Max van Splunteren

Van Splunteren is the son of fellow racing driver Paul van Splunteren,^[1] who he replaced for the last three rounds of the 2014 European Le Mans Series.^[2]

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Van Splunteren made his single-seater debut in 2012, racing in the Dutch Formula Ford Championship for GT3.nl Junior Team by GEVA Racing.^[3] Despite never winning a race throughout the season, Van Splunteren finished on the podium in 11 races en route to a third-place points finish.^[4] Continuing in Formula Ford for 2013, Van Splunteren raced in the International North Sea Series, in which he scored his maiden career wins at Snetterton and Zandvoort.^[5][6] During 2013, Van Splunteren also raced in select rounds of Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux for Porsche Groep Zuid, winning six of the eight races he contested to take eighth in the Cup standings.^[7][8]

Switching to sportscars full-time for 2014, Van Splunteren joined GT3.nl by Land Motorsport to continue racing in Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux.^[9] Competing in select rounds, Van Splunteren won both races at Zolder,^[10] before taking further wins at Zandvoort and the second Zolder round to end the season seventh in points.^[11] During 2014, Van Splunteren also joined Prospeed Competition to race in the last three rounds of the European Le Mans Series replacing his father Paul, in the GTC class.^[2]

Continuing in Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux for 2015, Van Splunteren began the season by winning both Spa races and race one at Zolder,^[12][13] before scoring a win at Zandvoort and five other podiums to secure runner-up honours in the Pro standings.^[14] During 2015, Van Splunteren also joined Bentley Team HTP to race in the final four rounds of the Blancpain Sprint Series, as well as the 24 Hours of Spa.^[15][16] Partnering Jules Szymkowiak for his part-time BSS campaign, Van Splunteren took five class wins and a best overall result of sixth at Zandvoort to end the season fourth in Silver Cup points.^[17][18]

In 2016, Van Splunteren remained in GT3 competition as he joined Lamborghini-fielding Attempto Racing for a dual campaign in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance and Sprint Cups,^[19] as a member of the Lamborghini Junior Driver Programme.^[20] Between the two campaigns, Van Splunteren found more success in the Sprint Cup, taking five Silver podiums alongside Jeroen Mul and finishing sixth in points.^[21] Continuing with Attempto for a similar campaign the following year, Van Splunteren once again found more success in the Sprint Cup, scoring three podiums and ending the season sixth in points again.^[22]

After racing at the 24 Hours of Daytona for Lamborghini-affiliated GRT Grasser Racing Team in early 2018,^[23] Van Splunteren returned to Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux for the rest of the year with GP Elite.^[24] On his return to the series, Van Splunteren scored a lone win at Zandvoort and five other podiums en route to a third-place points finish.^[25] Remaining with Team GP Elite for the following season,^[26] Van Splunteren took seven wins and four other podiums to seal the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux title.^[27][28]

Remaining with GP Elite for 2020, but switching to Porsche Supercup,^[29] Van Splunteren took a lone podium at Silverstone in his first full-time season in the series to end the year sixth overall.^[30] During 2020, Van Splunteren also raced with Porsche-aligned Proton Competition at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMGTE Am alongside Horst Felbermayr Jr. and Michele Beretta.^[31] Two seasons with GP Elite in both Porsche Supercup and Carrera Cup Germany then followed,^[32][33] before Van Splunteren only made sporadic appearances over the following two seasons, most notably winning the 2024 12 Hours of Mugello overall with GP Elite.^[34]

