Chris van der Drift | |
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![]() Van der Drift as Olympiacos driver, holding his podium trophies at Silverstone's 2010 SF round. | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Hamilton, New Zealand | 8 March 1986
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia career | |
Debut season | 2015 |
Current team | Team Formax |
Former teams | Kamlung Racing |
Starts | 43 |
Wins | 15 |
Poles | 12 |
Fastest laps | 8 |
Best finish | 1st in 2015, 2017 & 2018 |
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, 17–18 2021 | International Formula Master Porsche Carrera Cup Asia TCR New Zealand |
Christopher Jason van der Drift (born 8 March 1986) is a New Zealand racing driver of Dutch descent.
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]
Season | Series | Position |
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1996 | NZ Top Half Series - Cadet class | 1st |
1999 | NZ Top Half Series - JR 100cc Yamaha class | 1st |
2001 | Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship - 100cc Junior Yamaha class | 1st |
Kartsport NZ Sprint Championship - Junior Intercontinental A | 1st | |
CIK Trophy of New Zealand - Junior ICA class | 1st | |
2007 | CIK Trophy of New Zealand - Formula 100 class | 2nd |
2019 | CIK Trophy of New Zealand - Vortex Rok DVS Senior | 8th |
Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship - Rotax Max Light class | 11th | |
2022 | CIK Trophy of New Zealand - Vortex Rok DVS Senior | 6th |
2023 | Kartsport Auckland City of Sails - Vortex Rok DVS Senior | 2nd |
Kartstars New Zealand - Vortex Rok DVS | 12th |
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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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 |
Italian GT Championship - GT3 | Bhaitech Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 19th | |
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 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | Kamlung Racing | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 234 | 1st |
2016 | ADAC GT Masters | KÜS Team75 Bernhard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
International V8 Supercars Championship | Erebus Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 49th | |
2017 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | Team Formax | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 235 | 1st |
Chinese GT3 Championship | JRM JiaRui-TengDa | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 175 | 2nd | |
2018 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | Team Formax | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 230 | 1st |
2019 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro | Gama Racing | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 129 | 2nd |
Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia Pro-Am Cup | JRM JiaRui-TengDa | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 115 | 6th | |
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | Kamlung Racing | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 105 | 7th | |
2021 | Toyota Racing Series | Tasman Motorsports Group | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 9th |
TCR New Zealand Touring Car Championship | TrackTec Racing | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 199 | 1st | |
2023 | Formula Regional Oceania Championship | Hamilton Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC‡ |
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | Earl Bamber Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 144 | 23rd | |
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | Team Shanghai Yongda | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 271 | 2nd | |
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro | Absolute Racing | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 185 | 1st | |
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13th | ||
2024 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | TORO Racing | |||||||
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia | Absolute Racing |
† Team standings.
‡ As van der Drift was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Main race |
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2006 | ![]() | Tatuus TT104ZZ - Toyota | ? | DNF |
2021 | ![]() | Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota | 3rd | 5th |
2023 | ![]() | Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota | 9th | 4th |
(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 |
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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 |
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Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
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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 |
(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 |
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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 |
(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | DNS‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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
(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 |
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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 |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2015 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | B | 193 | 32nd | 8th |
2016 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | B | 128 | DNF | DNF |
2018 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | B | 82 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | B | 279 | 19th | 2nd |
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points |
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2015 | RC3 Bassani | Peugeot 408 | GOI 1 26 | RBP 1 | RBP 2 | VEL 1 | VEL 2 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | GOI 1 | CAS 1 | CAS 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | TAR 1 | TAR 2 | INT 1 | NC | - |
2018 | Vogel Motorsport | Chevrolet Cruze | INT 1 Ret | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | VEL 1 | VEL 2 | LON 1 | LON 2 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | TBA 1 | TBA 1 | TBA 2 | CAS 1 | CAS 2 | VCA 1 | VCA 2 | TAR 1 | TAR 2 | TBA 1 | TBA 2 | INT 1 | NC | - |
Supercars results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Car | 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 | Position | Points | ||||||||||
2016 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | ADE R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | PHI R6 | PHI R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | HID R12 | HID R13 | TOW R14 | TOW R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | SAN QR Ret | SAN R20 22 | BAT R21 17 | SUR R22 19 | SUR R23 DNS | PUK R24 | PUK R25 | PUK R26 | PUK R27 | SYD R28 | SYD R29 | 49th | 234 |
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Lap |
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2016 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VF) | ![]() | 17th | 156 |
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