Christophe Hurni
Nationality  Swiss
Born (1962-12-01) 1 December 1962
GP3 Series career
Debut season2011
Current teamJenzer Motorsport
Car number9
Starts2
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish36th in 2011

Christophe Hurni (born 1 December 1962, Switzerland) is a Swiss racing driver.[1]

Biography

Hurni started racing at 21, competing in the Volant Elf talent search at Circuit Paul Ricard in 1983 and making the finals alongside Jean Alesi and eventual winner Éric Bernard. After a short stint in karting he moved into Formula 3, contesting mainly the Swiss championship but also various events across Europe (most notably in Monaco). Hurni then bounced around Renault Clio Cup Switzerland, Formula 3000 and Porsche Carrera Cup throughout the 1990s before stepping away from driving to focus on running his Sports Promotion team.[2]

Hurni returned to racing in 2003, entering the Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 series for the best part of a decade before gaining notoriety competing in the final round of the 2011 GP3 Series at Monza aged 48, making him the oldest driver to have ever raced in a (Formula One-sanctioned) GP2/GP3 race weekend.[3] The following year he entered a previous-generation Formula Renault 3.5 car into BOSS GP, before turning back to Formula Renault 2.0 in the form of V de V Challenge Monoplace.

In 2017, Hurni switched to GT racing and contested the European Ferrari Challenge. Contesting the amateur Coppa Shell championship, he finished third in 2017 before winning the 2018 championship and Ferrari World Finals.[4]

Career results

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1987 FIA European Formula 3 Cup Ecurie des 3 Chevrons 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 20th
1989 FIA European Formula 3 Cup Christophe Hurni 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1990 Swiss Formula 3 Championship ? ? ? ? ? 98 4th
2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland 5 0 0 0 0 37 11th
2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland Sports Promotion 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship Ecurie des 3 Chevrons 2 0 0 0 0 20 13th
Sports Promotion 2 0 0 0 0
2011 GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 36th
2012 BOSS GP Series 2 0 0 0 1 12 14th
2013 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion 6 0 0 0 1 150 16th
2014 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion 6 0 0 0 0 146 21st
2015 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion 14 0 0 0 0 277 8th
2016 V de V Challenge Monoplace Sports Promotion 21 0 0 0 0 437 9th
2017 Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell Team Zenith Sion – Lausanne 14 0 0 0 2 102 3rd
Finali Mondiali - Copp Shell 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
2018 Ferrari Challenge Europe - Coppa Shell Pro-Am Team Zenith Sion – Lausanne 14 4 2 5 8 173.5 1st
Finali Mondiali - Coppa Shell Pro-Am 1 1 1 0 1 N/A 1st
2020 Ultimate Cup Series Challenge Monoplace - F3R Sports Promotion 9 0 ? ? 3 133 7th
2021 24H TCE Series - TCR Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2023 Ultimate Cup Series Challenge Monoplace - F3R Sports-Promotion 6 0 0 0 0 71 12th
TTE Formula Renault Cup Sport Promotion 2 0 0 0 0 190 17th

Complete GP3 Series 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 DC Points
2011 Jenzer Motorsport IST
FEA		 IST
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 VAL
FEA		 VAL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 NÜR
FEA		 NÜR
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 MNZ
FEA
16		 MNZ
SPR
20		 36th 0

References

  1. ↑ "Ferrari Challenge Driver – Christophe Hurni". Ferrari N.V. 20 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Christophe Hurni – Sports-Promotion". Sports-Promotion.ch. 31 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Allen, Peter (2011-09-08). "Jenzer Field 48-Year-Old Driver In GP3 Season Finale - GP3". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  4. ↑ "Christophe Hurni – Swiss Automobile Club". Automobile Club de Suisse. 31 December 2018.
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