Michael Devaney

Michael Devaney (born 29 November 1984 in Dublin) is an Irish racing driver.

Career overview

Devaney has been racing since 1997 when he had a successful stint in the Irish Junior Karting Championship winning the All-Ireland and National Championships. He moved into Irish Formula Ford Championship in 2001 at the age of 16, winning many races. He then moved on to German Formula BMW in 2002 and won in just his second race ahead of Nico Rosberg. Devaney moved up to German Formula 3 in 2004 and became Ireland's youngest ever Formula 3 race winner, in 2005 he fought for the championship and finished second overall despite missing the first two races due to lack of funding. He then became the driver for A1 Team Ireland in the A1 Grand Prix series for the 2006–07 season after some strong showings in 2005 while substituting for Ralph Firman.

After leaving his drive with Team Ireland, Devaney signed for newly formed Ultimate Motorsport to compete in the International British Formula 3 Championship with new Formula 3 constructor Mygale. He took the team's first two victories thanks to a double win at Snetterton. He is currently without a drive after Ultimate pulled out of British F3.

Personal life Devaney's father, Bernard Devaney (born 1953), was also a racing driver and competed in five European Formula Two races from 1979 to 1980.

Awards Devaney driving for Ultimate Motorsport at the Croft round of the 2008 British Formula Three season.

Michael Devaney has won the following awards during his short time in motorsport: Irish karting ‘Rookie of the Year’ 1997 Motorsport Ireland Young Racing Driver of the Year 2001 Motorsport Ireland Young Racing Driver of the Year 2002

He has also achieved: Winner of IRL Plate (1999) Irish National Junior Karting Champion (2000) 2 race wins in the Irish Formula Ford Zetec Championship (2001) 4 race wins total in German Formula BMW (2002 & 2003) 7 race wins total in the German F3 Championship (2004 & 2005) Runner-up in the 2005 German F3 Championship First ever victories for French constructor Mygale in Formula 3. (2008) First ever race car victory for Ultimate Motorsport(Snetterton, British F3(2008)

Racing career

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2005–06 Ireland GBRSPR10 GBRFEARet GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR4 AUSFEA14 MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR4 CHNFEARet 8th 68 2006–07 NEDSPR15 NEDFEA14 CZESPR13 CZEFEA13 BEISPR20 BEIFEARet MYSSPR14 MYSFEA10 IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 19th 8

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series record (key) Yr Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2007 Ultimate Motorsport Mygale M07/001 Mercedes HOC11 HOC12 BRH1 BRH2 NOR1 NOR2 MAG118 MAG216 MUG1 MUG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 CAT1 CAT2 NOG1 NOG2 HOC21 HOC22 NC 0