Keith Donegan#Race Performance Motorsport
{{Short description|Irish racing driver}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Keith Donegan
| image = Keith Donegan Monaco 2022.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Donegan in Monaco in 2022.
| nationality = {{flagicon|IRL}} Irish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|03|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Navan, Ireland
| current series = Formula Regional European Championship
| first year = 2022
| current team = Race Performance Motorsport
| car number = 65
| former teams =
| starts = 9 (10 entries)
| wins = 0
| podiums = 0
| poles = 0
| fastest laps = 0
| best finish = 30th in
| year = 2022
| prev series = U.S. F2000 National Championship
Formula Ford
Ginetta Junior Championship
| prev series years = 2018
2018, 2017
2013, 2012
| titles =
| title years =
| awards = Mazda Road to Indy Shootout
| award years = 2018
}}
Keith Donegan (born 12 March 1997), is an Irish former racing driver and team owner who last drove in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship for Race Performance Motorsport.{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/aron-tops-frec-fp1-at-monza-as-buhler-and-donegan-join-grid/92530|title=Aron tops FREC FP1 at Monza as Buhler and Donegan join grid|website=Formula Scout|date=22 April 2022 |access-date=22 April 2022}} He is the owner of the team, having purchased the assets of RP Motorsport in February 2022.{{cite web|first=Perceval|last=Wolff|url=https://f1feederseries.com/2022/02/23/exclusive-introducing-new-freca-team-race-performance-motorsport-we-can-run-at-the-front/|title=Exclusive: Introducing new FRECA race team Race Performance Motorsport: 'We can run at the front'|website=F1 Feeder Series|date=23 February 2022 |access-date=22 April 2022}} Following Round 5 of the championship, Donegan stepped back from driving to continue as just the owner.
Racing career
=Karting=
Donegan grew up in Navan, Ireland. He started karting at the age of 9, and did two years of karting in his home country of Ireland, and two years in the UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.indycar.com/News/2018/01/01-18-MRTI-Meet-Keith-Donegan|title=10 QUESTIONS WITH... KEITH DONEGAN|website=IndyCar|access-date=22 April 2022}}
=Ginetta Junior Championship=
Donegan made his car racing debut in the 2012 Ginetta Junior Championship, driving for Beacon Racing in rounds 1-5 and 8-10, and driving for Hillspeed in rounds 6 and 7. With 1 podium, he finished 8th in the standings.
Donegan joined Douglas Motorsport for the 2013 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.ginetta.com/news/donegan-joins-douglas-motorsport-for-ginetta-junior-championship|title=DONEGAN JOINS DOUGLAS MOTORSPORT FOR GINETTA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP|website=Ginetta|access-date=22 April 2022}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} With 4 wins and 12 podiums, he finished as the runner up in the championship.
=Formula Ford=
After a 3 year sabbatical to focus on his education, Donegan returned to racing in 2017, racing in various Formula Ford events such as the 2017 Formula Ford Festival, where he finished second. He competed again in the Formula Ford Festival in 2018.
=U.S. F2000 Championship=
In December 2017, Donegan won the Mazda Road to Indy Shootout up against the likes of Liam Lawson, giving him $200,000 to race in the 2018 U.S. F2000 National Championship.{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/keith-donegan-wins-mazda-road-to-indy-shootout/39311|title=Keith Donegan wins Mazda Road to Indy Shootout for USF2000 scholarship|website=Formula Scout|date=11 December 2017 |access-date=22 April 2022}} Driving with Arms Up Motorsports, he finished 9th in the standings with 1 podium.
=Formula Regional European Championship=
Prior to Round 1, Donegan joined the grid of the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship, racing alongside Pietro Delli Guanti at his own team, Race Performance Motorsport. He revealed in an interview in mid-2022 that the decision to compete in the championship was "very last minute" and that he "wasn’t prepared and was well over the weight limit".{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/frecs-newest-team-plans-to-run-third-driver-and-move-to-new-facilities/93586|title=FREC's newest team plans to run third driver and move to new facilities|website=Formula Scout|date=16 May 2022 |access-date=23 June 2022}}
Following Round 5, he withdrew from a driving role within the team, replacing himself with Owen Tangavelou.
Personal life
After the 2013 Ginetta Junior Championship, Donegan took a 3 year sabbatical from racing to study business at Trinity College Dublin. He had a deal with his mother that if he got certain grades, his parents would buy him a Formula Ford. He achieved the required grades, hence his return to motorsport in Formula Ford in 2017.
Race Performance Motorsport
{{Main|Race Performance Motorsport}}
{{Motor racing team
| name = {{flagicon|ITA}} Race Performance Motorsport
| logo = FREC 2022 Spielberg Nr. 65 (1).jpg
| founded = 2022
| base = Piacenza, Italy
| principal = Enrico Carraro
| founders = Keith Donegan
| current series = Formula Regional European Championship
| former series =
|current drivers = Formula Regional European Championship
65. {{flagicon|FRA}} Macéo Capietto
75. {{flagicon|IRL}} Adam Fitzgerald
85. {{flagicon|MEX}} Santiago Ramos
| website =
| driver titles =
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| folded =
}}
In February 2022, Donegan purchased the assets of RP Motorsport to start his own team, Race Performance Motorsport (RPM). The team is registered in Italy, and based in Piacenza, like its predecessor. With an aim to compete in the Formula Regional European Championship, he took on Enrico Carraro as team manager, and the team made their competition debut in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship, when they took the place of DR Formula. They competed with Donegan and Pietro Delli Guanti.
