Max Defourny

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Max Defourny
Blancpain Gt Series Endurance Cup - Autodromo Nazionale di Monza - 22-04-2018 (27821492978).jpg
Nationality Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgian
Born (1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 25)
Liège, Belgium
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 career
Debut season 2015
Current team MP Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number33
Former teams R-ace GP
Starts55
Wins2
Poles5
Fastest laps10
Best finish3rd in 2016
Previous series
2015-17
2015
2014
2014
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Italian F4 Championship
French F4 Championship

Max Defourny (born 9 October 1998) is a Belgian-born professional racing driver based in Luxembourg, currently competing in Formula Renault 2.0.

Contents

Career

Karting

Born in Liège, Defourny began karting in 2009 at the age of eleven and took his first karting title the following year.

Formula 4 Championships

Defourny graduated to single-seaters in 2014, partaking in nine races of the French F4 Championship as a guest driver and three rounds of the Italian F4 Championship with Cram Motorsport, finishing 20th in the overall standings.

Formula Renault 2.0

In 2015, Defourny graduated to the Formula Renault 2.0 series with the ART Junior Team, taking three victories and fourth place in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC.

Defourny remained with his previous outfit in 2016, following its rebadging as R-ace GP, and finished as vice-champion to Lando Norris in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and third in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.

Defourny stayed in R-ace GP in 2017. But he wasn't able to improve his championship position, finishing fourth behind his teammates Will Palmer and Robert Shwartzman. He took only one win at Circuit Paul Ricard at Le Castellet after disqualification of Shwartzman. [1] He collected eleven podiums in 2017, three more than in 2016.

Formula V8 3.5

In November 2016, Defourny partook in post-season testing with Fortec Motorsports and AVF. [2]

GP3 Series

Defourny drove at the post-season test at Yas Marina with ART Grand Prix and Arden International. [3] [4]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2014 French F4 Championship Auto Sport Academy 900000NC†
Italian F4 Championship Cram Motorsport 30000920th
Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Provily Racing200002075th
Lechner Racing School 110002
2015 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Strakka Racing 200012184th
ART Junior Team 142123
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 700000NC†
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series Koiranen GP 400000NC†
2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 R-ace GP 151358188.53rd
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 1532592852nd
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup R-ace GP 23125112554th
Formula Renault NEC 300120NC†
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 30010218th
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup MP Motorsport 800012814th
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Douglas Motorsport400003223rd
2018–19 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 1533692432nd

As Defourny was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2017 Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MNZ
3
PAU
1
PAU
2
PAU
3
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
NOR
1
NOR
2
NOR
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
NÜR
1

11
NÜR
2

18
NÜR
3

9
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
18th2

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References

  1. Allen, Peter (26 August 2017). "Shwartzman stripped of win after Fenestraz clash, Defourny ends win drought". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. "Max Defourny test Formula V8 3.5 bolide (Max Defourny test Formula 3.5 V8 car)". 16 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. "Revised driver entry list for Day 2". 30 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. "Driver entry list for day 3 of post-season test". 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.