Christian Klien

Christian Klien (born 7 February 1983) is an Austrian racing driver who competed in Formula One between Template:F1 and Template:F1.Template:Efn

Born and raised in Hohenems, Klien competed in Formula One for Jaguar, Red Bull and HRT, scoring 14 championship points across 51 Grands Prix.

Racing career

Born in Hohenems, Klien started his motorsport career in his early teens. He raced in karting championships in both Austria and Switzerland, before moving to Formula BMW. After winning several titles in lower Formulas, Klien moved into Formula One, driving for the Jaguar Racing team, alongside Mark Webber. At the end of 2004, however, Jaguar sold its Formula One team to Red Bull, which renamed it Red Bull Racing. In an unusual arrangement, Klien shared a race seat with Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi. He stayed at Red Bull for 2006, whilst Liuzzi moved to the Red Bull junior team, Scuderia Toro Rosso.

After an unsuccessful 2006, Klien's old teammate Mark Webber replaced him for the 2007 season, news Klien learned from Webber himself. Klien was offered alternatives to Formula One for 2007, including driving in the ChampCar series, but he refused and aimed for a seat in Formula One.<ref name="Coch">Template:Cite news</ref> He secured the test driver's seat at Honda, despite competition from other drivers, including Gary Paffett.

On 2 February 2008 Klien signed as BMW Sauber's reserve and test driver for the 2008 Formula One season, alongside Estonian Marko Asmer.

Pre-Formula One

Klien became enthused about racing when his dad brought him to watch a go-kart race. This enthusiasm for the sport was only increased after meeting Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Austrian started his career at the age of 13.<ref name="GP Encyclopedia">GP Encyclopedia – Christian Klien Template:Webarchive GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 22 November 2006</ref> From 1996 to 1998, Klien won several kart races in both Switzerland and his native Austria, becoming the Suisse champion in his first year.

In 1999, Klien moved to racing in the Formula BMW ADAC Junior Cup, winning four races and finishing fourth in the series.<ref name="GP Encyclopedia" /> The following year, he moved into the main Formula BMW ADAC Championship with Team Rosberg, finishing the series ranked tenth overall and third in the rookie rankings.<ref name="GP Encyclopedia" /> Continuing in the series in 2001, Klien managed to win five races, and ended up third in the series.<ref name="GP Encyclopedia" /> Joining JD Motorsport for the Italian winter Formula Renault series, he won one event, which led to a drive for the team in German Formula Renault for 2002.<ref name="GP Encyclopedia" />

Klien won four races, winning the German title, and finishing fifth in the European series. From there, Klien moved into the Formula Three Euroseries, with Mücke Motorsport, winning four races and finishing runner-up to Ryan Briscoe. Klien also won the 2003 Marlboro Masters event at Zandvoort.<ref name="GP Encyclopedia" />

Formula One

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Klien driving for Jaguar at the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix, where he scored his first Formula One points

Jaguar (2004)

Template:Main In December 2003, Klien was signed as a race driver for the Jaguar Formula One team for the 2004 season,<ref>"Klien clinches Jaguar race seat for 2004" Official Formula One Website. Retrieved 22 November 2006</ref> replacing Justin Wilson, who had replaced Antônio Pizzonia for the final five Grands Prix of the 2003 season.<ref>"Klien replaces Wilson" BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 November 2006</ref> He had significant pressure on him as second driver to his more experienced teammate Mark Webber, but was the first driver to ever outqualify Webber from the same team.

Klien proved to be considerably reliable over the season, retiring only on four occasions out of the possible 18. Klien's only points scoring finish in his debut season came in Belgium, where Klien finished sixth; scoring three Championship points. He finished alongside Cristiano da Matta and Nick Heidfeld in joint 16th in the Drivers' Championship.

