# Max Defourny

Max Defourny (born 9 October 1998) is a Belgian-born professional racing driver based in Luxembourg, currently 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 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

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2014 | French F4 Championship | Auto Sport Academy | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2014 | Italian F4 Championship | Cram Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20th |
| 2014 | Formula Renault 1.6 NEC | Provily Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 5th |
| 2014 | Formula Renault 1.6 NEC | Lechner Racing School | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 207 | 5th |
| 2015 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Strakka Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 218 | 4th |
| 2015 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | ART Junior Team | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 218 | 4th |
| 2015 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | ART Junior Team | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2015 | Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series | Koiranen GP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2016 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | R-ace GP | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 188.5 | 3rd |
| 2016 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | R-ace GP | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 285 | 2nd |
| 2017 | Formula Renault Eurocup | R-ace GP | 23 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 255 | 4th |
| 2017 | Formula Renault NEC | R-ace GP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | NC† |
| 2017 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18th |
| 2018 | Formula Renault Eurocup | MP Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 14th |
| 2018 | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | Douglas Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 23rd |
| 2018–19 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship | MRF Racing | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 243 | 2nd |
$^†$ As Defourny was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

### Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| 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 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 | 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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| 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 | 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 |