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Christian Klien is an Austrian former Formula One driver who last drove for HRT-Cosworth in 2010.
He was born on February 7th 1983 in Hohenems, Vorarlberg. He made his Grand Prix debut in a Jaguar-Cosworth during the 2004 Grand Prix of Australia. Klien was active for 5 seasons between 2004 and 2010. He scored 14 points in 51 races. During his career Klien wasn't able to win a race or finish on the podium. His last race was the the 2010 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi.
He was born on February 7th 1983 in Hohenems, Vorarlberg. He made his Grand Prix debut in a Jaguar-Cosworth during the 2004 Grand Prix of Australia. Klien was active for 5 seasons between 2004 and 2010. He scored 14 points in 51 races. During his career Klien wasn't able to win a race or finish on the podium. His last race was the the 2010 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi.
| Name: | Christian Klien |
| Nationality: |  Austrian |
| Birthday: | February 7th 1983 (29) |
| Birthplace: | Hohenems, Vorarlberg | Races: | 51 races |
| Total points: | 14 points |
| Wins: | 0 wins |
| Podiums: | 0 podiums | Pole positions: | 0 poles |
| Retirements: | 16 retirements |
| First race: |  2004 Australia |
| Last race: |  2010 Abu Dhabi |
Christian Klien by year
| All years | 2010 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
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Overall stats: Christian Klien
| #1 | Best Finish | Christian Klien |  | 5 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best Qualifying | Christian Klien | | 4 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best FP1 | Christian Klien | | 2 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best FP2 | Christian Klien | | 5 (2x) | |
| #1 | Best FP3 | Christian Klien | | 1 (3x) | |
| #1 | Best Friday | Christian Klien | | 2 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best Saturday | Christian Klien | | 1 (3x) |
Best finish
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2005 | 19 | Shanghai | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Cosworth | 5 |
Best qualifying
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Qualified |
| 2005 | 18 | Suzuka | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Cosworth | 4 |
Best practice 1
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2005 | 5 | Catalunya | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Cosworth | 2 |
Best practice 2
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2006 | 6 | Catalunya | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Ferrari | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | Bahrain | Christian Klien | Jaguar-Cosworth | 5 |
Best practice 3
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2006 | 12 | Hockenheim | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Ferrari | 1 |
| 2004 | 17 | Suzuka | Christian Klien | Jaguar-Cosworth | 1 |
| 2004 | 17 | Suzuka | Christian Klien | Jaguar-Cosworth | 1 |
Best friday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2005 | 5 | Catalunya | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Cosworth | Friday practice 1 | 2 |
Best saturday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2006 | 12 | Hockenheim | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Ferrari | Saturday practice | 1 |
| 2004 | 17 | Suzuka | Christian Klien | Jaguar-Cosworth | Saturday practice 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 17 | Suzuka | Christian Klien | Jaguar-Cosworth | Saturday practice 2 | 1 |
| #1 | Worst Finish | Christian Klien | | 22 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst Qualifying | Christian Klien | | 24 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP1 | Christian Klien | | 26 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP2 | Christian Klien | | 27 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP3 | Christian Klien | | 24 (2x) | |
