Christopher Höher
Christopher Höher | |
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Nationality | Austrian |
Born | Villach, Austria | 19 May 1997
BOSS GP career | |
Debut season | 2016 |
Current team | Top Speed |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Car number | 19 |
Starts | 12 |
Wins | 6 |
Poles | 5 |
Fastest laps | 6 |
Best finish | 8th in 2020 |
Previous series | |
2017 2014–15 2013–14 2013 2011, 13–15 | ADAC GT Masters GP3 Series Euroformula Open Championship ATS F3 Cup Austria Formula 3 Cup |
Championship titles | |
2013 | Austria Formula 3 Cup |
Christopher Höher (born 19 May 1997) is a former Austrian racing driver.
Career
[edit]Formula 3
[edit]Höher began his career in racing in 2011 in a Dallara 302 Opel Spiess for Franz Wöss Racing at the Austria Formula 3 Cup at the age of 13 years. His career took off in 2013, two years later, winning the Austria Formula 3 Cup with 12 victories out of 14 races[1] and also competing in races in the German Formula 3 and European F3 Open series. In total, he took part in five races that do not score any points. In the fight for the German Formula 3 trophy he stood three times on the second step of the podium and eventually was classified in tenth position. In the 2014 season, the Austrian decided to continue racing in Euroformula Open Championship. During the second race at Monza stood on the podium. He has collected a total of 35 points, which gave him the fourteenth place in the final drivers' standings.
GP3 Series
[edit]In the 2014 GP3 Series season Höher replaced Hong Kong-based Adderly Fong at Jenzer Motorsport for the rounds at the Hungaroring as Fong had a race in the Audi R8 LMS Cup that weekend. In both races he came in the 23rd position. He was classified 36th in the final drivers' standings. In the 2015 GP3 Series season Höher raced at the Silverstone rounds for the Campos Racing team finishing 23rd and 24th.
ADAC GT Masters
[edit]Höher participated in the Junior Class of the 2017 ADAC GT Masters season with Audi Sport Racing Academy, sharing the number 9 Audi R8 LMS with Elia Erhart. He finished 15th in the Junior Class standings, scoring 35 points.
BOSS GP
[edit]Höher has been competing in BOSS GP since 2016. He drove in the 2016, 2019 and 2020 seasons for Top Speed in the Formula Class, driving Dallara GP2 cars. He will again compete for Top Speed in the Formula class in an ex-GP2 Dallara GP2/11.
Racing record
[edit]Career Summary
[edit]Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2011 | Austria Formula 3 Cup[2] | Franz Wöss Racing | 12 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 63 | 5th |
2013 | Remus F3 Cup[1] | Franz Wöss Racing | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 300 | 1st |
German Formula 3 Championship - Trophy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 10th | ||
German Formula 3 Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
European F3 Open Championship | Team West-Tec F3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
2014 | Remus F3 Cup[3] | Franz Wöss Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 9th |
GP3 Series | Jenzer Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36th | |
Euroformula Open Winter Series | Team West-Tec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
Euroformula Open Championship | BVM Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 14th | |
2015 | GP3 Series | Campos Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st |
Remus F3 Cup[4] | Franz Wöss Racing | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 113 | 5th | |
2016 | BOSS GP - Formula Class | Top Speed | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 14th |
2017 | ADAC GT Masters[5] | Audi Sport racing academy | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2019 | BOSS GP - Formula Class | Top Speed | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 13th |
2020 | BOSS GP - Formula Class | Top Speed | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 8th |
Complete GP3 Series results
[edit](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 | Pos. | Pts |
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2014 | Jenzer Motorsport | CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA 23 |
HUN SPR 23 |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
36th | 0 |
2015 | Campos Racing | CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
SIL FEA 23 |
SIL SPR 24 |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
31st | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Remus Formel 3 Pokal 2013
- ^ Austria Formel 3 Cup 2011
- ^ Remus Formel 3 Pokal 2014
- ^ Remus Formel 3 Pokal 2015
- ^ "ADAC GT Masters News Notebook | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
Bibliography
[edit]- Christopher Höher career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Villach
- Austrian racing drivers
- German Formula Three Championship drivers
- FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers
- GP3 Series drivers
- Austrian Formula Three Championship drivers
- Euroformula Open Championship drivers
- ADAC GT Masters drivers
- Team West-Tec drivers
- Jenzer Motorsport drivers
- Campos Racing drivers
- BVM Racing drivers
- Ma-con Motorsport drivers