Christian Danner

Christian Danner
Born (1958-04-04) 4 April 1958
Munich, West Germany
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Germany German
Active years 1985–1987, 1989
Teams Zakspeed, Osella, Arrows, Rial
Entries 47 (36 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 4
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1985 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix

Christian Danner (born 4 April 1958 in Munich) is a former racing driver from Germany.

The son of car safety expert Max Danner, Christian started motor-racing in the Renault 5 cup. He advanced to Formula 2 and set the F2 lap record of the current configuration of the old Nürburgring, which also stands as the third fastest lap around the track.

Christian Danner's car in 1982

Danner won the inaugural Formula 3000 championship in 1985, and debuted in Formula One on 15 September 1985 for the all-German team Zakspeed. He eventually participated in 47 Grand Prix events. His best result was 4th place at the 1989 United States Grand Prix for Rial, having started 26th and last on the grid. He also managed one 6th place whilst driving for Arrows.

Danner competed in Japanese Formula 3000 in 1990 driving for Leyton House's F3000 team. He scored 4 points and was ranked 14th. In 1991 he drove in one race of the British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton in a BMW M3.

Danner later raced in Champ Cars and also in the International Touring Car Championship for Alfa Romeo. He took part in the now defunct series, Grand Prix Masters.

He is also an F1 commentator for the channel RTL in his native Germany.

Motorsports career results

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1981 European Formula Two March Racing 12 0 0 0 0 2 18th
24 Hours of Le Mans Helmut Marko RSM 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1982 European Formula Two March Racing 13 0 0 1 0 6 14th
1983 European Formula Two Onyx Racing 12 0 1 1 3 21 5th
1984 European Formula Two BS Automotive 11 0 1 0 4 23 5th
1985 International Formula 3000 BS Automotive 11 3 2 4 7 51 1st
Formula One West Zakspeed Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans Kreepy Krauly Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 22nd
1986 Formula One Osella Squadra Corse 6 0 0 0 0 1 18th
Barclay Arrows BMW 10 0 0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans Kouros Sauber Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1987 Formula One West Zakspeed Racing 15 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1988 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Alpina 22 2 ? 0 3 151 11th
1989 Formula One Rial Racing 13 0 0 0 0 3 21st
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Linder Rennsport 6 0 ? 0 0 46 21st
1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Leyton House Racing 9 0 0 0 1 4 15th
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Schnitzer Rennsport 3 0 ? 0 0 0 NC
1991 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft MM-Diebels 15 0 ? 0 0 6 21st
1992 PPG Indycar Series Euromotorsport 9 0 0 0 0 0 39th
1993 PPG Indycar Series Euromotorsport 3 0 0 0 0 2 31st
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Schübel Engineering 22 0 ? 2 6 161 5th
1994 PPG Indycar Series Project Indy 3 0 0 0 0 2 30th
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Schübel Engineering 24 0 0 0 3 88 9th
1995 PPG Indycar Series Project Indy 2 0 0 0 0 6 25th
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Schübel Engineering 14 1 0 1 1 48 9th
International Touring Car Championship Schübel Engineering 10 1 1 0 1 22 13th
1996 International Touring Car Championship TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse 26 0 2 0 2 48 15th
1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup JAS Engineering 20 0 0 0 0 37 29th
PPG Indycar Series Dale Coyne Racing 3 0 0 0 0 1 31st
2004 Mini Challenge Deutschland O2 can Race Team 1 1 0 0 1 30 24th
2005 Grand Prix Masters Team Unipart 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
2006 Grand Prix Masters Team LUK 2 0 0 0 2 N/A N/A
Mini Challenge Deutschland Team MINI Deutschland 4 0 0 0 2 0 NC
Danner at the 1985 European Grand Prix