| #1 | Worst Friday | Christian Klien | | 27 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst Saturday | Christian Klien | | 24 (3x) |
Worst finish
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2010 | 18 | Interlagos | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | 22 |
Worst qualifying
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Qualified |
| 2010 | 19 | Yas Marina | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | 24 |
Worst practice 1
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2006 | 14 | Istanbul | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Ferrari | 26 |
Worst practice 2
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2006 | 11 | Magny-Cours | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Ferrari | 27 |
Worst practice 3
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2010 | 18 | Interlagos | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | 24 |
| 2010 | 19 | Yas Marina | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | 24 |
Worst friday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2006 | 11 | Magny-Cours | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Ferrari | Friday practice 2 | 27 |
Worst saturday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2010 | 18 | Interlagos | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | Practice 3 | 24 |
| 2010 | 19 | Yas Marina | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | Practice 3 | 24 |
| 2010 | 19 | Yas Marina | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | Qualifying | 24 |
Highs and lows of
| Driven for | 2010 Hispania Racing F1 Team 2006 Red Bull Racing 2005 Red Bull Racing 2004 Jaguar Racing | |
| How did he retire | ||
| Qualifying Q2 | Achieved Q2:12 Didn't Q2:6 | |
| Qualifying Q3 | Achieved Q3:2 Didn't Q3:16 |
Ranking: Christian Klien
| #44 | Average practice result | Christian Klien |  | 15.42 place | |
| #243 | Average race points | Christian Klien | | 0.4 points | |
| #40 | Average qualifying result | Christian Klien | | 13.47 place | |
| #172 | Average race result | Christian Klien | | 11.23 place | |
| #110 | Most points finishes | Christian Klien | | 8 finishes | |
| #80 | Ratio avoidable retirements | Christian Klien | | 0.38 retirements | |
| #109 | Most race laps | Christian Klien | | 2331 laps | |
| #103 | Most avoidable retirements | Christian Klien | | 6 retirements | |
| #116 | Most races | Christian Klien | | 51 races | |
| #615 | Oldest driver | Christian Klien | | 27 years, 9 months, 7 days | |
| #410 | Biggest gain in race | Christian Klien | | 9 places gained | |
| #20 | Youngest driver | Christian Klien | | 21 years, 1 month | |
| #116 | Start from P1 | Christian Klien | | 0 starts | |
| #140 | Most retirements | Christian Klien | | 16 retirements | |
| #143 | Most points | Christian Klien | | 14 points | |
| #210 | Most podiums | Christian Klien | | 0 podiums | |
| #127 | Most wins | Christian Klien | | 0 wins |
| Driver | Place | |
| 42 | Kamui Kobayashi | 15.07 |
| 43 | Giorgio Mondini | 15.28 |
| 44 | Christian Klien | 15.42 |
| 45 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 15.68 |
| 46 | Robert Doornbos | 15.85 |
| Driver | Points | |
| 239 | Jean-Christophe Boullion | 0.43 |
| 242 | Rolf Stommelen | 0.41 |
| 243 | Christian Klien | 0.4 |
| 243 | Chris Irwin | 0.4 |
| 243 | Horace Gould | 0.4 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 38 | Johnny Herbert | 12.97 |
| 39 | Antonio Pizzonia | 13.23 |
| 40 | Christian Klien | 13.47 |
| 41 | Mark Blundell | 13.71 |
| 42 | Vitaly Petrov | 13.86 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 169 | Luigi Piotti | 11.33 |
| 169 | Pat O'Connor | 11.33 |
| 172 | Christian Klien | 11.23 |
| 173 | Taki Inoue | 11.2 |
| 173 | Yannick Dalmas | 11.2 |
| Driver | Finishes | |
| 102 | Tony Maggs | 9 |
| 102 | Piero Taruffi | 9 |
| 110 | Christian Klien | 8 |
| 110 | Pedro Diniz | 8 |
| 110 | Jonathan Palmer | 8 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 78 | Marc Gene | 0.38 |
