Daniel_McKenzie_(racing_driver)

Daniel McKenzie (racing driver)

Daniel McKenzie (racing driver)

British racing driver

For other people with the same name, see Daniel McKenzie (disambiguation).

Daniel McKenzie (born 24 October 1988 in Reading, Berkshire) is a British professional racing driver from England.

Quick Facts Nationality, Born ...

Career

Early career

Like most young drivers, McKenzie began his career in karting, racing in the Junior Rotax class before making his car racing debut in the Radical SR4 Biduro Championship in 2005, where he finished in fourth place.[1]

Formula BMW

In 2006, McKenzie made his debut in single–seaters, taking part in the Formula BMW UK series with the Promatecme – RPM team. In his maiden season he scored three points to finish in 19th place. At the end of the year, he changed to the Fortec Motorsport team to contest the Formula BMW World Final in Valencia, where he finished 20th.

McKenzie continued with Fortec in Formula BMW UK for 2007, ending the season in eleventh position, with teammate Marcus Ericsson taking the title.[2] He once again entered the Formula BMW World Final in Valencia at the end of the season, but retired from the race. He also competed in two races of the Formula BMW ADAC championship in Germany.

Formula Renault 2.0

The following year, McKenzie graduated to Formula Renault, racing in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup with Fortec Motorsport. In the Eurocup he failed to score a point,[3] taking a best race result of 14th in his home round at Silverstone, whilst in the West European Cup he took one points finish at Estoril to be classified 23rd in the final standings.[4]

Formula Three

In 2009, McKenzie made the step up to the British Formula 3 Championship with Fortec, racing in the National Class for older Dallara F307 chassis.[5] He secured the title at the penultimate round of the season in Portimão, on the same weekend when Daniel Ricciardo won the International Class title.[6] During the season, he took nineteen podium places out of a possible twenty races, including eleven class wins, with his only race retirement coming in the first race at Hockenheim, where he collided with National Class rival Gabriel Dias.[7]

At the end of the season, McKenzie made his first appearance in the famous Macau Grand Prix event. After finishing 25th in the qualification race, he was forced to retire from the main event following a multi–car accident on the opening lap.[8]

McKenzie moved into the International Class for the 2010 season, staying with Fortec where he was joined by Oliver Webb and Max Snegirev.[9] He finished the season in ninth place overall, taking two reverse–grid victories at Rockingham Motor Speedway and Brands Hatch along with two other podium places. He was also the only driver in the International Class to finish all 30 races during the season.[10]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Daniel McKenzie at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round

After taking part in Formula Renault 3.5 Series testing with Fortec in October 2010, McKenzie stepped up to the series for the 2011 season, joining former champions Comtec Racing where he partnered Formula Renault 2.0 graduate Daniël de Jong.[11][12]

Formula Two

In March 2012, it was announced McKenzie would make the switch to the FIA Formula Two Championship for 2012.[13]

Racing record

Career summary

More information Season, Series ...

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

More information Year, Entrant ...

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

More information Year, Pos ...

References

  1. [1]
    "British F3 International series 2009: Daniel McKenzie driver profile". Daily Mirror. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Formula BMW UK 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  4. [4]
    "Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  5. [5]
    "McKenzie snares National Class drive – for now". crash.net. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  6. [6]
    Hornsby, Tom (13 September 2009). "Brit F3: Ricciardo and McKenzie crowned champions in Portugal". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Ericsson dials up second win". crash.net. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  8. [8]
    "Macau – Race results (2)". crash.net. 22 November 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  9. [9]
    Wilkinson, Andy (5 February 2010). "Brit F3: National Class champion to step up". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  10. [10]
    "Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  11. [11]
    Wilkinson, Andy (22 February 2011). "Comtec sign McKenzie and de Jong for FR 3.5 Series". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  12. [12]
    Mills, Peter (9 October 2011). "Robert Wickens takes Formula Renault 3.5 title as Albert Costa wins chaotic finale". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  13. [13]
    "Daniel McKenzie switches from Formula Renault 3.5 to F2". FIA Formula Two Championship. FIA Formula Two Championship. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
More information Sporting positions ...
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Daniel_McKenzie_(racing_driver), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.