Chris van der Drift

Chris van der Drift
van der Drift as Olympiacos driver, holding his podium trophies at Silverstone's 2010 SF round.
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	8 March 1986 Hamilton (New Zealand)
Blancpain Sprint Series career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Bhaitech
Car no.	61
Starts	8
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	20th in 2014
Previous series
2013 2012 2009, 11 2010–11 2008–09 2007–08 2006 2006 2004–05	International GT Open Auto GP World Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Superleague Formula GP2 Asia Series International Formula Master Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula BMW ADAC
Championship titles
2008 2015	International Formula Master Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

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

Career

Van der Drift 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	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	Formula BMW ADAC	Team Rosberg	20	0	0	0	8	168	4th
2005	Formula BMW ADAC	Team Rosberg	20	1	0	1	5	149	4th
2006	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	JD Motorsport	14	2	2	1	6	91	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		14	4	7	4	7	267	2nd
2007	International Formula Master	JD Motorsport	16	2	1	2	7	65	2nd
2008	International Formula Master	JD Motorsport	16	6	6	8	10	101	1st
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	Trident Racing	3	0	0	0	0	5	18th
	A1 Grand Prix	New Zealand	4	0	0	0	0	36†	7th†
2009	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Epsilon Euskadi	17	0	0	0	1	41	11th
2010	Superleague Formula	Olympiacos CFP	18	4	2	3	10	653†	4th†
		Galatasaray	3	0	0	0	0	358†	13th†
2011	Superleague Formula	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	0	116†	7th†
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Mofaz Racing	7	0	0	0	1	43	12th
2012	Auto GP World Series	Manor MP Motorsport	12	1	0	0	4	127	4th
2013	International GT Open	Bhai Tech Racing	15	1	3	0	3	37	8th
2014	Blancpain Sprint Series	Bhaitech	6	0	0	0	0	12	20th
		Boutsen Ginion	2	0	0	0	0
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour	GT3 Endurance	1	0	0	0	0	-	8th
2016	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC*

^* Season still in progress. ^† Team standings.

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

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2008–09	New Zealand	NED SPR	NED FEA	CHN SPR 7	CHN FEA 11	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR 5	NZL FEA 13	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	POR SPR	POR FEA	GBR SPR	GBR FEA	7th	36

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2009	Epsilon Euskadi	CAT 1 7	CAT 2 3	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 Ret	MON 1 7	HUN 1 13	HUN 2 4	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 19	LEM 1 15	LEM 2 11	ALG 1 Ret	ALG 2 7	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 10	ALC 1 9	ALC 2 8	11th	41
2011	Mofaz Racing	ALC 1 8	ALC 2 13	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 3	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 6	MON 1 8	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	12th	43

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			ORD			BEI †			NAV			4th	653
			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	13th	358
2011	New Zealand	Atech Reid Grand Prix	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.

† Non Championship round

Complete Auto GP World 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	13	14	Pos	Points
2012	Manor MP Motorsport	MNZ 1 5	MNZ 2 2	VAL 1 6	VAL 2 7	MAR 1 4	MAR 2 1	HUN 1 7	HUN 2 5	ALG 1 8	ALG 2 2	CUR 1 5	CUR 2 2	SON 1	SON 2	4th	127

References

1. Chris van der Drift Archived 19 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine.

External links

• Official website
• Chris van der Drift career summary at DriverDB.com