Red Bull (2005–2006)

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Klien in qualifying at the 2005 United States Grand Prix

2005

Jaguar were bought out in November 2004 by Austrian energy drink company Red Bull and were renamed Red Bull Racing.<ref>"Red Bull snaps up Jaguar F1 team" BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 November 2006</ref> During winter testing in 2005, Klien tested several times for Red Bull Racing alongside Vitantonio Liuzzi and David Coulthard. Klien secured the second race seat at Red Bull, alongside Coulthard. Klien started the year with points finishes in the first two races before retiring in Bahrain before the race had even started due to an electrical problem.

With both Klien and Liuzzi signed to race for the Red Bull team in 2005, Red Bull announced that Liuzzi would be racing at the next four rounds in San Marino, Spain, Monaco and the European Grands Prix instead of Klien.<ref>"Imola race chance for Liuzzi" Official Formula One Website. Retrieved 22 November 2006</ref> Originally, Klien was ineligible to be a third driver at these Grand Prix, as he had competed in over six Grand Prix the previous year, but after a majority of teams asked the FIA to remove this ruling, Klien was allowed to take this role at Imola.<ref>"Red Bull secure Klien exemption" BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 November 2006</ref>

The Austrian returned to the race seat for the Canadian Grand Prix and maintained his race seat thanks to his strong performances and Red Bull's increased number of seats from the purchase of the Minardi team (which was renamed Scuderia Toro Rosso, Italian for "Team Red Bull") in 2006.<ref>"Red Bull swoop for Minardi deal" BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 November 2006</ref> Klien finished his second year in Formula One with two further points finishes: an eighth-place finish in Turkey and a fifth at the season-finale in China. After a promising performance in China, it was confirmed in December 2005 that Klien would drive for the Red Bull Racing outfit alongside David Coulthard for the 2006 season.

2006

Klien started 2006 strongly, qualifying in the top-ten for the first two races of the season. In Bahrain he finished 8th, scoring a point. However, in Malaysia he collided with Kimi Räikkönen on the first lap and had to pit with suspension damage, before eventually dropping out with a hydraulic failure.

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Klien driving for RBR at the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix

In 2006, Klien was unsuccessful in comparison to his more experienced teammate David Coulthard, as the Scot scored the team's first podium and was more consistent than Klien throughout the season. In August 2006, it was confirmed that Klien would not stay with the Red Bull team for the upcoming 2007 season, or at least as a race driver, due to Red Bull's signing of Mark Webber.<ref>"Webber confirmed at Red Bull" GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 23 November 2006</ref> After the two points finishes in Bahrain and Germany, there was some uncertainty as to where Klien would go next in his racing career, speculation suggested the United States as a logical choice for Klien, but he refused a ChampCar seat in a Red Bull-backed team for 2007, preferring to chase a Formula One drive with another team.<ref>"Matador no more – Klien bids Red Bull farewell" Template:Webarchive Official Formula One Website. Retrieved 23 November 2006</ref> As a result, the team announced that Klien had been fired for the last three races of the season in favour of test driver Robert Doornbos.<ref>"Klien out, Doornbos in at Red Bull Racing" GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 11 September 2006</ref>

Honda and BMW Sauber (2007–2009)

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Klien driving a Honda RA107 at the 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed

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Klien testing for BMW Sauber in Bahrain prior to the 2009 season

On 15 November 2006, Honda Racing announced the signing of Klien as their test and reserve driver for the 2007 season.<ref>"Honda Racing F1 Team Announces 2007 Test Driver Line-Up" NewsOnF1.net. Retrieved 15 November 2006</ref> The Austrian made his debut for the Japanese works team at the Circuit de Catalunya, during the early pre-season testing during late November 2006. At the 2007 British Grand Prix, he replaced the injured Jenson Button for the second free practice session on Friday.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 11 July 2007, Klien was released by Honda F1 to test with Spyker with a view to replacing Christijan Albers who was released because of sponsorship problems.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, the seat went to Japanese driver Sakon Yamamoto.

