Christopher Cumming

Christopher "Chris" Cumming (born August 26, 1970 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a Canadian racing driver . He has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) since 2015 .

Career

Cumming began his motorsport career in formula racing in his mid-30s . In 2006 he first took part in some races of the Star Mazda Championship . In 2007, Cumming drove in three regional championships, winning the Star Mazda West Coast Championship . He also went back to individual races in the Star Mazda Championship. In 2008, Cumming contested the full season for the first time in the Star Mazda Championship for World Speed ​​Motorsports . With a sixth place as the best result, he was twelfth overall. He also won the so-called Expert class for drivers between 30 and 44 years of age. In 2009 he moved to Kester Racing with Team 3G within the Star Mazda Championship . He won the Expert class again and came in 17th overall.

In 2010, Cumming switched to GT racing. He started for World Speed ​​Motorsports in the platinum cup of the US Porsche GT3 Challenge . In 2011, Cumming completed his second season and finished tenth in the drivers' championship. He also took part in three races in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) for JDX Racing and in one race in the Rolex Sports Car Series for Yellow Dragon Motorsports . In 2012, Cumming stayed with JDX Racing in the ALMS. With four podium finishes, he finished fifth in the GTC classification. In addition, he drove for TRG in a race in the Rolex Sports Car Series. In 2013, Cumming switched to a sports car prototype within the ALMS. For BAR1 Motorsports he drove together with Kyle Marcelli and won three PC ratings. He finished the season in second place in the PC ranking. In the Rolex Sports Car Series he drove a race for Michael Shank Racing .

In 2014 , Cumming received a cockpit in the United SportsCar Championship (USCC), which resulted from the merger of the ALMS with the Rolex Sports Car Series. He started for RSR Racing in every race of the Prototype Challenge (PC). He won a race with Jack Hawksworth . In the PC classification, Cumming was fifth. He also drove a race for Scuderia Corsa in the GTD class . In 2015 , Cumming stayed with RSR Racing in the United SportsCar Championship. Together with Bruno Junqueira he won the PC evaluation twice. The two racing drivers finished the season in third place in the PC ranking. In addition, Cumming took part in four races of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2015 . He took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race for OAK Racing and competed in the last three races for the SARD Morand team . He was 30 in the driver's world championship.

In 2016 , Cumming received a full-time cockpit in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship at Extreme Speed ​​Motorsports . He also took part in a race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (WTSCC), the new name of the USCC, for Starworks Motorsport .

statistics

Career stations

2006: Star Mazda Championship 2007: Star Mazda, West Coast (champions) 2007: Russel Pro Series (5th place) 2007: Formula Atlantic, Northern Pacific (7th place) 2007: Star Mazda Championship 2008: Star Mazda Championship (12th place) 2009: Star Mazda Championship (17th place)

2010: American Porsche GT3 Challenge , platinum (4th place) 2011: American Porsche GT3 Challenge, platinum (10th place) 2011: ALMS , GTC (14th place) 2011: Rolex Sports Car Series , GT (57th place) 2012: ALMS, GTC (5th place) 2012: Rolex Sports Car Series, GT (68th place) 2013: ALMS, PC (2nd place)

2013: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (44th place) 2014 : USCC , PC (5th place) 2014 : USCC, GTD (97th place) 2015 : USCC, PC (3rd place) 2015 : WEC (30th place) 2016 : WEC 2016 : WTSCC, PC

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

year	team	vehicle	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	Points	rank
2015	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P2	Nissan	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN		1.5	30th
						DNF
	Team SARD Morand	Morgan Evo	SARD						14th	12	16
2016	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	Nissan	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	0	-
				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2015	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P2	Kévin Estre	Laurens Vanthoor	failure	malfunction
2016	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	Ryan Dalziel	Luís Felipe Derani	Rank 42

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2011	JDX Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Nick Ham	Scott Blackett	Rank 24
2012	JDX Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Kévin Estre	Mark Bullitt	Rank 40
2013	BAR1 Motorsports	Oreca FLM09	Kyle Marcelli	Stefan Johansson	Rank 10
2014	Rocketsports Racing	Oreca FLM09	Alex Tagliani	Rusty Mitchell	failure	accident
2015	RSR Racing	Oreca FLM09	Bruno Junqueira	Gustavo Menezes	failure	malfunction

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chris Cumming - Career and Success :. speedsport-magazine.com, accessed February 7, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Rebecca Friese: Oak announces second Le Mans line-up. Motorsport-Total.com, March 9, 2015, accessed February 7, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: Morand: Cumming drives in Fuji. Motorsport-Total.com, September 16, 2015, accessed February 7, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Tony DiZinno: ESM Adds Cumming, Derani to 2016 WEC Lineup. sportscar365.com, December 2, 2015, accessed February 5, 2016 . 

Web links

• Career statistics by Christopher Cumming (English)
• Driver statistics on racing-reference.info