Christian Danner
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Christian Josef Danner (born 4 April 1958) is a former racing driver from Germany.
CareerEdit
Formula Two and Formula 3000Edit
The son of car safety expert Max Danner, Danner started his motor racing career immediately after leaving school in 1977.<ref name="Christian Danner's CV">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After having raced in the Renault 5 cup Danner moved to the European Formula Two Championship for the Template:F2 season. During his years in Formula Two Danner was a constant frontrunner. He scored several podiums but failed to win a race. Danner also set the F2 lap record of the current configuration of the old Nürburgring. Danner moved to the Formula 3000 championship in 1985 which replaced the Formula Two championship. With four wins Danner became the inaugural Formula 3000 championship winner.
Formula OneEdit
In Template:F1 Danner made his Formula One debut with Zakspeed. He made two starts but failed to finish any races due to mechanical failures. For Template:F1 he signed with minor Italian outfit Osella but struggled to make an impression with the car and its under powered Alfa Romeo engine. After failing to finish a race in the first six races, Danner moved to Arrows with their powerful BMW turbo engines and scored his first point at the Austrian Grand Prix.
Danner returned to Zakspeed in Template:F1. The car was both un-competitive and often unreliable and when Danner finished a race it was always outside the points. After having raced touring cars in 1988, Danner returned to Formula one in Template:F1 with Rial Racing. The car was highly uncompetitive and a fourth place due to a high attrition rate at the 1989 United States Grand Prix was the only highlight of the year. Danner was fired after the Portuguese Grand Prix after only qualifying for four races that year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Touring carsEdit
After his Formula one career Danner became a regular competitor in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft. He made his debut in 1988 after failing to find a ride in Formula one. Danner made an impressive start to his touring car career as he won both races at the Hockenheimring driving a BMW M3. After only making sporadic appearances in 1989 and 1990, Danner made a full-time return to the series in 1991. He had a disappointing season and only had one points scoring finish. In 1993 Danner had his best season. He scored six podium finishes and finished fifth in the points standings. He also won a race at the Non-Championship round in Donington Park. Danner returned to winning ways in 1995 when he won a race at the Norisring. Danner kept racing touring cars through 1997.
In 1991 he also started in one British Touring Car Championship race at Thruxton driving a BMW M3.
Other racingEdit
Danner competed in Japanese Formula 3000 in 1990 driving for Leyton House's F3000 team. He scored 4 points and was ranked 14th. In the nineties Danner made several appearances in the Indy Car World Series. His best finish was a seventh place at Homestead Miami in 1995. He also took part in the now defunct series, Grand Prix Masters.
Media careerEdit
After his racing career Danner became an F1 commentator for the channel RTL in his native Germany.<ref name="Christian Danner's CV" />
Motorsports career resultsEdit
Career summaryEdit
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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1980 | German Racing Championship | Cassani Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23rd |
1981 | European Formula Two | March Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18th |
24 Hours of Le Mans | Helmut Marko RSM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
1982 | European Formula Two | March Racing | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14th |
1983 | European Formula Two | Onyx Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5th |
Formula Pacific | Andrew Miedecke | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 7th | |
1984 | European Formula Two | BS Automotive | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 5th |
World Sportscar Championship | Richard Lloyd Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
1985 | International Formula 3000 | BS Automotive | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 1st |
Formula One | West Zakspeed Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
24 Hours of Le Mans | Kreepy Krauly Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 22nd | |
European Touring Car Championship | Magnum Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
1986 | Formula One | Osella Squadra Corse | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18th |
Barclay Arrows BMW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
24 Hours of Le Mans | Kouros Sauber Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
1987 | Formula One | West Zakspeed Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
European Touring Car Championship | Schnitzer Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
1988 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | Alpina | 22 | 2 | ? | 0 | 3 | 151 | 11th |
European Touring Car Championship | Prodrive | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
1989 | Formula One | Rial Racing | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21st |
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | Linder Rennsport | 6 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 46 | 21st | |
1990 | Japanese Formula 3000 | Leyton House Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15th |
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | Schnitzer Rennsport | 3 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
1991 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | MM-Diebels | 15 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21st |
British Touring Car Championship | Prodrive | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18th | |
1992 | PPG Indycar Series | Euromotorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39th |
1993 | PPG Indycar Series | Euromotorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31st |
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | Schübel Engineering | 22 | 0 | ? | 2 | 6 | 161 | 5th | |
FIA Touring Car Challenge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18th | ||
1994 | PPG Indycar Series | Project Indy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30th |
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | Schübel Engineering | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 9th | |
1995 | PPG Indycar Series | Project Indy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25th |
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | Schübel Engineering | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 9th | |
International Touring Car Championship | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13th | ||
1996 | International Touring Car Championship | TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 15th |
