Christopher Höher (born 19 May 1997) is a former Austrian racing driver.

Christopher Höher
Nationality Austrian
Born (1997-05-19) 19 May 1997 (age 27)
Villach, Austria
BOSS GP career
Debut season2016
Current teamTop Speed
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number19
Starts12
Wins6
Poles5
Fastest laps6
Best finish8th in 2020
Previous series
2017
201415
201314
2013
2011, 1315
ADAC GT Masters
GP3 Series
Euroformula Open Championship
ATS F3 Cup
Austria Formula 3 Cup
Championship titles
2013Austria Formula 3 Cup

Career

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Formula 3

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Career Summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
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

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(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
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

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  1. ^ a b Remus Formel 3 Pokal 2013
  2. ^ Austria Formel 3 Cup 2011
  3. ^ Remus Formel 3 Pokal 2014
  4. ^ Remus Formel 3 Pokal 2015
  5. ^ "ADAC GT Masters News Notebook | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

Bibliography

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