Chris van der Drift is a racing driver from Australia who competes in Asian Le Mans Series for Absolute Racing. van der Drift has recorded 2 wins and 7 podiums from 39 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,612 ranks van der Drift 752th of 13,563 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
Chris van der Drift is an Australian racing driver who has competed across multiple racing series since 2006. The driver began career competition in Formula Renault Eurocup during 2006, posting two wins and five podium finishes across thirteen starts with JD Motorsport. Van der Drift subsequently moved to Formula V8 3.5, where he competed for Mofaz Racing between 2009 and 2011 across twenty-one starts; this period yielded two podium finishes without victory. Most recent racing activity came in 2025 with Absolute Racing in the Asian Le Mans Series, accumulating five starts without podium results.[1]
Across his racing career, van der Drift has achieved thirty-nine total starts with two wins and seven podiums. The driver's highest level of single-seater competition occurred in Formula V8 3.5, where a final season in 2011 saw one podium finish across seven rounds, culminating in an eighth-place championship position. Van der Drift holds a Racer Rating of 3,103, which places him at rank 1219 among currently active drivers on the Elo-style rating scale. No championships have been secured across the various series contested.[2]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Asian Le Mans Series | Absolute Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P123 | −225 | 3,612 |
| 2011 | Formula V8 3.5 | Mofaz Racing | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +298 | 3,837 |
| 2009 | Formula V8 3.5 | Epsilon Euskadi | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +7 | 3,539 |
| 2006 | Formula Renault Eurocup | JD Motorsport | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P2 | +732 | 3,532 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇪 Bertrand Baguette | 6,434 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 35% |
| 🇳🇿 Brendon Hartley | 4,178 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 76% |
| 🇪🇪 Sten Pentus | 2,745 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 80% |
| 🏳️ Jaime Alguersuari | 3,965 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Daniil Move | 2,448 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 42% |
| 🏳️ Walter Grubmüller | 2,922 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 88% |
| 🇫🇷 Tom Dillmann | 5,311 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 38% |
| 🇲🇾 Fairuz Fauzy | 2,780 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43% |
| 🏳️ Anton Nebylitskiy | 2,117 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 86% |
| 🏳️ Dani Clos | 3,776 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% |