# 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.

## 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.

## 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 |
| 2001 | Kartsport NZ Sprint Championship - Junior Intercontinental A | 1st |
| 2001 | 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 |
| 2019 | 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 |
| 2023 | 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 |
| 2006 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | JD Motorsport | 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 |
| 2008–09 | 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† |
| 2010 | Superleague Formula | Galatasaray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 358† | 13th† |
| 2011 | Superleague Formula | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116† | 7th† |
| 2011 | 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 |
| 2012 | 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 |
| 2014 | Blancpain Sprint Series | Boutsen Ginion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20th |
| 2014 | Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am | Boutsen Ginion | 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 |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2017 | 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 |
| 2019 | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia Pro-Am Cup | JRM JiaRui-TengDa | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 115 | 6th |
| 2019 | 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 |
| 2021 | 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‡ |
| 2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | Earl Bamber Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 144 | 23rd |
| 2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | Team Shanghai Yongda | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 271 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro | Absolute Racing | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 185 | 1st |
| 2023 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro | Absolute Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13th |
| 2024 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | TORO Racing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC‡ |
| 2024 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia | Absolute Racing | | | | | | | |
| 2024–25 | Asian Le Mans Series - GT | Absolute 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | Position | Points |
| 2010 | Olympiacos CFP | GU-Racing International | SIL | SIL | SIL | ASS | ASS | ASS | MAG | MAG | MAG | JAR | JAR | JAR | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | ZOL | ZOL | ZOL | BRH | BRH | BRH | ADR | ADR | ADR | POR | POR | POR | ORD | ORD | ORD | BEI † | BEI † | BEI † | NAV | NAV | NAV | 4th | 653 |
| 2010 | Olympiacos CFP | GU-Racing International | 13 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | X | 3 | 12 | X | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | DNS‡ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 653 |
| 2010 | Galatasaray | Barazi-Epsilon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 7 | X | 13th | 358 |
| 2011 | New Zealand | Atech Reid Grand Prix | HOL | HOL | HOL | BEL | BEL | BEL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7th | 116 |
| 2011 | New Zealand | Atech Reid Grand Prix | | | | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7th | 116 |
‡ 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 |