Melville McKee

Melville McKee
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born 19 August 1994
Singapore
Related to Mike McKee (grandfather)
GP3 Series career
Debut season 2013
Current team Bamboo Engineering
Car no. 20
Starts 14
Wins 1
Poles 0
Fastest laps 1
Previous series
201113
201112
2010
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Formula Lista Junior

Melville McKee (born 19 September 1994) is a British racing driver. He currently drives for Bamboo Engineering in the GP3 Series. His grandfather Mike was a Formula Two and 24 Hours of Le Mans racing driver.[1]

Career

Karting

McKee began karting at the age of six, contesting until 2003 in Australian championships. From 2004 to 2009 he competed mostly in various Swiss championships.[2] In 2009 he became runner-up in the Junior class of the Rotax Max Challenge.[3]

Formula Lista Junior

McKee began his formula racing career in 2010 in Formula Lista Junior with Hope Pole Vision Racing.[4] He won races at Most and Hockenheim with another five podiums, finishing the season on the third place in the standings.[5]

Formula Renault

In 2011, McKee graduated to the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship, signing with ARTA Engineering.[6] He won race at Spielberg and Imola with podium at Budapest on his way to fourth place and Junior's Championship title.[7] Also he spent four races in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with the same team.[8]

For the next year McKee remained in both series but switched to Interwetten Racing and focused on the Eurocup.[9] His best result was second place at Nürburgring, that brought him eight place in the standings.[10] In Alps championship he had two podiums at Monza and Spielberg.[11]

McKee started his third consecutive season in Eurocup with Manor MP Motorsport.[12]

GP3 Series

McKee will make his GP3 Series debut in 2013, competing for Bamboo Engineering.[13]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2010 Formula Lista Junior Hope Pole Vision Racing 12 2 0 0 7 135 3rd
2011 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps ARTA Engineering 14 3 3 1 4 229 4th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 6 0 0 0 0 1 25th
Formula Renault UK Finals Series Interwetten Racing 6 0 0 0 0 41 17th
2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Interwetten.com Racing 14 0 0 1 1 64 8th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 6 0 0 0 2 48 4th
2013 GP3 Series Bamboo Engineering 14 1 0 1 1 31 14th*
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Manor MP Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 26th

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 D.C. Points
2013 Bamboo Engineering ESP
FEA
14
ESP
SPR
Ret
VAL
FEA

11
VAL
SPR

Ret
GBR
FEA

24
GBR
SPR

15
GER
FEA

7
GER
SPR

1
HUN
FEA

17
HUN
SPR

Ret
BEL
FEA

7
BEL
SPR

Ret
ITA
FEA

12
ITA
SPR

7
ABU
FEA
ABU
SPR
14th 31

References

  1. "My background". melvillemckee.com. Melville McKee. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. "My career". melvillemckee.com. Melville McKee. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. "Swiss Rotax Max Challenge Junior 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  4. "Hockenheim, qualifica 1–2: Lamotte e Yanick si dividono le pole". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  5. "LO Formel Lista Junior 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  6. "I Piloti". Renaultsport Italia (in Italian). Renault Sport. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  7. "Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  8. "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  9. "Melvin McKee at the start for Interwetten.com Junior Team in 2012". Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team (Interwetten Racing). 2 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  10. "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  11. "Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  12. Musker, Ant (24 April 2013). "McKee to replace Fraga at Manor MP for Eurocup opener". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  13. "Bamboo signs Melville McKee". GP3Series.com (GP2 Series Ltd.). 26 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.

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