Maximilian Kofler
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Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Vöcklabruck, Austria | 18 August 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | CM Racing Ducati | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maximilian Kofler (born 18 August 2000) is an Austrian motorcycle rider,[1][2] currently set to compete in the 2022 Supersport World Championship with CM Racing Ducati Corse.[3]
Career[]
Junior career[]
Kofler started racing bikes at age seven, and competed in MiniMoto and SuperMoto bikes from 2007 until 2016, winning both Austrian and German championships.[4]
In 2017 he competed in the Italian Moto3 Championship and finished the season 8th 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.[4]
Moto3 World Championship[]
2017[]
Kofler made his debut Grand Prix wild-card appearance during his home round at the Red Bull Ring in 2017, finishing the race in 23rd.
2018[]
He once again made a one-off appearance in the 2018 season's Austrian GP round, this time finishing in 29th.
2019[]
Kofler would race in two Grand Prixs in the 2019 season, finishing 20th in Austria, and 28th in Great Britain.
2020[]
He became a full-time Moto3 Grand Prix rider in 2020, signed by the CIP Green Power team to partner Darryn Binder. Although Kofler did not score a single point during the year, he was retained by the CIP Green Power team for the 2021 season.[5]
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.[6] He returned with a 9th place in Austria, but that was his last point scoring finish of the season, ending the year with only 10 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.[3]
Career statistics[]
Grand Prix motorcycle racing[]
By season[]
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2017 | Moto3 | KTM | Motorsport Kofler E.U. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41st |
2018 | Moto3 | KTM | Motorsport Kofler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46th |
2019 | Moto3 | KTM | Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43rd |
2020 | Moto3 | KTM | CIP Green Power | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th |
2021 | Moto3 | KTM | CIP Green Power | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26th |
Total | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
By class[]
Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
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Moto3 | 2017–2021 | 2017 Austria | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 2017–2021 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Races by year[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Pos | Pts |
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2017 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT 23 |
GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 41st | 0 | |
2018 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT 29 |
GBR | RSM | ARA | THA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 46th | 0 |
2019 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE | AUT 20 |
GBR 28 |
RSM | ARA | THA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 43rd | 0 |
2020 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 27 |
SPA 20 |
ANC 18 |
CZE Ret |
AUT 25 |
STY 24 |
RSM 22 |
EMI 27 |
CAT 23 |
FRA 21 |
ARA Ret |
TER 28 |
EUR 21 |
VAL Ret |
POR 25 |
30th | 0 | ||||
2021 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 15 |
DOH 14 |
POR 21 |
SPA 19 |
FRA 16 |
ITA Ret |
CAT | GER | NED | STY 9 |
AUT 22 |
GBR 25 |
ARA 19 |
RSM 22 |
AME 17 |
EMI 18 |
ALR | VAL | 26th | 10 |
References[]
- ^ "Maximilian Kofler Profile - Bio, News, High-Res Photos & High Quality Videos". www.motorsport.com.
- ^ "MotoGP™ Riders". www.motogp.com.
- ^ a b "Überraschung: Max Kofler mit Ducati in die SSP-WM / Supersport-WM - SPEEDWEEK.COM". www.speedweek.com (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ a b "MAXIMILIAN KOFLER". www.motorsportkofler.at.
- ^ "Maximilian Kofler verlängert mit CIP-GREENPOWER". MotorsportKofler.at. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "MotoGP 2021: Max Kofler - "I just can't wait!" I Red Bull Ring". www.projekt-spielberg.com.
External links[]
- Maximilian Kofler at MotoGP.com
- Official Site
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Austrian motorcycle racers
- Moto3 World Championship riders
- Sportspeople from Upper Austria
- Motorcycle racing biography stubs