Chris Lulham

Chris Lulham
Nationality	British
Born	Christopher Lulham (2003-03-31) 31 March 2003 (age 22) Coldharbour, Surrey, England
GT World Challenge Europe career
Debut season	2025
Current team	Emil Frey Racing, Verstappen.com Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2025) FIA Gold (2026–)
Car number	33, 69
Starts	15
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	22nd in 2025
Previous series
2024 2019	Radical Cup UK F4 British Championship
Championship titles
2025–26 2025 2025 2025 2024	Asian Le Mans Series – GT GTWC Europe - Gold Cup GTWC Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup GTWC Europe Sprint Cup - Gold Cup Radical Cup UK – SR3

Christopher Lulham (born 31 March 2003 ^[1] ) is a British racing driver and sim racer who competes in the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe for Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing. ^[2]

Lulham spent nine years in karting from 2010 to 2018, winning two titles in X30 and OK karts, before graduating to junior formulae in 2019. ^[3] After his junior career, he transitioned to sim racing, becoming a part of esports organisation Team Redline in 2021, who he remains a member with, and finding immediate success in iRacing Special Events and professional series. ^[4] He returned to racing in 2024, competing in the Radical Cup UK and winning the overall championship. ^{[5] [6]} A year later, he was selected to race under the Verstappen.com Racing programme in the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe, ^[7] later winning the Gold class with Thierry Vermeulen.

Racing career

Lulham began karting in 2010. ^[3] Racing in karts until 2018, Lulham won the 2016 X30 Euro Series in the Junior category and the 2017 Trofeo Delle Industrie in OK, while also coming runner-up to Dexter Patterson in the Karting World Championship that year in OK-Junior. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

After spending most of 2019 in sim racing, Lulham joined Fortec Motorsport for a one-off appearance at the Silverstone round of the F4 British Championship. ^[11] After finishing 11th on debut, ^[12] Lulham took his first points in race two by finishing seventh, ^[13] and capped off the weekend with a fifth-place finish in race three. ^[14]

Five years later, Lulham returned to real life racing by competing in the 2024 Radical Cup UK. ^[5] In his only season in the series, Lulham won all but two races in the 18 race season to win the SR3 title in dominant fashion. ^[6]

At the start of 2025, it was announced that Lulham would compete in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, marking his debut in real-life GT3 competition. ^[15] In the former, Lulham won the 24 Hours of Spa in class and finished on the podium in every race he started to secure the Gold Cup title at the season finale in Barcelona. ^{[16] [17]} In the latter, Lulham took four class wins, including an overall podium at Brands Hatch, ^[18] as well as three more podiums to take the Gold Cup title in Valencia. ^[19] He would also later in the year make his debut at the Nürburgring in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for the 9th round of the Championship for Emil Frey Racing alongside his GT World Challenge Europe teamowner and friend Max Verstappen the duo would win the race overall with a dominant lead. ^[20]

Esports career

Lulham began sim-racing in 2019 and began racing professionally on iRacing a year later. Competing in the British Formula 4 iRacing Trophy in 2020, Lulham won the season-opener at Donington Park, ^[21] and then took four more wins to take the title over Luke Browning by 14 points. ^{[22] [23]} In 2021, Lulham joined Team Redline. ^[24] In his first year with the team, Lulham won the iRacing Nürburgring 24 Hours, ^[4] also winning the iRacing Daytona 24 Hours in GTE and winning the VCO ProSIM Series title at the end of the year. ^{[25] [26]}

After winning the VCO Esports Racing World Cup the following year, ^[27] Lulham won the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual overall and won the second edition of the VCO Esports Racing World Cup. ^{[28] [29]}

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2011	Trent Valley Kart Club — Honda Cadet		22nd
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Honda Cadet		12th
2012	Trent Valley Kart Club — Honda Cadet		22nd
2013	Trent Valley Kart Club — Honda Cadet		23rd
	Super 1 National Championship — Honda Cadet		9th
2014	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Honda Cadet		13th
	Super 1 National Championship — Honda Cadet		23rd
2015	Kartmasters British GP — Rotax Mini Max		5th
	Super 1 National Championship — Rotax Mini Max		23rd
2016	X30 Challenge Europe — X30 Junior	Fusion Motorsport	8th
	IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior		1st
	IAME International Final — X30 Junior		8th
2017	22nd South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ	Piers Sexton Racing	31st
	46° Trofeo delle Industrie — OK	Forza Racing	1st
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — OKJ		12th
	IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior		2nd
	WSK Super Master Series — OKJ	Piers Sexton Racing	15th
	Karting European Championship — OKJ		3rd
	Karting World Championship — OKJ	Forza Racing	2nd
	WSK Open Cup — OK		25th
2018	23rd South Garda Winter Cup — OK	Forza Racing	NC
	WSK Super Master Series — OK		14th
	Karting European Championship — OK		18th
Sources: [30] [31] [32] [33]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2019	F4 British Championship	Fortec Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	16	15th
2024	Hagerty Radical Cup UK - Pro SR3	Valour Racing	18	16	8	13	17	1245	1st
2025	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Verstappen.com Racing	5	0	0	0	0	8	21st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold			1	0	0	5	121	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Emil Frey Racing	10	0	1	0	1	23	7th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Gold			4	6	0	7	118.5	1st
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9		1	1	0	0	1	6	NC
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - Cup 3	Lionspeed GP	2	0	0	0	0	2	NC
2025–26	Asian Le Mans Series – GT	Kessel Racing	6	2	0	0	3	94	1st
	24H Series Middle East - GT3	Grove Racing by GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	0	18	NC
2026	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
Sources: [30]

^† As Lulham was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
^* Season still in progress

Complete F4 British Championship 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	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2019	Fortec Motorsports	BHI 1	BHI 2	BHI 3	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	THR1 1	THR1 2	THR1 3	CRO 1	CRO 2	CRO 3	OUL 1	OUL 2	OUL 3	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	THR2 1	THR2 2	THR2 3	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	SIL 1 11	SIL 2 7	SIL 3 5	BHGP 1	BHGP 2	BHGP 3	15th	16

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

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

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2025	Verstappen.com Racing	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Gold	LEC 9	MNZ 15	SPA 6H 11	SPA 12H 10	SPA 24H 9	NÜR 17	BAR 8	1st	121

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2025	Emil Frey Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Gold	BRH 1 3	BRH 2 9	ZAN 1 11	ZAN 2 13	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 7	MAG 1 22	MAG 2 26	VAL 1 4	VAL 2 9	1st	118.5

^*Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2025–26	Kessel Racing	GT	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	SEP 1 5	SEP 2 1	DUB 1 1	DUB 2 4	ABU 1 3	ABU 2 9	1st	94

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External links

• Chris Lulham career summary at DriverDB.com
• Official website