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Max Defourny

Belgian racing driver

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

01Career

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. He was not 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. He collected eleven podiums in 2017, three more than in 2016. He entered the Indian-based MRF Challenge for the 2018-19 season, and despite leading the championship heading into the final round, he finished runner up to Jamie Chadwick.

Formula V8 3.5

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

GP3 Series

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

02Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 French F4 Championship Auto Sport Academy 9 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Italian F4 Championship Cram Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 9 20th
Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Provily Racing 2 0 0 0 0 207 5th
Lechner Racing School 11 0 0 0 2
2015 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Strakka Racing 2 0 0 0 1 218 4th
ART Junior Team 14 2 1 2 3
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series Koiranen GP 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 R-ace GP 15 1 3 5 8 188.5 3rd
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 15 3 2 5 9 285 2nd
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup R-ace GP 23 1 2 5 11 255 4th
Formula Renault NEC 3 0 0 1 2 0 NC†
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 3 0 0 1 0 2 18th
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup MP Motorsport 8 0 0 0 1 28 14th
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Douglas Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 32 23rd
2018-19 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 15 3 3 6 9 243 2nd

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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2015 Koiranen GP IMO
1

15
IMO
2

10
PAU
1
PAU
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MNZ
3
MIS
1
MIS
2
JER
1

10
JER
2

5
NC† 0

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

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points
2015 ART Junior Team ALC
1

ALC
2

ALC
3

SPA
1

9
SPA
2

11
HUN
1

HUN
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

SIL
3

NÜR
1

22
NÜR
2

15
LMS
1

LMS
2

JER
1

Ret
JER
2

19
JER
3

12
NC† 0
2016 R-ace GP ALC
1

1
ALC
2

4
ALC
3

2
MON
1

3
MNZ
1

8
MNZ
2

2
MNZ
3

4
RBR
1

2
RBR
2

2
LEC
1

4
LEC
2

2
SPA
1

11
SPA
2

15
EST
1

Ret
EST
2

3
3rd 188.5
2017 MNZ
1

5
MNZ
2

3
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

12
PAU
1

2
PAU
2

6
MON
1

3
MON
2

4
HUN
1

14
HUN
2

4
HUN
3

3
NÜR
1

2
NÜR
2

6
RBR
1

3
RBR
2

8
LEC
1

1
LEC
2

2
SPA
1

4
SPA
2

2
SPA
3

3
CAT
1

6
CAT
2

Ret
CAT
3

3
4th 255
2018 MP Motorsport LEC
1

Ret
LEC
2

10
MNZ
1

9
MNZ
2

3
SIL
1

16
SIL
2

14
MON
1

9
MON
2

6
RBR
1

RBR
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

HUN
1

HUN
2

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

HOC
1

HOC
2

CAT
1

CAT
2

14th 28

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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 DC Points
2015 Strakka Racing MNZ
1

3
MNZ
2

8
4th 218
ART Junior Team SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

8
RBR
1

8
RBR
2

8
RBR
3

Ret
SPA
1

1
SPA
2

2
ASS
1

18
ASS
2

8
NÜR
1

6
NÜR
2

1
HOC
1

7
HOC
2

9
HOC
3

4
2016 R-ace GP MNZ
1

19
MNZ
2

1
SIL
1

1
SIL
2

5
HUN
1

10
HUN
2

7
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

2
ASS
1

5
ASS
2

1
NÜR
1

3
NÜR
2

2
HOC
1

3
HOC
2

2
HOC
3

2
2nd 285
2017 R-ace GP MNZ
1
MNZ
2
ASS
1
ASS
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
SPA
1

4
SPA
2

2
SPA
3

3
HOC
1
HOC
2
NC† 0

† 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)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
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
18th 2
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