Christian Ried

Christian Ried at the autograph session before the 6-hour race at Silverstone 2013

Christian Ried's Proton Competition- Porsche 997 GT3 RSR in 2013 in Le Mans

Christian Ried (born February 24, 1979 in Biberach an der Riss ) is a German racing driver and entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur

Christian Ried is the son of Gerold Ried , the 1996 PROTON Competition Vehicle rental founded, dedicated to the maintenance and rental of Porsche - GT racing vehicles engaged in national and international race series. Christian Ried now runs the company together with his brother Michael.

Under the name Proton Competition , the company is also active as a racing team in international motorsport and has been able to demonstrate a wealth of successes since its first races in 1996. The team has been handling the races of Patrick Dempsey and Dempsey Racing as well as Abu Dhabi Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship since 2015 .

Racing career

Ried began his career as a driver in 1996 in the Global GT Championship . In 1999 he competed in the FIA GT Championship and finished eighth with his father in the 500 km race in Zolder and in the 500 km race in Zhuhai . From the 2000 season , the races in this championship also included starts in the American Le Mans Series . In 2004 and 2005 he was seventh overall in the N-GT class and GT2 class of the FIA ​​GT championship.

His greatest international success that he was able to achieve in a racing series is second overall in the GTE class of the European Le Mans Series 2013 .

Christian Ried competed in the Daytona 24-hour race as well as in the Le Mans 24-hour race and the Sebring 12-hour race . In Sebring in 2012 , he also achieved class victory in the GT amateur standings with 27th place. In 2018 he achieved another class win at Le Mans.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2006	Sebah Automotive Ltd.	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Xavier Pompidou	Thorkild Thyrring	failure	Axle bearing
2011	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	Horst Felbermayr senior	Horst Felbermayr junior	failure	accident
2012	Felbermayr-Proton team	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Paolo Ruberti	Gianluca Roda	failure
2013	Proton Competition	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Paolo Ruberti	Gianluca Roda	Rank 36
2014	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 RSR	Klaus Bachler	Khaled Al Qubaisi	Rank 19
2015	Abu Dhabi Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Klaus Bachler	Khaled Al Qubaisi	failure	Wagon fire
2016	KCMG	Porsche 911 RSR	Wolf Henzler	Joël Camathias	Rank 41
2017	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Marvin service	Matteo Cairoli	Rank 34
2018	Dempsey Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Julien Andlauer	Matt Campbell	Rank 25 and class win
2019	Dempsey Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Julien Andlauer	Matt Campbell	Rank 34

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2011	Proton Competition	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Gianluca Roda	Richard Lietz	Rank 36
2012	Team Felbermayr Proton	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Gianluca Roda	Paolo Ruberti	Rank 27 and class win

Web links

• Proton Competition website
• Christian Ried at the Driver Database
• Christian Ried at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Global GT Championship 1996
2. ^ Zolder 500 km race in 1999
3. ^ Zhuhai 500 km race in 1999
4. ↑ FIA GT Championship 2004
5. ↑ FIA GT Championship 2005
6. ↑ European Le Mans Series 2013