Christian Klien

Christian Klien (born 7 February 1983 in Hohenems, Vorarlberg) is an Austrian Formula One racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One.

 Racing career 
Klien started his motorsport career in his early teens. He raced in karting championships in both Austria and Switzerland. He moved up to Formula BMW. He won several titles in lower Formula series. Klien moved into Formula One in . He drove for  the Jaguar Racing team, alongside Mark Webber. At the end of 2004, Jaguar sold its Formula One team to Red Bull. The team was renamed Red Bull Racing. Klien shared a race seat with Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi. He stayed at Red Bull for  season. 

In , Klien was replaced by Mark Webber. He was the test driver for Honda. For  and , he was the reserve and test driver for BMW Sauber.

In , Klien moved to become the test driver for HRT. For the Singapore Grand Prix Kling replaced Sakon Yamamoto. HRT reported that Yamamoto was sick from food posining. For the Brazilian Grand Prix, HRT announced that  Klien would race in place of Yamamoto. No reason was given.

 Racing record 
 Career summary 
 Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins F/Laps Podiums Points Final Placing 1999 Formula BMW Junior ADAC Sport München 20 1 3   193 4th 2000 Formula BMW ADAC Team Rosberg 19 0 0   57 10th 2001 Formula BMW ADAC Team Rosberg 19 3 5   232 3rd 2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup JD Motorsport 8 0 0   92 6th Formula Renault 2000 Germany JD Motorsport 14 2 4   278 1st 2003 Formula Three Euroseries Mücke Motorsport 20 6 3   89 2nd Masters of Formula Three Mücke Motorsport 1 0 1   N/A 1st 2004 Formula One Jaguar 18 0 0   3 16th 2005 Formula One Red Bull 15 0 0   9 15th 2006 Formula One Red Bull 15 0 0   2 18th 2007 Formula One Honda Test driver 2008 Formula One BMW Sauber Test driver Le Mans 24 Hours Peugeot Sport Total (LMP1) 1 0 0   N/A 3rd 2009 Formula One BMW Sauber Test driver Le Mans 24 Hours Team Peugeot Total (LMP1) 1 0 0   N/A 6th 2010 Formula One Hispania Racing 3   0   0   0   0   0   27 
 Season in progress

 Complete Formula One results 
(key)
 Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points 2004 Jaguar Racing Jaguar R5 Cosworth CR-6 3.0 L V10 AUS11 MAL10 BHR14 SMR14 ESPRet MONRet EUR12 CAN9 USARet FRA11 GBR14 GER10 HUN13 BEL6 ITA13 JPN12 BRA14 16th 3 Jaguar R5B CHNRet 2005 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB1 Cosworth TJ2005 3.0 L V10 AUS7 MAL8 BHRDNS SMRTD ESPTD MONTD EURTD CAN8 USADNS FRARet GBR15 GER9 HUNRet TUR8 ITA13 BEL9 BRA9 JPN9 CHN5 15th 9 2006 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB2 Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8 BHR8 MALRet AUSRet SMRRet EURRet ESP13 MONRet GBR14 CAN11 USARet FRA12 GER8 HUNRet TUR11 ITA11 CHN JPN BRA 18th 2 2007 Honda Racing F1 Team Honda RA107 Honda RA807E 2.4 L V8 AUS MAL BHR ESP MON CAN USA FRA GBRTD EUR HUN TUR ITA BEL JPN CHN BRA --- --- 2010 Hispania Racing F1 Team Hispania F110 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8 BHR AUS MAL CHN ESPTD MON TUR CAN EURTD GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SINRet JPN KOR BRA22 ABU20 27  0 
 Season in progress.

 References 
All Formula One race and championship results are taken from:
 Official Formula 1 Website. Archive: Results for 2004 – Present seasons www.formula1.com  Retrieved 6 June 2006

 Other websites 

 Christian Klien Official website
 Christian Klien profile and statistics 
 Christian Klien statistics
 Christian Klien statistics at Driver Database. (includes pre-F1 career)

Category:1983 births
Category:Living people
Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
Category:Austrian racecar drivers
Category:Formula One current
Category:Formula One drivers
Category:People from Vorarlberg