{{Short description|Italian racing driver}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox racing driver|name=Max Busnelli|image=2022 24 Hours of Le Mans (52175830706).png|caption=Busnelli in 2022|nationality={{flagicon|ITA}} Italian|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=y|1975|12|14}}|birth_place=Seregno, Italy|racing_licence=12px FIA Gold {{small|(until 2016)}}<br>12px FIA Silver {{small|(2017–)}}|titles=Italian GT Championship - GT2<br>3000 Pro Series<br>Formula Renault Campus Italy|title_years=2008<br>2005<br>1996}}
'''Massimiliano "Max" Busnelli''' (born 14 December 1975) is a racing car driver from Italy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Max Busnelli|url=https://legacy.driverdb.com/drivers/max-busnelli/|publisher=Driver Database|access-date=15 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Driver Biography: Max Busnelli|url=http://history.fiagt.com/driverinfo.php?drivername=Max+Busnelli|website=FIA GT Championship|publisher=SRO Motorsports Group|access-date=15 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711001838/http://history.fiagt.com/driverinfo.php?drivername=Max+Busnelli|archive-date=11 July 2011}}</ref> He was the inaugural 3000 Pro Series champion ex aequo with Norbert Siedler and drove for Italy in A1 Grand Prix, before embarking on a sports car racing career that yielded an Italian GT title in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.italiaracing.net/Confermato-il-titolo-a-Max-Busnelli/8910/85|title=Confermato il titolo a Max Busnelli|website=Italiaracing.net|language=it|date=11 October 2005|access-date=26 January 2026}}</ref>
He is currently a Porsche instructor and operation manager for Porsche Carrera Cup Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/le-aziende-comunicazione/la-nuova-porsche-taycan-sbarca-citta-sempre-100-elettrica-ancora-piu-o_2131330_11/|title=La nuova Porsche Taycan sbarca in città: sempre 100% elettrica e ancora più potente|website=L'Eco di Bergamo|language=it|date=6 April 2024|access-date=26 January 2026}}</ref>
[[File:A1 Grand Prix Durban 2006 (184239246).jpg|thumb|Busnelli at the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa in Durban.]]
==Racing record==
===Complete F3000 International Masters results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! DC ! Points |- | 2005 !nowrap| Pro Motorsport |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL<br>{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IMO<br>{{small|2}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SPA<br>{{small|2}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''MUG'''''<br>{{small|1}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''MIS'''<br>{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LAU<br>{{small|4}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ADR<br>{{small|2}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MNZ<br>{{small|1}} |colspan=8| !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 49 |- | 2006 !nowrap| Pro Motorsport |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| '''MNZ<br>1'''<br>{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ<br>2<br>{{small|10}} | MAG<br>1 | MAG<br>2 | BRH<br>1 | BRH<br>2 | OSC<br>1 | OSC<br>2 | BRN<br>1 | BRN<br>2 | IST<br>1 | IST<br>2 | EST<br>1 | EST<br>2 | EST<br>3 | EST<br>4 ! 28th ! 0 |}
===Complete A1 Grand Prix results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! DC ! Points |- | 2005–06 !nowrap| Italy | GBR<br>SPR | GBR<br>FEA | GER<br>SPR | GER<br>FEA | POR<br>SPR | POR<br>FEA | AUS<br>SPR | AUS<br>FEA | MYS<br>SPR | MYS<br>FEA | UAE<br>SPR | UAE<br>FEA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA<br>SPR<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA<br>FEA<br />{{small|6}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IDN<br>SPR<br />{{small|14}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IDN<br>FEA<br />{{small|Ret}} | MEX<br>SPR | MEX<br>FEA | USA<br>SPR | USA<br>FEA | CHN<br>SPR | CHN<br>FEA ! 14th ! 46 |}
===24 Hours of Spa results=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class<br>Pos.|Class Position}} |- ! 2007 |align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Scuderia Playteam Sarafree |align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giambattista Giannoccaro<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} Yves Lambert<br>{{flagicon|DEU}} Alex Müller |align="left"| Maserati MC12 GT1 | GT1 | 458 ! 18th ! 9th |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{S-start}} {{S-sports}} {{Succession box|title=3000 Pro Series champion | before = none | after = Jan Charouz | years = 2005<small> with:</small><br/>Norbert Siedler}} {{S-end}}
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