In 2008 Klien signed as BMW Sauber's test and reserve driver for the Template:F1 Formula One season. He also signed with Peugeot to race in 24 Hours of Le Mans. Driving the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP he finished third overall with Ricardo Zonta and Franck Montagny. In October he participated in Petit Le Mans in the American Le Mans Series, driving with Peugeot's factory drivers Marc Gené and Nicolas Minassian.

Klien remained in the position of BMW Sauber's test and reserve driver for Template:F1.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also returned to Le Mans with Peugeot, finishing sixth overall in a 908 shared with Pedro Lamy and Minassian.

For Template:F1, Klien was understood to be an option for Sauber before the seat went to Pedro de la Rosa.

HRT (2010)

Template:Main Klien was then tipped to become Hispania Racing's reserve driver despite being second favourite to ex-US F1 man José María López but neither Klien or López got the seat. It went to former Super Aguri F1 and Spyker F1 driver Sakon Yamamoto. However, he was later signed by Hispania as well as Yamamoto.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He took part in his first Grand Prix weekend for three years at the Template:F1 GP, where he drove in the first practice session in place of Karun Chandhok. He replaced Chandhok again at the Template:F1 GP where his session was made difficult by problems with his car. At the Template:F1 GP he was confirmed as a replacement for the ill Sakon Yamamoto, marking his first grand prix since the 2006 Italian Grand Prix.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He qualified in 22nd place, over a second ahead of team mate Bruno Senna, and ran just ahead of him in the race until a mechanical problem forced him to retire. He replaced Yamamoto for the final two races of the season in Brazil and Abu Dhabi,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but the team did not retain his services into the Template:F1 season.

Post-Formula One

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Klien in the pits at Circuit Zolder, in the Blancpain GT Series.

After Formula One, Klien began racing in a number of categories including endurance racing, sports cars and V8 Supercars. He was close to a deal with Peugeot to race in the World Endurance Championship in 2012 before the French company withdrew from racing.<ref name="Coch"/>

Klien has taken part in a number of V8 Supercar drives, including the Bathurst 1000 where he teamed up with Russell Ingall.

Since late 2012, Klien writes a monthly column for the Pitpass.com website.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2014, Klien signed a deal with NewBlood By Morand Racing to race in their 2014 ELMS campaign.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2017, Klien joined the Bundesheer (Austrian Armed Forces) and will continue his racing career in addition to military service.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He became an expert for ServusTV's coverage of Formula One from the start of the Template:F1 season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Klien competed in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters part-time by driving a McLaren for the Polish JP Motorsport team in a total of three two-race rounds. After making his debut in the third round at Zolder, he returned to the grid in the next round at the Nürburgring and in the sixth round at Assen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His fifth-place finish in the first race at Assen was his only top-10 finish in six races.

