	LON 9	RIO 5	SAL 9	CGD 6	TAR 7	CTB 13	BSB 1	INT 29										6th	138
2013	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 6	CUR 7	TAR 13	SAL 5	BRA 13	CAS 18	RBP 2	CAS 3	VEL 6	CUR 23	BRA 7	INT 5										5th	163
2014	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Sonic	INT 1 Ret	SCZ 1 Ret	SCZ 2 11	BRA 1 4	BRA 2 22	GOI 1 Ret	GOI 2 10	GOI 1 12	CAS 1 10	CAS 2 3	CUR 1 11	CUR 2 9	VEL 1 6	VEL 2 4	SAL 1 9	SAL 2 3	TAR 1 7	TAR 2 11	RBP 1 18	RBP 2 11	CUR 1 20	10th	146
2015	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Sonic	GOI 1 6	RBP 1 6	RBP 2 Ret	VEL 1 10	VEL 2 1	CUR 1 Ret	CUR 2 DNS	SCZ 1 5	SCZ 2 4	CUR 1 11	CUR 2 6	GOI 1 6	CAS 1 27	CAS 2 12	MOU 1 8	MOU 2 5	CUR 1 11	CUR 2 1	TAR 1 Ret	TAR 2 14	INT 1 Ret	8th	162
2016	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Cruze	CUR 1 18	VEL 1 5	VEL 2 Ret	GOI 1 4	GOI 2 19	SCZ 1 22	SCZ 2 1	TAR 1 1	TAR 2 16	CAS 1 5	CAS 2 8	INT 1 4	LON 1 22†	LON 2 9	CUR 1 Ret	CUR 2 3	GOI 1 21†	GOI 2 4	CRI 1 Ret	CRI 2 7	INT 1 Ret	12th	267

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2002	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford AU Falcon	Dean Canto	DNF	108
2003	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	David Brabham	12th	158
2004	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	Paul Radisich	DNF	116
2005	Team Dynamik	Holden VZ Commodore	Tony Longhurst	DNF	32
2006	WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	David Besnard	14th	160
2007	WPS Racing	Ford BF Falcon	Jason Bargwanna	7th	161
2008	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones	5th	161

References

External links

• Articles, Photos & Video of Max Wilson on Motorsport.com
• Profile on Speedsport Magazine Germany
• Max Wilson career summary at DriverDB.com
• Max Wilson driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Cacá Bueno	Stock Car Brasil Champion 2010	Succeeded by Cacá Bueno