Christian Lundgaard

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Christian Lundgaard
Christian lundgaard IndyCar 2021.jpg
Lundgaard in 2021
NationalityDenmark Danish
Born (2001-07-23) 23 July 2001 (age 20)
Hedensted, Denmark
Related toHenrik Lundgaard (father)
Daniel Lundgaard (brother)
Kasper Lundgaard (cousin)
Thomas Lundgaard (cousin)
IndyCar Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Team(s)No. 45 (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Best finish37th (2021)
First race2021 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix (Indianapolis)
Last race2022 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2019
Car number9
Former teamsTrident, ART Grand Prix
Starts39 (39 entries)
Wins2
Podiums9
Poles1
Fastest laps3
Best finish7th in 2020
Previous series
2019
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017		FIA Formula 3 Championship
GP3 Series
Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
SMP F4 Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
F4 Danish Championship
Championship titles
2017
2017		SMP F4 Championship
F4 Spanish Championship

Christian Lundgaard (born 23 July 2001) is a Danish racing driver who is driving the No. 30 Honda for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the IndyCar Series in 2022. He was a member of the Alpine Academy from 2017 until 2022.

Junior career[]

Karting[]

Lundgaard began karting professionally in 2012. He competed all across Europe and collected three major titles along the way.[1] In December 2016, Lundgaard was ranked fifth on a list compiled by Motorsport.com of the top ten karting drivers with future potential.[2]

Lower formulae[]

In 2017, Lundgaard made his single-seater debut in the SMP F4 and Spanish F4 championships with MP Motorsport.[3] In SMP F4, he claimed nine victories, seven pole positions and ten fastest laps and claimed the championship with one round to go.[4] Lundgaard also became champion in the Spanish Championship.

Formula Renault Eurocup[]

In 2018, after testing with them at the post-season test, Lundgaard reunited with MP for the Eurocup championship.[5] Claiming four wins across the season, Lundgaard claimed the title of rookie champion and finished as vice-champion to fellow Renault junior Max Fewtrell.[6]

GP3 Series[]

In June 2018, Lundgaard joined MP for the third round of the 2018 championship at Paul Ricard.[7] In December, he returned for the final post-season test, driving for ART Grand Prix.[8]

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

Christian Lundgaard at 2019 Macau Grand Prix

Following his success in Formula Renault, Lundgaard was linked with a seat at ART for the inaugural FIA Formula 3 Championship.[9] In January 2019, the French outfit confirmed Lundgaard would race with them.[10] Lundgaard took his first podium in F3 on 11 May 2019 in Barcelona, finishing second. Lundgaard won on track but was given a 5-second time penalty after falling too far behind the safety car earlier in the race. He won his first F3 race later that year at the Hungaroring, in Hungary, on August 3, 2019.[11]

Lundgaard reunited with ART to contest the Macau Grand Prix, which saw him finish third in the qualification race and fourth in the main event.[12][13]

FIA Formula 2 Championship[]

In November 2019, it was announced Lundgaard would partake in the season finale at Yas Marina with Trident.[14]

Lundgaard drove for ART Grand Prix in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 season.[15]

He was retained by ART Grand Prix for the 2021 FIA Formula 2 season.[16]

Formula One[]

In March 2017, Lundgaard was signed to the Renault Sport Academy.[17]

Lundgaard was included in the lineup of the team's academy when it was rebranded to Alpine F1 Team in 2021.

IndyCar[]

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (2021–)[]

Christian Lundgaard driving for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

2021[]

In July 2021, Lundgaard tested an IndyCar with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing at Barber Motorsports Park.[18] A month later, he joined the team for his IndyCar debut at the 2021 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[19] On debut, Lundgaard qualified fourth and finished the race in twelfth.[20][21]

2022[]

On 20 October 2021, it was announced that Lundgaard would join Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing on a multi-year IndyCar deal, starting from the 2022 season.[22] Lundgaard made his full time IndyCar debut at the 2022 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, qualifying in 15th.[23] He went on to finish the race in 11th place, after slipping outside of the top 10 during the last few laps of the Grand Prix.[24]

Personal life[]

Lundgaard's father is 2000 European Rally champion Henrik Lundgaard. His brother, Daniel, raced alongside Christian in the 2017 F4 Danish Championship and now designs his race helmets.[25]

