Max van der Snel

Max van der Snel (born 2 August 2003) is a Dutch racing driver who competes in the European Le Mans Series for EuroInternational and the Le Mans Cup for More Motorsport. He is the co-owner and founder of More Motorsport.

Personal life Van der Snel is the son of Dutch businessman and racing driver Mark van der Snel, whom he co-founded More Motorsport with in 2023, and drove with in his early prototype career.

Career Van der Snel began competitive karting at the age of 8, primarily competing in national championships until he was 12, when he stepped away from motorsport. During his short karting career, Van der Snel most notably won the 2012 Dobla Kart Challenge.

After trying other sports, Van der Snel returned to motorsport in 2021. He competed in the Westfield Cup, a Dutch series for Lotus Seven-inspired cars built by Westfield, for two years, and was most notably runner-up in the overall standings in 2022.

Van der Snel's More Motorsport LMP3 at Oschersleben in 2023.

In 2023, Van der Snel and his father Mark founded More Motorsport, and joined forces with Reiter Engineering to enter a Ligier JS P320 in the Prototype Cup Germany. On their LMP3 debut, the pair took a lone win at Assen to finish eighth overall, as Max also clinched the Junior class title. In 2024, the Van der Snels took More Motorsport to the Le Mans Cup, their only points finish being a podium at Spa as they ended the year 16th. In October, Max participated in the ELMS rookie test, where he sampled LMP2 machinery for Team Virage. Despite this, he remained with his father for another Le Mans Cup season in 2025, and took three top 5 finishes, including a best result of fourth at Barcelona, to take seventh in the newly-formed LMP3 Pro-Am class. That year, Van der Snel also took two wins in a part-time campaign in Radical Cup UK, and scored a Pro 1500 class win in the Radical World Finals.

In 2026, Van der Snel took on a dual LMP3 campaign, pairing up with Tim Gerhards at More Motorsport in the Le Mans Cup, and joining Matthew Richard Bell and Douwe Dedecker at EuroInternational in the European Le Mans Series. In August, Van der Snel made his LMP2 debut for Intersport Racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, racing at Road America. That year, Van der Snel also drove Cup3 Pro machinery at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Adrenalin Motorsport.

Karting record Karting career summary

Complete Prototype Cup Germany results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2023 More Motorsport by Reiter Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 HOC1 HOC2 OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NOR1 NOR2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 8th 103

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2024 More Motorsport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 CAT LEC LMS1 LMS2 SPA MUG ALG 16th 15 2025 More Motorsport LMP3 Pro-Am Ligier JS P325 CAT LEC LMS1 LMS2 SPA SIL ALG 7th 38 2026 More Motorsport LMP3 Ligier JS P325 CAT LEC LMS SPA SIL ALG 10th* 20* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2026 EuroInternational LMP3 Ligier JS P325 Toyota V35A 3.5 L V6 CAT LEC IMO SPA SIL ALG 7th* 39*

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2026 Intersport Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB WGL MOS ELK IMS PET 37th* 211* Season still in progress.