Christian Murchison (born 1 November 1980) is a

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...

from Singapore.

Biography

In 2003, Murchison finished 10th in the Eurocup Formula Renault V6 Championship. In 2000 and 2001, he was the runner-up in the

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

Formula Holden Formula Holden was an Australian open wheel racing category introduced in 1989. History Known during its development as Formula Australia, it was initially for chassis constructed from aluminium only, running a 3.8-litre Buick V6 engine as ...

Championship for two year consecutive years. He finished 5th in the Australian

Formula Ford Formula Ford, also known as F1600 and Formula F, is an entry-level class of single-seater, open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held across the world have historically been an important step for many prospective Formula One dri ...

Championship in 1999, and won the West Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1998. He was named "Rookie of the Year" in Formula Holden in 2000 and in Formula Ford in 1998. In six years of competitive

kart racing Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on kart circuit, scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on fu ...

from 1992–98, he won five West Australian state titles. In 2006, Murchison was selected to drive for the newly formed A1 Team Singapore for the A1 Grand Prix of Nations 2006-7 season. He repaid the team's management by scoring the team's first points in Singapore's third A1 GP event by finishing 8th on the Beijing Street Circuit. Murchison has also dabbled in

V8 Supercars The Supercars Championship, also known as the Repco Supercars Championship under sponsorship and historically as V8 Supercars, is a touring car racing category in Australia and New Zealand, running as an International Series under Fédération I ...

endurance events. In 2000 he drove for

Perkins Engineering Perkins Engineering was a team contesting the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series, operating as an active racing team between 1986 and 2008. From 2009 onwards, the involvement of Perkins Engineering in the championship was wound back i ...

, and again in 2007 with

Brad Jones Racing Brad Jones Racing is an Australian motor racing team owned by Brad Jones based in Albury. The team competes in the Supercars Championship and the Super2 Series. Recently they have also returned to Australian Formula Ford where Brad and Kim be ...

. He has three V8 starts to his name, with the fourth - the 2007 Bathurst 1000 - cut short due to a severe accident for co-driver

Damien White Damien White (born 11 March 1976) is a racing driver and motorsport administrator from Australia. Biography White began his motorsport career as a driver. Having spent his early seasons in Formula Ford and production car racing, he moved up to ...

in Friday practice. Murchison was born in Singapore in 1980, but moved with his family to

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, Australia, in 1991, where he began his motor-racing career. Murchison remains based in

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

, running a company specialising in RV fittings. Though required by law, Murchison has never discharged his

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liability.

Career results

Summary

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

Complete V8 Supercar results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

References

External links

christianmurchison.com
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Profile at speedsportmag.com

Profile at conrod.com.au

Motorsport.com articles & pictures
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murchison, Christian 1980 births Living people Singaporean racing drivers Formula Ford drivers Formula Holden drivers A1 Team Singapore drivers Supercars Championship drivers A1 Grand Prix drivers Formula Renault V6 Eurocup drivers DAMS drivers