In 2022 Klien continued racing GT3 machineries for JP Motorsport, making a switch to GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Position
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		14	2	4	278	1st
2003	Formula 3 Euro Series	Mücke Motorsport	20	6	3	89	2nd
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	1	N/A	1st
2004	Formula One	Jaguar Racing	18	0	0	3	16th
2005	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	15	0	0	9	15th
2006	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	15	0	0	2	18th
2007	Formula One	Honda F1 Team	Test driver
		Spyker F1 Team
2008	24 Hours of Le Mans	Peugeot Sport Total	1	0	0	N/A	3rd
	American Le Mans Series	Team Peugeot Total	1	1	0	26	17th
	Formula One	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Test/Reserve driver
2009	24 Hours of Le Mans	Team Peugeot Total	1	0	0	N/A	6th
	American Le Mans Series		1	0	0	20	25th
	Le Mans Series		1	1	1	11	19th
	Formula One	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Test driver
2010	Formula One	Hispania Racing F1 Team	3	0	0	0	27th
2011	24 Hours of Le Mans	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Le Mans Series		1	0	0	0	NC
2012	International V8 Supercars Championship	Walkinshaw Racing	3	0	0	168	51st
	International Superstars Series	Swiss Team	2	0	1	32	17th
2013	International Superstars Series	Scuderia Giudici	2	0	0	8	24th
	Auto GP	Zele Racing	2	0	0	6	18th
	ADAC Procar Series	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2	1	1	10	6th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Morand Racing	2	0	0	28	11th
2014	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Newblood by Morand Racing	5	0	1	68	3rd
2015	FIA World Endurance Championship	Team ByKolles	2	0	0	0	34th
	Super GT - GT500	Lexus Team SARD	1	0	0	0	NC
	Renault Sport Trophy - Elite Class	Zele Racing	3	0	0	0	NC†
	Renault Sport Endurance Trophy		2	0	0	0	NC†
2016	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Emil Frey Racing	2	0	0	6	41st
2017	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Emil Frey Jaguar Racing	5	0	0	1	50th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	NC
2018	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Emil Frey Lexus Racing	10	0	0	15.5	13th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		5	0	1	35	9th
2020	International GT Open	JP Motorsport	12	1	1	68	6th
	International GT Open - Pro-Am		12	4	4	62	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		2	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am		1	0	0	2	26th
2021	International GT Open	JP Motorsport	6	1	0	22	16th
	International GT Open - Pro-Am		6	1	2	29	8th
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters		6	0	0	0	NC†
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	NC
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	JP Motorsport	8	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Pro-Am		8	0	4	99.5	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		4	0	0	10	26th
	ADAC GT Masters		2	0	0	0	NC†
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	JP Motorsport	10	0	0	0	NC
	24H GT Series - GT3		1	0	0	28	7th
2024	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - TCR	JP Motorsport
2025	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Eastalent Racing Team

^† As Klien was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2000 Germany results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2002	JD Motorsport	OSC1 1 Template:Small	OSC1 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	LAU 1 Template:Small	LAU 2 Template:Small	NÜR1 1 Template:Small	NÜR1 2 Template:Small	SAL 1 Template:Small	SAL 2 Template:Small	NÜR2 1 Template:Small	NÜR2 2 Template:Small	OSC2 1 Template:Small	OSC2 2 Template:Small	1st	278

Complete Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2002	JD Motorsport	MAG Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	JAR Template:Small	AND Template:Small	OSC Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	IMO Template:Small	DON Template:Small	EST Template:Small	6th	92

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series 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	20	DC	Points
2003	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	Dallara F303/008	HWA-Mercedes	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	ADR 1 Template:Small	ADR 2 Template:Small	PAU 1 Template:Small	PAU 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	LMS 1 Template:Small	LMS 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	A1R 1 Template:Small	A1R 2 Template:Small	ZAN 1 Template:Small	ZAN 2 Template:Small	HOC 3 Template:Small	HOC 4 Template:Small	MAG 1 Template:Small	MAG 2 Template:Small	2nd	89

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 V10	AUS Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	BHR Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	EUR Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	ITA Template:Small		JPN Template:Small	BRA Template:Small		16th	3
		Jaguar R5B																	CHN Template:Small
2005	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB1	Cosworth TJ2005 3.0 V10	AUS Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	BHR Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	EUR Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	TUR Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	JPN Template:Small	CHN Template:Small	15th	9
2006	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB2	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	BHR Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	AUS Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	EUR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	TUR Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CHN	JPN	BRA		18th	2
2007	Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda RA107	Honda RA807E 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR Template:Small	EUR	HUN	TUR	ITA	BEL	JPN	CHN	BRA			–	–
Template:F1	Hispania Racing F1 Team	Hispania F110	Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8	BHR	AUS	MAL	CHN	ESP Template:Small	MON	TUR	CAN	EUR Template:Small	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN Template:Small	JPN	KOR	BRA Template:Small	ABU Template:Small	27th	0

