Kris Richard

Kris Richard (born 20 November 1994) is a Swiss racing driver currently competing in the TCR Europe Series. Having previously competed in the World Touring Car Cup, World Touring Car Championship and European Touring Car Cup amongst others.

Racing career Richard began his career in 2005 in Karting, he continued in karting until 2008. In 2011, he switched to the Formula LO series, he finished the season seventh in the championship standings that year. He continued in the series for 2012, taking a single victory, several podiums and pole positions on his way to finishing third in the standings. For the 2016 season, he switched to the European Touring Car Cup, driving a Honda Civic TCR for Rikli Motorsport. He went on to take five victories, eight podiums and one pole position on his way to winning the 2016 drivers title. He also partnered Stéphane Lémeret in one round of the 2016 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship. For 2017, he switched to the Champions, driving a Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK2) for Target Competition.

In October 2017, it was announced that Richard would race in the World Touring Car Championship replacing Esteban Guerrieri, driving a Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 for Campos Racing as a prize for winning the 2016 European Touring Car Cup. He earned a second outing with team at the season finale held in Qatar, scoring his first and only WTCC points by finishing sixth in the second race. In 2018, he made a two one-off starts in the 24H TCE Series and in the VLN. After having competed in the Champions in 2017, he switched to the TCR Europe Series for 2018, once again driving for Target Competition, driving a Hyundai i30 N TCR. He later made a wildcard entry into the 2018 World Touring Car Cup race held at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with KCMG, driving a Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8).

Racing record Career summary

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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 DC Points 2017 Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 HUN1 HUN2 GER1 GER2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 CHN1 CHN2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 QAT1 QAT2 16th 10

Complete TCR Europe 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 DC Points 2018 Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 ASS1 ASS2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 7th 84

Complete World Touring Car Cup 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 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points 2018 KCMG Honda Civic Type R TCR MAR1 MAR2 MAR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 GER1 GER2 GER3 NED1 NED2 NED3 POR1 POR2 POR3 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 CHN1 CHN2 CHN3 WUH1 WUH2 WUH3 JPN1 JPN2 JPN3 MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 38th 0