European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Pts
1981 March Racing March 812 BMW SIL
10		 HOC
9		 THR
5		 NÜR
10		 VAL
Ret		 MUG
16		 PAU
Ret		 PER
Ret		 SPA
Ret		 DON
14		 MIS
Ret		 MAN
11		 18th 2
1982 March Racing March 822 BMW SIL
Ret		 HOC
Ret		 THR
Ret		 NÜR
9		 MUG
Ret		 VAL
13		 PAU
Ret		 SPA
9		 HOC
Ret		 DON
7		 MAN
6		 PER
5		 MIS
4		 14th 6
1983 Onyx Racing March 832 BMW SIL
3		 THR
13		 HOC
2		 NÜR
3		 VAL
10		 PAU
5		 JAR
9		 DON
5		 MIS
Ret		 PER
7		 ZOL
4		 MUG
10		 5th 21
1984 BS Automotive March 842 BMW SIL
7		 HOC
6		 THR
2		 VAL
3		 MUG
3		 PAU
4		 HOC
Ret		 MIS
6		 PER
Ret		 DON
3		 BRH
10		 5th 23

Le Mans 24 Hours results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1981 Austria Helmut Marko RSM West Germany Peter Oberndofer
West Germany Prince Leopold von Bayern		 BMW M1 GT 49 DNF DNF
1985 South Africa Kreepy Krauly Racing South Africa Graham Duxbury
Italy Almo Coppelli		 March 85G-Porsche C1 270 22nd 17th
1986 Switzerland Kouros Sauber Racing Team France Henri Pescarolo
Austria Dieter Quester		 Sauber C8-Mercedes C1 86 DNF DNF

International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
1985 BS Automotive March 85B Cosworth SIL
4		 THR
6		 EST
9		 VAL
3		 PAU
1		 SPA
3		 DIJ
1		 PER
3		 ÖST
16		 ZAN
1		 DON
1		 1st 51

Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1985 West Zakspeed Racing Zakspeed 841 Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4T BRA POR SMR MON CAN DET FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA BEL
Ret		 EUR
Ret		 RSA AUS NC 0
1986 Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1F Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8T BRA
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 SMR
Ret		 MON
DNQ		 BEL
Ret		 CAN
Ret		 18th 1
Barclay Arrows BMW Arrows A8 BMW M12/13 1.5 L4T DET
Ret		 FRA
11		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 AUT
6		 ITA
8		 POR
11		 MEX
9		 AUS
Ret
Arrows A9 HUN
Ret
1987 West Zakspeed Racing Zakspeed 861 Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4T BRA
9		 SMR
7		 NC 0
Zakspeed 871 BEL
Ret		 MON
EX		 DET
8		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 HUN
Ret		 AUT
9		 ITA
9		 POR
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 MEX
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 AUS
7
1989 Rial Racing Rial ARC2 Ford Cosworth DFR (Mader) 3.5 V8 BRA
14		 SMR
DNQ		 MON
DNQ		 MEX
12		 USA
4		 CAN
8		 FRA
DNQ		 GBR
DNQ		 GER
DNQ		 HUN
DNQ		 BEL
DNQ		 ITA
DNQ		 POR
DNQ		 ESP JPN AUS 21st 3

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos. Pts
1988 Alpina BMW M3 ZOL
1
26		 ZOL
2
8		 HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
1		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
14		 BRN
1
34		 BRN
2
Ret		 AVU
1
11		 AVU
2
Ret		 MFA
1
4		 MFA
2
6		 NÜR
1
9		 NÜR
2
3		 NOR
1
24		 NOR
2
Ret		 WUN
1
24		 WUN
2
26		 SAL
1
C		 SAL
2
C		 HUN
1
11		 HUN
2
13		 HOC
1
12		 HOC
2
7		 11th 151
1989 Linder Rennsport BMW M3 ZOL
1
17		 ZOL
2
4		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 MFA
1		 MFA
2		 AVU
1		 AVU
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 NOR
1
22		 NOR
2
8		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 DIE
1		 DIE
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 HOC
1
13		 HOC
2
7		 21st 46
1990 Schnitzer Motorsport BMW M3 ZOL
1		 ZOL
2		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 AVU
1		 AVU
2		 MFA
1		 MFA
2		 WUN
1		 WUN
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
 DIE
1		 DIE
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 HOC
1
18		 HOC
2
14		 NC 0
1991 MM-Diebels BMW M3 ZOL
1
23		 ZOL
2
6		 HOC
1
18		 HOC
2
14		 NÜR
1
16		 NÜR
2
12		 AVU
1
Ret		 AVU
2
DNS		 WUN
1
22		 WUN
2
Ret		 NOR
1		 NOR
2		 DIE
1		 DIE
2		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
12		 ALE
1
14		 ALE
2
Ret		 HOC
1
29		 HOC
2
19		 BRN
1		 BRN
2		 DON
1		 DON
2		 21st 6
1993 Schübel Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti ZOL
1
2		 ZOL
2
2		 HOC
1
8		 HOC
2
6		 NÜR
1
6		 NÜR
2
Ret		 WUN
1
4		 WUN
2
5		 NÜR
1
6		 NÜR
2
2		 NOR
1
3		 NOR
2
3		 DON
1
1		 DON
2
2		 DIE
1
7		 DIE
2
Ret		 ALE
1
6		 ALE
2
4		 AVU
1
4		 AVU
2
2		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
5		 5th 161
1994 Schübel Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti ZOL
1
10		 ZOL
2
9		 HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
5		 NÜR
1
2		 NÜR
2
2		 MUG
1
3		 MUG
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
4		 NÜR
2
8		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
11		 DON
1
9		 DON
2
DSQ		 DIE
1
7		 DIE
2
5		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
DNS		 AVU
1
10		 AVU
2
18		 ALE
1
5		 ALE
2
Ret		 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
6		 9th 88
1995 Schübel Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti HOC
1
16		 HOC
2
9		 AVU
1
8		 AVU
2
3		 NOR
1
1		 NOR
2
6		 DIE
1
8		 DIE
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
12		 NÜR
2
14		 ALE
1
7		 ALE
2
4		 HOC
1
15		 HOC
2
16		 9th 48

