Chris Lulham
| Chris Lulham | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Christopher Lulham 31 March 2003 Coldharbour, Surrey, England |
| GT World Challenge Europe career | |
| Debut season | 2025 |
| Current team | Emil Frey Racing, Verstappen.com Racing |
| Racing licence | FIA Silver (until 2025) FIA Gold (2026–) |
| Car number | 33, 69 |
| Starts | 15 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 22nd in 2025 |
| Previous series | |
| 2024 2019 | Radical Cup UK F4 British Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2025–26 2025 2025 2025 2024 | Asian Le Mans Series – GT GTWC Europe - Gold Cup GTWC Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup GTWC Europe Sprint Cup - Gold Cup Radical Cup UK – SR3 |
Christopher Lulham (born 31 March 2003[1]) is a British racing driver and sim racer who competes in the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe for Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing.[2]
Lulham spent nine years in karting from 2010 to 2018, winning two titles in X30 and OK karts, before graduating to junior formulae in 2019.[3] After his junior career, he transitioned to sim racing, becoming a part of esports organisation Team Redline in 2021, who he remains a member with, and finding immediate success in iRacing Special Events and professional series.[4] He returned to racing in 2024, competing in the Radical Cup UK and winning the overall championship.[5][6] A year later, he was selected to race under the Verstappen.com Racing programme in the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe,[7] later winning the Gold class with Thierry Vermeulen.
Racing career
Lulham began karting in 2010.[3] Racing in karts until 2018, Lulham won the 2016 X30 Euro Series in the Junior category and the 2017 Trofeo Delle Industrie in OK, while also coming runner-up to Dexter Patterson in the Karting World Championship that year in OK-Junior.[8][9][10]
After spending most of 2019 in sim racing, Lulham joined Fortec Motorsport for a one-off appearance at the Silverstone round of the F4 British Championship.[11] After finishing 11th on debut,[12] Lulham took his first points in race two by finishing seventh,[13] and capped off the weekend with a fifth-place finish in race three.[14]
Five years later, Lulham returned to real life racing by competing in the 2024 Radical Cup UK.[5] In his only season in the series, Lulham won all but two races in the 18 race season to win the SR3 title in dominant fashion.[6]
At the start of 2025, it was announced that Lulham would compete in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, marking his debut in real-life GT3 competition.[15] In the former, Lulham won the 24 Hours of Spa in class and finished on the podium in every race he started to secure the Gold Cup title at the season finale in Barcelona.[16][17] In the latter, Lulham took four class wins, including an overall podium at Brands Hatch,[18] as well as three more podiums to take the Gold Cup title in Valencia.[19] He would also later in the year make his debut at the Nürburgring in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for the 9th round of the Championship for Emil Frey Racing alongside his GT World Challenge Europe teamowner and friend Max Verstappen the duo would win the race overall with a dominant lead.[20]
Esports career
Lulham began sim-racing in 2019 and began racing professionally on iRacing a year later. Competing in the British Formula 4 iRacing Trophy in 2020, Lulham won the season-opener at Donington Park,[21] and then took four more wins to take the title over Luke Browning by 14 points.[22][23] In 2021, Lulham joined Team Redline.[24] In his first year with the team, Lulham won the iRacing Nürburgring 24 Hours,[4] also winning the iRacing Daytona 24 Hours in GTE and winning the VCO ProSIM Series title at the end of the year.[25][26]
After winning the VCO Esports Racing World Cup the following year,[27] Lulham won the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual overall and won the second edition of the VCO Esports Racing World Cup.[28][29]
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Trent Valley Kart Club — Honda Cadet | 22nd | |
| Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Honda Cadet | 12th | ||
| 2012 | Trent Valley Kart Club — Honda Cadet | 22nd | |
| 2013 | Trent Valley Kart Club — Honda Cadet | 23rd | |
| Super 1 National Championship — Honda Cadet | 9th | ||
| 2014 | Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Honda Cadet | 13th | |
| Super 1 National Championship — Honda Cadet | 23rd | ||
| 2015 | Kartmasters British GP — Rotax Mini Max | 5th | |
| Super 1 National Championship — Rotax Mini Max | 23rd | ||
| 2016 | X30 Challenge Europe — X30 Junior | Fusion Motorsport | 8th |
| IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior | 1st | ||
| IAME International Final — X30 Junior | 8th | ||
| 2017 | 22nd South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Piers Sexton Racing | 31st |
| 46° Trofeo delle Industrie — OK | Forza Racing | 1st | |
| Kartmasters British Grand Prix — OKJ | 12th | ||
| IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior | 2nd | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | Piers Sexton Racing | 15th | |
| Karting European Championship — OKJ | 3rd | ||
| Karting World Championship — OKJ | Forza Racing | 2nd | |
| WSK Open Cup — OK | 25th | ||
| 2018 | 23rd South Garda Winter Cup — OK | Forza Racing | NC |
| WSK Super Master Series — OK | 14th | ||
| Karting European Championship — OK | 18th | ||
| Sources:[30][31][32][33] | |||
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | F4 British Championship | Fortec Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15th |
| 2024 | Hagerty Radical Cup UK - Pro SR3 | Valour Racing | 18 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 1245 | 1st |
| 2025 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Verstappen.com Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21st |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 121 | 1st | |||
| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | Emil Frey Racing | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7th | |
| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Gold | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 118.5 | 1st | |||
| Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | NC | ||
| Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - Cup 3 | Lionspeed GP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | NC | |
| 2025–26 | Asian Le Mans Series – GT | Kessel Racing | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 1st |
| 24H Series Middle East - GT3 | Grove Racing by GetSpeed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | NC | |
| 2026 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing | |||||||
| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | |||||||||
| Sources:[30] | |||||||||
† As Lulham was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress
Complete F4 British Championship 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 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Fortec Motorsports | BHI 1 |
BHI 2 |
BHI 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
THR1 1 |
THR1 2 |
THR1 3 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
THR2 1 |
THR2 2 |
THR2 3 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
SIL 1 11 |
SIL 2 7 |
SIL 3 5 |
BHGP 1 |
BHGP 2 |
BHGP 3 |
15th | 16 |
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Verstappen.com Racing | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | Gold | LEC 9 |
MNZ 15 |
SPA 6H 11 |
SPA 12H 10 |
SPA 24H 9 |
NÜR 17 |
BAR 8 |
1st | 121 |
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Emil Frey Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Gold | BRH 1 3 |
BRH 2 9 |
ZAN 1 11 |
ZAN 2 13 |
MIS 1 Ret |
MIS 2 7 |
MAG 1 22 |
MAG 2 26 |
VAL 1 4 |
VAL 2 9 |
1st | 118.5 |
*Season still in progress.
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Kessel Racing | GT | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | SEP 1 5 |
SEP 2 1 |
DUB 1 1 |
DUB 2 4 |
ABU 1 3 |
ABU 2 9 |
1st | 94 |
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External links
- Chris Lulham career summary at DriverDB.com
- Official website