Maximilian Kofler

Maximilian Kofler (born 18 August 2000) is an Austrian motorcycle rider, contracted to compete in the 2022 Supersport World Championship with CM Racing Ducati.

Career Junior career Kofler started racing bikes at the age of seven and competed in MiniMoto and SuperMoto bikes from 2007 until 2016, winning both Austrian and German championships.

In 2017, Kofler competed in the Italian Moto3 Championship and finished the season eighth in the standings. He graduated to the Moto3 Junior World Championships, where he competed full-time in 2018 and 2019 with limited success, finishing 25th and 17th respectively.

2021 The 2021 Moto3 World Championship saw improvements from Kofler, finishing 15th and 14th in the first two races of the year in Doha, Qatar, before a serious accident in Mugello fractured four vertebrae in his chest, causing him to miss an extended time of the season. He returned with a ninth place in Austria, but that was his last point scoring finish of the season, ending the year with only ten points, 26th in the standings. Kofler was not given a new contract for 2022 by Moto3 teams.

Supersport World Championship 2022 In 2022, Kofler joined the 2022 Supersport World Championship with CM Racing, riding on the Ducati Panigale V2.