Christophe Hurni

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Christophe Hurni
NationalityFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Swiss
Born (1962-12-01) 1 December 1962 (age 61)
GP3 Series career
Debut season 2011
Current team Jenzer Motorsport
Car number9
Starts2
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish36th in 2011

Christophe Hurni (born 1 December 1962, Switzerland) is a Swiss racing driver. [1]

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Biography

Hurni started racing at 21, competing in the Volant Elf talent search at Circuit Paul Ricard in 1983 and making the finals alongside Jean Alesi and eventual winner Éric Bernard. After a short stint in karting he moved into Formula 3, contesting mainly the Swiss championship but also various events across Europe (most notably in Monaco). Hurni then bounced around Renault Clio Cup Switzerland, Formula 3000 and Porsche Carrera Cup throughout the 1990s before stepping away from driving to focus on running his Sports Promotion team. [2]

Hurni returned to racing in 2003, entering the Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 series for the best part of a decade before gaining notoriety competing in the final round of the 2011 GP3 Series at Monza aged 48, making him the oldest driver to have ever raced in a (Formula One-sanctioned) GP2/GP3 race weekend. [3] The following year he entered a previous-generation Formula Renault 3.5 car into BOSS GP, before turning back to Formula Renault 2.0 in the form of V de V Challenge Monoplace.

In 2017, Hurni switched to GT racing and contested the European Ferrari Challenge. Contesting the amateur Coppa Shell championship, he finished third in 2017 before winning the 2018 championship and Ferrari World Finals. [4]

Career results

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
1987 FIA European Formula 3 Cup Ecurie des 3 Chevrons10000N/A20th
1989 FIA European Formula 3 Cup Christophe Hurni10000N/ADNF
1990 Swiss Formula 3 Championship ?????984th
2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland 500003711th
2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland Sports Promotion200000NC
2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship Ecurie des 3 Chevrons200002013th
Sports Promotion20000
2011 GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 20000036th
2012BOSS GP Series200011214th
2013V de V Challenge MonoplaceSports Promotion6000115016th
2014V de V Challenge MonoplaceSports Promotion6000014621st
2015 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion1400002778th
2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion2100004379th
2017 Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell Team Zenith Sion – Lausanne1400021023rd
Finali Mondiali - Copp Shell 10000N/A7th
2018 Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell Pro-Am Team Zenith Sion – Lausanne144258173.51st
Finali Mondiali - Coppa Shell Pro-Am 11101N/A1st
2020Ultimate Cup Series Challenge Monoplace - F3RSports Promotion90??31337th
2021 24H TCE Series - TCR Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing100000NC
2023 Ultimate Cup Series Challenge Monoplace - F3R Sports-Promotion600007112th
TTE Formula Renault Cup Sport Promotion2000019017th
2024 Ultimate Cup Series Challenge Monoplace - FR2.0 Sports-Promotion
Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell (Silver) Zenith Scuderia

Complete GP3 Series results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2011 Jenzer Motorsport IST
FEA
IST
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA

16
MNZ
SPR

20
36th0

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References

  1. "Ferrari Challenge Driver – Christophe Hurni". Ferrari N.V. 20 February 2022.
  2. "Christophe Hurni – Sports-Promotion". Sports-Promotion.ch. 31 December 2021.
  3. Allen, Peter (2011-09-08). "Jenzer Field 48-Year-Old Driver In GP3 Season Finale - GP3". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  4. "Christophe Hurni – Swiss Automobile Club". Automobile Club de Suisse. 31 December 2018.