{"id":28982,"date":"2020-12-05T19:44:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T19:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T19:58:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:58:54","slug":"christian-klien","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Klien"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"_o9t2098\" title=\"_o9t2098\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098-200x200.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098-165x165.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098-82x82.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098-185x185.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098-123x123.jpg 123w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098-100x100.jpg 100w\"  \/>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"28982\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>You cannot fault Christian Klien\u2019s tenacity and determination to remain in Formula 1. When long-term sponsor Red Bull dropped him from its line-up for 2007, he refused its backing in another series to stay true to his Grand Prix ambitions. However, a once promising racing career has now given way to occasional appearances sports cars and GTs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early racing career<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This Austrian graduated from karts to the German Formula BMW series in 1999 and he showed progress during three seasons in the category \u2013 eventually finishing third in 2001. He backed that up by winning the 2002 German Formula Renault Championship for JD Motorsport before joining M\u00fccke Motorsport for an impressive campaign in the Formula 3 Euroseries.<\/p>\n<p>Victory in the 2003 Marlboro Masters at Zandvoort put Klien\u2019s name on the radar and his three race victories were rewarded with second in the championship behind Ryan Briscoe. But his next promotion was still a surprise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Formula 1 with Jaguar and Red Bull<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Klien signed for Jaguar Racing for the 2004 F1 season but the jump proved difficult. However, a sixth place finish at Spa-Francorchamps helped earn a second season with the team \u2013 now bought and rebranded as Red Bull Racing for 2005. He shared the second seat with new Formula 3000 champion (and latest Red Bull flavour of the month) Tonio Liuzzi.<\/p>\n<p>It is to Klien\u2019s credit that he outperformed the Italian by scoring points in the first three races he started. He finished a career-best fifth in the Chinese GP and was classified 15th in the world championship. David Coulthard\u2019s permanent team-mate for 2006, the year turned sour when Mark Webber was announced for the following season. Klien was offered a sponsored ride in Champ Cars for 2007 but declined in an attempt to remain in F1.<\/p>\n<p>He was immediately dropped from Red Bull\u2019s roster of drivers and he spent time as a reserve or test driver for Honda, Spyker (almost replacing Christijan Albers in the race team from the 2007 Hungarian GP), Force India and BMW Sauber as he tried to return to the F1 grid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sports car success and Formula 1 return<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Race outings during that time were confined to Peugeot\u2019s sports car team. He finished third in the 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours and won at Spa-Francorchamps a year later. Klien then returned to F1 when driving the uncompetitive HRT F110-Cosworth in three GPs late in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>He joined Aston Martin Racing for the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours but both of the team\u2019s cars retired before Klien had the chance to drive in the race. A one-off in the Superstars touring car series in 2012 resulted in Klien\u2019s Maserati winning the second race at the Hungaroring after Camilo Zurcher was penalised. He also raced for Walkinshaw Racing in Australia\u2019s V8 Supercar endurance races that year \u2013 finishing ninth at Bathurst with a Holden Commodore alongside Russell Ingall.<\/p>\n<p>He joined Morand Racing for the 2014 European Le Mans Series and his Morgan LMP2-Judd won at Paul Ricard and finished 10th overall in the 24-hours itself. He drove a GT-Pro Emil Frey Racing Jaguar in the Blancpain GT championships during 2016 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The team switched marques for 2018 with Klien sharing a Lexus RC F GT3 with Marco Seefried and Albert Costa. Victory in the Paul Ricard Blancpain Endurance race proved the highlight as they finished ninth overall. Klien also works as an F1 expert commentator on Austrian television.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding-bottom database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"championship-seasons\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-seasons-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"non-championship-races\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Non Championship Races\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-races-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--no-padding database-table-collapsible toggle open\" id=\"teams\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        \n<header class=\"content-header content-header--alt\">\n\n    <h2 class=\"content-header__small-title sanomat u-bold \">\n                Teams\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"content-header__dropdown database-table-collapsible__toggles proxima\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Show<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"database-table-collapsible__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Hide<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header><div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-teams-table\" data-driver-id=\"\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n                            <section class=\"c-broadcast-space content-section block_5fc172d85c387_leaderboardtop div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <div class=\"container container--full-mobile\">\n                <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-1\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n    \n\n    <section\n        class=\"c-latest-products latest-products content-section\"\n        data-behaviour=\"tag-automation\"\n        data-automation-type=\"related-products\"\n        data-tags=\"[&quot;Christian Klien&quot;]\"\n        data-current-post=\"28982\"><\/section>\n\n\n        <section class=\"c-article-listing article-listing