Christian Danner

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Christian Danner
Christian Danner in the Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti 94;  DTM 1994
Nation: GermanyGermany Germany
Formula 1 world championship
First start: 1985 Belgian Grand Prix
Last start: 1989 Canadian Grand Prix
Constructors
1985 Zakspeed  • 1986 Osella / Arrows  • 1987 Zakspeed  • 1989 Rial
statistics
World Cup balance: WM-18. ( 1986 )
Starts Victories Poles SR
36 - - -
World Cup points : 4th
Podiums : -
Leadership laps : -
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Christian Danner (born April 4, 1958 in Munich ) is a former German automobile racing driver . He is a Formula 1 commentator for RTL Television . Among other things, he competed in 36 races of the Formula 1 World Championship in the 1980s, and Danner competed in the DTM in the 1990s . His father was the well-known accident researcher Max Danner .

Career

Danner's Formula 2 March 822 from 1982

Danner began his motorsport career after graduating from high school in 1977, graduated from Karlsgymnasium Munich-Pasing , in the Renault 5 Cup and switched to Formula 2 in the early 1980s . On April 24, 1983, he secured the ADAC - Eifel race Formula 2 lap record on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring . From 1985 Danner started in the newly created Formula 3000 European Championship, in which he was the first driver to win the overall standings. He also took part in the traditional Le Mans 24-hour race three times , but was unable to achieve any success there.

In the Zakspeed F1 during training for the 1985 European Grand Prix

Between 1985 and 1989 Danner started in Formula 1 , where he mostly had to compete with technically inferior equipment. In 36 starts, he only reached the finish line in 15 races and achieved a total of four championship points. Danner retired early 21 times, and ten times he even missed qualifying for the race. After his retirement from Formula 1, Danner took part in races in the US IndyCar World Series and the DTM . He became the first German driver in history to score championship points in both Formula 1 and IndyCars. In the DTM, Danner won five races between 1988 and 1996 and was on the podium 19 times. In 1993, his most successful season, he finished fifth overall with an Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI .

1997 Danner withdrew from active motorsport. One year later, he replaced Jochen Mass as co- commentator on the live broadcasts of Formula 1 on the private broadcaster RTL and became a traffic safety expert at VOX ( Auto mobil , formerly auto motor und sport tv ). In 1999 he was awarded the German Television Prize in the category "Best Sport TV Live Transmission". In addition to his work for television, Danner regularly writes columns in the monthly membership magazine ADAC motorwelt (until 2010) and on the motorsport online platform Motorsport-Magazin.com.

As a racing driver, Danner was only active in the semi to non-professional field. He took part in the GP Masters veteran racing series in 2005 and 2006 and occasionally competed in the Mini Challenge .

In 2019 Danner started with a McLaren 570S in the ADAC GT4 Germany .

Others

In 2006 and 2011 synchronized Danner for Pixar - animated films Cars , to which further racing colleagues such as Michael Schumacher , Mika Hakkinen and Niki Lauda participated, and Cars 2 the character of "Chris Dinner". Christian Danner is a vegetarian.

statistics

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

general overview

season team chassis engine run Victories Second Third Poles nice
Race laps
Points WM-Pos.
1985 West Zakspeed Racing Zakspeed 841 Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4t 2 - - - - - - 32.
1986 Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1F Alfa Romeo 1.5 V8t 5 - - - - - - 18th
Barclay Arrows BMW Arrows A8 BMW 1.5 L4t 10 - - - - - 1
1987 West Zakspeed Racing Zakspeed 861 / 871 Zakspeed 1.5 L4t 15th - - - - - - 22nd
1989 Rial Racing Rial ARC2 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 4th - - - - - 3 22nd
total 36 - - - - - 4th

Single results

season 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16
1985 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) .svg Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of San Marino (1862–2011) .svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of Canada.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of Europe.svg Flag of South Africa (1928–1994) .svg Flag of Australia.svg
DNF DNF
1986 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) .svg Flag of Spain.svg Flag of San Marino (1862–2011) .svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of Canada.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of Australia.svg
DNF DNF DNF DNQ DNF DNF DNF 10 DNF DNF DNF 6th 8th 11 9 DNF
1987 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) .svg Flag of San Marino (1862–2011) .svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Australia.svg
9 7th DNF EX 8th DNF DNF DNF DNF 9 9 DNF DNF DNF DNF 7th
1989 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) .svg Flag of San Marino (1862–2011) .svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of Mexico.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Canada.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Australia.svg
14th DNQ DNQ 12 4th 8th DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1981 AustriaAustria Helmut Marko RSM BMW M1 GermanyGermany Leopold Prince of Bavaria GermanyGermany Peter Oberndorfer failure crankshaft
1985 South Africa 1961South Africa Kreepy Krauly Racing March 85G South Africa 1961South Africa Graham Duxbury ItalyItaly Almo Coppelli Rank 22
1986 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Kouros Sauber Racing Team Clean C8 FranceFrance Henri Pescarolo AustriaAustria Dieter Quester failure Gearbox damage

Web links

Commons : Christian Danner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] Christian Danner at Motorsport-Magazin.com
  2. Report on motorsport-magazin.com