Maximilian Buhk (born 9 December 1992 in

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) is a retired German racing driver.

Career

Karting

Buhk began

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in 2004 and raced only in his native Germany for the majority of his career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the

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category by 2009, when he finished on fifth position in ADAC Kart Masters.

ADAC Formel Masters

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saw his debut in the

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championship with KUG Motorsport. Buhk finished twelfth in the championship with 12 point-scoring finishes. He remained in series for

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but switched to

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after five rounds with KUG Motorsport. The switch open road to the podium step at

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and

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and progress to ninth in the championship.

Sports car racing

For 2012 Buhk moved into the Sports car racing, competing in both

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and

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was Buhk's teammate in the ADAC series, where they finished eleventh. With Dominik Baumann they dominated the main category of the FIA GT3 European Championship, winning half of the races and the drivers' title on their

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GT3. In 2013, FIA GT3 European Championship was merged with

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to form FIA GT Series, where Buhk continued to race. He was paired with

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, they was victorious at

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, but was only seventh in the championship. He remained in the ADAC GT Masters where he participated with

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. They won race at

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and ended third in the standings. Also he expanded his programme to compete in the

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. Despite missing two opening rounds, he won 2013 24 Hours of Spa as well as the season finale at Nürburgring, which brought him title in the series. In 2014, the Buhk kept his three-championship programme with HTP. FIA GT Series was renamed into the

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. He again shared Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG with Götz and was set to claim another championship title after three wins but was forced to miss

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round and the remainder of the 2014 ADAC GT Masters season due to his suspension for non-compliance with safety car regulations in the same circuit in the ADAC GT Masters event. But later his racing license was restored, allowing him return to racing. In the Blancpain Endurance Series he had just one podium an ended the season fourth. Also for the first time Sprint and Endurance series formed

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in which Buhk finished as runner-up to

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For

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, Buhk concentrated on Blancpain GT Series programme, where he was again runner-up, this time to

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. His team HTP decided to use Bentley Continental GT3 car and make Vincent Abril as his teammate in the Sprint Series. They won three races and clinched the championship title. But in the Endurance Series, Buhk raced with

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team with

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and Maxime Soulet as his teammates. They finished the season tenth finishing in point all races but 2015 24 Hours of Spa. In

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, Baumann returned as Buhk's teammate (

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was the third driver in the Endurance Cup), while HTP Motorsport bought new-for

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car. Their pair overscored

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by ten points in the GT Series to take the title. While in the Endurance Cup and Sprint Cup they was second and third respectively with one race win in the two championships. Also he made his debut in the 2016 24 Hours of Nürburgring race, but his squad wasn't able to finish the race. For

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, Buhk got

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as a teammate for GT Series campaign while

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was the third driver in the Endurance Cup. Buhk got his third runner-up spot in the GT Series. He and his teammates were third in both the Endurance Cup and Sprint Cup. In the Sprint cup Buhk with Perera was more successful as they won main Misano race. He repeated 24 Hours of Nürburgring race, but once again his car haven't seen a checkered flag. In 2018, HTP Motorsport left

in the favour of 2018 ADAC GT Masters, where Buhk is a teammate of the Indy Dontje. While in 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup he joined Götz and

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at Strakka Racing. After the 2022 DTM season, Buhk announced his retirement from racing, citing "shifting priorities".

Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buhk, Maximilian 1992 births Living people People from Stormarn (district) German racing drivers ADAC Formel Masters drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers 24H Series drivers Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers GT World Challenge America drivers Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers Strakka Racing drivers Mücke Motorsport drivers Ma-con Motorsport drivers Charouz Racing System drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers M-Sport drivers