| 78 | Gilles Villeneuve | 0.38 |
| 80 | Christian Klien | 0.38 |
| 80 | Olivier Panis | 0.38 |
| 80 | Alex Yoong | 0.38 |
| Driver | Laps | |
| 106 | Philippe Streiff | 2364 |
| 108 | Harry Schell | 2355 |
| 109 | Christian Klien | 2331 |
| 110 | Innes Ireland | 2311 |
| 111 | Alex Caffi | 2293 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 99 | Sebastien Bourdais | 6 |
| 99 | Scott Speed | 6 |
| 99 | Christian Klien | 6 |
| 99 | Toranosuke Takagi | 6 |
| 99 | Ricardo Rosset | 6 |
| Driver | Races | |
| 114 | Luca Badoer | 52 |
| 114 | Jean Behra | 52 |
| 116 | Christian Klien | 51 |
| 116 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 51 |
| 118 | Nicola Larini | 50 |
| Driver | Age | |
| 613 | Paul Hawkins | 27 years, 9 months, 20 days |
| 614 | Pascal Fabre | 27 years, 9 months, 9 days |
| 615 | Christian Klien | 27 years, 9 months, 7 days |
| 616 | Stefan Bellof | 27 years, 9 months, 5 days |
| 617 | Kenny Acheson | 27 years, 8 months, 29 days |
| Driver | Gain | |
| 407 | Kazuki Nakajima | 9 |
| 407 | Scott Speed | 9 |
| 407 | Christian Klien | 9 |
| 407 | Yuji Ide | 9 |
| 407 | Cristiano da Matta | 9 |
| Driver | Age | |
| 18 | Felipe Massa | 20 years, 10 months, 6 days |
| 19 | Bruce McLaren | 20 years, 11 months, 1 day |
| 20 | Christian Klien | 21 years, 1 month |
| 21 | Christian Fittipaldi | 21 years, 1 month, 12 days |
| 22 | Sergio Perez | 21 years, 2 months, 1 day |
| Driver | Starts | |
| 92 | Christijan Albers | 0 |
| 92 | Scott Speed | 0 |
| 92 | Christian Klien | 0 |
| 92 | Neel Jani | 0 |
| 92 | Robert Doornbos | 0 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 138 | Heikki Kovalainen | 16 |
| 138 | Christijan Albers | 16 |
| 138 | Christian Klien | 16 |
| 138 | Jan Magnussen | 16 |
| 138 | Huub Rothengatter | 16 |
| Driver | Points | |
| 141 | Roberto Moreno | 15 |
| 141 | Derek Daly | 15 |
| 143 | Christian Klien | 14 |
| 143 | Karl Wendlinger | 14 |
| 143 | Bruno Giacomelli | 14 |
| Driver | Podiums | |
| 192 | Christijan Albers | 0 |
| 192 | Scott Speed | 0 |
| 192 | Christian Klien | 0 |
| 192 | Neel Jani | 0 |
| 192 | Robert Doornbos | 0 |
| Driver | Wins | |
| 101 | Christijan Albers | 0 |
| 101 | Scott Speed | 0 |
| 101 | Christian Klien | 0 |
| 101 | Neel Jani | 0 |
| 101 | Robert Doornbos | 0 |
| #47 | Average practice result | Christian Klien | | 17.32 place | |
| #32 | Average qualifying result | Christian Klien | | 14.89 place | |
| #35 | Average race result | Christian Klien | | 13 place | |
| #34 | Average race points | Christian Klien | | 0.2 points | |
| #35 | Most points finishes | Christian Klien | | 2 finishes | |
| #32 | Ratio avoidable retirements | Christian Klien | | 0.38 retirements | |
| #37 | Most race laps | Christian Klien | | 804 laps | |
| #32 | Most avoidable retirements | Christian Klien | | 3 retirements | |
| #37 | Most races | Christian Klien | | 18 races | |
| #31 | Oldest driver | Christian Klien | | 27 years, 9 months, 7 days | |
| #11 | Youngest driver | Christian Klien | | 23 years, 1 month, 5 days | |
| #40 | Start from P1 | Christian Klien | | 0 starts | |
| #48 | Biggest gain in race | Christian Klien | | 5 places gained | |
| #1 | Oldest win | Michael Schumacher | | 37 years, 8 months, 28 days | |
| #1 | Youngest win | Sebastian Vettel | | 21 years, 2 months, 11 days | |
| #35 | Most points | Christian Klien | | 2 points | |
| #28 | Most retirements | Christian Klien | | 8 retirements | |
| #41 | Most podiums | Christian Klien | | 0 podiums | |
| #40 | Most wins | Christian Klien | | 0 wins |
| Driver | Place | |
| 45 | Ernesto Viso | 16.5 |
| 46 | Tiago Monteiro | 16.96 |
| 47 | Christian Klien | 17.32 |
| 48 | Markus Winkelhock | 17.64 |
| 49 | Luca Badoer | 17.67 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 30 | Timo Glock | 14.78 |
| 31 | Sebastien Bourdais | 14.81 |
| 32 | Christian Klien | 14.89 |
| 33 | Jaime Alguersuari | 15.47 |
