Quick Facts
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Christopher Jason van der Drift (born 8 March, 1986) is a New Zealand racing 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.
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* |
| International V8 Supercars Championship | Erebus Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 49th |
* 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 |