About Alfaholics

Maxim Banks

Maxim joined Alfaholics in July 2004 after graduating from the law department at Bristol University. Having grown up surrounded by classic road and race Alfa Romeos, it is perhaps not suprising that Maxim should be such a passionate Alfista and have so wide ranging a knowledge of all things Alfa 105!

From 1999-2000 Maxim raced 125cc Rotax Karts in area championships and in 2002 & 2003 raced in the British University Kart Championship, captaining Bristol University in his last year. Maxim started racing cars in 2003 driving the Alfaholics Sprint GT race car winning his class in his first ever race! Since then he has shared the car with brother Andrew. Together, in endurance races, they have enjoyed superb successes, including winning the Eau Rouge Trophy of the Spa 6 Hours in 2005 and winning Top Hat outright at Mallory Park in 2004.

In 2004 Maxim built, with fanatical attention to detail, a Twin Spark GTA Replica for fast road and trackday use, based on a 1967 GT 1300 Junior ‘project car’.  Every year he covers 6000-7000 miles in this car, mainly on driving weekends in the Welsh Mountains and the Nurburgring Nordschleife. These miles lead to a vast amount of data acquisition, perfecting fast road and trackday setup and leading to yet more bolt on product development.

Maxim is responsible for the preparation and on going development of the Alfaholics 2.0 Sprint GT race car and is in charge of building the Alfaholics 1600 GTA FIA App.K race car. Day to day Maxim is Director of Sales & Product Development at Alfaholics.

Andrew Banks

Andrew Banks joined Alfaholics in October 2006 having spent 5 successful years as a Commercial Lawyer for a top firm in Bristol. Andrew raced Karts from 1996-1997 in area championships before graduating to race a Swift SC93F Formula Ford in the highly competitive Castle Combe Championship. Andrew quickly rose to the front of the field and his lap record he set before he left stood for several years! Alongside the Formula Ford, Andrew started racing his trackday GTA Replica in 1998. In 2002 the Top Hat GTA Challenge Series launched, Andrew won the opening round at Donington Park followed by Chimay and Snetterton, 3 of the 5 races that year! In 2002 the car was converted from trackday/mild race to full race spec for Maxim to start his career. Since then they have shared the car in ever increasingly modified spec, racing mainly in European race series such as the Dutch Alfa Challenge and the French 60’s/70’s Saloon Car Championship.

At Alfaholics, Andrew is the Finance Director and in charge of the development of modern 916 Series GTV parts.