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.
Racing career
Karting O'Keeffe started karting at the age of 13. In 2010, he finished third in the KF3 CIK-FIA World Cup. In 2011, O'Keefe won the British Karting Junior Championship in and was the runner-up in the KF3 CIK-FIA World Cup.
Lower formulae O'Keeffe began his career in single-seater racing cars in 2012 with the Formula BMW Talent Cup. He won four races during the regular season. In the Grand Final, he only finished in ninth with 13 points.
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. He finished the season in seventeenth.
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship In 2016, O'Keeffe competed in the BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy for Fortec Motorsport, where he finished third.
In 2017, O'Keeffe joined Douglas Motorsport for a full season in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship. He scored three podiums and finished the season in sixth.
British LMP3 Cup In 2017, O'Keeffe also made his debut in sports car racing by competing in some events of the 2017 British LMP3 Cup together with his team Douglas Motorsport.
U.S. F2000 National Championship In 2017, O'Keeffe also competed in selected races of the U.S. F2000 National Championship.
Formula One In 2012, O'Keeffe was signed by the Red Bull Junior Team. He was dropped by Red Bull after the 2013 season. He then joined the Lotus F1 Junior Team in 2014. He parted ways with Lotus F1 prior to the 2015 season.
School Of Send After retiring from racing in 2019, O'Keeffe founded the driver development program School Of Send. 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 SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2012Formula BMW Talent CupN/A144649139th2013ADAC Formel MastersLotus2400103413th2014Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0ART Junior Team1000102816thKTR40000Formula Renault 2.0 NECART Junior Team1311331877thKTR200002015Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0Fortec Motorsports1200003114thFormula Renault 2.0 NEC110003168.57th2016Formula Renault 2.0 NECJD Motorsport200001428thBRDC British Formula 3 Autumn TrophyFortec Motorsport30000613rd2017BRDC British Formula 3 ChampionshipDouglas Motorsport2400033736thBritish LMP3 Cup300220NC†U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipTeam BENIK300002727th2019Formula Renault EurocupFA Racing by Drivex800001517thM2 Competition20000 † 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) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points2014 ART Junior TeamALC1ALC2SPA1SPA2MSC1MSC2NÜR1NÜR2HUN1HUN2 16th 28KTRLEC1LEC2JER1JER22015Fortec Motorsports ALC1 ALC2 ALC3 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 NÜR1 NÜR2 LMS1 LMS2 JER1 JER2 JER3 14th 312019 FA Racing by Drivex MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 MON1 MON2 LEC1 LEC2 17th 15M2 Competition SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 CAT1 CAT2 HOC1 HOC2 YMC1 YMC2
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 Points2014 ART Junior Team MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 SPA1 SPA2 ASS1 ASS2 MST1 MST2 MST3 NÜR17th187KTR NÜR2 NÜR3 2015 Fortec Motorsports MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 SPA1 SPA2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 7th 168.5 2016 JD Motorsports MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 28th 14
References
External links
https://www.schoolofsend.co.uk/