{{short description|British motorcycle racer}} {{Notability|sports|date=May 2023}} {{Use British English|date=February 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox motorcycle rider | name = Max Cook | image =- 30 MAX COOK Riding for Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki - 53274249039.jpg | caption = Max Cook riding for Cheshire Mouldings Kawasaki at Brands Hatch in 2023 | nationality = British | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|12|09|df=y}} | birth_place = Bristol, England | Current team = AJN Steelstock Kawasaki | Bike number = 30 | website = [https://maxcook30.com/ Max Cook Official] | Moto3 Active years = {{MGP|2025|Moto3}} | Moto3 Manufacturers = Honda ({{MGP|2025|Moto3}}) | Moto3 Race Starts = 1 | Moto3 Race Wins = 0 | Moto3 Podiums = 0 | Moto3 Poles = 0 | Moto3 Fastest laps = 0 | Moto3 Total Points = 0 | Moto3 Championships = 0 | Moto3 Last season = 2025 | Moto3 Last position = 40th (0 pts) | BSB Active years = {{BSB|2023}}– | BSB Championships = | BSB Manufacturers = Kawasaki | BSB Race Starts = 101 | BSB Race Wins = 0 | BSB Podiums = 2 | BSB Poles = 2 | BSB Fastest laps = 2 | BSB Total Points = 587 | BSB Last season = 2025 | BSB Last position = 9th (270 pts) | BSS Active years = {{BSS|2022}} | BSS Manufacturers = Yamaha | BSS Championships = | BSS Race Starts = 2 | BSS Race Wins = 0 | BSS Podiums = 0 | BSS Poles = 0 | BSS Fastest laps = 0 | BSS Total Points = 13 | BSS Last season = 2022 | BSS Last position = 27th (13 pts) }} '''Max Cook''' (born 9 December 2002)<ref>[https://www.redbull.com/int-en/rookiescup/riders/athlete-profile-max-cook Profile at Red Bull Rookies Cup] www.redbull.com. Retrieved 30 May 2023</ref> is a professional road racer of solo motorcycles. In 2023, he rode in the British Superbike Championship with Cheshire Mouldings FS-3 Kawasaki.<ref>[https://www.britishsuperbike.com/news/2022/nov/26/cheshire-mouldings-kawasaki-sign-junior-superstock-champion-cook-for-2023-bennetts-bsb CHESHIRE MOULDINGS KAWASAKI SIGN JUNIOR SUPERSTOCK CHAMPION COOK FOR 2023 BENNETTS BSB] ''British Superbike'', 26 November 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023</ref>
For 2021, Cook raced in the Pirelli National Junior Superstock Championship, earning status as rookie of the year in the championship with 8th place in the standings. He remained in the championship the following year with the Binch Racing Team, where he won the title by 50 points over Franco Bourne.<ref>[https://www.britishsuperbike.com/news/2022/oct/16/pirelli-national-junior-superstock-championship-with-motonovo-finance-double-win-for-bourne PIRELLI NATIONAL JUNIOR SUPERSTOCK CHAMPIONSHIP WITH MOTONOVO FINANCE: DOUBLE WIN FOR BOURNE] ''British Superbike'', 16 October 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023</ref> 2022 also saw him make a wildcard appearance at the final round of that year's British Supersport Championship in a collaboration between the Binch Racing Team and Carl Cox Motorsport.<ref>[https://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/british-superbikes/2022/october/max-cook-supersport-brands-hatch/ BSB Brands Hatch: Max Cook to make British Supersport debut in season finale] ''British Superbike'', 15 October 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023</ref>
Cook had previously raced in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship alongside fellow Briton Scott Ogden for the British Talent Team. He placed 25th at the end of his rookie season in 2019, before improving to a 13th-place finish the following year. In 2018, Cook was selected to compete in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup,<ref>[https://maxcook30.com/about-max/ About Max] ''Max Cook Official'', No date given. Retrieved 8 May 2023</ref> finishing his rookie 2018 season in 18th place. His second season in 2019 saw him end the season in 9th place, including a podium in race 2 of the Sachsenring round.<ref>[https://www.redbull.com/int-en/rookiescup/recap-kunii-snatches-victory-from-tatay-at-the-sachsenring-2019 RECAP | Kunii snatches victory from Tatay at the Sachsenring] ''Red Bull'', 7 July 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2023</ref>
== Racing achievements == 2014 – British FAB Racing Championship – 3rd
2015 – British Junior Pitbike Championship – 2nd
2015 – Aprilia Superteen Championship – 1st
2016 – British Junior Pitbike Championship – 2nd
2016 – British Open Class Moto3 Championship – 9th
2017 – British Junior Pitbike Championship – 1st
2017 – British Standard Class Moto3 Championship – 1st
2018 – British Talent Cup – 3rd
2018 – Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup – 18th
2019 – Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup – 9th
2019 – FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship – 25th
2020 – FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship – 13th
2021 – British Junior Superstock 600 – 8th
2022 – British Junior Superstock 600 – 1st
2023 – British Superbike Championship – 14th
2024 – British Superbike Championship – 12th
==Career statistics== ===Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup===
