Joseph Murray

Joseph Murray is a British racing driver who competes in MMS F1 Season 4 for McLaren. Murray made his debut in the inaugural season of MMS with Minardi, however he left the Italian team after only 4 races due to unknown circumstances. Despite this, Murray was the highest scoring Minardi driver for S1. For S2, Murray moved to McLaren, but the lacklustre car developed by McLaren wasn't as competitive as he'd hoped for, with Murray finishing in P22 in the championship. For S3, fortunes turned and Murray was finally given a competitive car, beating his teammate Attila Kalmár in the title by 3 points. He claimed his first pole, fastest lap, podium and race wins during this season. Murray stayed with McLaren for S4 of MMS for his most successful season yet, taking a total of three wins and five podiums to win the championship in a dominant fashion by 49 points.
== Early life and Karting Career ==
Joseph Dominic Murray was born to a nun in Norwich, England. His father is unknown. He attended the local primary and secondary school, failing his GCSEs and taking on an early career in music, being a double for Freddie Mercury during mock-up concerts. At the age of 14, Murray found a dumped kart by the side of the A140 and dragged it several miles to his house. After tinkering with it around his uncle's house, and tinkling with some other things, the kart worked. Murray entered his first kart race later that summer, finishing P26, 5 laps down from the leader. Undeterred, Murray pressed on, becoming a regional and national champion in karting. Murray spent 3 years in karts, before winning the FIA Karting World Championship and gaining promotion to Formula 3.
Murray would go on to say:
 "I remember cars flying past me and leaving me for dead. Now I leave them for dead, especially that 8 ye- do not look up what happened."
== Junior car career ==
At age 17, Murray joined British Formula 3, winning the championship on his 2nd attempt. On his 1st attempt, a major incident at Brands Hatch saw Murray hospitalised with second degree burns on his arm after nervously rubbing his arms during an interview. The friction caused by the rubbing of his hand on his arm was enough to give him a 2nd degree burn, and he missed one round, losing the title by a mere 3 points. On the 2nd attempt, Murray won 5 of the first 7 rounds, comfortably winning the title by 17 points. Promoted to F3000, Murray spent 3 seasons trying to prove to the racing world that he was F1 material. On all 3 occasions, Murray failed to finish in the Top 3, but a strong season saw him land a drive with Formula One backmarkers, Minardi.
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