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🇩🇰 Christian Lundgaard

Racing driver from Denmark. IndyCar.
Driver facts
Full name
Christian Lundgaard
Born
23 July 2001(b. 2001)
Nationality
Denmark
Current team
Series
IndyCar
Status
Active
Career wins
10
Career podiums
36
Career starts
169
Career DNFs
6
Racer Rating
6,853
Christian Lundgaard
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,853
Rank 24 of 38,983 indexed, +256 this season
FIA Categorisation
Gold
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Christian Lundgaard is a racing driver from Denmark who competes in IndyCar. Lundgaard has recorded 10 wins and 36 podiums from 169 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,853 ranks Lundgaard 24th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-08-09Grand Prix of PortlandIndyCarP9−1
2026-07-20Grand Prix of NashvilleIndyCarP16−93
2026-07-05Grand Prix of Mid-OhioIndyCarP2+87
2026-06-21Grand Prix of Road AmericaIndyCarP1+106
2026-06-08Grand Prix of IllinoisIndyCarP10−8
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+152Grand Prix of Indianapolis (Road Course) Race 2 2022IndyCarP2
+134Grand Prix of Toronto 2023IndyCarP1
+124Spielberg 2020Formula 2P1
+124Budapest 2019Formula 3P1
+121Monza 2021Formula 2P3
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio5 starts+35
Grand Prix of Alabama5 starts+34
Monza9 starts+33
Grand Prix of Toronto4 starts+25
Struggles
Grand Prix of Iowa Race 14 starts-41
Yas Island5 starts-36
Grand Prix of Nashville5 starts-35
Monaco5 starts-31
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸IndyCar1325000P3+2566,853
2025▸IndyCar1706000P3+3276,597
2024▸IndyCar1801000P14−2156,269
2023▸IndyCar1711000P8+5276,485
2022▸IndyCar1701000P14+2925,957
2021▸Formula 2ART Grand Prix2303310P11−3345,665
▸IndyCar100000P26+48
2020▸Formula 2ART Grand Prix2426210P7+455,591
2019▸Formula 3ART Grand Prix1612120P7+2836,179
▸Formula 2Trident200000P21↑214−119
▸Formula 3 MacauART Grand Prix201000—+151
2018▸Formula Renault EurocupMP Motorsport17410030P2+3,9755,325
▸GP3 SeriesMP Motorsport200000P20↑51−117
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Lundgaard finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇳🇿 Marcus ArmstrongFIA Gold6,005125774862%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum7,65983166719%
🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlinFIA Platinum6,60483374645%
🇯🇵 Felix RosenqvistFIA Gold6,54183463755%
🇺🇸 Josef NewgardenFIA Platinum6,47883424151%
🇺🇸 Graham RahalFIA Gold5,72783552866%
🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold7,02482325039%
🇳🇿 Scott DixonFIA Platinum6,37782334940%
🇳🇱 Rinus VeeKayFIA Gold6,32982493360%
🇺🇸 Will PowerFIA Platinum6,27782354743%
🇦🇺 Oscar PiastriFIA Platinum, 1× champion8,45739221756%
🇳🇿 Liam LawsonFIA Platinum7,30041202149%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
14🇲🇽 Pato O'WardIndyCar7,024
15🇫🇷 Pierre GaslyFormula 17,018
16🇪🇸 Carlos SainzFormula 17,004
17🇩🇪 Pascal WehrleinFormula E6,967
18🇬🇧 Oliver RowlandFormula E6,962
19🇳🇿 Mitch EvansFormula E6,954
20🇧🇷 Gabriel BortoletoFormula 16,948
21🇦🇷 Juan FangioFormula 16,889
22🇩🇪 Sebastian VettelFormula 16,884
23🇬🇧 Arvid LindbladFormula 16,870
24🇩🇰 Christian LundgaardIndyCar6,853
25🇺🇸 Ty GibbsNASCAR Cup Series6,832
26🇺🇸 Chase BriscoeNASCAR Cup Series6,831
27🇫🇷 Esteban OconFormula 16,820
28🇯🇵 Yuki TsunodaFormula 16,817
29🇲🇽 Sergio PérezFormula 16,808
30🇫🇷 Alain ProstFormula 16,802
31🇬🇧 Oliver BearmanFormula 16,792
32🇺🇸 Kyle KirkwoodIndyCar6,771
33🇦🇺 Daniel RicciardoFormula 16,735
34🇺🇸 David MalukasIndyCar6,715
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Christian Lundgaard is an elite professional IndyCar driver racing the No. 7 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren. Rated 6,866, he sits at the established-professional level in single-seater racing and holds FIA Gold grading in endurance competition. His career spans nine seasons from 2018 to 2026, beginning in Formula Renault Eurocup and progressing through Formula 3 and Formula 2 before moving to IndyCar in 2021, where he has concentrated his racing since.[1]

In IndyCar, Lundgaard has started 83 races across the 2021–2026 seasons with 3 wins and 14 podiums. The bulk of his racing falls on road and street courses; he has started on ovals 32 times. His earlier single-seater path yielded 10 wins and 36 podiums across 86 starts in the junior formulae; he won 4 races in Formula Renault Eurocup for MP Motorsport, 2 in Formula 2 and 1 in Formula 3, both for ART Grand Prix. In his current 2026 IndyCar season, still in progress with 13 rounds completed, he holds third place in the championship standings after taking 2 wins and 5 podiums to date.[2]

Lundgaard races regularly against Marcus Armstrong, an established Gold-graded professional and 2017 Italian F4 champion, and typically runs closely matched with him. Against Álex Palou, a four-time IndyCar champion and Platinum-graded elite professional, Lundgaard usually finishes behind him across their head-to-head encounters. He has on occasion finished ahead of Oscar Piastri, a generational-level Formula 1 driver and 2021 Formula 2 champion, and has beaten Palou 16 times despite their gaps in overall record. These results sit in a field of established professionals; Lundgaard's standing as a front-running competitor in IndyCar's title fight reflects his rating among the top tier of active single-seater drivers.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
INDYCAR Race Results: August 16, 2026 (Markham)[1]
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16 Aug 2026
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16 Aug 2026
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Christian Lundgaard Atop Speed Chart as Markham Race Nears[3]
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16 Aug 2026
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