Richard Keen

Richard Keen (born 3 September 1986) is a British former auto racing driver. He was most notable for entering the World Series by Renault in 2006, and for winning the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy in 2007.

Career

Karting Keen, born in Amersham, England, started his karting career in 1999. In 2001, he entered both the Super 1 National JICA Championship and the Andrea Margutti Trophy ICA Junior, finishing eleventh and 23rd respectively. For 2002, he once more competed in the Super 1 National JICA Championship, finishing tenth overall.

Car racing Keen began his car racing career in 2003 in the Zip Formula Great Britain series, before completing a full season in the BRDC 1600 Formula Ford the following year; he finished as runner-up in the latter series, with four wins. In addition to the Formula BMW UK and Formula Renault UK series, he also entered the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series, taking a podium and finishing seventh overall. Although he was also entered by the team in the season finale at Barcelona, He also entered the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series in 2006 for Fortec Motorsport, taking a podium and finishing sixth overall. He also entered the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy, taking the series' title with two victories and two podiums. In 2008, he entered the seventh round of the main Formula Palmer Audi series, taking a podium in race one, and winning the other two races of the event. He did not race in 2009, although he did test for the Caparo Pro 1000 series.

Results

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 DC Points 2006 EuroInternational ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 IST1 IST2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 DON120 DON221 LMS1 LMS2 CAT1 CAT2 45th 0