# Chris Alajajian

Christopher Alajajian (born 31 October 1986) is an Australian-Armenian race car driver.

## Biography
### Early career

In 2004 he won the Australian Production Car Championship, becoming the youngest ever driver to win an Australian championship. In the same year he also contested some rounds of the Australian Formula 3 Championship with Piccola Scuderia and raced in the Australian GT Performance Car Championship.
Continuing in Australian Formula 3 in 2005, Alajajian started the year with Astuti Competition, before moving to Protecnica Racing. He finished third in the championship. Chris also won a number of races in the Australian Performance Car Championship with Protecnica Racing.

### V8 Supercars Development Series

Alajajian moved to the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series for 2006. He scored a podium at Queensland Raceway and was involved in Mark Porter's fatal crash at Bathurst later in the season. He continued in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 2007, claiming his only race win at the second round at Wakefield Park Raceway. He made one-off appearances at the Adelaide Street Circuit in 2009 and 2013.

### A1 Grand Prix

In August 2007, Alajajian tested for A1 Team Lebanon in the A1 Grand Prix series at Snetterton Circuit. Alajajian made his race debut in the series at the Dutch round in the 2007–08 season. After missing round 2 in Brno, he raced the next 4 rounds, being in a points scoring position in New Zealand before being hit from behind, and was 2nd quickest in Rookie Qualifying at Eastern Creek.

### Mini Challenge

Alajajian finished runner-up in the Australian Mini Challenge in 2009 and won the championship in 2010. He represented Australia in the 2010 European MINI Challenge in Spain.

## Career results

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 2003 | Australian Production Car Championship | 6th | BMW 323i | Novocastrian Motorsport |
| 2003 | Australian Production Car Championship - Class B | 3rd | BMW 323i | Novocastrian Motorsport |
| 2004 | Australian Formula 3 Championship | 8th | Dallara F301 Spiess Opel | Protecnica |
| 2004 | Australian GT Performance Car Championship | 27th | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Protecnica |
| 2004 | Australian Production Car Championship | 1st | Subaru Liberty GT | Protecnica |
| 2005 | Australian Drivers' Championship (1) | 3rd | Dallara F304 Sodemo Renault | Protecnica |
| 2005 | Australian Performance Car Championship | 11th | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Protecnica |
| 2006 | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 25th | Holden Commodore VZ | Jack Hillerman Racing |
| 2006 | Australian Performance Car Championship – Privateers Cup | 6th | Subaru Liberty GT | Jack Hillerman Racing |
| 2006 | Australian Drivers' Championship (1) | 6th | Dallara F304 Sodemo Renault | Protecnica |
| 2007 | Australian Drivers' Championship (1) | 12th | Dallara F304 Sodemo Renault | Protecnica |
| 2007 | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 34th | Holden Commodore VZ | Jack Hillerman Racing |
| 2007–08 | A1 Grand Prix | 22nd (2) | Lola–Zytek A1GP | A1 Team Lebanon |
| 2008 | Australian Drivers' Championship (1) | 12th | Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz | Team BRM |
| 2009 | Australian Mini Challenge | 2nd | Mini JCW R56 | Jack Hillerman Racing |
| 2010 | Australian Mini Challenge | 1st | Mini JCW R56 | Jack Hillerman Racing |
| 2013 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 38th | Holden Commodore VE | Nandi Kiss Racing |
* (1) = Contested concurrently with the Australian Formula 3 Championship
* (2) = Team standings.

### Complete V8 Development Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Position | Points |
| 2006 | Jack Hillerman Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | ADE | ADE | WAK | WAK | WAK | QLD 28 | QLD 2 | QLD Ret | ORA 11 | ORA 24 | ORA 7 | MAL 4 | MAL 19 | MAL 11 | BAT 30 | BAT Ret | PHI Ret | PHI 14 | 25th | 634 |
| 2007 | Jack Hillerman Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | ADE | ADE | WAK 1 | WAK Ret | WAK Ret | WIN Ret | WIN 17 | WIN 19 | QLD Ret | QLD Ret | QLD DNS | ORA Ret | ORA 15 | ORA 17 | BAT Ret | BAT DNS | PHI | PHI | 34th | 16 |
| 2009 | Jay Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | ADE Ret | ADE DNS | WIN | WIN | WIN | TOW | TOW | TOW | SAN | SAN | SAN | QLD | QLD | QLD | BAT | BAT | HOM | HOM | NC | 0 |
| 2013 | Nandi Kiss Racing | Holden VE Commodore | ADE 23 | ADE 20 | BAR | BAR | BAR | TOW | TOW | TOW | QLD | QLD | QLD | WIN | WIN | WIN | BAT | BAT | HOM | HOM | 38th | 81 |
† Not Eligible for points

### Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
| 2007–08 | A1 Team Lebanon | NED SPR 14 | NED FEA 19 | CZE SPR | CZE FEA | MYS SPR 14 | MYS FEA Ret | CHN SPR Ret | CHN FEA 13 | NZL SPR 15 | NZL FEA Ret | AUS SPR 19 | AUS FEA 19 | RSA SPR | RSA FEA | MEX SPR | MEX FEA | CHN SPR | CHN FEA | GBR SPR | GBR SPR | 22nd | 0 |

### Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall position | Class position |
| 2007 | Subaru Australia | Grant Denyer Neil Crompton | Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Spec C | B | 248 | 5th | 3rd |