Christopher Zanella | |
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Nationality | Swiss |
Born | Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany | 21 October 1989
Formula Renault 3.5 Series career | |
Debut season | 2013 |
Current team | ISR |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Car number | 8 |
Starts | 17 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 16th in 2013 |
Previous series | |
2011–12 2010 2009–10 2008 2007–08 | FIA Formula Two Championship Italian Formula Three Formula 3 Euro Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland |
Championship titles | |
2008 | Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland |
Christopher Zanella (born 21 October 1989) is a Swiss former racing driver.
Zanella, born in Waldshut-Tiengen, began competing in formula racing with Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland in 2007. In 2008 he won the championship. He later competed in Formula Three Euroseries and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.
In 2011, Zanella moved to the FIA Formula Two Championship. His season began well, and he led the championship after four races, having won both races in the Magny Cours round. He remained in Formula Two for 2012, winning twice during the year in Nürburgring and Autodromo Nazionale Monza who was also the last ever race for Formula Two.
After the FIA Formula Two Championship was disbanded in the end of 2012, He tested with various Formula Renault 3.5 teams during the 2012-13 off-season, He signed with Czech team ISR Racing partnering Russian driver Sergey Sirotkin, in his series debut in Monza he finished 3rd in the race, various months ago he won the last Formula Two race ever also in Monza coinciding with his podium in his debut, in Race 2 he finished 8th giving him 19 points during the weekend.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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2009 | Motopark Academy | Dallara F308/099 | Mercedes | HOC 1 14 | HOC 2 Ret | LAU 1 14 | LAU 2 8 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 Ret | ZAN 1 21† | ZAN 2 16 | OSC 1 13 | OSC 2 Ret | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 Ret | BRH 1 5 | BRH 2 7 | CAT 1 14 | CAT 2 12 | DIJ 1 7 | DIJ 2 12 | HOC 1 19 | HOC 2 2 | 13th | 11 |
2010 | Motopark Academy | Dallara F308/092 | Mercedes | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 Ret | ZAN 1 9 | ZAN 2 7 | BRH 1 DNS | BRH 2 DNS | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | 15th | 2 | ||||
Dallara F308/099 | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 Ret |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
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2011 | SIL 1 7 | SIL 2 3 | MAG 1 1 | MAG 2 1 | SPA 1 3 | SPA 2 2 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 3 | BRH 1 6 | BRH 2 7 | RBR 1 12 | RBR 2 4 | MNZ 1 5 | MNZ 2 6 | CAT 1 6 | CAT 2 7 | 2nd | 189 |
2012 | SIL 1 2 | SIL 2 8 | ALG 1 6 | ALG 2 4 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 1 | SPA 1 5 | SPA 2 4 | BRH 1 6 | BRH 2 2 | LEC 1 8 | LEC 2 3 | HUN 1 5 | HUN 2 6 | MNZ 1 2 | MNZ 2 1 | 3rd | 196 |
(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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2013 | ISR | MNZ 1 3 | MNZ 2 8 | ALC 1 7 | ALC 2 Ret | MON 1 Ret | SPA 1 11 | SPA 2 13 | MSC 1 22 | MSC 2 23 | RBR 1 16 | RBR 2 14 | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 19 | LEC 1 Ret | LEC 2 19 | CAT 1 Ret | CAT 2 11 | 16th | 25 |
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