Christophe Hurni


Christophe Hurni is a Swiss racing driver.

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. 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.
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 GP3 Series">GP3 Series">GP3 Series at Monza aged 48, making him the oldest driver to have ever raced in a GP2/GP3 race weekend. 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.

Career results

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2011Jenzer MotorsportIST
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