Matteo Davenia (born 7 January 1993 in

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) is a

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from

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Career

Karting

Davenia began his motorsport career in

karting Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on fu ...

back in 2003, finishing fourth in the Italian Junior Championship. He was also champion of the 2007 Italian Rotax 125 championship.

Formula Three

Davenia moved up to

single-seaters An open-wheel single-seater (often known as formula car) is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have t ...

in 2008, competing in the

Italian Formula Three Championship The Italian Formula Three Championship was the Formula Three racing competition in Italy. History Formula Three has traditionally been regarded as the first major stepping stone for F1 hopefuls - it is typically the first point in a driver's care ...

finale at

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, driving for Europa Corse in the Trofeo Nazionale CSAI class. He finished 23rd overall in the championship, after finishing tenth and thirteenth in the two races.

Formula Renault

Davenia joined the

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team in 2009, to compete in the

Formule Renault 2.0 Suisse Formula Renault 2.0 Alps was a category of Formula Renault Open-wheel car, open-wheel racing, created by the merging of the Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship (formerly known as Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland) and Italian Formula ...

championship. He wasn't so successful in this series, winding up fourteenth in the championship. In the Formula 2000 Light Italy and Formula Renault 2.0 Italy, he was a guest driver at

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International Formula Master

In the third round at Brno of the 2009 season, Davenia was a guest driver in the

International Formula Master International Formula Master, also known as Formula Super 2000, was a European-based junior single seater formula. The series was conceived as a competitor for Formula Three and made its debut at Valencia in 2007. European television channel Euro ...

series, with

. He finished fourteenth in the first race and twelfth in the second race.

Racing record

Career summary

References

External links

Official site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davenia, Matteo 1993 births Living people Racing drivers from Milan Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers International Formula Master drivers Formula Abarth drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers RP Motorsport drivers Cram Competition drivers Durango drivers