Max van der Snel

Max van der Snel
Van der Snel in 2023
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (2003-08-02) 2 August 2003 (age 23)
Hazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season2026
Current teamEuroInternational
Categorisation FIA Silver
Car number11
Starts6
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish5th (LMP3) in 2026
Previous series
2025
2023		Radical Cup UK
Prototype Cup Germany
Championship titles
2023Prototype Cup Germany – Junior

Max van der Snel (born 2 August 2003) is a Dutch racing driver who last competed in the European Le Mans Series for EuroInternational and the Le Mans Cup for More Motorsport. He is the co-owner and founder of More Motorsport.

Personal life

Van der Snel is the son of Dutch businessman and racing driver Mark van der Snel, whom he co-founded More Motorsport with in 2023, and drove with in his early prototype career.

Career

Van der Snel began competitive karting at the age of 8, primarily competing in national championships until he was 12, when he stepped away from motorsport. During his short karting career, Van der Snel most notably won the 2012 Dobla Kart Challenge.

After trying other sports, Van der Snel returned to motorsport in 2021. He competed in the Westfield Cup, a Dutch series for Lotus Seven-inspired cars built by Westfield, for two years, and was most notably runner-up in the overall standings in 2022.

Van der Snel's More Motorsport LMP3 at Oschersleben in 2023.

In 2023, Van der Snel and his father Mark founded More Motorsport, and joined forces with Reiter Engineering to enter a Ligier JS P320 in the Prototype Cup Germany. On their LMP3 debut, the pair took a lone win at Assen to finish eighth overall, as Max also clinched the Junior class title. In 2024, the Van der Snels took More Motorsport to the Le Mans Cup, their only points finish being a podium at Spa as they ended the year 16th. In October, Max participated in the ELMS rookie test, where he sampled LMP2 machinery for Team Virage. Despite this, he remained with his father for another Le Mans Cup season in 2025, and took three top 5 finishes, including a best result of fourth at Barcelona, to take seventh in the newly-formed LMP3 Pro-Am class. That year, Van der Snel also took two wins in a part-time campaign in Radical Cup UK, and scored a Pro 1500 class win in the Radical World Finals.

In 2026, Van der Snel took on a dual LMP3 campaign, pairing up with Tim Gerhards at More Motorsport in the Le Mans Cup, and joining Matthew Richard Bell and Douwe Dedecker at EuroInternational in the European Le Mans Series. Between the two campaigns, Van der Snel found more success in ELMS, where he scored a lone podium at Spa and finished fourth in all but one race to take sixth in points. During 2026, Van der Snel made his LMP2 debut for Intersport Racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, racing at Road America and Petit Le Mans. That year, Van der Snel also drove Cup3 Pro machinery at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Adrenalin Motorsport. Towards the end of the year, Van der Snel partook in the European Le Mans Series rookie tests for Duqueine Team in LMP2, as well as Racing Spirit of Léman in LMP3.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2011–12 Chrono Rotax Max Winter Cup — Micro Max 15th
2012 Chrono Dutch RMC — Micro Max 8th
2013 Chrono Karting Winter Serie — Micro Max 11th
Sources:

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2021 Westfield Cup
2022 Westfield Cup 2nd
2023 Prototype Cup Germany More Motorsport by Reiter 12 1 0 0 1 103 8th
2024 Le Mans Cup – LMP3 More Motorsport 7 0 0 0 1 15 16th
2025 Le Mans Cup – LMP3 Pro-Am More Motorsport 7 0 0 0 0 38 7th
Radical Cup UK Valour Racing 6 2 1 2 6 304 7th
Radical World Finals – Pro 1500 4 1 1 2 2
2026 Le Mans Cup – LMP3 More Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 26 11th
European Le Mans Series – LMP3 EuroInternational 6 0 0 0 1 63 5th
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – BMW M240i Adrenalin Motorsport Team Mainhattan Wheels 1 0 0 0 0 6* NC*
Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup – Cup3 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 0* NC*
24 Hours of Nürburgring – Cup3 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/a 7th
IMSA SportsCar Championship – LMP2 Intersport Racing 2 0 0 0 0 472 29th
Sources:

Complete Prototype Cup Germany results

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

Year Team Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2023 More Motorsport by Reiter Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 HOC
1
8		 HOC
2
9		 OSC
1
5		 OSC
2
10		 ZAN
1
15†		 ZAN
2
8		 NOR
1
8		 NOR
2
5		 ASS
1
Ret		 ASS
2
1		 NÜR
1
12		 NÜR
2
8		 8th 103

Complete Le Mans Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2024 More Motorsport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 CAT
21		 LEC
18		 LMS
1
31		 LMS
2
26		 SPA
3		 MUG
19		 ALG
Ret		 16th 15
2025 More Motorsport LMP3 Pro-Am Ligier JS P325 CAT
4		 LEC
5		 LMS
1
13		 LMS
2
6		 SPA
11		 SIL
5		 ALG
Ret		 7th 38
2026 More Motorsport LMP3 Ligier JS P325 CAT
7		 LEC
6		 LMS
Ret		 SPA
7		 SIL
Ret		 ALG
7		 11th 26

* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2026 EuroInternational LMP3 Ligier JS P325 Toyota V35A 3.5 L V6 CAT
4		 LEC
DSQ		 IMO
4		 SPA
3		 SIL
4		 ALG
4		 6th 63

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2026 Intersport Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
 SEB
 WGL
 MOS
 ELK
12		 IMS
 PET
7		 29th 472

* Season still in progress.

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