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.jpg) Buncombe in 2018 | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  British | ||||||||||
| Born | Christopher James Buncombe (1978-05-05) 5 May 1978 (age 46) Taunton, Somerset, England | ||||||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Bronze | ||||||||||
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Christopher James Buncombe (born 5 May 1978 in Taunton, Somerset, England) is a British racing driver who made his last appearance at the Le Mans 24 Hours was in 2011. He joined Aston Martin Racing at the end of the 2009 season when he drove in the Le Mans Series scoring a podium finish on his debut with the team at Nürburgring driving the 008 Aston Martin LMP1 car. Chris won the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class driving for Binnie Motorsports in their Lola B05/40-Zytek.
Career
2020 Silverstone 500 with Team Rocket RJN McLaren alongside Jenson Button
2019 Blancpain Endurance Series with Sky Tempesta Racing
2018 Blancpain Endurance GT Pro-Am Champion - Strakka Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 with Nick Leventis & Lewis Williamson Runner-Up FIA GT Nations Cup - Team UK AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Asian Le Mans Series with United Autosports
2013 Spa 24 Hours with Nissan Team RJN GTR GT-3
2011 Le Mans 24 Hours with JOTA Sport Aston Martin GTE Le Mans Series Silverstone
2010 American Le Mans Series LMP2 single race at Mid Ohio. Le Mans Series LMP2 single race at Hungaroring
2009 Factory driver for Aston Martin Racing in the LMP1 car number 008 for the Le Mans Series where the Team scored an Aston Martin 1-2-3 at the ADAC 1000 km of Nürburgring, 50 years on from Aston Martin's 1959 win at the classic German endurance race in the DBR1.
2008 Speedcar Series Nascar alongside various races for JD Classics in their Group C Jaguar XJR-9 & XJR-11
2007 Le Mans Series & Le Mans 24 Hours debut for US based Team, Binnie Motorsports driving with Bill Binnie and Allen Timpany in the Lola B05/40-Zytek LMP2, winning the LMP2 class at Le Mans
2006 FIA GT1 Spa 24 Hours for Team SRT in the Corvette C5-R
2005 FIA GT Championship driving the Red Bull Maserati MC12 for JMB Racing, driving with Philipp Peter and Roman Rusinov
2004 Racing in the FIA GT Championship with JMB Racing in the #18 Ferrari 575M GT1. Teammates included Karl Wendlinger, Tarso Marques and Bert Longin.
2002 RJN Motorsport Nissan FIA European Touring Car Championship.
2001 British Formula Renault with Manor Motorsport.
1997-2000 Chris raced in the British Formula Renault Championship before joining the factory Nissan Motorsports Europe (NME) Team when he raced the Nissan Primera in the Benelux Championship during 1999 and the RJN Motorsport Nissan Primera in the 2000 Spa 24 Hours.
1995-1996 Winner Formula Vauxhall Junior Young Driver Scholarship British Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship
1993-1995 Karting - British Super One Championship
1988-1993 Schoolboy motocross
Family History
Chris grew up from a motorsport family. His grandfather, John Buncombe, competed during the 1950s & '60s. His father, Jonathan Buncombe raced for over 20 years for multiple manufacturers including Ford, GM and early racing career in Minis. Chris' brother, Alex is a Factory Nissan Nismo driver, 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series Champion and represented Nissan in multiple race series including GT3, GT4, Australian V8 Supercars, Nurburgring 24 Hours, Petit Le Mans and the Le Mans 24 Hours in LMP1.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Binnie Motorsports
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William Binnie Allen Timpany
|
Lola B05/42-Zytek | LMP2 | 318 | 18th | 1st | |
| 2011 | Jota
|
Simon Dolan Sam Hancock
|
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | GTE Pro |
74 | DNF | DNF |
References
- "2007 24 Hours of Le Mans". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- "2011 24 Hours of Le Mans". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
External links
- Official Website
- Chris Buncombe career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded byJonathan Adam Ahmad Al Harthy |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Pro-Am Champion 2018 With: Lewis Williamson & Nick Leventis |
Succeeded byCharlie Eastwood Ahmad Al Harthy Salih Yoluç |
- 1979 births
- Living people
- English racing drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- Sportspeople from Taunton
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- European Touring Car Championship drivers
- British GT Championship drivers
- AF Corse drivers
- Jota Sport drivers
- Strakka Racing drivers
- United Autosports drivers
- Asian Le Mans Series drivers
- GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
- American Le Mans Series drivers
- Aston Martin Racing drivers
- Charouz Racing System drivers
- FIA GT Championship drivers
- British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Manor Motorsport drivers
- Team West-Tec drivers
- Le Mans Cup drivers