Melville McKee | |
Nationality: | British |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1994 |
Birth Place: | Singapore |
Related To: | Mike McKee (grandfather) |
Current Series: | GP3 Series |
First Year: | 2013 |
Current Team: | Bamboo Engineering |
Car Number: | 20 |
Starts: | 14 |
Wins: | 1 |
Poles: | 0 |
Fastest Laps: | 1 |
Prev Series: | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Lista Junior |
Prev Series Years: | 2011–13 2011–12 2010 |
Melville McKee (born 19 August 1994) is a British racing driver. He last drove for Bamboo Engineering in the GP3 Series. His grandfather Mike was a Formula Two and 24 Hours of Le Mans racing driver.[1]
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]
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]
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]
McKee will make his GP3 Series debut in 2013, competing for Bamboo Engineering.[13]
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 | align=left rowspan=2 | 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 | align=left rowspan=2 | Interwetten.com Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 8th |
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 10th | |||
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 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)