content-section\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <header class=\"content-header\">\n    <div class=\"content-header__intro user-content\">\n        <h1 class=\"content-header__title sanomat\">Related articles<\/h1>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"content-header__button\">\n            <a class=\"button button--outline button--full\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\">\n                View all\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"content-section__inner-content container\">\n            <div class=\"article-grid article-grid--no-ads\">\n                <div class=\"article-grid__wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"article-grid__nested-grid\">\n                        <div class=\"article-grid__column\">\n                                                            \n\t\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/2026-aston-martin-f1-car-launch-how-to-watch-amr26-reveal\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"2026 Aston Martin F1 car launch: Newey&#8217;s AMR26 revealed\" title=\"2026 Aston Martin F1 car launch: Newey&#8217;s AMR26 revealed\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-Aston-Martin-F1-car-livery-reveal-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-Aston-Martin-F1-car-livery-reveal-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-Aston-Martin-F1-car-livery-reveal-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-Aston-Martin-F1-car-livery-reveal-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-Aston-Martin-F1-car-livery-reveal-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-Aston-Martin-F1-car-livery-reveal-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-Aston-Martin-F1-car-livery-reveal-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-Aston-Martin-F1-car-livery-reveal-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-Aston-Martin-F1-car-livery-reveal-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-Aston-Martin-F1-car-livery-reveal-200x113.jpg 200w\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>F1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2026 Aston Martin F1 car launch: Newey&#8217;s AMR26 revealed\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Aston Martin has revealed its 2026 Formula 1 car, the first designed by Adrian Newey<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-02-09\">9th February 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPablo Elizalde<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>\n                                                                                            \n\t\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/why-mclarens-2025-f1-success-guarantees-nothing-in-2026\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"Why McLaren&#8217;s 2025 F1 success guarantees nothing in 2026\" title=\"Why McLaren&#8217;s 2025 F1 success guarantees nothing in 2026\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1_9312-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1_9312-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1_9312-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1_9312-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1_9312-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1_9312-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1_9312-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1_9312-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1_9312-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1_9312-200x113.jpg 200w\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>F1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy McLaren&#8217;s 2025 F1 success guarantees nothing in 2026\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>McLaren faces a rules reset that renders its 2025 dominance meaningless &#8211; and a potential works team disadvantage it will have to overcome<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-02-09\">9th February 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPablo Elizalde<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>\n                                                                                            \n\t\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/neweys-first-aston-martin-the-f1-car-that-must-justify-everything\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"219\" width=\"450\" alt=\"Newey&#8217;s first Aston Martin: The F1 car that must justify everything\" title=\"Newey&#8217;s first Aston Martin: The F1 car that must justify everything\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/476db392-031b-39bd-49bc-d1ed6c4e0e18-450x219.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/476db392-031b-39bd-49bc-d1ed6c4e0e18-450x219.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/476db392-031b-39bd-49bc-d1ed6c4e0e18-300x146.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/476db392-031b-39bd-49bc-d1ed6c4e0e18-400x194.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/476db392-031b-39bd-49bc-d1ed6c4e0e18-330x160.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/476db392-031b-39bd-49bc-d1ed6c4e0e18-165x80.jpeg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/476db392-031b-39bd-49bc-d1ed6c4e0e18-82x40.jpeg 82w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/476db392-031b-39bd-49bc-d1ed6c4e0e18-345x168.jpeg 345w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/476db392-031b-39bd-49bc-d1ed6c4e0e18-172x84.jpeg 172w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/476db392-031b-39bd-49bc-d1ed6c4e0e18-200x97.jpeg 200w\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>F1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNewey&#8217;s first Aston Martin: The F1 car that must justify everything\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Adrian Newey&#8217;s first Aston Martin arrives with the designer juggling dual responsibilities, a works Honda engine and the expectation to fight for wins<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-02-09\">9th February 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPablo Elizalde<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>\n                                                                                            \n\t\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/does-cadillac-stand-a-chance-of-escaping-the-bottom-in-f1-2026\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"Does Cadillac stand a chance of escaping the bottom in F1 2026?\" title=\"Does Cadillac stand a chance of escaping the bottom in F1 2026?