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Racing career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	Dutch Formula Ford Championship	GT3.nl Junior Team by GEVA Racing	18	0	1	2	11	244	3rd
	British Formula Ford Championship	GEVA	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Formula Ford Festival – Duratec		1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	5th
2012–13	Dutch Winter Endurance Series	Equipe Verschuur	1	1	0	0	1	20	17th
2013	Formula Ford International North Sea Series		13	2	1	7	10
	Formula Ford Denmark		2	0	0	0	0	6	18th
	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux – Cup	Porsche Groep Zuid	8	6	1	6	7	124	8th
2014	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux	GT3.nl by Land Motorsport	10	4	3	2	6	142	7th
	European Le Mans Series – GTC	Prospeed Competition	3	0	0	0	0	6	25th
2015	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux – Pro	GT3.nl by Land Motorsport	11	4	3	4	9	114	2nd
	Blancpain Sprint Series	Bentley Team HTP	7	0	0	0	0	10	20th
	Blancpain Sprint Series – Silver			5	3	5	5	77	4th
	Blancpain Endurance Series – Pro-Am		1	0	0	0	0	4	27th
	Renault Sport Trophy – Prestige	Equipe Verschuur	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Renault Sport Trophy – Endurance Trophy		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	BMW M235i Cup Belgium	Tyreset / Peka Racing	1	0	0	0	0	41	24th
2016	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Attempto Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro-Am			0	0	0	0	29	16th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup – Silver		8	0	0	4	5	60	6th
2017	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Attempto Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro-Am		4	0	0	0	0	4	43rd
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		9	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup – Silver			0	1	0	3	50	6th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	MRS GT-Racing	2	0	0	0	0	12	23rd
2018	IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD	GRT Grasser Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	18	57th
	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux	GP Elite	12	1	0	1	6	161	3rd
2018–19	Porsche GT3 Challenge Middle East		3	0	0	0	0	28	21st
2019	Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux	Team GP Elite	12	7	7	3	11	225	1st
	Porsche Supercup		4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2020	Dutch Winter Endurance Series	Team GP Elite I	1	0	0	0	0	8	31st
	Porsche Supercup	Team GP Elite	8	0	0	0	1	77	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am	Proton Competition	1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	12th
2021	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	GP Elite	10	0	0	0	0	91	11th
	Porsche Supercup	Team GP Elite	8	0	0	0	0	56	9th
2022	24H GT Series Continents – 992	Team GP Elite	1	1	0	0	1	29	NC
	Porsche Supercup		8	0	0	0	0	26	15th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany		11	0	0	0	0	82	8th
2022–23	Middle East Trophy – GT3	Team GP-Elite	1	0	0	0	0	18	NC
2023	25 Hours VW Fun Cup	Milo Racing	1	0	0	0	0	—N/a	15th
2024	24H Series – GT3	GP Elite	1	1	0	0	1	40	19th
Sources:[35][36]

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^† As Van Splunteren was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2014	Prospeed Competition	GTC	Porsche 997 GT3-R	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL	IMO	RBR 8	LEC 9	EST Ret	25th	6

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Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2015	Bentley Team HTP	Bentley Continental GT3	Silver	NOG QR	NOG CR	BRH QR	BRH CR	ZOL QR	ZOL CR	MSC QR 8	MSC CR 10	ALG QR 8	ALG CR Ret	MIS QR Ret	MIS CR DNS	ZAN QR 7	ZAN CR 6	4th	77
2016	Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Silver	MIS QR 21	MIS CR 20	BRH QR 24	BRH CR 13	NÜR QR 22	NÜR CR 21	HUN QR 21	HUN CR Ret							6th	60
			Pro									CAT QR 17	CAT CR 19					NC	0
2017	Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Silver	MIS QR Ret	MIS CR DNS	BRH QR Ret	BRH CR 26	ZOL QR 21	ZOL CR 21	HUN QR 28	HUN CR 20	NÜR QR 21	NÜR CR Ret					6th	50

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GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2015	Bentley Team HTP	Bentley Continental GT3	Pro-Am	MNZ	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H 19	SPA 12H 45	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR	27th	4
2016	Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro-Am	MNZ 23	SIL 44	LEC 16	SPA 6H 15	SPA 12H 26	SPA 24H 52	NÜR 49	16th	29
2017	Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro-Am	MNZ 26	SIL 30	LEC Ret				CAT 33	43th	4
			Pro				SPA 6H 50	SPA 12H 39	SPA 24H 35		NC	0

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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2018	GRT Grasser Racing Team	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	DAY 13	SEB	MDO	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	57th	18

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Complete Porsche Supercup results

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2019	Team GP Elite	CAT 10	MON	RBR	SIL	HOC	HUN 15	SPA 15	MNZ 12	MEX	MEX	NC†	0†
2020	Team GP Elite	RBR 15	RBR 9	HUN 9	SIL 2	SIL 4	CAT 5	SPA 8	MNZ 13			6th	77
2021	Team GP Elite	MON 17	RBR 5	RBR Ret	HUN 9	SPA 5	ZND 7	MNZ 10	MNZ 8			9th	56
2022	Team GP Elite	IMO 10	MON 20	SIL 20	RBR 7	LEC 14	SPA 13	ZND 11	MNZ 21			15th	26

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	Proton Competition	Michele Beretta Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Porsche 911 RSR	LMGTE Am	330	38th	12th
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