Christian Klien

Quick Facts

Full Name	Christian Klien
Date Of Birth	Feb 7, 1983(1983-02-07)
Age	41
Birthplace	Hohenems
Country	Austria
Birth City	Vorarlberg
Horoscope	Aquarius

Christian Klien Biography

Christian Klien is one of the most popular and richest Austrian racing driver who was born on February 7, 1983 in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, Austria. Klien took home four races, claiming the German title while finishing in fifth place at the top of his European series. After that, Klien moved into the Formula Three Euroseries, with Mucke Motorsport, winning four races before finishing second with Ryan Briscoe. Klien also took home at the 2003 Marlboro Masters event at Zandvoort.

Born in Hohenems, Klien started his motorsport career in his early teens. He raced in karting championships in both Austria and Switzerland, before moving to Formula BMW. After winning several titles in lower Formulas, Klien moved into Formula One, driving for the Jaguar Racing team, alongside Mark Webber. At the end of 2004, however, Jaguar sold its Formula One team to Red Bull, which renamed it Red Bull Racing. In an unusual arrangement, Klien shared a race seat with Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi. He stayed at Red Bull for 2006, whilst Liuzzi moved to the Red Bull junior team, Scuderia Toro Rosso.

With both Klien and Liuzzi signed to race for the Red Bull team in 2005, Red Bull announced that Liuzzi would be racing at the next 4 rounds in San Marino, Spain, Monaco and the European Grands Prix instead of Klien. Originally, Klien was ineligible to be a third driver at these Grand Prix, as he had competed in over six Grand Prix the previous year, but after a majority of teams asked the FIA to remove this ruling, Klien was allowed to take this role at Imola.

The year ended in December of 2003 and Klien had been signed race driver of his Jaguar Formula One team for the 2004 season. He was replacing Justin Wilson, who had been replaced by Antonio Pizzonia for the final 5 Grand Prix of the 2003 season. Klien faced a lot of pressure his role as the second driver behind his more knowledgeable partner Mark Webber, but was the first driver to surpass Mark Webber with the same team.

As of 1999 Klien was racing with his first Formula BMW ADAC Junior Cup which he won four races while finishing 4th in the championship. In the next year, he was able to move to the primary Formula BMW ADAC Championship with Team Rosberg, finishing the series in tenth place overall and third in ranking of rookies. After a second stint in the series in the year 2001 Klien was able to take home five wins and was ranked third in the championship. After joining JD Motorsport for the Italian winter Formula Renault series, he was the winner of one race and was able to participation in the team’s German Formula Renault for 2002.

Jaguar were bought out in November 2004 by Austrian energy drink company Red Bull and were renamed Red Bull Racing. During winter testing in 2005, Klien tested several times for Red Bull Racing alongside Vitantonio Liuzzi and David Coulthard. Klien secured the second race seat at Red Bull, alongside Coulthard. Klien started the year with points finishes in the first two races before retiring in Bahrain before the race had even started due to an electrical problem.

Christian Klien Net Worth

Christian is one of the richest Austrian racing driver from Austria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Christian Klien 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Klien was captivated by racing after his dad took him to take in the Go-Kart race. This passion for the sport was only heightened when he met Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna. The Austrian began his career at 13 years old. Between 1996 and the year 1998 Klien was a winner of several races across Switzerland and in his home country Austria as well as becoming one of the Suisse Champion in the very first year.

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The Austrian returned to the race seat for the Canadian Grand Prix and maintained his race seat thanks to his strong performances and Red Bull’s increased number of seats from the purchase of the Minardi team (which was renamed Scuderia Toro Rosso, Italian for “Team Red Bull”) in 2006. Klien finished his second year in Formula One with two further points finishes: an 8th-place finish in Turkey and a 5th at the season-finale in China. After a promising performance in China, it was confirmed in December 2005 that Klien would drive for the Red Bull Racing outfit alongside David Coulthard for the 2006 season.

Facts & Trivia

Christian Ranked on the list of most popular Austrian racing driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Austria. Christian Klien celebrates birthday on February 7 of every year.

In 2008 Klien signed as BMW Sauber’s test and reserve driver for the 2008 Formula One season. He also signed with Peugeot to race in 24 Hours of Le Mans. Driving the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP he finished third overall with Ricardo Zonta and Franck Montagny. In October he participated in Petit Le Mans in the American Le Mans Series, driving with Peugeot’s factory drivers Marc Gené and Nicolas Minassian.