====Races by year==== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position, and races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Year ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! Pos ! Pts |- ! 2018 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SPA1<br>{{small|13}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SPA2<br>{{small|20}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| MUG<br>{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NED1<br>{{small|15}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NED2<br>{{small|11}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER1<br>{{small|8}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER2<br>{{small|NC}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| RBR1<br>{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#ffffff;"| RBR2<br>{{small|DNS}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MIS<br>{{small|16}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARA1<br>{{small|12}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ''ARA2''<br>{{small|14}} ! 18th ! 23 |- ! 2019 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SPA1<br>{{small|11}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SPA2<br>{{small|8}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MUG<br>{{small|13}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| NED1<br>{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ''NED2''<br>{{small|4}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ''GER1''<br>{{small|9}} |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| GER2<br>{{small|3}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| RBR1<br>{{small|10}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| RBR2<br>{{small|9}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MIS<br>{{small|11}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ''ARA1''<br>{{small|7}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARA2<br>{{small|12}} ! 9th ! 83 |}
===FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship=== ====Races by year==== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Year ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! Pos ! Pts |- ! 2019 ! Honda |style="background:#dfffdf;"| EST<br>{{small|13}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL1<br>{{small|15}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| VAL2<br>{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA<br>{{small|18}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAT1<br>{{small|13}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAT2<br>{{small|13}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ARA<br>{{small|16}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| JER1<br>{{small|16}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| JER2<br>{{small|17}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ALB<br>{{small|16}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL1<br>{{small|15}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL2<br>{{small|11}} ! 25th ! 16 |- ! 2020 ! Honda |style="background:#dfffdf;"| EST<br>{{small|7}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ''POR''<br>{{small|7}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| JER1<br>{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#ffffff;"| JER2<br>{{small|DNS}} |style="background:#ffffff;"| JER3<br>{{small|DNS}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARA1<br>{{small|5}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARA2<br>{{small|11}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ARA3<br>{{small|11}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| VAL1<br>{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL1<br>{{small|14}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL1<br>{{small|12}} | ! 13th ! 45 |}
===British Supersport Championship=== ====By year==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Bike !colspan="2"| 1 !colspan="2"| 2 !colspan="2"| 3 !colspan="2"| 4 !colspan="2"| 5 !colspan="2"| 6 !colspan="2"| 7 !colspan="2"| 8 !colspan="2"| 9 !colspan="2"| 10 !colspan="2"| 11 !rowspan="2"| Pos !rowspan="2"| Pts |- ! SR ! FR ! SR ! FR ! SR ! FR ! SR ! FR ! SR ! FR ! SR ! FR ! SR ! FR ! SR ! FR ! SR ! FR ! SR ! FR ! SR ! FR |- ! {{BSS|2022}} ! Yamaha | SIL | SIL | OUL | OUL | DON | DON | KNO | KNO | BRH | BRH | THR | THR | CAD | CAD | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | DON | DON |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BRH<br />{{small|11}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BRH<br />{{small|9}} ! 27th ! 13 |}
===British Superbike Championship=== ====By year==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Bike !colspan="3"| 1 !colspan="3"| 2 !colspan="3"| 3 !colspan="3"| 4 !colspan="3"| 5 !colspan="3"| 6 !colspan="3"| 7 !colspan="4"| 8 !colspan="3"| 9 !colspan="3"| 10 !colspan="3"| 11 !rowspan="2"| Pos !rowspan="2"| Pts |- ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 ! R4 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 ! R1 ! R2 ! R3 |- ! {{BSB|2023}} ! Kawasaki |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL<br />{{small|20}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL<br />{{small|21}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL<br />{{small|20}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OUL<br />{{small|20}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|14}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OUL<br />{{small|17}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|11}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|12}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO<br />{{small|18}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KNO<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KNO<br />{{small|14}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE<br />{{small|11}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE<br />{{small|14}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE<br />{{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|10}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|14}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|10}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR<br />{{small|4}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR<br />{{small|4}} |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| CAD<br />{{small|WD}} |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| CAD<br />{{small|WD}} |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| CAD<br />{{small|WD}} | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|11}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|9}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON<br />{{small|18}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|7}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|11}} ! 