Chris Alajajian

Christopher Alajajian (born 31 October 1986) is an Australian-Armenian former race car driver.

Biography Early career In 2004, Alajajian won the Australian Production Car Championship, becoming the youngest ever driver to win an Australian championship. In the same year, he also contested some rounds of the Australian Formula 3 Championship with Piccola Scuderia and raced in the Australian GT Performance Car Championship.

Continuing in Australian Formula 3 in 2005, Alajajian started the year with Astuti Competition, before moving to Protecnica Racing. He finished third in the championship. He also won a number of races in the Australian Performance Car Championship with Protecnica Racing.

V8 Supercars Development Series Alajajian moved to the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series for 2006. He scored a podium at Queensland Raceway and was involved in Mark Porter's fatal crash at Bathurst later in the season. He continued in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 2007, claiming his only race win at the second round at Wakefield Park Raceway. He made one-off appearances at the Adelaide Street Circuit in 2009 and 2013.

A1 Grand Prix In August 2007, Alajajian tested for A1 Team Lebanon in the A1 Grand Prix series at Snetterton Circuit. Alajajian made his race debut in the series at the Dutch round in the 2007–08 season. After missing round 2 in Brno, he raced the next four rounds, being in a points scoring position in New Zealand before being hit from behind, and was second quickest in Rookie Qualifying at Eastern Creek.

Mini Challenge Alajajian finished runner-up in the Australian Mini Challenge in 2009 and won the championship in 2010. He represented Australia in the 2010 European MINI Challenge in Spain.

Career results Season Series Position Car Team 2003 Australian Production Car Championship 6th BMW 323i Novocastrian Motorsport Australian Production Car Championship - Class B 3rd 2004 Australian Formula 3 Championship 8th Dallara F301 Spiess Opel Protecnica Australian GT Performance Car Championship 27th Subaru Impreza WRX STi Australian Production Car Championship 1st Subaru Liberty GT 2005 Australian Drivers' Championship (1) 3rd Dallara F304 Sodemo Renault Protecnica Australian Performance Car Championship 11th Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 25th Holden Commodore VZ Jack Hillerman Racing Australian Performance Car Championship – Privateers Cup 6th Subaru Liberty GT Australian Drivers' Championship (1) 6th Dallara F304 Sodemo Renault Protecnica 2007 Australian Drivers' Championship (1) 12th Dallara F304 Sodemo Renault Protecnica Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 34th Holden Commodore VZ Jack Hillerman Racing 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix 22nd (2) Lola–Zytek A1GP A1 Team Lebanon 2008 Australian Drivers' Championship (1) 12th Dallara F307 HWA-Mercedes-Benz Team BRM 2009 Australian Mini Challenge 2nd Mini JCW R56 Jack Hillerman Racing 2010 Australian Mini Challenge 1st Mini JCW R56 Jack Hillerman Racing 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 38th Holden Commodore VE Nandi Kiss Racing (1) = Contested concurrently with the Australian Formula 3 Championship (2) = Team standings.

Complete V8 Development Series 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 Position Points2006 Jack Hillerman Racing Holden VZ CommodoreADEADEWAKWAKWAK QLD QLD QLD ORA ORA ORA MAL MAL MAL BAT BAT PHI PHI 25th 634 2007 Jack Hillerman Racing Holden VZ CommodoreADEADE WAK WAK WAK WIN WIN WIN QLD QLD QLD ORA ORA ORA BAT BATPHI PHI 34th 16 2009 Jay Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore ADE ADEWIN WINWIN TOWTOWTOWSANSANSANQLDQLDQLDBAT BATHOMHOM NC 0 2013 Nandi Kiss Racing Holden VE Commodore ADE ADEBARBARBARTOW TOWTOWQLD QLD QLD WIN WINWINBAT BAT HOM HOM 38th 81 † Not Eligible for points

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2007–08 A1 Team Lebanon NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 22nd 0

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 2007 Subaru Australia Grant Denyer Neil Crompton Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Spec C B 248 5th 3rd