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
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
| 2015 | Koiranen GP | IMO 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
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
| 2015 | ART Junior Team | ALC 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 | ||||||
| 2016 | R-ace GP | ALC 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 | 3rd | 188.5 | ||||||||
| 2017 | R-ace GP | MNZ 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 | 4th | 255 |
| 2018 | MP Motorsport | LEC 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 | 14th | 28 |
† As Defourny was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
| 2015 | Strakka Racing | MNZ 1 3 | MNZ 2 8 | 4th | 218 | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | ART Junior Team | SIL 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 | 4th | 218 | ||
| 2016 | R-ace GP | MNZ 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 | 2nd | 285 | |
| 2017 | R-ace GP | MNZ 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
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
| 2017 [FIA Formula 3 European Championship|2017] | Van Amersfoort Racing | Mercedes | SIL 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 | 18th | 2 |