Driver profile: Max Chilton

Max Chilton is Britain's fourth driver on the Formula 1 grid in 2013.

Still only 21, Chilton is from a racing family and has risen quickly through the ranks, with the help of a substantial family income.

Chilton's stats and facts

  • Team: Marussia
  • Team-mate: Jules Bianchi
  • Previous teams: none
  • Born: 21/04/91, Reigate, Surrey
  • Nationality: English

Unusually, his first steps in senior motorsport were straight into Formula Three, after a couple of seasons in the T Cars series for 14 to 17-year-olds.

Through three seasons in GP2 he progressed to the point that he won two races on his way to fourth in the championship in 2012. In a one-off appearance in free practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, he was a respectable one second off team-mate Timo Glock.

Chilton clearly has talent, but the learning curve will be steep.