Christian Bakkerud

Christian Bakkerud
Christian Bakkerud
Nationality	Danish
Born	3 November 1984; British F3 Championship; Formula BMW UK; Formula BMW ADAC
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2009 – 2010
Teams	Kolles
Best finish	9th (2009)
Class wins	0

Christian Bakkerud (3 November 1984 – 11 September 2011) was a

British Formula 3 and Formula BMW

.

Career

Formula BMW

Bakkerud competed in Formula BMW from 2002 to 2004, joining the British version of the series in the latter year after two seasons in Germany.

Formula Three

Bakkerud competed in

British Formula 3 in 2005 and 2006. Having finished seventh in the championship in 2005, he improved to sixth place in 2006, and also scored his first series win for Carlin at Mugello in 2006 - arguably his career highlight. During this time he also competed in the Macau Grand Prix and the Ultimate Masters of Formula Three

race.

GP2 Series

2008 GP2 Asia Series season

.

Bakkerud took part in the

2007 GP2 Series season for the DPR team,^[1] paired with Spaniard Andy Soucek. The season was disappointing, as Bakkerud failed to score any points. He also suffered back injuries, trapping nerves whilst racing on two separate occasions.^[2]

He moved to the

2008 GP2 Series proper, he suffered a recurrence of his back injury after a collision with Ben Hanley in the first race.^[4] He was replaced by Soucek whilst he recovered,^[5] and made his return to the cockpit at Monaco, after missing the championship round at Istanbul. He crashed at the start of the sprint race at Monaco, briefly going airborne after hitting Kamui Kobayashi. He did not suffer a recurrence of his back injury despite a heavy landing.^[6] However, the injury flared up once more following a testing session, and he withdrew from the rest of the season on medical grounds. He was replaced by Soucek.^[7]

DTM

In 2009, Bakkerud raced in the

Futurecom-TME

.

Le Mans

Bakkerud also made his Le Mans début in 2009, driving an Audi R10 TDI privately entered by Colin Kolles's team. Paired with Christijan Albers and Giorgio Mondini, he finished ninth overall and in class. He returned to the event in 2010 with the same team and car, but on this occasion he, Albers and Oliver Jarvis failed to finish.

Retirement

Bakkerud retired from driving following the 2010 Le Mans race. In the year prior to his death, he worked as an import manager at a shipping company.^[8]

Death

On 10 September 2011, Bakkerud was involved in a car crash at the Tibbet's Corner roundabout at Putney Heath, near

crash barrier prior to the barrier impact some six metres later.^{[citation needed}

]

Within a week a large number of flower bouquets were left at the location where the car came to rest. Police had also erected a yellow sign appealing for witnesses, which stated the accident occurred at about 6am on 10 September.

Formula One team

HRT, led by Colin Kolles, added a tribute to Bakkerud to the livery of their cars during the 2011 Singapore Grand Prix weekend.^[10] McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton

also paid tribute to Bakkerud by wearing a helmet featuring his initials.

Racing record

Complete GP2 Series 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	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2007	DPR	BHR FEA 13	BHR SPR Ret	CAT FEA 12	CAT SPR Ret	MON FEA Ret	MAG FEA Ret	MAG SPR 12	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 21	NÜR FEA Ret	NÜR SPR 18	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR DNS	IST FEA DNQ	IST SPR DNQ	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SPA FEA 12	SPA SPR Ret	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR Ret	32nd	0
2008	Super Nova Racing	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR DNS	IST FEA	IST SPR	MON FEA 10	MON SPR Ret	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR		27th	0
Sources:^[11]^[12]

Complete GP2 Asia Series 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	DC	Points
2008	Super Nova Racing	DUB1 FEA Ret	DUB1 SPR 11	SEN FEA Ret	SEN SPR 14	SEP FEA Ret	SEP SPR Ret	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR Ret	DUB2 FEA Ret	DUB2 SPR 9	27th	0
Source:^[11]

Complete DTM 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	Pos	Points
2009	Kolles Futurecom	HOC 14	LAU 14	NOR 15	LAU DSQ	OSC	NÜR 13	BRH 16	CAT 17	DIJ Ret	HOC 12	19th	0
Sources:^[11]^[12]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	Kolles	Christijan Albers Giorgio Mondini	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	360	9th	9th
2010	Kolles	Oliver Jarvis Christijan Albers	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	331	DNF	DNF
Sources:^[12]^[13]

References

"Career statistics". driverdb.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2007.

^ "DPR sign Bakkerud for 2007". autosport.com. 17 January 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
^ Bradley, Charles (August 2007). "GP2's new faces suffer on debuts". Autosport. Vol. 189, no. 6. p. 15.
^ "'Bad luck' Bakkerud gets a break". crash.net. 14 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
^ "Mixed fortunes for Super Nova duo". autosport.com. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
^ "Soucek replaces injured Bakkerud". autosport.com. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
^ "Bakkerud fit after Monaco shunt". autosport.com. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
^ "Confirmed: Soucek back for Bakk". crash.net. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
^ ^a ^b Oakes, Omar (12 September 2011). "Racing car champion Christian Bakkerud dies after A3 crash in Tibbets Corner, Wimbledon". yourlocalguardian.co.uk. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
^ Freeman, Glenn. "Christian Bakkerud killed in car crash". Autosport.com. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
^ "Hamilton leads shortened first session". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011. The cars bore messages to the late Christian Bakkerud, the Danish GP2 and F3 driver who died of brain injuries recently following a car accident in the UK.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Christian Bakkerud". Motor Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Christian Bakkerud Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "Christian Bakkerud". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "DPR sign Bakkerud for 2007". autosport.com. 17 January 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2007.

[2] Bradley, Charles (August 2007). "GP2's new faces suffer on debuts". Autosport. Vol. 189, no. 6. p. 15.

[3] "'Bad luck' Bakkerud gets a break". crash.net. 14 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.

[4] "Mixed fortunes for Super Nova duo". autosport.com. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.

[5] "Soucek replaces injured Bakkerud". autosport.com. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2008.

[6] "Bakkerud fit after Monaco shunt". autosport.com. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2008.

[7] "Confirmed: Soucek back for Bakk". crash.net. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.

[guardian-8] Oakes, Omar (12 September 2011). "Racing car champion Christian Bakkerud dies after A3 crash in Tibbets Corner, Wimbledon". yourlocalguardian.co.uk. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

[9] Freeman, Glenn. "Christian Bakkerud killed in car crash". Autosport.com. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

[10] "Hamilton leads shortened first session". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011. The cars bore messages to the late Christian Bakkerud, the Danish GP2 and F3 driver who died of brain injuries recently following a car accident in the UK.

[MSportData-11] "Christian Bakkerud". Motor Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[MSportStats-12] "Christian Bakkerud Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[13] "Christian Bakkerud". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

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