- Christian Murchison
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Christian Murchison (born 1 November 1980, in Singapore) is a Singaporean race car driver.
In 2003, Murchison finished 10th in the Eurocup Formula Renault V6 Championship. In 2000 and 2001, he was the runner-up in the Australian Formula Holden Championship for two year consecutive years. He finished 5th in the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1999, and won the West Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1998. He was named "Rookie of the Year" in Formula Holden in 2000 and in Formula Ford in 1998. In six years of competitive kart racing from 1992-98, he won five West Australian state titles.
In 2006, Murchison was selected to drive for the newly formed A1 Team Singapore for the A1 Grand Prix of Nations 2006-7 season. He repaid the team's management by scoring the team's first points in Singapore's third A1 GP event by finishing 8th on the Beijing Street Circuit.
Murchison has also dabbled in V8 Supercars endurance events. In 2000, he drove for the Castrol Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore's, and again in 2007, this time for the Brad Jones' BOC Ford Falcon team. He has four V8 starts to his name.
Murchison was born in Singapore in 1980, but moved with his family to Perth, Australia, in 1991, where he began his motor-racing career. Though required by law, Murchison has never discharged his national service liability. Because of this, he has not visited Singapore for several years and is not able to enter the country without facing the possibility of arrest.
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Career results
Season Series Position Car Team 1997 West Australian Formula Ford Championship 2nd Van Diemen RF95 - Ford 1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship 18th Van Diemen RF95 - Ford 1998 West Australian Formula Ford Championship 1st Van Diemen RF98 - Ford 1998 Australian Formula Ford Championship 5th Van Diemen RF98 - Ford 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship 5th Van Diemen RF98 - Ford 2000 Australian Drivers' Championship 2nd Reynard 95D Holden Hocking Racing 2001 Australian Drivers' Championship 2nd Reynard 97D Holden Hocking Racing 2002 Australian Drivers' Championship 4th Reynard 97D Holden Hocking Racing 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup 10th Tatuus-Renault DAMS 2005 Australian Formula 4000 Championship 9th Reynard 97D Holden Hocking Racing 2006-07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations 20th Lola A1GP Zytek A1 Team Singapore Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2006–07 Singapore NED
SPR
RetNED
FEA
16CZE
SPR
POCZE
FEA
POCHN
SPR
16CHN
FEA
8MYS
SPR
15MYS
FEA
11IDN
SPRIDN
FEANZL
SPR
RetNZL
FEA
15AUS
SPR
12AUS
FEA
RetRSA
SPR
RetRSA
FEA
RetMEX
SPRMEX
FEACHN
SPRCHN
FEAGBR
SPRGBR
SPR20th 3 V8 Supercar results
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final Pos Points 2000 Perkins Engineering PHI PTH ADL ECR HDV CAN QLD WIN ORP CDP QLD
RetSAN BAT
RetNC 0 2007 Brad Jones Racing ADL PER PUK WIN ECK HDV QLD OPK SAN
RetBAT
DNSSUR BAH SYM PHI NC 0 External links
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- Singaporean Christians
- Singaporean racecar drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Formula Holden drivers
- Formula Renault V6 Eurocup drivers
- A1 Team Singapore drivers
- V8 Supercar drivers
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