Chris Buncombe

Christopher " Chris " Buncombe ( born May 5, 1979 in Taunton ) is an English auto racing driver.

Chris Buncombe began his career in 1993 in karting. His former team-mate Jenson Button made ​​later career in Formula 1 After two years in the British Karting Championship moved Buncombe in 1997 in the national Formula Renault Championship, in which he was never able to really enforce. A tenth place overall in 2001 marked its most successful year in this series.

Far more successful Buncombe is a sports car. He was driving a Nissan Primera in the British Touring Car Championship and had a guest appearance in the 2002 European Touring Car Championship in Spa, which he ended with the twelfth place in the second race. In 2002, he also denied the NNS Sports Cars series ( an English racing series for Sportwagenprotoypen - comparable to the V8 Star in Germany ) on a Chiron 003 prototype. He started from pole position four times and scored three victories.

In 2005 he drove a full season in the FIA ​​GT Championship in a Maserati MC12. Best results: rank. 4 in Monza, rank. 5 in Imola and a sixth place finish in Brno. In 2007 he moved to Binnie Motorsport in the Le Mans Series. Together with William Binnie and Allen Timpany drove Buncombe five of the six championship runs. His best result was a LMP2 podium placement Monza. Binnie Motorsport started 2007 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His first start in the French endurance race, he finished with a class victory in the LMP2 place overall 18

2008 Buncombe received a cockpit for the winter season of Speedcar Series, but only drove in four of the ten championships runs. He then returned to the end of the season 2009 in the Le Mans Series back. He, Miguel Ramos and Stuart Hall should decide the championship at the last two races in favor of the factory teams of Aston Martin. In the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring, he finished with his team on the podium as his best result in the series at all.

Le Mans results

  • Drivers in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
  • Racer ( UK )
  • Born in 1979
  • Man
  • Briton
  • English
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