| Chris van der Drift | |
| Nationality: |  New Zealander |
| Birth Date: | 1986 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Current Series: | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia |
| First Year: | 2015 |
| Current Team: | TORO Racing |
| Car Number: | 99 |
| Former Teams: | Team Formax,Kamlung Racing |
| Starts: | 43 |
| Wins: | 15 |
| Poles: | 12 |
| Fastest Laps: | 8 |
| Best Finish: | 1st |
| Year: | 2015, 2017 & 2018 |
| Prev Series: | International GT Open Auto GP World Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Superleague Formula GP2 Asia Series International Formula Master Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula BMW ADAC |
| Prev Series Years: | 2013 2012 2009, 11 2010–11 2008–09 2007–08 2006 2006 2004–05 |
| Titles: | International Formula Master Porsche Carrera Cup Asia TCR New Zealand |
| Title Years: | 2008 2015, 17–18 2021 |
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.
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.[1]
| 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 |
| Kartsport NZ Sprint Championship - Junior Intercontinental A | 1st | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kartstars New Zealand - Vortex Rok DVS | 12th |
| 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 | align=left rowspan=2 | JD Motorsport | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 91 | 2nd | ||
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 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 | |||
| 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 | align=left rowspan=2 | Superleague Formula | Olympiacos CFP | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 653† | 4th† | ||
| Galatasaray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 358† | 13th† | |||||
| 2011 | Superleague Formula | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116† | 7th† | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | align=left rowspan=2 | Blancpain Sprint Series | Bhaitech | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20th | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Boutsen Ginion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| align=left nowrap | Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia Pro-Am Cup | JRM JiaRui-TengDa | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 115 | 6th | |||
| 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 | |||
| TCR New Zealand Touring Car Championship | TrackTec Racing | 3 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 199 | style=background:#ffffbf | 1st | |||
| 2023 | Formula Regional Oceania Championship | Hamilton Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC‡ | |||
| Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | Earl Bamber Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 144 | 23rd | ||||
| Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | Team Shanghai Yongda | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 271 | 2nd | ||||
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro | Absolute Racing | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 185 | style=background:#ffffbf | 1st | |||
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13th | |||||
| 2024 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | TORO Racing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC‡ | |||
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia | Absolute Racing | |||||||||||
| nowrap | 2024–25 | Asian Le Mans Series - GT | align=left nowrap | Absolute Racing |
‡ As van der Drift was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
| 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 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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(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 | nowrap | Epsilon Euskadi | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MON 1 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | LEM 1 | LEM 2 | ALG 1 | ALG 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | 11th | 41 | |
| 2011 | nowrap | Mofaz Racing | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MON 1 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 12th | 43 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Position | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Olympiacos CFP | GU-Racing International | SIL | ASS | MAG | JAR | NÜR | ZOL | BRH | ADR | POR | ORD | BEI † | NAV | 4th | 653 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | X | 3 | 12 | X | 3 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | DNS‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | Galatasaray | nowrap | Barazi-Epsilon | 17 | 7 | X | 13th | 358 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | New Zealand | Atech Reid Grand Prix | HOL | BEL | 7th | 116 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Non Championship round
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | nowrap | RC3 Bassani | nowrap | Peugeot 408 | GOI 1 | 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 | nowrap | Vogel Motorsport | nowrap | Chevrolet Cruze | INT 1 | 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 | - |