Christian Murchison (born 1 November 1980) is a racing driver from Singapore.
Biography In 2003, Murchison finished tenth 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 fifth 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 eighth on the Beijing Street Circuit.
Murchison has also dabbled in V8 Supercars endurance events. In 2000, he drove for Perkins Engineering, and again in 2007 with Brad Jones Racing. He has three V8 starts to his name, with the fourth - the 2007 Bathurst 1000 - cut short due to a severe accident for co-driver Damien White in Friday practice.
Murchison was born in Singapore in 1980, but moved with his family to Perth, Australia, in 1991, where he began his motor-racing career. Murchison remains based in Western Australia, running a company specialising in RV fittings.
Though required by law, Murchison has never discharged his national service liability.
Career results Summary Season Series Position Car Team 1997 West Australian Formula Ford Championship 2nd Van Diemen RF95 - Ford Fastlane Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship 18th 1998 West Australian Formula Ford Championship 1st Van Diemen RF98 - Ford Fastlane Racing Australian Formula Ford Championship 5th 1999 Australian Formula Ford Championship 5th Van Diemen RF98 - Ford Christian Murchison 2000 Australian Drivers' Championship 2nd Reynard 95D Holden NRC 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 SingaporeNEDSPRNEDFEACZESPRCZEFEACHNSPRCHNFEAMYSSPRMYSFEAIDNSPRIDNFEANZLSPRNZLFEAAUSSPRAUSFEARSASPRRSAFEAMEXSPRMEXFEACHNSPRCHNFEAGBRSPRGBRSPR20th3
Complete 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 SAN BAT NC 0 2007 Brad Jones Racing ADL PER PUK WIN ECK HDV QLD OPK SAN BAT SUR BAH SYM PHI NC 0
Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2000 Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VT Luke Youlden DNF 128 2007 Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BF Damien White DNS 0
References
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