Chris van der Drift
Jason Christopher " Chris " Van der Drift ( born March 8, 1986 in Hamilton ( New Zealand) ) is a New Zealand - Dutch racing driver. He takes over with a New Zealand racing license.
He was master of the 2008 International Formula Master. 2010 and 2011 he raced in the Superleague Formula. In 2012 he drove in the Auto GP World Series.
Career
With seven years of drift van began in 1994 his motorsport career in karting, where he was active until 2003. In 2004 he moved to Team Rosberg in the German Formula BMW, where he was fourth in the overall standings. 2005 remained van der Drift with Team Rosberg in this series and was again with a win fourth in the overall standings. 2006 van der Drift active in several racing series and was runner-up in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Euro Cup, where he won two races, as well as runner-up in the Northern European Formula Renault. A year later, van started the drift in the newly founded International Formula Master and picked up two wins the runner-up behind Jérôme D' Ambrosio. 2008 van remained the drift in the International Formula Master. In both seasons, he drove for JD Motorsports. Van der Drift decided in the season six races for themselves and already there was a race weekend before the finish as champions firmly.
In the 2008/2009 GP2 Asia Series season, started the van drift for Trident Racing. Although he was in eighth place overall after two race weekends, he was replaced by Adrián Vallés. After he had taken part in four races of the A1GP 2008/2009 season, van drove the drift 2009 Epsilon Euskadi in the Formula Renault 3.5. With a third place as best result he finished at the end of the season in eleventh place overall. For the 2010 season, van joined the drift in the Superleague Formula and launched initially for assisted GU -Racing International team of Olympiakos Piraeus. In the second race at Brands Hatch van der Drift a serious accident. Shortly before the end of the race there was a duel between him and Julien Jousse. When trying to overtake him, he met with his left front of the enemy's right rear. Van der Drift rose into the air and crashed his car on a bridge pier exit of the Surtees curve. The car caught fire briefly and hurled across the track. Except for the monocoque, the car was stripped down to parts. The race was stopped immediately after the accident. Van der Drift came out with a broken ankle and injuries to the shoulder and one hand in a hospital. He kept the entire time consciousness. As a result, he had to pause for several races and did not return until the season finale. However, he took up at this event for another team. Van der Drift won four races in the season.
2011 van returned the first drift in the Formula Renault 3.5 back and started for Mofaz Racing. After the first four race weekends, he had to relinquish his cockpit, because he could not muster the budget. At the end of the season, he finished with a third place as best result in ninth place overall. He then returned to the Superleague Formula and participated in one of two events. It was a fourth place his best result. 2012 went van der Drift for Manor MP Motorsport in the Auto GP World Series at the start. For the last race of the season he did not present himself. With a win, he finished the season off in fourth place and sat down with it internally against Daniël de Jong, who was fifth, by. In addition, van made the drift away of formula racing in GT-/Tourenwagenrennserien experience. He took part in four races of the Italian GT Championship and the V8SuperTourer.
Career stations
- 2007: International Formula Master (2nd place)
- 2008: International Formula Master (Master)
- 2009: GP2 Asia Series (No. 18)
- 2009: A1GP
- 2009: Formula Renault 3.5 (11th )
- 2010: Superleague Formula
- 2011: Formula Renault 3.5 ( 12th place)
- 2011: Superleague Formula
- 2012: Auto GP (4th place )
- 2012: V8SuperTourer
- 2012: Italian GT Championship, GT3