Christian Murchison

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Christian Murchison
NationalityFlag of Singapore.svg  Singaporean
Born (1980-11-01) 1 November 1980 (age 42)
Singapore
V8 Supercar Championship Series career
Debut season 2000, 2007
Former teams Perkins Engineering
Brad Jones Racing
Starts3 (4 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Best finishNC in 2001, 2007
Previous series
1997–98

199799

200002
2003
2005

2006–07
West Australian Formula Ford Championship
Australian Formula Ford Championship
Australian Drivers' Championship
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
Australian Formula 4000 Championship
A1 Grand Prix
Championship titles
1998West Australian Formula Ford Championship

Christian Murchison (born 1 November 1980) is a racing driver from Singapore. [1]

Contents

Biography

In 2003, Murchison finished 10th in the Eurocup Formula Renault V6 Championship. In 2000 and 2001, he was the runner-up in the Australian Formula Holden Championship for two year consecutive years. He finished 5th in the Australian Formula Ford 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 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 endurance events. In 2000 he drove for Perkins Engineering, and again in 2007 with Brad Jones Racing. 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 in Friday practice.

Murchison was born in Singapore in 1980, but moved with his family to Perth, Australia, in 1991, where he began his motor-racing career. Murchison remains based in Western Australia, running a company specialising in RV fittings. [2]

Though required by law, Murchison has never discharged his national service liability.

Career results

Summary

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1997West Australian Formula Ford Championship2nd Van Diemen RF95 - Ford Fastlane Racing
Australian Formula Ford Championship 18th
1998West Australian Formula Ford Championship1stVan Diemen RF98 - Ford Fastlane Racing
Australian Formula Ford Championship 5th
1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship 5thVan Diemen RF98 - FordChristian Murchison
2000 Australian Drivers' Championship 2nd Reynard 95D Holden NRC Racing
2001 Australian Drivers' Championship 2ndReynard 97D HoldenHocking Racing
2002 Australian Drivers' Championship 4thReynard 97D HoldenHocking Racing
2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup 10th Tatuus-Renault DAMS
2005 Australian Formula 4000 Championship 9thReynard 97D HoldenHocking Racing
2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations 20th Lola A1GP Zytek A1 Team Singapore

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2006–07 Singapore NED
SPR

Ret
NED
FEA

16
CZE
SPR

PO
CZE
FEA

PO
CHN
SPR

16
CHN
FEA

8
MYS
SPR

15
MYS
FEA

11
IDN
SPR
IDN
FEA
NZL
SPR

Ret
NZL
FEA

15
AUS
SPR

12
AUS
FEA

Ret
RSA
SPR

Ret
RSA
FEA

Ret
MEX
SPR
MEX
FEA
CHN
SPR
CHN
FEA
GBR
SPR
GBR
SPR
20th3

Complete V8 Supercar results

YearTeam1234567891011121314Final posPoints
2000 Perkins Engineering PHIPTH ADL ECRHDV CAN QLDWINORPCDP QLD
Ret
SAN BAT
Ret
NC0
2007 Brad Jones Racing ADL PER PUK WIN ECK HDV QLD OPK SAN
Ret
BAT
DNS
SUR BAH SYM PHI NC0

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
2000 Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VT Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden DNF128
2007 Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damien White DNS0

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References

  1. "Singapore's Supercars driver weighs in on event bid". V8 Sleuth. 24 July 2023.
  2. "Murchison Compact Living - About Us". Murchison Compact Living. Retrieved 24 July 2023.