1997 | Super Tourenwagen Cup | JAS Engineering | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 29th |
PPG Indycar Series | Dale Coyne Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31st | |
2001 | Formula One | Jaguar Racing | Test driver | ||||||
2002 | V8Star Series | JAG Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 25th |
2004 | Mini Challenge Deutschland | O2 can Race Team | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 24th |
2005 | Grand Prix Masters | Team Unipart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th |
Italian Formula 3000 Championship | Durango | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23rd | |
2006 | Grand Prix Masters | Team LUK | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2nd |
Mini Challenge Deutschland | Team MINI Deutschland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
2007 | Formula One | Super Aguri | Test driver | ||||||
Mini Challenge Deutschland | Team MINI Deutschland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 27th | |
2008 | Speedcar Series | Phoenix Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th |
2017 | GT4 European Series Northern Cup | MOMO-Megatron Team Partrax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
GT4 European Series Southern Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
2018 | GT4 Central European Cup - Am | Team GT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 8th |
French GT4 Cup - Am | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
2019 | GT4 European Series - Am | Team GT | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 7th |
ADAC GT4 Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
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Complete European Formula Two Championship resultsEdit
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans resultsEdit
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip |
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Template:24hLM | Template:Flagicon Helmut Marko RSM | Template:Flagicon Peter Oberndofer Template:Flagicon Prince Leopold von Bayern |
BMW M1 | GT | 49 | DNF | DNF |
Template:24hLM | Template:Flagicon Kreepy Krauly Racing | Template:Flagicon Graham Duxbury Template:Flagicon Almo Coppelli |
March 85G-Porsche | C1 | 270 | 22nd | 17th |
Template:24hLM | Template:Flagicon Kouros Sauber Racing Team | Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo Template:Flagicon Dieter Quester |
Sauber C8-Mercedes | C1 | 86 | DNF | DNF |
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Complete International Formula 3000 resultsEdit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Template:Tooltip | Pts |
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1985 | BS Automotive | March 85B | Cosworth | SIL Template:Small |
THR Template:Small |
EST Template:Small |
NÜR Template:Small |
VLL Template:Small |
PAU Template:Small |
SPA Template:Small |
DIJ Template:Small |
PER Template:Small |
ÖST Template:Small |
ZAN Template:Small |
DON Template:Small |
1st | 51 |
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Complete Formula One World Championship resultsEdit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship resultsEdit
(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 | DC | Points |
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1990 | Leyton House Racing | SUZ Template:Small |
FUJ Template:Small |
MIN Template:Small |
SUZ Template:Small |
SUG Template:Small |
FUJ Template:Small |
FUJ Template:Small |
SUZ Template:Small |
FUJ Template:Small |
SUZ | 15th | 4 |
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Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft resultsEdit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete British Touring Car Championship resultsEdit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Pts |
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1991 | BMW Team Finance | BMW M3 | SIL | SNE | DON | THR Template:Small |
SIL | BRH | SIL | DON 1 |
DON 2 |
OUL | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
DON | THR | SIL | 18th | 8 |
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Complete International Touring Car Championship resultsEdit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup resultsEdit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Template:Tooltip | Pts |
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1997 | JAS Engineering | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | HOC 1 Template:Small |
HOC 2 Template:Small |
ZOL 1 Template:Small |
ZOL 2 Template:Small |
NÜR 1 Template:Small |
NÜR 2 Template:Small |
SAC 1 Template:Small |
SAC 2 Template:Small |
NOR 1 Template:Small |
NOR 2 Template:Small |
WUN 1 Template:Small |
WUN 2 Template:Small |
ZWE 1 Template:Small |
ZWE 2 Template:Small |
SAL 1 Template:Small |
SAL 2 Template:Small |
REG 1 Template:Small |
REG 2 Template:Small |
NÜR 1 Template:Small |
NÜR 2 Template:Small |
29th | 37 |
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American Open-Wheel racing resultsEdit
PPG Indycar SeriesEdit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref | |
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1992 | Euromotorsport | 50 | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY | DET Template:Small |
POR | MIL | NHA | TOR Template:Small |
MCH | CLE Template:Small |
ROA Template:Small |
VAN Template:Small |
MDO Template:Small |
NAZ Template:Small |
LAG Template:Small |
39th | 0 | citation | CitationClass=web
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1993 | Euromotorsport | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE Template:Small |
TOR | MCH | NHA | ROA Template:Small |
VAN | MDO | NAZ | LAG Template:Small |
31st | 2 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | ||
1994 | Project Indy | 64 | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET Template:Small |
POR | CLE |
TOR | MCH | MDO | NHA | VAN | ROA Template:Small |
NAZ | LAG | 30th | 2 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | |
1995 | Project Indy | MIA Template:Small |
SRF | PHX | LBH | NAZ | INDY | MIL | DET Template:Small |
POR | ROA | TOR | CLE | MCH | MDO | NHA | VAN | LAG | 25th | 6 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> | |
1997 | Payton/Coyne | 34 | MIA | SRF | LBH | NAZ | RIO | GAT | MIL | DET Template:Small |
POR Template:Small |
CLE | TOR | MCH | MDO | ROA | VAN Template:Small |
LAG | FON | 31st | 1 | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Complete Grand Prix Masters resultsEdit
(key) Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap.
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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2005 | Team Unipart | Delta Motorsport GPM | Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 | RSA Template:Small |
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2006 | Team LUK | Delta Motorsport GPM | Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 | QAT Template:Small |
ITA Template:Small |
GBR Template:Small |
MAL Template:Small |
RSA Template:Small |
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ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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