Christopher Jason van der Drift (born 8 March 1986) is a New Zealand racing driver of Dutch descent who currently competes in the

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for Absolute Motorsport.

Career

Van der Drift started

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ing 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

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. 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.Chris van der Drift

Racing record

Karting career summary

Racing career summary

^† Team standings. ‡ As van der Drift was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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Complete GP2 Series results

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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Superleague Formula

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

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Supercars Championship results

Bathurst 1000 results

References

External links

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