Robert Cregan (born 4 November 1988 in

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) is an Irish former racing driver. He competed in the

2012 GP3 Series season The 2012 GP3 Series season was the third season of the GP3 Series, a feeder series for the GP2 Series. The season began at Barcelona on 12 May and concluded at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 9 September after eight rounds made up of two races each ...

for

Ocean Racing Technology Ocean Racing Technology (ORT) was a racing team that took part in both the GP2 Main Series and the GP2 Asia Series Championships. The team, owned by Tiago Monteiro and José Guedes, was formed at the end of the 2008 season after being purchased ...

. He finished second in the 2010-11 UAE GT Championship - GTC. He is the son of Richard Cregan, who was the team manager of the Toyota Formula One team.

Career

Cregan's racing career began in 2002. He raced in the 2006 Formula Ford 1600 Walter Hayes Trophy, finishing twelfth. He moved into sportscars in 2008, competing in two races in the

2008 Porsche Supercup season The 2008 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 16th Porsche Supercup season. The races were all supporting races in the 2008 Formula One season. It travelled to ten circuits across Europe and also a double-header in Bahrain. Teams and drivers ...

. Cregan finished second in the 2010-11 UAE GT Championship - GTC, winning three of the six races he competed in. He joined the

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series The Dunlop Super2 Series (formerly known as Dunlop Series, Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, HPDC V8 Supercars Series, Konica Minolta V8 Supercars Series and Konica V8 Supercars/Lites Series) is an Australian touring car racing competition, specifical ...

in 2011, in the process becoming the first Irishman to compete in the series. He competed for Matt Stone Racing in a

Ford Falcon (BF) The Ford Falcon (BF) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 2005 to 2008. It was the third and final iteration of the sixth generation of the Falcon. The station wagon body design continued until 2010, alongside the new se ...

and scored 747 points from the 17 races. Cregan returned to single-seater racing in 2012 when he competed for

in the

. He failed to score a point and finished in 22nd in the Drivers' Championship standings. He returned to the

GP3 Series The GP3 Series, or GP3 for short, was a single-seater motor racing series launched in 2010 as a feeder series for the GP2 Series, introduced by GP2 organiser Bruno Michel. GP3 followed the entire European leg of the Formula One series and the ...

to compete in the final round of the 2013 season with

Trident A trident (), () is a three- pronged spear. It is used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm. As compared to an ordinary spear, the three tines increase the chance that a fish will be struck and decrease the chance that a fish will b ...

, replacing

David Fumanelli David Cleto Fumanelli (21 April 1992, Milan) is an Italian racing driver and racing coach. Single Seater Career Formula Renault 2.0 Fumanelli, after just two years of national karting races, made his single-seater debut in 2008 in his native I ...

. He finished 16th in race 1 and 13th in race 2, placing him 27th in the overall standings.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete GP3 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

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