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pos. Pts
1995 Schübel Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti MUG
1
Ret		 MUG
2
12		 HEL
1
1		 HEL
2
13†		 DON
1
12		 DON
2
9		 EST
1
15		 EST
2
DNS		 MAG
1
Ret		 MAG
2
13		 15th 48
1996 TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti HOC
1
13		 HOC
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
9		 NÜR
2
10		 EST
1
12		 EST
2
13		 HEL
1
8		 HEL
2
Ret		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
DNS		 DIE
1
15		 DIE
2
Ret		 SIL
1
10		 SIL
2
13		 NÜR
1
18		 NÜR
2
20		 MAG
1
Ret		 MAG
2
DNS		 MUG
1
12		 MUG
2
Ret		 HOC
1
7		 HOC
2
6		 INT
1
3		 INT
2
Ret		 SUZ
1
2		 SUZ
2
7		 15th 48

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos. Pts
1997 JAS Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 TS HOC
1
17		 HOC
2
23		 ZOL
2
23		 ZOL
2
23		 NÜR
1
17		 NÜR
2
Ret		 SAC
1
Ret		 SAC
2
Ret		 NOR
1
17		 NOR
1
Ret		 WUN
1
18		 WUN
2
Ret		 ZWE
1
24		 ZWE
2
21		 SAL
1
20		 SAL
2
21		 REG
1
20		 REG
1
18		 NÜR
1
23		 NÜR
1
18		 29th 37

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
1990 Leyton House Racing SUZ
13		 FUJ
Ret		 MIN
9		 SUZ
15		 SUG
17		 FUJ
Ret		 FUJ
10		 SUZ
16		 FUJ
3		 SUZ 15th 4

American Open-Wheel racing results

PPG Indycar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
1992 Euromotorsport SRF PHX LBH INDY DET
18		 POR MIL NHA TOR
16		 MCH CLE
16		 ROA
16		 VAN
21 		MDO
19		 NAZ
13		 LAG
20		 39th 0
1993 Euromotorsport SRF
 PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE
25		 TOR MCH NHA ROA
11		 VAN MDO NAZ LAG
26		 31st 2
1994 Project Indy SRF PHX LBH INDY MIL DET
12		 POR CLE
Wth		 TOR MCH MDO NHA VAN ROA
12		 NAZ LAG 30th 2
1995 Project Indy MIA
7 		SRF PHX LBH NAZ INDY MIL DET
22 		POR ROA TOR CLE MCH MDO NHA VAN LAG 25th 6
1997 Payton/Coyne MIA SRF LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET
12 		POR
27 		CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN
23 		LAG FON 31st 1

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    Sporting positions
    Preceded by
    Mike Thackwell
    (Formula 2)    		 International Formula 3000 Champion
    1985     		Succeeded by
    Ivan Capelli
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