Christopher James Buncombe (born 5 May 1978 in Taunton, Somerset, England) is a British former racing driver who made his last appearance in the 2020 British GT Championship. He joined Aston Martin Racing at the end of the 2009 season when he drove in the Le Mans Series scoring a podium finish on his debut with the team at Nürburgring driving the 008 Aston Martin LMP1 car. Buncombe won the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class driving for Binnie Motorsports in their Lola B05/40-Zytek.
Career Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1995 Formula Vauxhall Junior Young Driver Scholarship ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st 1996 British Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2000Spa 24 HoursRJN Motorsport10000N/ADNF2001Formula Renault 2.0 UK ChampionshipAztec International13000012310th 2002European Touring Car ChampionshipRJN Motorsport200000NC2004FIA GT Championship - GTJMB Racing40000149th2005FIA GT Championship - GT2JMB Racing10001622nd2006Spa 24 HoursTeam RST10000N/ADNF2007Le Mans Series - LMP2Binnie Motorsports50001176th24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP211001N/A 1st2008–09Speedcar SeriesTeam Lavaggi / Team West-Tec40000214th2009Le Mans Series - LMP1Aston Martin Racing20001614th2011Le Mans Series - LMGTEJota Sport AMR1000029th24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE ProJota Sport10000N/ADNF2013Spa 24 HoursNissan GT Academy Team RJN10000N/ADNF2018Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am CupStrakka Racing7212492 1st2019Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am CupTempesta Racing41002615th2020British GT ChampionshipRJN Motorsport100000NC
Family History Chris grew up from a motorsport family. His grandfather, John Buncombe, competed during the 1950s & 1960s. His father, Jonathan Buncombe raced for over 20 years for multiple manufacturers including Ford, GM and early racing career in Minis.
Chris' brother, Alex is a Factory Nissan Nismo driver and the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series Champion, he has represented Nissan in multiple race series including GT3, GT4, Australian V8 Supercars, Nürburgring 24 Hours, Petit Le Mans and the Le Mans 24 Hours in LMP1.
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Ref Binnie Motorsports William Binnie Allen Timpany Lola B05/42-Zytek LMP2 318 18th 1st Jota Simon Dolan Sam Hancock Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 GTEPro 74 DNF DNF
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External links Official Website