Chris Buncombe
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| Born | Christopher James Buncombe 5 May 1979 Taunton, Somerset, England |
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| Participating years | 2007, 2011 |
| Teams | Binnie Motorsports Jota |
| Best finish | 18th (2007) |
| Class wins | 1 (2007) |
Christopher James Buncombe (born 5 May 1979 in Taunton, Somerset, England) is a British racing driver currently signed as an official factory driver for Aston Martin Racing in their Le Mans programme. He joined Aston Martin Racing at the end of the 2009 season when he drove in the Le Mans Series scoring a podium finish on his debut with the team at Nürburgring driving the 008 Aston Martin LMP1 car. Chris won the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class driving for Binnie Motorsports in their Lola B05/40-Zytek.
Chris Buncombe began his career in schoolboy motocross in the early '90's before moving across to the Super 1 British Karting Championship in 1993. Shortly after his 16th birthday, Chris won a national scholarship to race in the Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship. In 1997 & 1998 he raced in the British Formula Renault Championship before signing for the factory Nissan Motorsports Europe (NME) Team when he raced the Nissan Primera in the Benelux Championship during 1999 and the RJN Motorsport Nissan Primera in the 2000 Spa 24 Hours. In 2001 Chris joined reigning Formula Renault Champions, Manor Motorsport to again compete in British Formula Renault. He rejoined the RJN Motorsport Team in 2002 for select races in the FIA European Touring Car Championship.
He joined JMB Racing in 2004 driving their Ferrari 575M GT1 car in the FIA GT Championship. Teammates included Karl Wendlinger, Tarso Marques and Bert Longin. In 2005 Chris remained in the FIA GT Championship driving the Red Bull sponsored Maserati MC12 for JMB Racing, driving with Philipp Peter and Roman Rusinov. He raced in the 2007 Spa 24 Hours for Team SRT in their Corvette C5-R.
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