Christopher Zanella

Christopher Zanella
Zanella in 2013.
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1989-10-21) 21 October 1989 Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany
Formula Renault 3.5 Series career
Debut season	2013
Current team	ISR
Categorisation	FIA Silver
Car number	8
Starts	17
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	16th in 2013
Previous series
2011–12 2010 2009–10 2008 2007–08	FIA Formula Two Championship Italian Formula Three Formula 3 Euro Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland
Championship titles
2008	Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland

Christopher Zanella (born 21 October 1989) is a Swiss former racing driver.

Career

Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland

Zanella, born in Waldshut-Tiengen, began competing in formula racing with Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland in 2007. In 2008, he won the championship. He later competed in Formula Three Euroseries and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.

Formula Two

In 2011, Zanella moved to the FIA Formula Two Championship. His season began well, and he led the championship after four races, having won both races in the Magny Cours round. He remained in Formula Two for 2012, winning twice during the year in Nürburgring and Autodromo Nazionale Monza, the latter of which was also the last ever race for Formula Two.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

After the FIA Formula Two Championship was disbanded in the end of 2012, Zanella tested with various Formula Renault 3.5 teams during the 2012-13 off-season, He signed with Czech team ISR Racing partnering Russian driver Sergey Sirotkin. In his series debut in Monza, he finished third in the race. He also won the last Formula Two race ever also in Monza coinciding with his podium in his debut, and in Race 2, he finished eighth, giving him 19 points during the weekend.

Racing record

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

(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	DC	Points
2008	Race Performance	SPA 1	SPA 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	HUN 1 25	HUN 2 26									43rd	0
	Jenzer Motorsport							NÜR 1 31	NÜR 2 17	LMS 1	LMS 2	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1	CAT 2

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2009	Motopark Academy	Dallara F308/099	Mercedes	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 Ret	LAU 1 14	LAU 2 8	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 21†	ZAN 2 16	OSC 1 13	OSC 2 Ret	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 Ret	BRH 1 5	BRH 2 7	CAT 1 14	CAT 2 12	DIJ 1 7	DIJ 2 12	HOC 1 19	HOC 2 2	13th	11
2010	Motopark Academy	Dallara F308/092	Mercedes	LEC 1	LEC 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 9	ZAN 2 7	BRH 1 DNS	BRH 2 DNS	OSC 1	OSC 2					15th	2
		Dallara F308/099																		HOC 1 7	HOC 2 Ret

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2011	SIL 1 7	SIL 2 3	MAG 1 1	MAG 2 1	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 2	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 3	BRH 1 6	BRH 2 7	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 4	MNZ 1 5	MNZ 2 6	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 7	2nd	189
2012	SIL 1 2	SIL 2 8	ALG 1 6	ALG 2 4	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 1	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 4	BRH 1 6	BRH 2 2	LEC 1 8	LEC 2 3	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 6	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 1	3rd	196

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2013	ISR	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 8	ALC 1 7	ALC 2 Ret	MON 1 Ret	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 13	MSC 1 22	MSC 2 23	RBR 1 16	RBR 2 14	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 19	LEC 1 Ret	LEC 2 19	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 11	16th	25

External links

• Official website
• Christopher Zanella career summary at DriverDB.com