In an interview on 16 May 2022, Donegan revealed intentions for the team to field a third car in the Formula Regional European Championship before the end of the 2022 season.
For Round 6 at the Hungaroring, the team fielded Andrea Rosso in the third car to be kept for the remainder of the season,{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/rosso-reserves-racing-exit-by-returning-to-frec-with-r-p-m/95894|title=Rosso reverses racing exit by returning to FREC with R-P-M|website=Formula Scout|date=4 July 2022 |access-date=8 July 2022}} and Owen Tangavelou replaced Donegan as the driver in the second car.{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/injury-puts-vant-hoff-out-of-frec-in-hungary-braschi-takes-place-at-mp/95952|title=Injury puts van't Hoff out of FREC in Hungary, Braschi takes place at MP|website=Formula Scout|date=6 July 2022 |access-date=8 July 2022}}
For the 2023 season, the team signed Macéo Capietto, Adam Fitzgerald and Santiago Ramos.{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/race-performance-motorsport-signs-maceo-capietto-for-frec/104715|title=Race Performance Motorsport signs Maceo Capietto for FREC|website=Formula Scout|date=14 March 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/frec-team-r-p-m-ticks-off-irish-driver-target-by-signing-adam-fitzgerald/103853|title=FREC team R-P-M ticks off Irish driver target by signing Adam Fitzgerald|website=Formula Scout|date=18 February 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/ramos-stays-at-race-performance-motorsport-for-second-year-in-frec/104036|title=Ramos stays at Race Performance Motorsport for second year in FREC|website=Formula Scout|date=24 February 2023}}
Racing record
= Karting career summary =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"
!Season !Series !Position |
| 2009
| align="left" | Super 1 National Comer Cadet Championship |34th |
|---|
| 2011
| align="left" | Kartmasters British Grand Prix - Rotax Mini Max |9th |
= Racing career summary =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" |
| Season
! Series ! Team ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! F/Laps ! Podiums ! Points ! Position |
|---|
| rowspan=2| 2012
| rowspan=2 align=left| Ginetta Junior Championship |align=left| Beacon Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | rowspan=2| 274 | rowspan=2| 8th |
| align=left | Hillspeed
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013
|align=left| Ginetta Junior Championship |align=left| Douglas Motorsport | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 475 | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |
| rowspan=5| 2017
|align=left| National Formula Ford 1600 Championship - Pro | rowspan="4" align="left" | Privateer | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | N/A | NC† |
| align=left| Formula Ford 1600 Scotland
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13th |
| align=left| Formula Ford Festival
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |
| align=left| Formula Ford 1600 - Walter Hayes Trophy
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 16th |
| style="text-align:left"| Mazda Road to Indy Shootout
|style="text-align:left"| Lucas Oil School of Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |
| rowspan="3" | 2018
|align=left| Formula Ford Festival |align=left| Privateer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6th |
| rowspan="2" align="left" | U.S. F2000 Championship
|align=left| Arms Up Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | rowspan="2" | 139 | rowspan="2" | 9th |
| align=left| BN Racing
|7 |0 |0 |0 |1 |
| 2022
| align="left" | Formula Regional European Championship | align="left" | Race Performance Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th |
† As Donegan was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.
==U.S. F2000 Championship==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! Rank ! Points |
| rowspan=2| 2018
! ArmsUp Motorsports |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| STP |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| STP |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IMS |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMS |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LOR | | | | | | | | | ! rowspan=2| 9th ! rowspan=2| 139 |
| BN Racing
| | | | | |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ROA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TOR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MDO |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MDO |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MDO |POR |POR |
|---|
= Complete Formula Regional European Championship results =
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!Year !Team !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 !15 !16 !17 !18 !19 !20 !DC !Points |
| 2022
! RPM | style="background:#CFCFFF;" |MNZ | style="background:#CFCFFF;" |MNZ | style="background:#CFCFFF;" |IMO | style="background:#CFCFFF;" |IMO | style="background:#CFCFFF;" |MCO | style="background:#FFCFCF;" |MCO | style="background:#CFCFFF;" |LEC | style="background:#CFCFFF;" |LEC | style="background:#efcfff;" |ZAN | style="background:#cfcfff;" |ZAN | style="background:#;" |HUN | style="background:#;" |HUN | style="background:#;" |SPA | style="background:#;" |SPA | style="background:#;" |RBR | style="background:#;" |RBR | style="background:#;" |CAT | style="background:#;" |CAT | style="background:#;" |MUG | style="background:#;" |MUG ! 30th ! 0 |
References
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External links
- {{DriverDB driver|keith-donegan}}
{{Formula Regional European Championship teams}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Donegan, Keith}}
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Category:U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers
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