Chris van der Drift

Christopher Jason van der Drift (born 8 March 1986) is a New Zealand racing driver of Dutch descent who currently competes in the Asian Le Mans Series for Absolute Motorsport.

Chris van der Drift
Van der Drift as Olympiacos driver, holding his podium trophies at Silverstone's 2010 SF round.
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1986-03-08) 8 March 1986 (age 39) Hamilton, New Zealand
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia career
Debut season	2015
Current team	TORO Racing
Car number	99
Former teams	Team Formax,Kamlung Racing
Starts	43
Wins	15
Poles	12
Fastest laps	8
Best finish	1st in 2015, 2017 & 2018
Previous series
2013 2012 2009, 11 2010–11 2008–09 2007–08 2006 2006 2004–05	International GT Open Auto GP World Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Superleague Formula GP2 Asia Series International Formula Master Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula BMW ADAC
Championship titles
2008 2015, 17–18 2021	International Formula Master Porsche Carrera Cup Asia TCR New Zealand

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 (finishing both championships in 6th), 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.^[1]

Racing record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Position
1996	NZ Top Half Series - Cadet class	1st
1999	NZ Top Half Series - JR 100cc Yamaha class	1st
2001	Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship - 100cc Junior Yamaha class	1st
	Kartsport NZ Sprint Championship - Junior Intercontinental A	1st
	CIK Trophy of New Zealand - Junior ICA class	1st
2007	CIK Trophy of New Zealand - Formula 100 class	2nd
2019	CIK Trophy of New Zealand - Vortex Rok DVS Senior	8th
	Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship - Rotax Max Light class	11th
2022	CIK Trophy of New Zealand - Vortex Rok DVS Senior	6th
2023	Kartsport Auckland City of Sails - Vortex Rok DVS Senior	2nd
	Kartstars New Zealand - Vortex Rok DVS	12th

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	Formula BMW ADAC	Team Rosberg	20	0	0	0	8	168	4th
2005	Formula BMW ADAC	Team Rosberg	20	1	0	1	5	149	4th
2006	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	JD Motorsport	14	2	2	1	6	91	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		14	4	7	4	7	267	2nd
2007	International Formula Master	JD Motorsport	16	2	1	2	7	65	2nd
2008	International Formula Master	JD Motorsport	16	6	6	8	10	101	1st
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	Trident Racing	3	0	0	0	0	5	18th
	A1 Grand Prix	New Zealand	4	0	0	0	0	36†	7th†
2009	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Epsilon Euskadi	17	0	0	0	1	41	11th
2010	Superleague Formula	Olympiacos CFP	18	4	2	3	10	653†	4th†
		Galatasaray	3	0	0	0	0	358†	13th†
2011	Superleague Formula	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	0	116†	7th†
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Mofaz Racing	7	0	0	0	1	43	12th
2012	Auto GP World Series	Manor MP Motorsport	12	1	0	0	4	127	4th
	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Bhaitech Racing	6	0	0	1	0	18	19th
2013	International GT Open	Bhai Tech Racing	15	1	3	0	3	37	8th
2014	Blancpain Sprint Series	Bhaitech	6	0	0	0	0	12	20th
		Boutsen Ginion	2	0	0	0	0
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Kamlung Racing	14	7	4	4	10	234	1st
2016	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	International V8 Supercars Championship	Erebus Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	234	49th
2017	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Team Formax	13	3	4	3	10	235	1st
	Chinese GT3 Championship	JRM JiaRui-TengDa	12	2	1	1	8	175	2nd
2018	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Team Formax	13	4	4	1	9	230	1st
2019	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro	Gama Racing	12	8	4	4	11	129	2nd
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia Pro-Am Cup	JRM JiaRui-TengDa	10	0	0	1	4	115	6th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Kamlung Racing	8	1	0	1	5	105	7th
2021	Toyota Racing Series	Tasman Motorsports Group	3	0	1	0	2	71	9th
	TCR New Zealand Touring Car Championship	TrackTec Racing	3	2	0	?	0	199	1st
2023	Formula Regional Oceania Championship	Hamilton Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC‡
	Porsche Carrera Cup Australia	Earl Bamber Motorsport	3	0	0	1	3	144	23rd
	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Team Shanghai Yongda	14	4	1	1	11	271	2nd
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro	Absolute Racing	12	11	2	4	12	185	1st
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro		2	0	0	0	0	1	13th
2024	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	TORO Racing	2	1	1	0	2	0	NC‡
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia	Absolute Racing
2024–25	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Absolute Racing
2025	Thailand Super Series - GT3	Amerasian Fragrance by AF Racing

^† Team standings.

‡ As van der Drift was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Main race
2006	International Motorsport	Tatuus TT104ZZ - Toyota	?	DNF
2021	Tasman Motorsports	Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota	3rd	5th
2023	Hamilton Motorsport	Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota	9th	4th

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
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

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2008–09	New Zealand	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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Operator	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			Position	Points
2010	Olympiacos CFP	GU-Racing International	SIL			ASS			MAG			JAR			NÜR			ZOL			BRH			ADR			POR			ORD			BEI †			NAV			4th	653
			13	2	3	15	1	X	3	12	X	3	12	1	3	11	1	1	8	2	7	6	DNS‡
	Galatasaray	Barazi-Epsilon																																		17	7	X	13th	358
2011	New Zealand	Atech Reid Grand Prix	HOL			BEL																																	7th	116
						5	7	6

‡ 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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
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

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Motorsport Services	Frank Lyons Michael Lyons	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	B	193	32nd	8th
2016	Motorsport Services Limited	Allan Dippie Scott O'Donnell	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	B	128	DNF	DNF
2018	Team Carrera Cup Asia	Andrew Tang Evan Chen Paul Tresidder	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	B	82	DNF	DNF
2019	Team Carrera Cup Asia	Philip Hamprecht Bao Jinlong Paul Tresidder	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	B	279	19th	2nd

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
2015	RC3 Bassani	Peugeot 408	GOI 1 26	RBP 1	RBP 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	GOI 1	CAS 1	CAS 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	INT 1	NC	-
2018	Vogel Motorsport	Chevrolet Cruze	INT 1 Ret	CUR 1	CUR 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	LON 1	LON 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	TBA 1	TBA 1	TBA 2	CAS 1	CAS 2	VCA 1	VCA 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	TBA 1	TBA 2	INT 1	NC	-

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	Position	Points
2016	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VF)	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	PHI R6	PHI R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	SAN QR Ret	SAN R20 22	BAT R21 17	SUR R22 19	SUR R23 DNS	PUK R24	PUK R25	PUK R26	PUK R27	SYD R28	SYD R29	49th	234

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Lap
2016	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VF)	Shae Davies	17th	156