Sports/Touring car racing

Le Mans 24 Hours results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
2008	Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	Template:Flagicon Franck Montagny Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	379	3rd	3rd
2009	Template:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Minassian Template:Flagicon Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	369	6th	6th
2011	Template:Flagicon Aston Martin Racing	Template:Flagicon Stefan Mücke Template:Flagicon Darren Turner	Aston Martin AMR-One	LMP1	4	DNF	DNF
2014	Template:Flagicon Newblood by Morand Racing	Template:Flagicon Gary Hirsch Template:Flagicon Romain Brandela	Morgan LMP2-Judd	LMP2	352	10th	6th

American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2008	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L V12 (Diesel)	SEB	STP	LNB	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS	DET	PET Template:Small	MON	17th	26
2009	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	SEB Template:Small	STP	LNB	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS	PET	MON		25th	20

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2009	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	CAT	SPA Template:Small	ALG	NÜR	SIL	19th	11
2011	Aston Martin Racing	LMP1	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	CAS	SPA	IMO	SIL1 Template:Small	EST	NC	0
2013	Morand Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN Template:Small	LEC Template:Small	11th	28
2014	Newblood by Morand Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SIL Template:Small	IMO Template:Small	RBR Template:Small	LEC Template:Small	EST Template:Small	3rd	68

¹ Driver run for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, no points awarded for the Le Mans Series.

Complete V8 Supercar results

Year	Team	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	31	Pos	Points
2011	Rod Nash Racing	YMC R1	YMC R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	PHI Q	PHI R19	BAT R20	SUR R21 Template:Small	SUR R22 Template:Small	SYM R23	SYM R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	SYD R27	SYD R28			77th	60
2012	Walkinshaw Racing	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	PHI R10 Template:Small	PHI R11 Template:Small	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14 Template:Small	TOW R15 Template:Small	QLD R16	QLD R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	SAN Q Template:Small	SAN R20 Template:Small	BAT R21 Template:Small	SUR R22	SUR R23	YMC R24	YMC R25	YMC R26	WIN R27	WIN R28	SYD R29	SYD R30	51st	168

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2012	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Template:Flagicon Russell Ingall	9th	161

Complete International Superstars Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2012	Swiss Team	Maserati Quattroporte	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	DON 1	DON 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	HUN 1 Template:Small	HUN 2 Template:Small	SPA 1	SPA 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	PER 1	PER 2	17th	32
2013	Scuderia Giudici	BMW M3 (E92)	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	BRN 1 Template:Small	BRN 2 Template:Small	SVK 1	SVK 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	ALG 1	ALG 2	DON 1	DON 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	24th	8

Complete Auto GP 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	Pos	Points
2013	Zele Racing	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	MUG 1 Template:Small	MUG 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	DON 1	DON 2	BRN 1	BRN 2	18th	6

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2015	Team ByKolles	LMP1	CLM P1/01	AER P60 Turbo V6	SIL Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	LMS	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	34th	0

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2015	Lexus Team SARD	Lexus RC F	GT500	OKA	FUJ	CHA	FUJ	SUZ Template:Small	SUG	AUT	MOT	NC	0

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2018	Emil Frey Lexus Racing	Lexus RC F GT3	Pro	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	MIS 1 Template:Small	MIS 2 Template:Small	HUN 1 Template:Small	HUN 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	13th	15.5
2022	JP Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	Pro-Am	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	MAG 1 Template:Small	MAG 2 Template:Small	ZAN 1 Template:Small	ZAN 2 Template:Small	MIS 1	MIS 2	VAL 1 Template:Small	VAL 2 Template:Small	2nd	99.5
2023	JP Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	Pro	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	MIS 1 Template:Small	MIS 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	VAL 1 Template:Small	VAL 2 Template:Small	ZAN 1 Template:Small	ZAN 2 Template:Small	NC	0

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2021	JP Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	RBR 1	RBR 2	ASS 1 Template:Small	ASS 2 Template:Small	HOC 1	HOC 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NC†	0†

^† As Klien was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

See also

• List of Austrians in sports
• Famous Austrians

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

External links

• Christian Klien Official website
• Christian Klien Unofficial Forum
• Christian Klien profile and statistics
• Christian Klien statistics
• Template:DriverDB driver