Chris Ingram | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Manchester, England | 7 July 1994
Championship titles | |
2016 2019 | European Rally Championship 2 Wheel Drive Champion European Rally ChampionshipJunior Under 27 Champion & ERC 3 Champion FIA European Rally Championship Overall Champion |
Awards | |
2012 2014 2015 2017 | Motor Sport Association UK Young Driver of the Year Colin McRae ERC Flat Out Trophy Colin McRae ERC Flat Out Trophy Colin McRae ERC Flat Out Trophy |
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 2013–2018, 2021–present |
Rallies | 20 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Stage wins | 0 |
Total points | 4 |
First rally | 2014 Wales Rally GB |
Last rally | 2022 Acropolis Rally |
Chris Ingram (born 7 July 1994 in Manchester) is a British rally driver. In 2019, Ingram became the first British driver to win the European Rally Championship (2019) in 52 years since Vic Elford.
He won the 2012 Motor Sports Association Young Driver of the Year Award. He is a three time winner of the European Rally Championship Colin McRae Flat Out Award on the Circuit of Ireland Rally 2014, Rallye Açores 2015, and Rally Liepaja in 2017, and also won the Richard Burns Trophy on Wales Rally GB in 2017 for winning the Two-Wheel drive class. Ingram signed with Peugeot UK in August 2014 for the European Rally Championship driving a Peugeot 208 R2, which saw him become the youngest manufacturer-backed rally driver since Richard Burns. After two seasons with Peugeot, in January 2016 Ingram signed with German factory team Opel Motorsport and won the FIA ERC 3 title scoring five-consecutive podiums. In 2017 he won the FIA European Rally Championship Under 27 Junior title after three victories enabling him to step up into four-wheel drive for season 2018.