Daniel McKenzie (racing driver)
Introduction '''Daniel McKenzie''' (born 24 October 1988 in Reading, Berkshire) is a British professional racing driver from England.
Career ===Early career===Like most young drivers, McKenzie began his career in karting, racing in the Junior Rotax class before making his car racing debut in the Radical SR4 Biduro Championship in 2005, where he finished in fourth place.===Formula BMW===In 2006, McKenzie made his debut in single–seaters, taking part in the Formula BMW UK series with the Promatecme – RPM team. In his maiden season he scored three points to finish in 19th place. At the end of the year, he changed to the Fortec Motorsport team to contest the Formula BMW World Final in Valencia, where he finished 20th.McKenzie continued with Fortec in Formula BMW UK for 2007, ending the season in eleventh position, with teammate Marcus Ericsson taking the title. He once again entered the Formula BMW World Final in Valencia at the end of the season, but retired from the race. He also competed in two races of the Formula BMW ADAC championship in Germany.===Formula Renault 2.0===The following year, McKenzie graduated to Formula Renault, racing in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup with Fortec Motorsport. In the Eurocup he failed to score a point, taking a best race result of 14th in his home round at Silverstone, whilst in the West European Cup he took one points finish at Estoril to be classified 23rd in the final standings.===Formula Three===In 2009, McKenzie made the step up to the British Formula 3 Championship with Fortec, racing in the National Class for older Dallara F307 chassis. He secured the title at the penultimate round of the season in Portimão, on the same weekend when Daniel Ricciardo won the International Class title. During the season, he took nineteen podium places out of a possible twenty races, including eleven class wins, with his only race retirement coming in the first race at Hockenheim, where he collided with National Class rival Gabriel Dias.At the end of the season, McKenzie made his first appearance in the famous Macau Grand Prix event. After finishing 25th in the qualification race, he was forced to retire from the main event following a multi–car accident on the opening lap.McKenzie moved into the International Class for the 2010 season, staying with Fortec where he was joined by Oliver Webb and Max Snegirev. He finished the season in ninth place overall, taking two reverse–grid victories at Rockingham Motor Speedway and Brands Hatch along with two other podium places. He was also the only driver in the International Class to finish all 30 races during the season.===Formula Renault 3.5 Series===Daniel McKenzie at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault roundAfter taking part in Formula Renault 3.5 Series testing with Fortec in October 2010, McKenzie stepped up to the series for the 2011 season, joining former champions Comtec Racing where he partnered Formula Renault 2.0 graduate Daniël de Jong.===Formula Two===In March 2012, it was announced McKenzie would make the switch to the FIA Formula Two Championship for 2012.
Racing record ===Career summary=== Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2005 Radical SR4 Biduro Championship RPM Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ? 4th 2006 Formula BMW UK  Promatecme – RPM 20 0 0 0 0 3 19th Formula BMW World Final Fortec Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 20th 2007 Formula BMW UK  Fortec Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 402 11th Formula BMW ADAC  2 0 0 0 0 20 30th Formula BMW World Final 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup  Fortec Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 4 23rd Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0  12 0 0 0 0 0 36th 2009 British Formula 3 Championship – National Class Fortec Motorsport 20 11 6 11 19 351 '''1st''' Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2010 British Formula 3 Championship  Fortec Motorsport 30 2 1 1 4 109 9th 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series  Comtec Racing 17 0 0 0 0 0 30th 2012 FIA Formula Two Championship  Motorsport Vision 16 0 0 0 2 95 9th===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 2011 Comtec Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON1 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 30th 0===Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2012 SIL1 SIL2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2  MNZ1 MNZ2 9th 95
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