Maximilian Günther

Maximilian Günther
Maximilian Günther
	Maximilian Günther celebrating winning the 2020 Santiago ePrix
Nationality	German; Austrian; via dual nationality
Born	2 July 1997 (age 24); Oberstdorf, Germany
FIA Formula E Championship career
Debut season	2018–19
Current team	Nissan e.dams
Car number	22
Former teams	GEOX Dragon, BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Starts	36
Wins	3
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	9th in 2019–20
Previous series
2018; 2015–17; 2013–14; 2011	FIA Formula 2 Championship; FIA Formula 3 European Championship; ADAC Formel Masters; Formula BMW

Maximilian Günther (born 2 July 1997) is a German-Austrian racing driver currently competing in Formula E for Nissan e.dams. Günther has previously driven in Formula 2 with Arden and for Dragon Racing and BMW i Andretti in Formula E. He achieved his first win in Formula E at the 2020 Santiago ePrix

Career[]

Born in Oberstdorf, Günther began his racing career in karting 2007. He remained in karting until 2010. In 2011, Günther competed in open-wheel racing, in Formula BMW Talent Cup. In 2013, Günther competed in ADAC Formel Masters from ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V., he ended the season second. In 2014, he also finished second. In 2015, Günther débuted in the European Formula 3 with kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport.

FIA Formula 2 Championship[]

Günther made his Formula 2 debut in 2018 with Arden.,^[1] partnering Nirei Fukuzumi, who graduated from GP3. He scored his maiden podium in only his second race and went on to claim his first F2 victory in the Silverstone sprint race. For the final round of the season in Abu Dhabi, he was replaced by Red Bull junior driver Dan Ticktum.

FIA Formula E Championship[]

Günther joined the Dragon Racing team as test and reserve driver, participating in the Marrakesh rookie test in 2018 and pre-season testing for season five. After Jerome d'Ambrosio departed to move to Mahindra Racing,^[2] Günther was promoted to a race seat and made his debut in the Ad Diriyah E-Prix in December 2018.^[3]

After finishing his rookie season 17th in the standings with a best race finish of fifth in Paris and Bern, he was signed to race for BMW i Andretti Motorsport after Antonio Felix da Costa moved to reigning champion team DS Techeetah. The second race of the season in Diriyah saw Günther take a maiden podium in second place behind teammate Alexander Sims, but was demoted to 11th after passing Lucas di Grassi under safety car conditions.^[4]

At the next race in Santiago, Günther claimed his maiden Formula E victory after a last lap pass on da Costa.^[5]

Personal life[]

Günther currently resides in Monaco. He holds dual German and Austrian nationality. In addition to his native German, Günther also speaks English, French, and Spanish.^[6]

Racing record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Position
2007	Southern German ADAC Kart Cup — Bambini A	Ebert Motorsport	2nd
2007	ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini A	Ebert Motorsport	2nd
2008	ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini A	Ebert Motorsport	7th
2009	ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini A	Valier Racing	11th
2010	ADAC Kart Masters — KF3		1st
	Werner-Grossevollmer-Memory-Throphy	RS Motorsport	10th
	German Karting Championship — Junior		6th
	Monaco Kart Cup — KF3		16th

Racing career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	Formula BMW Talent Cup	BMW Motorsport	17	2	0	2	14	?	2nd
2013	ADAC Formel Masters	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	24	2	8	2	11	240	2nd
2014	ADAC Formel Masters	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	24	4	5	4	10	262	2nd
2015	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Mücke Motorsport	27	1	0	0	2	150	8th
2015	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Prema Powerteam	3	0	0	0	0	150	8th
2016	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Prema Powerteam	30	4	7	4	13	320	2nd
	Macau Grand Prix	Prema Powerteam	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Formula One	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Simulator driver
2017	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Prema Powerteam	30	5	3	2	16	383	3rd
	Macau Grand Prix	Prema Powerteam	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	Formula One	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	Simulator driver
2018	FIA Formula 2 Championship	BWT Arden	22	1	0	0	2	41	14th
2018–19	Formula E	GEOX Dragon	10	0	0	0	0	20	17th
2019–20	Formula E	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	11	2	0	0	3	69	9th
2020–21	Formula E	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	15	1	0	0	1	66	16th

Complete ADAC Formel Masters 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	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2013	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 3	OSC 3 5	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 3	SPA 3 6	SAC 1 2	SAC 2 16	SAC 3 13	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 2	NÜR 3 4	RBR 1 4	RBR 2 2	RBR 3 3	LAU 1 1	LAU 2 1	LAU 3 7	SVK 1 Ret	SVK 2 Ret	SVK 3 7	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 Ret	HOC 3 9	2nd	240
2014	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	OSC 1 2	OSC 2 1	OSC 3 8	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 1	ZAN 3 10	LAU 1 1	LAU 2 2	LAU 3 5	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 2	RBR 3 4	SVK 1 Ret	SVK 2 4	SVK 3 7	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 3	NÜR 3 3	SAC 1 5	SAC 2 8	SAC 3 1	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 4	HOC 3 9	2nd	262

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[]