15th ! 114 |- ! {{BSB|2024}} ! Kawasaki |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAV<br />{{small|8}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAV<br />{{small|7}} | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|10}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|6}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|10}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KNO<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KNO<br />{{small|10}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KNO<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE<br />{{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE<br />{{small|12}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|12}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|12}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ''THR''<br />{{small|8}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''THR'''<br />{{small|2}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAD<br />{{small|16}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAD<br />{{small|16}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAD<br />{{small|14}} | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|10}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|15}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|4}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|12}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|8}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|7}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|5}} ! 12th ! 203 |- ! {{BSB|2025}} ! Kawasaki |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|12}} |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| OUL<br />{{small|C}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|10}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE<br />{{small|7}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE<br />{{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE<br />{{small|8}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KNO<br />{{small|14}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KNO<br />{{small|15}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KNO<br />{{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|7}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|5}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|8}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ''THR''<br />{{small|3}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''THR'''<br />{{small|5}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR<br />{{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAD<br />{{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAD<br />{{small|5}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAD<br />{{small|5}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|11}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|8}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON<br />{{small|6}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ASS<br />{{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ASS<br />{{small|11}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ASS<br />{{small|11}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|7}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL<br />{{small|8}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH<br />{{small|7}} ! 9th ! 270 |} <!--{{asterisk}} Season still in progress.-->
===Grand Prix motorcycle racing=== ====By season==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" ! Season ! Class ! Motorcycle ! Team ! Race ! Win ! Podium ! Pole ! FLap ! Pts ! Plcd |- ! {{MGP|2025|Moto3}} | Moto3 |style="text-align:left;"| Honda |style="text-align:left;"| Gryd – MLav Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40th |- !colspan="4"| Total | '''1''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | |}
====By class==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" ! Class ! Seasons ! 1st GP ! 1st pod ! 1st win ! Race ! Win ! Podiums ! Pole ! FLap ! Pts ! WChmp |- ! Moto3 | 2025–present |style="text-align:left;"| 2025 British |style="text-align:left;"| |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0 |- ! Total !colspan="4"| 2025–present | '''1''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | '''0''' | |}
====Races by year==== (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Year ! Class ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! Pos ! Pts |- ! {{MGP|2025|Moto3}} ! Moto3 ! Honda | THA | ARG | AME | QAT | SPA | FRA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR<br />{{small|21}} | ARA | ITA | NED | GER | CZE | AUT | HUN | CAT | RSM | JPN | INA | AUS | MAL | POR | VAL ! 40th ! 0 |} {{asterisk}} Season still in progress.
==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}}
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