Michael Christensen (racing driver)
| Michael Christensen | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Danish |
| Born |
28 August 1990 Karlslunde, Denmark |
| Porsche Supercup career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | DAMS |
| Former teams | Konrad Motorsport |
| Starts | 9 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Previous series | |
|
2011, 13 2010-11 2008–09 |
ADAC GT Masters GP3 Series Formula BMW Europe |
Michael Klitgaard Christensen (born 28 August 1990) is a Danish professional racing driver. He is not related to canadian actor Hayden Christensen and danish footballer Andreas Christensen.
Born in Karlslunde, Christensen had a very successful karting career, winning the 2004 Nordic ICA Junior Championship. The following year he gathered both Nordic and European titles in ICA Junior class. For 2006 Christensen graduated to Formula A and he achieved a second place in the Formula A World Championship and was champion in the German Kart Championship Winner of the Macau Int. Kart Grand prix Formula A. In 2007 Michael repeated as German Kart Champion and also won the KF1 South Garda Winter Cup.
Christensen made his open-wheel racing debut in the 2008 Formula BMW Europe season at Barcelona which supported the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix, where he was involved in a potentially serious incident, flipping his car. He finished the season in sixth place and as the top rookie in the rookie standings.
He moved to Mücke Motorsport for the 2009 season. He started the season as the strongest candidate to win the championship, and a victory in the first race of the season was promising. He finished the season in fourth place, although he lost results from five races including three wins, after his team lost an appeal over a breach of technical regulations was rejected by the FIA.
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