Callan O'Keeffe

Callan Jordan O'Keeffe (born 9 June 1996) is a South African former racing driver, driver coach and founder of the School Of Send. He is a former member of both the Red Bull Junior Team and the Lotus F1 Junior Team.

Lower formulae O'Keeffe began his career in single-seater racing cars in 2012 with the Formula BMW Talent Cup.

In 2013, O'Keeffe competed in the ADAC Formel Masters for Lotus. He finished the season in thirteenth.

Formula Renault For the 2014 season, O'Keeffe signed a contract with the ART Junior Team to start in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Later in the season, he switched his team driver for KTR alongside fellow Lotus F1 juniors Alex Albon and Gregor Ramsay. He took his first Formula Renault race win in the Northern European Cup at TT Circuit Assen. after also scoring his first pole position. At the end of the season, he had scored one win and was on the podium three times. He was seventh in the drivers' standings with 187 points. In the Eurocup, he collected a total of 28 points and finished sixteenth in the final drivers' standings.

In 2015, O'Keeffe joined Fortec Motorsports to compete in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. In the Northern European Cup, he scored three podiums and finished the season in seventh. In the Eurocup, he only finished in fourteenth after leaving the series ahead of the final two rounds.

In 2016, O'Keeffe only competed in one round of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup for JD Motorsport.

In 2019, O'Keeffe he returned to the Formula Renault Eurocup with FA Racing by Drivex. Ahead of the fifth round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps he moved to M2 Competition.

In 2017, O'Keeffe joined Douglas Motorsport for a full season in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship. He parted ways with Lotus F1 prior to the 2015 season. The program offers simulator training, in-car tuition, online coaching and trackside support for its drivers. The programs current drivers include Matthew Rees, Hunter Yeany, Rui Andrade, Max Cuthbert and Sonny Smith. In 2021, Matthew Rees became the F4 British Championship champion with O'Keeffe as head coach.

Personal life As of 2019, O'Keeffe resides near St Albans, England.

Racing record

Racing career summary † O'Keeffe was ineligible to score points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)