Max Defourny


Max Defourny is a Belgian-born professional racing driver based in Luxembourg, last competing in Formula Renault 2.0.

Career

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 2016 [Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0|Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0].
Defourny stayed in R-ace GP in 2017. But he wasn't 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.

Racing record

Career summary

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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

YearTeam12345678910111213141516PosPoints
2015Koiranen GPIMO
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

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920212223DCPoints
2015ART Junior TeamALC
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
2016R-ace GPALC
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
3rd188.5
2017R-ace GPMNZ
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
4th255
2018MP MotorsportLEC
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

14th28

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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2015Strakka RacingMNZ
1

3
MNZ
2

8
4th218
2015ART Junior TeamSIL
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
4th218
2016R-ace GPMNZ
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
2nd285
2017R-ace GPMNZ
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

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2017 [FIA Formula 3 European Championship|2017]Van Amersfoort RacingMercedesSIL
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
18th2