Christian Lundgaard was born on 23 July 2001 and is a Danish professional racing driver who is driving the No 45 Honda for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the IndyCar Series.
81 Facts About Christian Lundgaard
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Christian Lundgaard was the 2022 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year, and was a member of the Alpine Academy from 2017 until 2022.
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Christian Lundgaard secured a promotion to ART Grand Prix in the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship where he ended 6th.
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Christian Lundgaard continued with ART Grand Prix for the 2020 Formula 2 Championship and took two wins to place 7th overall.
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Christian Lundgaard competed all across Europe and collected three major titles along the way, including the 2015 CIK-FIA Karting European Championship.
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In December 2016, Christian Lundgaard was ranked fifth on a list compiled by Motorsport.
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In 2017, Christian Lundgaard made his single-seater debut in the SMP F4 and Spanish F4 championships with MP Motorsport, at the age of 15.
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In 2018, after testing with them at the post-season test, Christian Lundgaard reunited with MP Motorsport for the Eurocup championship.
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In June 2018, Christian Lundgaard joined MP for the third round of the 2018 championship at Paul Ricard.
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Christian Lundgaard passed polesitter Robert Shwartzman at the start and never looked back to win the race, but was demoted five seconds for exceeding the virtual safety car delta.
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Christian Lundgaard followed it up with sixth in Race 2.
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The next two rounds were poor for Christian Lundgaard, he retired in the first race at Le Castellet due to a broken suspension, but recovered to 15th the next day.
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In Silverstone, Christian Lundgaard started fourth in Race 1 and passed Marcus Armstrong at the start but would eventually fall to seventh.
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Christian Lundgaard lost more positions but benefitted from a collision in the end to secure fifth place.
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Christian Lundgaard had a dominant race and led teammate Fewtrell home to take his win in the series.
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In Monza, Christian Lundgaard took his second pole of the year.
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In Race 1, Christian Lundgaard was overtaken by Lirim Zendeli at the start of the race.
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Christian Lundgaard pitted for a front wing change and finished 13th.
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In Race 2, Christian Lundgaard progressed to ninth place, missing out on a point.
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Christian Lundgaard improve to finish 14th, and then in Race 2 finished tenth.
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Christian Lundgaard ended the championship in 6th place with 97 points, as the leading ART Grand Prix driver.
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Christian Lundgaard scored a win and another podium during the season.
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Christian 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.
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In November 2019, it was announced Christian Lundgaard would partake in the season finale at Yas Marina with Trident, replacing Ralph Boschung.
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Christian Lundgaard finished the races in 14th and 12th, ending 23rd in the championship.
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Christian Lundgaard missed the whole of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in his hotel, therefore he was forced to be quarantined for several days.
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Christian Lundgaard finished the sprint race where he started, in fifth place, marking a solid Formula 2 debut for Lundgaard.
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Christian Lundgaard put a small overtaking masterclass in early wet part of the feature race, moving up to fourth at one point, but he would eventually finish sixth.
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Christian Lundgaard then came through for his maiden F2 win, winning by two seconds.
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On his performance so far, Christian Lundgaard said that it was "better than expected" following missing testing.
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Christian Lundgaard's strong showing saw him 2nd in the standings, 5 points behind leader Robert Shwartzman.
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Christian Lundgaard made a recovery charge in the sprint race and finished 13th.
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In Silverstone, Christian Lundgaard started third due to Callum Ilott stalling.
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Christian Lundgaard was in second place during the final stages of the race, but during the final three laps was passed by Guanyu Zhou and Yuki Tsunoda on fresher tyres, falling to fourth place.
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Christian Lundgaard eventually finished in that position, nine seconds behind winner Ilott.
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Christian Lundgaard had a lightning start in the sprint race, moving to ninth by lap 4.
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Christian Lundgaard eventually finished the race in seventh place, and despite the result, fell out of the top five in the standings.
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In Monza, Christian Lundgaard started fourth, and moved to second after the pit stops after Ilott's slow pit stop.
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Christian Lundgaard charged to third place in the sprint race, benefitting on retirements from Tsunoda and Zhou.
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In Mugello, Christian Lundgaard claimed his maiden pole, five thousandths of a second ahead of Ticktum.
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Christian Lundgaard led majority of the race until the safety car restart on lap 31 of 33, where Lundgaard was passed by both Hitech drivers on fresher tyres.
