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.
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 Kofler 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 Kofler 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.
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.
Career statistics FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship
Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 2017 KTM ALB LMS CAT1 CAT2 VAL1 VAL2 EST JER1 JER1 ARA VAL1 VAL2 NC 0 2018 KTM EST VAL1 VAL2 FRA CAT1 CAT2 ARA JER1 JER2 ALB VAL1 VAL2 25th 11 2019 KTM EST VAL1 VAL2 FRA CAT1 CAT2 ARA JER1 JER2 ALB VAL1 VAL2 17th 34
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 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 Moto3 KTM CIP Green Power 13 0 0 0 0 10 26th Total 32 0 0 0 0 10
By class ClassSeasons1st GP1st Pod1st WinRaceWinPodiumsPoleFLapPtsWChmp Moto3 2017–2021 2017 Austria 32 0 0 0 0 10 0 Total2017–2021 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 2017 Moto3 KTM QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 41st 0 2018 Moto3 KTM QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL 46th 0 2019 Moto3 KTM QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL 43rd 0 2020 Moto3 KTM QAT SPA ANC CZE AUT STY RSM EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL POR 30th 0 Moto3 KTM QAT DOH POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED STY AUT GBR ARA RSM AME EMI ALR VAL 26th 10
Supersport World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Pts2022DucatiSPASPANEDNEDPORPORITAITAGBRGBRCZECZEFRAFRASPASPAPORPORARGARGINAINAAUSAUS 34th 22023DucatiAUSAUSINAINANEDNEDSPASPAMISMISGBRGBRITAITACZECZEFRAFRASPASPAPORPORJERJER NC 0 Season still in progress.
FIM Endurance World Cup Year Team Bike Tyre Rider 2025 Pitlane Endurance #86 Yamaha YZF-R1 Luca de Vleeschauwer Maximilian Kofler Kenny Koskinen Samuel Biron 14* 21st* Source:
References
External links
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