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	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	DC	Points
2015	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 12	SIL 3 21	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 4	HOC 3 5	PAU 1 4	PAU 2 18	PAU 3 2	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	MNZ 3 10	SPA 1 13	SPA 2 7	SPA 3 8	NOR 1 4	NOR 2 1	NOR 3 Ret	ZAN 1 29	ZAN 2 7	ZAN 3 12	RBR 1 20	RBR 2 14	RBR 3 19	ALG 1 14	ALG 2 14	ALG 3 Ret	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3				8th	150
2015	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes																															HOC 1 4	HOC 2 4	HOC 3 6	8th	150
2016	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	LEC 1 5	LEC 2 Ret	LEC 3 1	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 1	HUN 3 Ret	PAU 1 3	PAU 2 14	PAU 3 13	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 6	RBR 3 3	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 3	NOR 3 5	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 2	ZAN 3 1	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 7	SPA 3 6	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 2	NÜR 3 1	IMO 1 12	IMO 2 Ret	IMO 3 12	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 8	HOC 3 9				2nd	320
2017	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 4	SIL 3 4	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 4	MNZ 3 3	PAU 1 3	PAU 2 1	PAU 3 1	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 6	HUN 3 6	NOR 1 1	NOR 2 3	NOR 3 2	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 3	SPA 3 Ret	ZAN 1 3	ZAN 2 7	ZAN 3 3	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 13	NÜR 3 7	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 7	RBR 3 5	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 2	HOC 3 1				3rd	383

Complete Macau Grand Prix results[]

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2016	Prema Powerteam	Dallara F312	7th	DNF	DNF
2017	Prema Powerteam	Dallara F317	4th	4th	5th

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2018	BWT Arden	BHR FEA 8	BHR SPR 2	BAK FEA Ret	BAK SPR 15†	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 12	MON FEA 11	MON SPR 6	LEC FEA 12	LEC SPR 11	RBR FEA 15	RBR SPR 12	SIL FEA 8	SIL SPR 1	HUN FEA 16	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA 9	SPA SPR 16	MNZ FEA 12	MNZ SPR 16	SOC FEA 16†	SOC SPR 10	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	14th	41

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula E results[]

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

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2018–19	GEOX Dragon	Spark SRT05e	Penske EV-3	ADR 15	MRK 12	SCL Ret	MEX	HKG	SYX	RME 19†	PAR 5	MCO Ret	BER 14	BRN 5	NYC Ret	NYC 19				17th	20
2019–20	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	Spark SRT05e	BMW iFE.20	DIR 18	DIR 11	SCL 1	MEX 11	MRK 2	BER DSQ	BER Ret	BER 1	BER Ret	BER Ret	BER 12						9th	69
2020–21	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	Spark SRT05e	BMW iFE.21	DIR Ret	DIR Ret	RME 9	RME 5	VLC Ret	VLC 12	MCO 5	PUE 12	PUE 7	NYC 1	NYC 10	LDN 18	LDN 6	BER 8	BER 15		16th	66
2021–22	Nissan e.dams	Spark SRT05e	Nissan IM03	DIR	DIR	MEX	RME	RME	MCO	BER	BER	JAK	VAN	NYC	NYC	LDN	LDN	SEO	SEO

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References[]

^ Kalinauckas, Alex (13 February 2018). "Mercedes DTM junior Gunther seals 2018 F2 graduation with Arden". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
^ Smith, Topher (16 October 2018). "Mahindra Racing announces d'Ambrosio and Wehrlein". e-racing.net. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
^ Hilda, Noor Amylia (12 November 2018). "Günther to partner López at Dragon Racing". e-racing.net. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
^ Smith, Topher (23 November 2019). "Günther loses maiden podium following safety car infringement". Downforce Radio. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ Smith, Topher (18 January 2020). "Günther fights his way to maiden victory in Santiago thriller". Downforce Radio. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
^ "MaxG". Max Günther official website (in German).

External links[]

Official website
Maximilian Günther career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] Kalinauckas, Alex (13 February 2018). "Mercedes DTM junior Gunther seals 2018 F2 graduation with Arden". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

[2] Smith, Topher (16 October 2018). "Mahindra Racing announces d'Ambrosio and Wehrlein". e-racing.net. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

[3] Hilda, Noor Amylia (12 November 2018). "Günther to partner López at Dragon Racing". e-racing.net. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

[4] Smith, Topher (23 November 2019). "Günther loses maiden podium following safety car infringement". Downforce Radio. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[5] Smith, Topher (18 January 2020). "Günther fights his way to maiden victory in Santiago thriller". Downforce Radio. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[6] "MaxG". Max Günther official website (in German).

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Maximilian Günther
Maximilian Günther celebrating winning the 2020 Santiago ePrix
Nationality	German Austrian via dual nationality
Born	(1997-07-02) 2 July 1997 (age 24) Oberstdorf, Germany
FIA Formula E Championship career
Debut season	2018–19
Current team	Nissan e.dams
Car number	22
Former teams	GEOX Dragon, BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Starts	36
Wins	3
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	9th in 2019–20
Previous series
2018 2015–17 2013–14 2011	FIA Formula 2 Championship FIA Formula 3 European Championship ADAC Formel Masters Formula BMW