Robert Cregan (born 4 November 1988 in

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) is an Irish 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 a ...

for

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

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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.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete GP3 Series results

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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cregan, Robert 1988 births Living people Motorsport people from County Dublin Irish racing drivers Porsche Supercup drivers GP3 Series drivers Ocean Racing Technology drivers Matt Stone Racing drivers Trident Racing drivers