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Christian Lundgaard eventually won the race by an astonishing 14 seconds and moved into third in the championship.
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However, a slow getaway saw him drop down the order, before being hit by Pedro Piquet saw Christian Lundgaard's race come to a close.
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Christian Lundgaard finished 7th in the championship with 149 points, massively outscoring teammate Armstrong's 52 whilst helping ART finish 5th in the championship.
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Christian Lundgaard was retained by ART Grand Prix for the 2021 FIA Formula 2 season.
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On his new deal, Christian Lundgaard aimed to improve on consistency and fight for the title.
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Christian Lundgaard described that his small deficit to Zhou "hurts".
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Christian Lundgaard was handed a 10-second penalty for that, and served it during the safety car as well as pitted for new rubber.
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Christian Lundgaard made up places as on the final lap, battled with his Alpine juniors Zhou and Oscar Piastri, but Lundgaard would eventually finish in second place.
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Christian Lundgaard did not appear on the podium due to being demoted due to a safety car infrigement, but he was later reinstated to second.
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Christian Lundgaard jumped Felipe Drugovich at the start but on lap 12, smoke starting pouring at the back of his car, in which Drugovich described being behind Lundgaard "a nightmare".
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Three laps later, Christian Lundgaard parked his car at Mirabeau to retire.
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Christian Lundgaard then stated that "Nothing went my way" in the point-less round.
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Christian Lundgaard had a slow start, and fell to third after losing positions to Robert Shwartzman and Juri Vips.
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Christian Lundgaard would remain in third for the remainder of the race, scoring his first podium since the opening round.
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Christian Lundgaard finished fourth on the road, but Shwartzman was given a penalty, promoting Christian Lundgaard to third in a spectacular recovery drive.
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Christian Lundgaard made up positions during a late safety car and finished 11th, before being promoted to tenth due to a disqualification from Richard Verschoor.
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Christian Lundgaard made up a place on Marcus Armstrong to finish seventh.
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Christian Lundgaard ended the championship in 12th place 50 points compared to teammate Pourchaire with a mammoth 140 in 5th, and was Christian Lundgaard's worst placing in a full-time series.
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In March 2017, Christian Lundgaard was signed to the Renault Sport Academy.
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Christian Lundgaard then stated on his experience that "he felt comfortable straight away on his first run".
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Christian Lundgaard was included in the lineup of the team's academy when it was rebranded to Alpine F1 Team in 2021.
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Christian Lundgaard left the academy before the 2022 season, as he made his transition to IndyCar.
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In July 2021, Christian Lundgaard tested an IndyCar with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing at Barber Motorsports Park.
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On 20 October 2021, it was announced that Christian Lundgaard would join Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing on a multi-year IndyCar deal, starting from the 2022 season.
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Christian Lundgaard partnered Jack Harvey and Graham Rahal throughout the season.
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Christian Lundgaard stated that there was "always a chance for F1" despite spending a season in IndyCar.
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Christian Lundgaard made his full time IndyCar debut at the 2022 Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg, qualifying in 15th.
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Christian Lundgaard 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.
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At the 2022 Indy 500, Christian Lundgaard became the first Danish driver to race in the Indianapolis 500, he finished 18th.
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At the eighth round at the 2022 Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America, Christian Lundgaard led a lap during the race, and worked his way to finish tenth.
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Christian Lundgaard added another tenth place finish in the first Iowa race, but in the second race, his races was ended early by a brake issue.
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Christian Lundgaard moved into fourth at the race start and passed Felix Rosenqvist on lap 9 for third.
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Christian Lundgaard overtook Colton Herta for second after the American slowed.
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Christian Lundgaard even pressured race leader Alexander Rossi for the lead, but had to settle for second.
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Christian Lundgaard followed it up with a best third in qualifying at the 2022 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix.
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Christian Lundgaard tried to recover, but near the end Lundgaard made a mistake and collected a foam barrier dropping him to 21st as he was forced to pit.
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Christian Lundgaard ended his rookie season of IndyCar in 14th with 323 points.
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On his rookie title, Christian Lundgaard expressed that his "route to IndyCar rookie title was very tough".
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Christian Lundgaard was ineligible for points from the third round onwards.
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Christian Lundgaard was ineligible for points from the third round onwards.