Melville McKee

Melville McKee (born 19 August 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]

Melville McKee
Nationality	British
Born	19 August 1994 Singapore
Related to	Mike McKee (grandfather)
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Bamboo Engineering
Car number	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

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	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

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	CAT FEA 14	CAT SPR Ret	VAL FEA 11	VAL SPR Ret	SIL FEA 24	SIL SPR 15	NÜR FEA 7	NÜR SPR 1	HUN FEA 17	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA 7	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 12	MNZ SPR 7	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	14th	31

References

1. "My background". melvillemckee.com. Melville McKee. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
2. "My career". melvillemckee.com. Melville McKee. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. 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. 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
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. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.

External links

• Melville McKee on Twitter
• Melville McKee career summary at DriverDB.com