Max Coates Racing

10/06/2026

Top weekend of coaching at Oulton Park with two podium finishes for Mark 🥉📈

Plenty of positives to take away, goals reached and set for the next round, plus good to see Gracie and Gabe sharing the 1sts over the weekend.

Top work by Graves Motorsport - Sam Pearce and Cam on the spanners, as well as Lauren from The Racing PA keeping everything organised!

Personally loving his silver livery featuring Drivelodge Motorhomes - seen them on my car too? 👀

26/05/2026

Snetterton in review… 🎙️

Not the results we wanted, testing was strong and a good feeling into the weekend. A tough quali set the tone, good pace in race two wasn’t rewarded as much as I’d hoped.

We learn and go again Graves Motorsport 👊

26/05/2026

Huge congratulations to Nic Hamilton on his Jack Sears Trophy win this weekend.

I raced against Nic in the Clio Cup, I think in 2017/18, when we were both learning our crafts. Nic’s ability in a race car is huge, regardless of disability, but with it, it’s simply incredible. Knowing first hand the control that’s needed in these machines, it’s not just the feel that Nic has worked so hard to learn, it’s the pain he goes through each race weekend. Above all else though, Nic has always been a thoroughly nice chap. Always says hi, a great lad.

Chuffed to see this result and what it meant to him on the podium. Just fantastic. I heard the roar in the paddock, amazing! 🏆

24/05/2026

24/05/2026

Qualifying ✅

Race 1: 10.00, starting 6th (Live on TSL Timing)
Race 2: 15.10, starting 7th (Live on ITV4)

20/05/2026

Top day of testing at Snetterton! Loved it 🚗💨

The times don’t look like we’re all that fast, but running old tyres vs others on new, we’re doing just fine. Car felt great thanks to Graves Motorsport and Funky Frank the data wizard 📈 and my old man RobC on the spanners! He’s looking forward to getting RobO back! Must say I have some proper pinch me moments having fun in a Porsche Carrera Cup car with my old man! Thanks for letting me use it Emmitt Plant 🙌

Good luck to our junior engineering team off to their Oxford Brookes graduation tomorrow, well done lads!

Thanks to everyone that makes it possible!

11/05/2026

📸 Brands snaps!

A challenging weekend in some ways but rewarding in others. P3 in qualifying 1 was probably the highlight, a pro podium in race 1 was a solid result and keeps us 3rd in the championship points. Race two wasn’t the best after a poor start. I think running a set of tyres less than the rest of the field showed a bit this weekend, as clearly the pace was there in the Graves Motorsport car as shown by Sid Smith and Jacob Tofts podiums. I just couldn’t make up lost ground. I’m hugely grateful to be on the grid with the support of an ever increasing group of incredible partners. Next stop Snetterton… the scene of my first Porsche Carrera Cup win! Fair to say I’m excited to go back!

Non stop for me post weekend too, back to Croft Circuit for my first event as Signature Trackdays Club, which went brilliantly and now enroute to Donington coaching for Hype Drive tomorrow and then hot laps for Tour De 4 with Chris Hiy and Suspension Secrets tomorrow night.

10/05/2026

The story of Saturday… 3rd and 6th. Happy with qualifying one, less so with qualifying two, but we’re in the mix.

Thanks to everyone supporting me for a great day 🙌

09/05/2026

Qualifying day. New format. 2 sessions. Same plan… pole!

27/04/2026

I was very proud to watch the British GT Silverstone 500 yesterday for two very significant results, two drivers I’ve had an immense amount of pleasure coaching and racing alongside.

Jonathon Beeson - P2 overall, GT3 Silver-Am
Hadley Simpson - P1 GT4 Overall & P1 Silver-Silver

JB was my team mate in Carrera Cup last year, but I was slightly to blame for getting him hooked on racing when he first started. He bought Guy Colcloughs TCR that I shared with Guy in Britcar. 6 years on we’ve been team mates, plenty of coaching days and many great memories. A great result to watch, well done mate! Congrats to Century Motorsport, a team I also raced with back in 2014.

Hadley Simpson won the GT4 class overall, he performed brilliantly all weekend alongside teammate Thomas Holland. I first coached Hadley in the Fiesta Junior Championship at 20Ten Racing. He then joined us at High Row Motorsport and won the Britcar Trophy Championship alongside the brilliant Maurice Henry.

There was plenty of other friends racing too some fantastic results across the board.