Maxime Potty

Maxime Potty
Nationality Belgian
Born (1999-11-26) 26 November 1999
Hamoir, Belgium
TCR International Series career
Debut season 2017
Current team Comtoyou Racing
Car no. 88
Starts 2
Previous series
2016-17

2010-15		 TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship
Karting
Championship titles
2013
2012		 CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy
Belgian X30 Junior

Maxime Potty (born 26 November 1999) is a Belgian racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series and TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in several karting championships.

Racing career

Potty began his career in 2010 in karting. He took several good results in many different karting championships. In 2012 he won the Belgian X30 Junior karting title. In 2013 he won the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy title. In 2016 he made the switch to the TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship, he finished the season sixth in the standings after one victory and six podiums. Potty had several different teammates throughout the season, with Ronnie Latinne taking one podium, Stefano Comini taking two victories and Loris Hezemans and Grégoire Demoustier not taking any podiums.[1] He continued in the series again in 2017.[2][3][4]

In May 2017 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Michaël Mazuin Sport.[5][6][7]

Racing record

Complete TCR International Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2017 Michaël Mazuin Sport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR GEO
1
 GEO
2
 BHR
1
 BHR
2
 BEL
1
17		 BEL
2
16		 ITA
1
 ITA
2
 AUT
1
 AUT
2
 HUN
1
 HUN
2
 GER
1
 GER
2
 THA
1
 THA
2
 CHN
1
 CHN
2
 ABU
1
 ABU
2
 NC* 0*

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ↑ Hudson, Neil (24 September 2016). "Stefano Comini and Maxime Potty win qualifying race at Colmarberg". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Hudson, Neil (19 April 2017). "TCR Benelux entry list confirmed ahead of Spa opener". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Hudson, Neil (3 March 2017). "Team WRT confirm Maxime Potty and Mathieu Detry for 2017". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Maxime Potty career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Casillo, Pietro (2 May 2017). "TCR Benelux driver Maxime Potty to join WRT for International Series debut". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Spa-Francorchamps preview: High-profile drivers add to the excitement in Belgium". TouringCarTimes.com. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Michaël Mazuin Sport fields a Golf for Maxime Potty". tcr-series.com. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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