Chris Alajajian

Christopher Alajajian is an Australian-Armenian former race car driver.

Biography

Early career

In 2004 he won the Australian Production Car Championship, becoming the youngest ever driver to win an Australian championship. In the same year he also contested some rounds of the Australian Formula 3 Championship with Piccola Scuderia and raced in the Australian GT Performance Car Championship.
Continuing in Australian Formula 3 in 2005, Alajajian started the year with Astuti Competition, before moving to Protecnica Racing. He finished third in the championship. Chris also won a number of races in the Australian Performance Car Championship with Protecnica Racing.

V8 Supercars Development Series

Alajajian moved to the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series for 2006. He scored a podium at Queensland Raceway and was involved in Mark Porter's fatal crash at Bathurst later in the season. He continued in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 2007, claiming his only race win at the second round at Wakefield Park Raceway. He made one-off appearances at the Adelaide Street Circuit in 2009 and 2013.

A1 Grand Prix

In August 2007, Alajajian tested for A1 Team Lebanon in the A1 Grand Prix series at Snetterton Circuit. Alajajian made his race debut in the series at the Dutch round in the 2007–08 season. After missing round 2 in Brno, he raced the next 4 rounds, being in a points scoring position in New Zealand before being hit from behind, and was 2nd quickest in Rookie Qualifying at Eastern Creek.

Mini Challenge

Alajajian finished runner-up in the Australian Mini Challenge in 2009 and won the championship in 2010. He represented Australia in the 2010 European MINI Challenge in Spain.

Career results

= Contested concurrently with the Australian Formula 3 Championship
= Team standings.

Complete V8 Development Series results

Year

Team

Car

Position

Points

2006

Jack Hillerman Racing

Holden VZ Commodore

ADE

WAK

QLD
28

QLD
2

QLD
Ret

ORA
11

ORA
24

ORA
7

MAL
4

MAL
19

MAL
11

BAT
30

BAT
Ret

PHI
Ret

PHI
14

25th

634

2007

Jack Hillerman Racing

Holden VZ Commodore

ADE

WAK
1

WAK
Ret

WIN
Ret

WIN
17

WIN
19

QLD
Ret

QLD
DNS

ORA
Ret

ORA
15

ORA
17

BAT
Ret

BAT
DNS

PHI

34th

2009

Jay Motorsport

Holden VZ Commodore

ADE
Ret

ADE
DNS

Nandi Kiss Racing

ADE
23

ADE
20

38th

† Not Eligible for points

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2007–08	A1 Team Lebanon	NED SPR 14	NED FEA 19	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	MYS SPR 14	MYS FEA Ret	CHN SPR Ret	CHN FEA 13	NZL SPR 15	NZL FEA Ret	AUS SPR 19	AUS FEA 19	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	22nd	0