Christophe Hurni (born 1 December 1962, Switzerland) is a
Swiss
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racing driver
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Biography
Hurni started racing at 21, competing in the ''
Volant Elf'' talent search at
Circuit Paul Ricard
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in 1983 and making the finals alongside
Jean Alesi
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and eventual winner
Éric Bernard
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. After a short stint in karting he moved into
Formula 3
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, contesting mainly the Swiss championship but also various events across Europe (most notably in
Monaco
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). Hurni then bounced around Renault Clio Cup Switzerland, Formula 3000 and Porsche Carrera Cup throughout the 1990s before stepping away from driving to focus on running his ''Sports Promotion'' team.
Hurni returned to racing in 2003, entering the Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 series for the best part of a decade before gaining notoriety competing in the final round of the
2011 GP3 Series at Monza aged 48, making him the oldest driver to have ever raced in a (
Formula One
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-sanctioned)
GP2/
GP3 race weekend. The following year he entered a previous-generation
Formula Renault 3.5 car into BOSS GP, before turning back to Formula Renault 2.0 in the form of V de V Challenge Monoplace.
In 2017, Hurni switched to GT racing and contested the European
Ferrari Challenge
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. Contesting the amateur ''Coppa Shell'' championship, he finished third in 2017 before winning the 2018 championship and
Ferrari World Finals.
Career results
Summary
Complete GP3 Series results
(
key
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
*Profile a
Driver Database
1962 births
Swiss racing drivers
Swiss GP3 Series drivers
Living people
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24H Series drivers
Jenzer Motorsport drivers