Chris van der Drift

Chris van der Drift
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	8 March 1986 (1986-03-08) (age 25) Hamilton (New Zealand)
2011 World Series by Renault
Debut season	2009
Current team	Epsilon Euskadi
Car no.	22
Starts	17
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	11th in 2009
Previous series
2004–05 2006 2006 2007–08 2008–09	Formula BMW ADAC Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup International Formula Master GP2 Asia Series
Championship titles
2008	International Formula Master

Christopher Jason van der Drift (born 8 March 1986 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand racecar driver of Dutch descent.

Career

Chris started karting at the age of 7 and in 1994 he raced his first year in cadets. From there he went on to win 6 New Zealand Championships and 6 North Island Championships until 2002.

After ten years of kart racing in New Zealand and also competing in Australia for two years in 2001 JICA and 2002 Ford Kart Stars (finishing both championships in 6th), he had to take the step into racing cars. At the time he had no sponsors so it was difficult just to step into a car as his parents didn't have enough to fund that as well.^[1]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Car No.	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Points	Position
2011	Superleague Formula	New Zealand	N/A	3	0	0	0	116†	7th †
2010	Superleague Formula	Olympiacos CFP	N/A	18	4	2	3	653†	4th†
		Galatasaray	N/A	3	0	0	0	358†	13th†
2009	World Series by Renault	Epsilon Euskadi	22	17	0	0	0	41	11th
2008-09	GP2 Asia Series	Trident Racing	27	3	0	0	0	5	18th
2008	International Formula Master	JD Motorsport	6	16	6	6	8	101	1st
2007	International Formula Master	JD Motorsport	7	16	2	1	2	65	2nd
2006	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	JD Motorsport	25	14	2	2	1	91	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	JD Motorsport	25	14	4	7	4	267	2nd
2005	Formula BMW ADAC	Team Rosberg	7	20	1	0	1	149	4th
2004	Formula BMW ADAC	Team Rosberg	7	20	0	0	0	168	4th

Complete GP2 Series results

Complete GP2 Asia Series 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	DC	Points
2008–09	Trident Racing	CHN FEA 7	CHN SPR 4	UAE FEA Ret	UAE SPR C	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	QAT FEA	QAT SPR	MAL FEA	MAL SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	18th	5

Superleague Formula

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

Year	Team	Operator	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			Position	Points
2010	Olympiacos CFP	GU-Racing International	SIL			ASS			MAG			JAR			NÜR			ZOL			BRH			ADR			POR			LOS			BJG			NAV			4th 13th	653 358
			13	2	3	15	1	X	3	12	X	3	12	1	3	11	1	1	8	2	7	6	NS‡
	Galatasaray	Barazi-Epsilon																																		17	7	X
2011	Atech Reid Grand Prix	New Zealand	HOL			BEL																																	7th	116
						5	7	6

‡ Chris van der Drift qualified for the Super Final at Brands Hatch but was unable to compete due to suffering injuries from a large crash in race two which led to him being taken to hospital with a broken ankle, two broken ribs, a cracked shoulder blade, a dislocated shoulder and two broken fingers. His Super Final place was taken up by the seventh highest points-scorer of the weekend, Yelmer Buurman.

References

1. ^ Chris van der Drift

External links

• Official website
• Chris van der Drift career statistics at Driver Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jérôme d'Ambrosio	International Formula Master Champion 2008	Succeeded by Fabio Leimer

Persondata
Name	Van Der Drift, Chris
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	8 March 1986
Place of birth	Hamilton (New Zealand)
Date of death
Place of death

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