Maximilian Kofler

Maximilian Kofler (born 18 August 2000) is an Austrian motorcycle rider,^[1][2] contracted to compete in the 2022 Supersport World Championship with CM Racing Ducati.^[3]

Maximilian Kofler
2024 at IDM Schleiz
Nationality	Austrian
Born	(2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 24) Vöcklabruck, Austria
Current team	CM Racing Ducati
Bike number	73
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto3 World Championship Active years 2017–2021 Manufacturers KTM Championships 0 2021 championship position 26th (10 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 32 0 0 0 0 10 Supersport World Championship Active years 2022– Manufacturers Ducati Championships 0 2023 championship position 36th (4 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 36 0 0 0 0 6

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

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 24	VAL2 Ret	NC	0
2018	KTM	EST	VAL1	VAL2	FRA	CAT1 14	CAT2 DNS	ARA 20	JER1 Ret	JER2 7	ALB 16	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 Ret	25th	11
2019	KTM	EST 12	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 Ret	FRA 11	CAT1 7	CAT2 10	ARA 13	JER1 19	JER2 15	ALB Ret	VAL1 19	VAL2 10	17th	34

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
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
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
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

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	Pts
2022	Ducati	SPA 22	SPA Ret	NED 20	NED 19	POR Ret	POR 16	ITA 16	ITA 17	GBR 19	GBR Ret	CZE 17	CZE Ret	FRA 24	FRA 18	SPA 29	SPA 25	POR 23	POR 14	ARG	ARG	INA	INA	AUS	AUS	34th	2
2023	Ducati	AUS	AUS	INA	INA	NED 18	NED 19	SPA NC	SPA 24	MIS 18	MIS Ret	GBR 23	GBR 22	ITA 17	ITA 12	CZE 18	CZE 20	FRA 26	FRA Ret	SPA 21	SPA 20	POR 19	POR 22	JER	JER	NC	0

* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Maximilian Kofler Profile - Bio, News, High-Res Photos & High Quality Videos". www.motorsport.com.
2. "MotoGP™ Riders". www.motogp.com.
3. "Überraschung: Max Kofler mit Ducati in die SSP-WM / Supersport-WM - SPEEDWEEK.COM". www.speedweek.com (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-29.
4. "MAXIMILIAN KOFLER". www.motorsportkofler.at.
5. "Maximilian Kofler verlängert mit CIP-GREENPOWER". MotorsportKofler.at. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
6. "MotoGP 2021: Max Kofler - "I just can't wait!" I Red Bull Ring". www.projekt-spielberg.com.

External links

• Maximilian Kofler at MotoGP.com
• Maximilian Kofler at WorldSBK.com
• Official Site