Melville McKee
Melville McKee | |
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Nationality | British |
Born |
Singapore | 19 August 1994
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 | |
2011–13 2011–12 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 |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ "My background". melvillemckee.com. Melville McKee. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "My career". melvillemckee.com. Melville McKee. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swiss Rotax Max Challenge Junior 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Hockenheim, qualifica 1–2: Lamotte e Yanick si dividono le pole". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
- ↑ "LO Formel Lista Junior 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "I Piloti". Renaultsport Italia (in Italian). Renault Sport. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ Musker, Ant (24 April 2013). "McKee to replace Fraga at Manor MP for Eurocup opener". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ↑ "Bamboo signs Melville McKee". GP3Series.com (GP2 Series Ltd.). 26 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
External links
- Melville McKee on Twitter
- Melville McKee career summary at DriverDB.com