Karting record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season Series Team Position
2011 WSK Master Series — 60 Mini Lundgaard Racing NC
2012 Racehall of Champions — 60 kg 8th
Kart Cup South Denmark — Cadet Junior VKK 1st
2013 Racehall of Champions — 65 kg 2nd
Danish Championship — Cadet Junior 2nd
2014 South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ 24th
WSK Champions Cup — KFJ Lundgaard Racing 22nd
— KFJ Lundgaard, Henrik 24th
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 13th
WSK Final Cup — KFJ Ward Racing 6th
2015 WSK Champions Cup — KFJ Ward Racing 2nd
South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ 1st
WSK Gold Cup — KFJ 1st
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ 4th
— KFJ 1st
Trofeo Industrie — KFJ 2nd
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ Energy Corse 16th
SKUSA SuperNationals — TaG Junior Energy Corse America 49th
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OK Energy Corse 3rd
WSK Super Master Series — OK 14th
Danish Championship — OK 2nd
— OK Ricciardo Kart Racing 11th
WSK Final Cup — OK 4th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 29th
Sources:[26][27]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 SMP F4 Championship MP Motorsport 21 10 9 10 14 292 1st
F4 Spanish Championship 20 7 7 7 17 330 1st
F4 Danish Championship Lundgaard Racing 3 0 0 2 1 42 11th
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup MP Motorsport 20 4 4 3 10 258 2nd
Formula Renault NEC 8 2 1 3 2 48 11th‡
GP3 Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 16 1 2 2 2 97 6th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 2 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
F3 Asian Winter Series Pinnacle Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship ART Grand Prix 24 2 1 2 6 149 7th
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship ART Grand Prix 23 0 0 0 3 50 12th
IndyCar Series Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 1 0 0 0 0 19 37th
2022 IndyCar Series Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

‡ Lundgaard was ineligible for points from the third round onwards.
† As Lundgaard was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2018 MP Motorsport LEC
1
5 		LEC
2
3 		MNZ
1
2 		MNZ
2
1 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
5 		MON
1
5 		MON
2
5 		RBR
1
5 		RBR
2
3 		SPA
1
1 		SPA
2
8 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
1 		NÜR
1
3 		NÜR
2
5 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
Ret 		CAT
1
1 		CAT
2
2 		2nd 258

Complete GP3 Series 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 Pos Points
2018 MP Motorsport CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		LEC
FEA
12 		LEC
SPR
13 		RBR
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		SOC
FEA 		SOC
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		23rd 0

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2019 ART Grand Prix CAT
FEA
2 		CAT
SPR
6 		LEC
FEA
Ret 		LEC
SPR
15 		RBR
FEA
26 		RBR
SPR
17 		SIL
FEA
7 		SIL
SPR
5 		HUN
FEA
1 		HUN
SPR
5 		SPA
FEA
4 		SPA
SPR
4 		MNZ
FEA
13 		MNZ
SPR
9 		SOC
FEA
14 		SOC
SPR
9 		6th 97

Complete Macau Grand Prix results[]

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 France ART Grand Prix Dallara F3 2019 4th 3rd 4th

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2019 Trident BHR
FEA 		BHR
SPR 		BAK
FEA 		BAK
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		MON
SPR 		LEC
FEA 		LEC
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		SOC
FEA 		SOC
SPR 		YMC
FEA
14 		YMC
SPR
12 		23rd 0
2020 ART Grand Prix RBR
FEA
4 		RBR
SPR
5 		RBR
FEA
6 		RBR
SPR
1 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
13 		SIL
FEA
4 		SIL
SPR
2 		SIL
FEA
2 		SIL
SPR
21 		CAT
FEA
11 		CAT
SPR
11 		SPA
FEA
17 		SPA
SPR
7 		MNZ
FEA
3 		MNZ
SPR
2 		MUG
FEA
6 		MUG
SPR
1 		SOC
FEA
Ret 		SOC
SPR
13 		BHR
FEA
19 		BHR
SPR
6 		BHR
FEA
21 		BHR
SPR
12 		7th 149
2021 ART Grand Prix BHR
SP1
6 		BHR
SP2
2 		BHR
FEA
12 		MCO
SP1
Ret 		MCO
SP2
Ret 		MCO
FEA
12 		BAK
SP1
11 		BAK
SP2
Ret 		BAK
FEA
9 		SIL
SP1
3 		SIL
SP2
13 		SIL
FEA
21 		MNZ
SP1
3 		MNZ
SP2
14 		MNZ
FEA
10 		SOC
SP1
7 		SOC
SP2
C 		SOC
FEA
9 		JED
SP1
6 		JED
SP2
15 		JED
FEA
7‡ 		YMC
SP1
15 		YMC
SP2
18 		YMC
FEA
15 		12th 50

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

American open-wheel racing results[]

(key)

IndyCar Series[]

(key)

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2021 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara DW12 45 Honda ALA STP TXS TXS IMS INDY DET DET ROA MDO NSH IMS
12 		GTW POR LAG LBH 37th 19
2022 30 STP
11 		TXS
 LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IOW IMS NSH GTW POR LAG -* 0*

* Season still in progress.

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