Max van Splunteren

Max van Splunteren (born 29 January 1996) is a Dutch racing driver who last competed in the 24H Series for GP Elite.

Personal life Van Splunteren is the son of fellow racing driver Paul van Splunteren, who he replaced for the last three rounds of the 2014 European Le Mans Series. Despite never winning a race throughout the season, Van Splunteren finished on the podium in 11 races en route to a third-place points finish. Continuing in Formula Ford for 2013, Van Splunteren raced in the International North Sea Series, in which he scored his maiden career wins at Snetterton and Zandvoort. During 2013, Van Splunteren also raced in select rounds of Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux for Porsche Groep Zuid, winning six of the eight races he contested to take eighth in the Cup standings.

Switching to sportscars full-time for 2014, Van Splunteren joined GT3.nl by Land Motorsport to continue racing in Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux. Competing in select rounds, Van Splunteren won both races at Zolder, before taking further wins at Zandvoort and the second Zolder round to end the season seventh in points. During 2014, Van Splunteren also joined Prospeed Competition to race in the last three rounds of the European Le Mans Series replacing his father Paul, in the GTC class.

Continuing in Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux for 2015, Van Splunteren began the season by winning both Spa races and race one at Zolder, before scoring a win at Zandvoort and five other podiums to secure runner-up honours in the Pro standings. During 2015, Van Splunteren also joined Bentley Team HTP to race in the final four rounds of the Blancpain Sprint Series, as well as the 24 Hours of Spa. Partnering Jules Szymkowiak for his part-time BSS campaign, Van Splunteren took five class wins and a best overall result of sixth at Zandvoort to end the season fourth in Silver Cup points.

Van Splunteren's Attempto Lamborghini Huracán GT3 at Monza in 2016.

In 2016, Van Splunteren remained in GT3 competition as he joined Lamborghini-fielding Attempto Racing for a dual campaign in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance and Sprint Cups, as a member of the Lamborghini Junior Driver Programme. Between the two campaigns, Van Splunteren found more success in the Sprint Cup, taking five Silver podiums alongside Jeroen Mul and finishing sixth in points. Continuing with Attempto for a similar campaign the following year, Van Splunteren once again found more success in the Sprint Cup, scoring three podiums and ending the season sixth in points again.

After racing at the 24 Hours of Daytona for Lamborghini-affiliated GRT Grasser Racing Team in early 2018, Van Splunteren returned to Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux for the rest of the year with GP Elite. On his return to the series, Van Splunteren scored a lone win at Zandvoort and five other podiums en route to a third-place points finish. Remaining with Team GP Elite for the following season, Van Splunteren took seven wins and four other podiums to seal the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux title.

Van Splunteren racing for GP Elite at the Red Bull Ring during the 2022 Porsche Supercup.

Remaining with GP Elite for 2020, but switching to Porsche Supercup, Van Splunteren took a lone podium at Silverstone in his first full-time season in the series to end the year sixth overall. During 2020, Van Splunteren also raced with Porsche-aligned Proton Competition at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMGTE Am alongside Horst Felbermayr Jr. and Michele Beretta. Two seasons with GP Elite in both Porsche Supercup and Carrera Cup Germany then followed, before Van Splunteren only made sporadic appearances over the following two seasons, most notably winning the 2024 12 Hours of Mugello overall with GP Elite.

Racing record Racing career summary

† As Van Splunteren was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points 2014 Prospeed Competition GTC Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL IMO RBR LEC EST 25th 6

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2015 Bentley Team HTP Bentley Continental GT3 Silver NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCRMSCQRMSCCRALGQRALGCRMISQRMISCRZANQRZANCR 4th 772016Attempto RacingLamborghini Huracán GT3 Silver MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR NÜRQR NÜRCR HUNQR HUNCR 6th 60 Pro CATQR CATCR NC 0 2017 Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 SilverMISQRMISCRBRHQRBRHCRZOLQRZOLCRHUNQRHUNCRNÜRQRNÜRCR 6th 50

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2018 GRT Grasser Racing Team GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 DAY SEB MDO BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 57th 18

Complete Porsche Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 2019 Team GP Elite CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ MEX MEX NC† 0† 2020 Team GP Elite RBR RBR HUN SIL SIL CAT SPA MNZ 6th 77 2021 Team GP Elite MON RBR RBR HUN SPA ZND MNZ MNZ 9th 56 2022 Team GP Elite IMO MON SIL RBR LEC SPA ZND MNZ 15th 26

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2020 Proton Competition Michele Beretta Horst Felbermayr Jr. Porsche 911 RSR LMGTE Am 330 38th 12th