Froggatt Chris

Chris Froggatt

## **Overall results**

Christopher “Chris” Froggatt (born 11 December 1993 in Windsor, UK) is a British Racing Driver who currently competes in the GT World Challenge Europe Championship in the Pro-Am category. Froggatt started racing in 2017 at the age of 24 years. During his racing career he has competed in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance and Sprint Cup, FIA GT Nations Cup, Michelin Le Mans - Road to Le Mans Cup and the Ferrari Challenge Europe Championship.

Froggatt founded and owns British Racing Team SKY Tempesta Racing. He has driven for SKY Tempesta Racing since the start of his career in 2017. While driving for the team he has won the 2020 GT World Challenge Pro-Am Sprint Championship and the 2018 Ferrari Challenge Championship.

## 2017

Froggatt’s racing debut for SKY Tempesta Racing was in the 2017 Ferrari Challenge Europe, partnering with dealership HR Owen. Driving the Ferrari 488 Challenge car Froggatt was victorious in 3 races at Hungaroring and twice at Silverstone Circuit in the Pro-Am category. He also competed in the 2017 Ferrari Challenge World Final, where he placed 8th.

## 2018

In 2018, Froggatt’s represented the United Kingdom in the 2018 FIA GT Nations Cup in Bahrain. He drove with Le Mans 24 Hour class winner, Chris Buncombe. The pair came second in the race, driving a Ferrari 488 GT3.

Froggatt also competed in the 2018 Ferrari Challenge Europe, racing in the Pro-Am category for SKY Tempesta Racing in a Ferrari 488 Challenge. He dominated the season; winning a total of 10 out of 14 races and had 13 podium finishes.

He won the Pro-Am Class Championship, leading the cup by a total of 131 points.

## 2019

In 2019, Froggatt and SKY Tempesta Racing announced that the team would compete in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance cup. Froggatt drove alongside Chris Buncombe and Jonathan Hui.

The Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup started well with Froggatt and the team coming in first in the Pro-AM Category at Monza. He placed 3rd in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Pro-Am Drivers, alongside SKY Tempesta Endurance teammate, Jonathan Hui.

SKY Tempesta Racing and Froggatt also competed in the International GT Open. Froggatt partnered with Ferrari WEC driver, Eddie Cheever III. The team came 11th in the series.

Froggatt competed alone in three 2019 Ferrari Challenge Europe Cup Races: RedBull Ring, Le Mans and in the Finali Mondiali in Mugello. He came an overall 10th in the championship. 2019 also saw Froggatt represent Team GB again in the FIA Motorsport Games; driving alongside Flick Haigh in at the Autodromo Di Vallelunga, Rome. Team GB placed 15th.

## 2020

2020 season was Froggatt’s most successful season yet. It was announced that Froggatt would be co-driving with Edward Cheever III in the full eight-rounds of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint series, with Jonathan Hui joining the team for the four GT World Challenge Europe Endurance races.

Froggatt and Cheever started the 2020 Sprint season successfully in Misano, placing first in two out of three races. The second round of the Sprint Cup at Magny-Cours saw Froggatt racing his teammates in a second SKY Tempesta Racing. Froggatt and Cheever came second in both races, with the other SKY Tempesta Car taking the victory twice. The third Sprint round in Zandvoort was Froggatt’s most successful weekend of the series, with a double win for the team, which extended their lead in the drivers’ standings.

The final round in Barcelona was not as successful with the team experiencing an accident in each of the three races. However, the team-mates and SKY Tempesta Racing were victorious in the second race which secured them a 30 point lead and to be crowned GT World Challenge Europe’s Sprint Champions for 2020.

In the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Froggatt drover with Edward Cheever III and Jon Hui. Froggatt and the team placed 2nd overall in the Championship.

Froggatt took part in his second Total 24hours of Spa, as part of the series. Driving with the SKY Tempesta Endurance team; Cheever, Hui and Giancarlo Fisichella. The team placed second in the Pro-Am Category.

Froggatt’s success in the Sprint and Endurance cup crowned him GT World Challenge Europe’s overall Pro-AM Champion, alongside teammate Edward Cheever III.

Froggatt competed in Michelin Le Mans Cup - Road to Le Mans GT3 race alongside Jonathan Hui where he came second.