Max Hofer

Maximilian Hofer (born 23 May 1999 in Vienna) is an Austrian racing driver currently competing for Pure Rxcing in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.

A former Audi factory driver, Hofer is the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Gold Cup champion and is a race winner in ADAC GT Masters.

Career Following a brief stint in professional radio-controlled car races, Hofer began karting in 2010. Winning the Austrian Kart Cup that same year, he won two Rotax Max Challenge Eastern Europe titles in 2013 and 2014 in Junior Max before stepping up to the DD2 class for his final year in karts.

Having made his car racing debut in the final round of the 2015 ADAC Formula 4 Championship for Lechner Racing, Hofer switched to the Audi Sport TT Cup for 2016 to make his full-time debut in cars. He scored a lone podium, finishing third in the second Zandvoort race, and ended the season seventh in points.

Hofer then moved to the ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship for 2017 by joining Prosport Racing alongside Sheldon van der Linde. In his only season in TCR competition, Hofer scored one podium at the season-finale at the Hockenheimring by finishing second behind series champion Josh Files as he ended the season 11th in points.

The following year, Hofer joined Phoenix Racing to make his debut in ADAC GT Masters, driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo. In his rookie year in GT3 competition, Hofer won on debut at Oschersleben, which helped him to finish 16th in points after taking two more points finishes in the remaining six rounds of the season.

Remaining in ADAC GT Masters for 2019, Hofer switched to Audi-affiliated Montaplast by Land-Motorsport alongside Christopher Mies. Scoring podiums at Autodrom Most, Zandvoort and both races at Sachsenring, as he won the Junior Class title at season's end despite not taking an overall win.

Having been set to join R-Motorsport for a dual campaign GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, Hofer partnered with Christopher Haase to remain with Montaplast by Land-Motorsport for a third season in ADAC GT Masters. The duo won at the second Lausitzring round and stood on the podium at the first Lausitzring round and at Hockenheimring as they finished fifth in points.

Hofer eventually made his GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup the following year with Audi factory team Attempto Racing alongside Dennis Marschall and Alex Aka. He scored a lone class podium at the Nürburgring and ended the year fourth in the Silver Class standings, while also making his GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup debut earlier that year for the same team.

The following year, Hofer joined Aust Motorsport to compete in the GTC Race championship, whilst also competing part-time in International GT Open for the same team. Hofer took four wins in the latter to take the GT3 title at season's end, whilst in the latter he took a Pro-Am win at the Red Bull Ring.

Joining the Audi factory programme in 2023, Hofer joined Comtoyou Racing to compete in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and Melbourne Performance Centre in GT World Challenge Australia. In the former, Hofer took class wins at Monza and Le Castellet, and scored a further class podium at the 24 Hours of Spa, but missed out on the Gold Cup title as he missed the 3 Hours of Nürburgring. In the latter, Hofer took five wins but was ineligible to score points from round three onwards to end the year 11th in points.

After Audi disbanded its factory programme following 2023, Hofer stayed with Tresor Attempto Racing to race in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and also joined Team Engstler to compete in GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup. In the former, Hofer won the 24 Hours of Spa in the Bronze class alongside Alexey Nesov and Andrey Mukovoz, which helped them to finish sixth in class at season's end. In the latter, Hofer teamed up with Luca Engstler as they drove an Audi for all but one rounds as they took Gold Cup wins at Brands Hatch and at Hockenheimring, the only round where they drove a Lamborghini, on their way to the Gold Cup title at season's end.

Hofer remained with Tresor Attempto Racing for 2025 alongside Nesov and Mukovoz in the Bronze class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. In Hofer's second season in the Bronze class, Hofer scored a lone class podium at Barcelona to end the year 20th in the class standings. The following year, Hofer joined Porsche-affiliated Pure Rxcing for his second season in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.

Karting record Karting career summary

Racing record Racing career summary

† As Hofer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete TCR ADAC Germany 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 13 14 DC Points 2017 AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC Audi RS3 LMS TCR OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 11th 177

Complete ADAC GT Masters 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 DC Points 2018 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo OSC1 OSC2 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 16th 39 2019 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo OSC1 OSC2 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 4th 134 2020 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo LAU11 LAU12 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU21 LAU22 OSC1 OSC2 5th 127 2021 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 42nd 2 2024 Wolf-Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 NC† 0

† As Hofer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete GT World Challenge results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2021 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Pro MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 BRH1 BRH2 VAL1 VAL2 NC 0 2024 LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler by OneGroup Audi R8 LMS Evo II Gold BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 CAT1 CAT2 1st 107.5 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 HOC1 HOC2