Born | Sligo, Ireland | 15 January 1953
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Active years | 1980 |
Teams | Shadow |
Entries | 7 (0 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1980 Argentine Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1980 French Grand Prix |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Years | 1983–1991 |
Teams | Peer Racing Mazdaspeed |
Best finish | 6th (1991) |
Class wins | 3 (1987, 1988, 1989) |
David Paul Kennedy (born 15 January 1953) is a former racing driver from the Republic of Ireland. He was one of his country's first Grand Prix drivers, and is widely seen as having helped pioneer the Irish move into international racing.[1]
Kennedy has been a prominent driver manager, a popular Formula One TV analyst, a shareholder with championship-winning single seater race teams and a board member at Ireland's Mondello Park Race Circuit.