\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CadillacF1Team_2744_HiRes-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CadillacF1Team_2744_HiRes-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CadillacF1Team_2744_HiRes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CadillacF1Team_2744_HiRes-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CadillacF1Team_2744_HiRes-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CadillacF1Team_2744_HiRes-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CadillacF1Team_2744_HiRes-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CadillacF1Team_2744_HiRes-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CadillacF1Team_2744_HiRes-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CadillacF1Team_2744_HiRes-200x112.jpg 200w\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>F1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDoes Cadillac stand a chance of escaping the bottom in F1 2026?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Cadillac built a 500-person Formula 1 team in less than a year and got a car to Barcelona, but the test confirmed what history suggests: the hard part is what comes next<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-02-08\">8th February 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPablo Elizalde<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"article-grid__column\">\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section\n        class=\"c-article-listing article-listing content-section\"\n        data-behaviour=\"tag-automation\"\n        data-automation-type=\"related-issue-articles\"\n        data-tags=\"[&quot;Christian Klien&quot;]\"\n        data-current-post=\"28982\"\n        data-count-override=\"8\"><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"c-database-cats database-cats content-section\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"database-cats__content\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/series.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">3,479<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Championships<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/championships\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/results.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">20,060<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Results<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/races\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/drivers.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">26,012<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Drivers<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/drivers\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/team-driver-image.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">14,815<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Teams<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/teams\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"database-cat\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"database-cat__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/circuits.jpg\"\/>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__count\">929<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"database-cat__title\">Circuits<\/p>\n                        <a class=\"database-cat__view proxima\" href=\"\/database\/circuits\/\">View<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"author":849,"featured_media":51582,"menu_order":0,"template":"single-database.php","tags":[48799],"series":[56,60,82,24,101,147,164,183,191,244],"country":[751],"gender":[28],"class_list":["post-28982","driver","type-driver","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-christian-klien","series-auto-gp","series-blancpain-endurance","series-dtm","series-f1","series-f3-euroseries","series-international-le-mans-cup","series-lms","series-non-championship-f3","series-non-championship-sportscars","series-world-sportscars","country-austria","gender-male"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christian Klien \u2022 Career &amp; Character Info | Motorsport Database<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out about Auto GP driver, Christian Klien, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christian Klien \u2022 Career &amp; Character Info | Motorsport Database\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Find out about Auto GP driver, Christian Klien, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-07T19:58:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/\",\"name\":\"Christian Klien \u2022 Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-05T19:44:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-07T19:58:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"Find out about Auto GP driver, Christian Klien, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Drivers\/Riders\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Christian Klien\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\",\"name\":\"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Christian Klien \u2022 Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database","description":"Find out about Auto GP driver, Christian Klien, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Christian Klien \u2022 Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database","og_description":"Find out about Auto GP driver, Christian Klien, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/","og_site_name":"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine","article_modified_time":"2023-11-07T19:58:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/","name":"Christian Klien \u2022 Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-05T19:44:25+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-07T19:58:54+00:00","description":"Find out about Auto GP driver, Christian Klien, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/o9t2098.jpg","width":300,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/christian-klien\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Drivers\/Riders","item":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Christian Klien"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/","name":"Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/driver\/28982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/driver"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/driver"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/849"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/driver\/28982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94255,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/driver\/28982\/revisions\/94255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28982"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=28982"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=28982"},{"taxonomy":"gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gender?post=28982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}