Born |
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands |
16 April 1979
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Dutch |
Active years | 2005–2007 |
Teams | Minardi, Midland, Spyker |
Entries | 46 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 4 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 2005 Australian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2007 British Grand Prix |
Christijan Albers | |
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Le Mans Series career | |
Debut season | 2009 |
Current team | Kolles |
Starts | 5 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Previous series | |
2008 2005–07 2001–04, 2008 2001–02, 2004 2000 1999 1998–99 1998–99 1997 |
American Le Mans Series Formula One DTM Formula One testing International Formula 3000 Belcar British F3 German F3 Formula Ford 1800 Benelux |
Championship titles | |
1999 1997 |
German F3 Formula Ford 1800 Benelux |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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Participating years | 2009–2010 |
Teams | Kolles |
Best finish | 9th (2009) |
Class wins | 0 |
Christijan Albers ( Christijan Albers ) (born 16 April 1979 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch professional racing driver. After success in the DTM he drove in Formula One from 2005 until the 2007 British Grand Prix, shortly after which he was dropped by the Spyker F1 team. In 2008, he returned to the DTM series as a driver for the Audi Futurecom TME team. Albers acted as Team Principal and CEO of the Caterham F1 Team from July to September 2014 after it was acquired by new team owners.
Christijan is the son of former rallycross ace and Porsche 911 Carrera campaigner André Albers, who won the 1979 Dutch International Rallycross Championship (GT Division). They are not related to their compatriot Marcel Albers, who was killed in a British Formula Three accident at Thruxton in 1992.
Christijan is married to Liselore Kooijman. Their wedding took place on 11 November 2006 in Amsterdam. He resides in Monaco.
Albers began kart racing at a young age, winning the Dutch National championship in 1997. That same year, he was crowned Formula Ford 1800 champion in both Netherlands and Belgium. He also participated in the Renault Megane Marlboro Masters series. In 1998, he moved up to the German Formula Three series, winning the championship in 1999 with six wins and ten poles.