Chris Alajajian


Chris Alajajian is an Australian race car driver.

Early career

In 2004 he 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. Chris also won a number of races in the Australian Performance Car Championship with Protecnica Racing.

V8 Supercars

Alajajian moved to the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series for 2006. At Bathurst on Friday 6 October 2006 Alajajian was involved in an accident that resulted in the death of New Zealand racing driver Mark Porter. Porter's car spun in a section at the top of the mountain and was hit from behind by Alajajian and stalled, sitting sideways on the track. As fellow driver David Clark came around a blind corner he swerved to try and avoid Porter's car but slid sideways into the drivers door. Porter was airlifted to hospital with serious head and chest injuries but died in late afternoon of Sunday 8 October as the feature race was concluding. The incident was completely unavoidable as it occurred in a section of track that is blind to following drivers.
He continued in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 2007 and made a one-off appearance in 2009 and 2013.

A1 Grand Prix

First Test: In August 2007, Alajajian flew to the Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit in Great Britain to test for A1 Team Lebanon in the A1 Grand Prix series, before jetting back into Sydney in time for the fifth round of the Fujitsu V8s at Oran Park Raceway, west of Sydney.
The test in the 550 hp A1GP car was recognition of Alajajian's prowess behind the wheel of open-wheeled cars, finishing as high as second in the opening round of the 2007 Australian Formula 3 Championship – run in conjunction with the Australian round of the 2006–07 A1GP at Eastern Creek in February 2007.
Racing: Chris made his debut in the series at the Dutch round in the 2007–08 season. After missing round 2 in Brno, he raced the next 4 rounds, being in a points scoring position in New Zealand before being hit from behind, and was 2nd quickest in Rookie Qualifying at Eastern Creek.

Mini Challenge

Alajajian moved to the Australian Mini Challenge later in 2009 where he finished second in the championship. His prize for that will be a trip to Spain with series champion Paul Stokell to represent Australia in the Mini Challenge World Finals in early 2010. In 2010 he won the Australian Championship.

Career results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718PositionPoints
2006Jack Hillerman RacingHolden VZ CommodoreADEADEWAKWAKWAKQLD
28		QLD
2		QLD
Ret		ORA
11		ORA
24		ORA
7		MAL
4		MAL
19		MAL
11		BAT
30		BAT
Ret		PHI
Ret		PHI
14		25th634
2007Jack Hillerman RacingHolden VZ CommodoreADEADEWAK
1		WAK
Ret		WAK
Ret		WIN
Ret		WIN
17		WIN
19		QLD
Ret		QLD
Ret		QLD
DNS		ORA
Ret		ORA
15		ORA
17		BAT
Ret		BAT
DNS		PHIPHI27th26
2009Jay MotorsportHolden VZ CommodoreADE
Ret		ADE
DNS		WINWINWINTOWTOWTOWSANSANSANQLDQLDQLDBATBATHOMHOMNC0
2013Nandi Kiss RacingHolden VE CommodoreADE
23		ADE
20		BARBARBARTOWTOWTOWQLDQLDQLDWINWINWINBATBATHOMHOM38th81

† Not Eligible for points

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2007–08A1 Team LebanonNED
SPR
14		NED
FEA
19		CZE
SPR		CZE
FEA		MYS
SPR
14		MYS
FEA
Ret		CHN
SPR
Ret		CHN
FEA
13		NZL
SPR
15		NZL
FEA
Ret		AUS
SPR
19		AUS
FEA
19		RSA
SPR		RSA
FEA		MEX
SPR		MEX
FEA		CHN
SPR		CHN
FEA		GBR
SPR		GBR
SPR		22nd0