Astrid Krane

Krane at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 2021.

**Astrid Krane** (born 18 May 1995) is a Norwegian professional racing driver and former pilot, currently driving the #80 Razgriz Racing Honda in the AT&T Champ Car World Series.

Krane is part of the tightly knit Razgriz Racing core, consisting of co-owners Sebastian Devereux, and Kristina Ryan. Prior to entering top tier motor racing, Krane served in the Luftforsvaret (Royal Norwegian Air Force).

## Champ Car Career

### 2017

Krane debuted during the 2017 Straight Talk IndyCar Series season, filling in for team owner Sebastian Devereux for 5 races in what was described as a transitional period for the up and coming Eiffel Tower Racing. Devereux stepped aside at [insert races] to let Krane learn the car, while maintaining her rookie status for the 2018 season.

### 2020

Razgriz Racing was lost in the shuffle, missing out on most of the 2020 Champ Car season as it came to grips with the new AAI IR-20 chassis. Krane drove for the team in the 2020 Firestone Triple Crown, which began with the 2020 Indianapolis 500. The aftermath of that race saw Krane fill in for three races in the #7 for Black Rose Racing while Jace Clarke was out due to accident injuries. Of the six races Krane contested in the 2020 season, she had a highest finish of 11th, which she earned twice, at Valkenburg for Black Rose Racing, and at the season finale at Fontana for Razgriz Racing. She ended the year 31st in points, earning 88 points on the year.

### 2021

Razgriz returned to full time racing for the 2021 Champ Car season, but the team was unable to begin the season well. Krane suffered back to back DNFs to start the season, finishing 27th at Phillip Island, and 23rd at Motegi. Krane would finish laps down in 21st at Richmond, following a poorly timed caution, before scoring her first top 10 finish of the season at Texas, where she finished 8th. Razgriz Racing quickly began to fall behind on car development, finishing 17th at Chicagoland, before suffering a third DNF on the season at the 2021 Indianapolis 500, finishing 22nd due to a gearbox failure. Another top 10 followed at Belle Isle, where Krane once again finished 8th, but it marked the last highlight of the first half of 2021.

Krane struggled at Brno, the team postponing most of its upgrade work into the 2022 season. Krane finished 16th at Pocono, falling out of the top 10 again due to mechanical failure. A 15th at Toronto led into a quiet 9th place finish at Vancouver, where she finished 2 laps down on the race winner, Ray Taylor. Through the first 11 races, Krane sat 24th in the points standings, with 3 top 10s and 4 race retirements. The late summer produced very little for Krane and Razgriz Racing. 16th was all she could muster at Gateway, which was followed up by a 14th at Kentucky. Krane finished 21st at Watkins Glen after being collected in an early accident, but stayed on the lead lap to finish ahead of Hazel Lacasse, one of the championship contenders. A fifth DNF on the season came at Road America, due to accident damage, before Krane scored her best result of the season, a sixth place finish at Mid-Ohio. It would be her last top 10 of the year, with the last 4 races of the season ending in two DNFs at New Hampshire and the Indianapolis Road Course, before finishing 14th at Denver Motorsports Park, and finishing 22nd in a nearly caution free Fontana season finale.

Krane ended the season 22nd in points, one point ahead of Diego Jaramillo, scoring four top 10s, seven DNFs, but leading to Razgriz Racing failing to make the top 10 in the Team's Championship, thus earning no additional prize money to end the 2021 season.

### 2022

Krane was resigned for the 2022 Champ Car season, once again driving the #80 Honda for Razgriz Racing for what would be her sixth year in the series. During the offseason, Razgriz merged with KANS Autosport, with the team now having considerably more resources in the U.S. thanks to their participation in the GTPlanet Fandom Series.