Chris van der Drift
Christopher Jason van der Drift is a New Zealand racing driver of Dutch descent who currently competes in the Asian [Le Mans Series] for Absolute Motorsport.
Career
Van der Drift started karting at the age of 7 and in 1994 he raced his first year in cadets. From there he went on to win 6 New Zealand Championships and 6 North Island Championships until 2002.After ten years of kart racing in New Zealand and also competing in Australia for two years in 2001 JICA and 2002 Ford Kart Stars, he had to take the step into racing cars. At the time he had no sponsors so it was difficult just to step into a car as his parents didn't have enough to fund that as well.
Racing record
Racing career summary
† Team standings.‡ As van der Drift was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
| 2006 | JD Motorsport | ZOL 1 2 | ZOL 2 20 | IST 1 8 | IST 2 4 | MIS 1 4 | MIS 2 1 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 3 | DON 1 11 | DON 2 1 | LMS 1 Ret | LMS 2 11 | CAT 1 22 | CAT 2 6 | 2nd | 91 |
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
| 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 [Northern European Cup|2006] | JD Motorsport | OSC 1 1 | OSC 2 10 | SPA 1 3 | SPA 2 10 | NÜR 1 16 | NÜR 2 1 | ZAN 1 1 | ZAN 2 1 | OSC 1 5 | OSC 2 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | AND 1 3 | AND 2 7 | SAL 1 12 | SAL 2 4 | 2nd | 267 |
Complete GP2 Series results
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2008–09 [GP2 Asia Series season|2008–09] | Trident Racing | CHN FEA 7 | CHN SPR 4 | UAE FEA Ret | UAE SPR C | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | QAT FEA | QAT SPR | MAL FEA | MAL SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | 18th | 5 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
| 2008–09 | New Zealand | 2008–09 A1 [Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|NED SPR] | NED FEA | CHN SPR 7 | CHN FEA 11 | MYS SPR | MYS FEA | NZL SPR 5 | NZL FEA 13 | RSA SPR | RSA FEA | POR SPR | POR FEA | GBR SPR | GBR FEA | 7th | 36 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
| 2009 | Epsilon Euskadi | CAT 1 7 | CAT 2 3 | SPA 1 9 | SPA 2 Ret | MON 1 7 | HUN 1 13 | HUN 2 4 | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 19 | LEM 1 15 | LEM 2 11 | ALG 1 Ret | ALG 2 7 | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 10 | ALC 1 9 | ALC 2 8 | 11th | 41 |
| 2011 | Mofaz Racing | ALC 1 8 | ALC 2 13 | SPA 1 11 | SPA 2 3 | MNZ 1 4 | MNZ 2 6 | MON 1 8 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 12th | 43 |
Superleague Formula
‡ Chris van der Drift qualified for the Super Final at Brands Hatch but was unable to compete due to suffering injuries from a large crash in race two which led to him being taken to hospital with a broken ankle, two broken ribs, a cracked shoulder blade, a dislocated shoulder and two broken fingers. His Super Final place was taken up by the seventh highest points-scorer of the weekend, Yelmer Buurman.† Non Championship round
Complete Auto GP World Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
| 2012 [Auto GP World Series season|2012] | Manor MP Motorsport | MNZ 1 5 | MNZ 2 2 | VAL 1 6 | VAL 2 7 | MAR 1 4 | MAR 2 1 | HUN 1 7 | HUN 2 5 | ALG 1 8 | ALG 2 2 | CUR 1 5 | CUR 2 2 | SON 1 | SON 2 | 4th | 127 |