Richard Keen (racing driver)
Richard Keen | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Amersham, England | 3 September 1986
Previous series | |
2008 2007 - - 2006 2005 2004 2004 2003 2003 2001-2002 2001 | Formula Palmer Audi Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy Formula Renault 2.0 UK Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series World Series by Renault Formula BMW UK British Formula Ford |
Championship titles | |
2007 | Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy Formula Renault 2.0 UK Graduate Cup |
Richard Keen (born 3 September 1986) is a British auto racing driver. He was most notable for entering the World Series by Renault in 2006, and for winning the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy in 2007.
Career[]
Karting[]
Keen, born in Amersham, England,[1] started his karting career in 1999. In 2001, he entered both the and the , finishing eleventh and 23rd respectively.[2] For 2002, he once more competed in the Super 1 National JICA Championship, finishing tenth overall.[2] In 2003, he entered the karting series that year, finishing third overall.[3]
Car racing[]
Keen began his car racing career in 2003 in the series, before completing a full season in the the following year; he finished as runner-up in the latter series, with four wins.[2] In 2004, he also entered two events of the British Formula Ford.[2] In 2005, Keen moved into the Formula BMW UK series driving for , and finished on the podium once from four races.[2] He then switched to the Formula Renault 2.0 UK series, driving for , and finished fourteenth in the championship standings, with 130 points from sixteen races,[2] and won the Graduate Cup.[4] In addition to the Formula BMW UK and Formula Renault UK series, he also entered the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series, taking a podium and finishing seventh overall.[2] For 2006, he remained in the Formula Renault 2.0 UK, once more driving for Team Firstair, who had been renamed to , and finished fourteenth once more, this time with 160 points from twelve races.[2] In September, Keen switched from the Formula Renault UK to the World Series by Renault, being entered by EuroInternational in the Donington Park round of the series.[5] Although he was also entered by the team in the season finale at Barcelona,[5] he stepped down from the event, and was replaced by .[6] He also entered the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series in 2006 for Fortec Motorsport, taking a podium and finishing sixth overall.[2] In 2007, Keen entered six rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 UK for ,[2] alternating with during the first half of the season.[7] He also entered the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy, taking the series' title with two victories and two podiums.[8] In 2008, he entered the seventh round of the main Formula Palmer Audi series, taking a podium in race one, and winning the other two races of the event.[8] He did not race in 2009, although he did test for the series.[7]
Results[]
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 | 17 | DC | Points |
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2006 | EuroInternational | ZOL 1 |
ZOL 2 |
MON 1 |
IST 1 |
IST 2 |
MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
DON 1 20 |
DON 2 21 |
LMS 1 |
LMS 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
45th | 0 |
References[]
- ^ "Keen to race KZ1". Formula Kart Stars. 6 February 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Richard Keen career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ "Kart Seeded Drivers 2003/2004". ABkC/MSA. 25 October 2004. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ Mukilteo, Was. (1 November 2006). "FRenault UK: Skerlong to Begin European Odyssey at Brands Hatch". eFormulaCarNews.com. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ a b "WS: Keen, Valerio in at Eurointernational". Crash.Net. 25 October 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ "WS: Jarvis in at Victory". Crash.Net. 27 October 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Richard Keen?". 10-Tenths Motorsport Forum. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Richard Keen - Profile". Formula Palmer Audi. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- Living people
- 1986 births
- English racing drivers
- Formula Palmer Audi drivers
- Renault Sport Series drivers
- British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Formula BMW UK drivers
- People from Amersham