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Christijan Albers

Christijan Albers, 1998. Copyright Stella-Maria Thomas, 2016. Used with Permission.

Christijan Albers, 1998. Copyright Stella-Maria Thomas, 2016. Used with Permission.

Christijan Albers, LMS race, Barcelona, Spain, 5th April 2009. Copyright LAT Photographic (www.latphoto.co.uk), 2010. Used with permission.

Christijan Albers, LMS race, Barcelona, Spain, 5th April 2009. Copyright LAT Photographic 2010. Used with permission.

Born:

16 Apr 1979
Eindhoven

Nationality:

Netherlands

Grands Prix:

45 (2005-2007)

F3000 starts:

9 (2000)

Teams:

Caterham (2014)

After a spell in the DTM, Albers was in F1, but was dropped by Spyker in 2007. Went back to the DTM, but after a brief spell in sportscars, retired for a while, largely because his wife was battling cancer. Lives in Monaco, where he runs a number of businesses, including interests in real estate. However, he decided in 2014, to return to racing and raced in the WEC. If that wasn't surprising enough, then he had another change in July 2014, when he became team principal of Caterham's F1 team. This didn't last long, for a number of reasons, largely down to the financial issues with the team, and for now he is retired from the sport again.

Biography last updated 16 Jan 2015