Michael Christensen (racing driver)

Michael Christensen
Nationality	Danish
Born	August 28, 1990 (1990-08-28) (age 21) Karlslunde (Denmark)
2011 GP3 Series
Debut season	2010
Current team	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Car no.	30
Starts	32
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Previous series
2008–09	Formula BMW Europe

Michael Klitgaard Christensen (born August 28, 1990 in Karlslunde, Denmark) is a professional Danish racecar driver.

Career

Karting

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. In 2007 Michael repeated as German Kart Champion and also won the KF1 South Garda Winter Cup.

Formula BMW

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.^[1] 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^[2] was rejected by the FIA.^[3]

GP3 Series

In 2010, Christensen became the first driver to join MW Arden for the 2010 GP3 Series season.^[4]

Personal life

Christensen's hobbies are improving on personal fitness, and training,^[5] while his favourite driver is Michael Schumacher,^[5] and his favourite circuit is the Valencia Street Circuit,^[5] where he won twice on the road in 2009.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Car No.	Races	Poles	Wins	FLaps	Points	Position
2008	Formula BMW Europe	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	3	15	0	0	1	158	6th
2009	Formula BMW Europe	Mücke Motorsport	15	16	3	4	4	233	4th

Complete Formula BMW results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Pts
2008	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	BAR 1 Ret	BAR 2 6	ZOL 1 DNS	ZOL 2 20	SIL 1 2	SIL 2 8	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 26	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 5	VAL 1 9	VAL 2 8	SPA 1 7	SPA 2 10	MNZ 1 6	MNZ 2 6	6th	158
2009	Mücke Motorsport	BAR 1 1	BAR 2 2	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 5	SIL 1 4	SIL 2 1	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 2	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 DSQ	VAL 1 DSQ	VAL 2 DSQ	SPA 1 DSQ	SPA 2 DSQ	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 4	4th	233

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
2010	MW Arden	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 16	TUR FEA 13	TUR SPR 11	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 14	GBR FEA Ret	GBR SPR 15	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 10	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR Ret	BEL FEA 10	BEL SPR 23	ITA FEA 15	ITA SPR 10	31st	0
2011	RSC Mücke Motorsport	TUR FEA 7	TUR SPR 2	ESP FEA 18	ESP SPR 12	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR Ret	GBR FEA Ret	GBR SPR 13	GER FEA 26†	GER SPR 12	HUN FEA 2	HUN SPR 13	BEL FEA 15	BEL SPR 4	ITA FEA 12	ITA SPR 11	11th	19

* Season in Progress

References

1. ^ Video from the accident
2. ^ "Mücke Motorsport suspended from Formula BMW Europe races.". bmw-motorsport.com (Formula BMW). 2009-08-20. http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/races/fbmw/news/current/2009_08/2009_08_20.html. Retrieved 2009-09-02. 
3. ^ "FIA International Court of Appeal ruling confirms judicial decisions.". bmw-motorsport.com (Formula BMW). 2009-11-17. http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/races/fbmw/news/current/2009_11/2009_11_17.html. Retrieved 2009-11-17. 
4. ^ Beer, Matt (2010-01-08). "MW Arden signs first GP3 driver". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80773. Retrieved 2010-01-08. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} "Formula BMW Europe. 2009 Championship Guide.". bmw-motorsport.com. http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/de/races/fbmw/background/pdf/Formula_BMW_2009_Europe_ComM_Championship_Guide.pdf?lity=tn_ms_ep_6_2_R. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 

External links

• Official website
• Michael Christensen career statistics at Driver Database

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Name	Christensen, Michael
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Date of birth	August 28, 1990
Place of birth	Karlslunde (Denmark)
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