| 34 | Alexander Wurz | 15.69 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 33 | Robert Doornbos | 12.33 |
| 34 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 12.55 |
| 35 | Christian Klien | 13 |
| 35 | Yuji Ide | 13 |
| 37 | Adrian Sutil | 13.17 |
| Driver | Points | |
| 31 | Sebastien Bourdais | 0.3 |
| 33 | Jaime Alguersuari | 0.23 |
| 34 | Christian Klien | 0.2 |
| 35 | Takuma Sato | 0.15 |
| 36 | Lucas di Grassi | 0 |
| Driver | Finishes | |
| 33 | Paul di Resta | 2 |
| 33 | Takuma Sato | 2 |
| 33 | Christian Klien | 2 |
| 36 | Lucas di Grassi | |
| 36 | Bruno Senna |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 30 | Ralf Schumacher | 0.38 |
| 31 | Nick Heidfeld | 0.38 |
| 31 | Christian Klien | 0.38 |
| 33 | Robert Kubica | 0.36 |
| 34 | Rubens Barrichello | 0.36 |
| Driver | Laps | |
| 35 | Alexander Wurz | 854 |
| 36 | Sakon Yamamoto | 820 |
| 37 | Christian Klien | 804 |
| 38 | Lucas di Grassi | 769 |
| 39 | Bruno Senna | 700 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 26 | Anthony Davidson | 3 |
| 26 | Alexander Wurz | 3 |
| 26 | Christian Klien | 3 |
| 26 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 3 |
| 26 | Tiago Monteiro | 3 |
| Driver | Races | |
| 34 | Lucas di Grassi | 19 |
| 36 | Bruno Senna | 18 |
| 36 | Christian Klien | 18 |
| 36 | Tiago Monteiro | 18 |
| 39 | Alexander Wurz | 16 |
| Driver | Age | |
| 29 | Adrian Sutil | 28 years, 3 months, 6 days |
| 30 | Christijan Albers | 28 years, 2 months, 22 days |
| 31 | Christian Klien | 27 years, 9 months, 7 days |
| 32 | Markus Winkelhock | 27 years, 1 month, 9 days |
| 32 | Pastor Maldonado | 27 years, 1 month, 8 days |
| Driver | Age | |
| 9 | Nelsinho Piquet | 22 years, 7 months, 20 days |
| 10 | Kazuki Nakajima | 22 years, 9 months, 10 days |
| 11 | Christian Klien | 23 years, 1 month, 5 days |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi | 23 years, 1 month, 5 days |
| 13 | Scott Speed | 23 years, 1 month, 16 days |
| Driver | Starts | |
| 15 | Ralf Schumacher | 0 |
| 15 | Scott Speed | 0 |
| 15 | Christian Klien | 0 |
| 15 | Neel Jani | 0 |
| 15 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 0 |
| Driver | Gain | |
| 46 | Anthony Davidson | 6 |
| 46 | Luca Badoer | 6 |
| 48 | Christian Klien | 5 |
| 49 | Paul di Resta | 4 |
| 49 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 4 |
| Driver | Age | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | 37 years, 8 months, 28 days |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | 37 years, 3 months, 21 days |
| 3 | Mark Webber | 33 years, 11 months, 5 days |
| 4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | 33 years, 2 months, 5 days |
| 5 | David Coulthard |
| Driver | Age | |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 21 years, 2 months, 11 days |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 22 years, 5 months, 3 days |
| 3 | Robert Kubica | 23 years, 6 months, 1 day |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | 24 years, 7 months, 11 days |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | 25 years, 4 months, 2 days |
| Driver | Points | |
| 33 | Takuma Sato | 4 |
| 34 | Paul di Resta | 2 |
| 34 | Christian Klien | 2 |
| 36 | Lucas di Grassi | 0 |
| 36 | Bruno Senna | 0 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | 8 |
| 23 | Nick Heidfeld | 8 |
| 23 | Christian Klien | 8 |
| 29 | Lewis Hamilton | 7 |
| 29 | Lucas di Grassi | 7 |
| Driver | Podiums | |
| 24 | Christijan Albers | 0 |
| 24 | Scott Speed | 0 |
| 24 | Christian Klien | 0 |
| 24 | Neel Jani | 0 |
| 24 | Robert Doornbos | 0 |
| Driver | Wins | |
| 13 | Ralf Schumacher | 0 |
| 13 | Scott Speed | 0 |
| 13 | Christian Klien | 0 |
| 13 | Neel Jani | 0 |
| 13 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 0 |
Christian Klien versus teammates
Qualifying duel
| Year | Driver | Teammate | ||
| 2010 | Christian Klien | 2 | 1 | Bruno Senna |
| 2006 | Christian Klien | 6 | 9 | David Coulthard |
| 2005 | Christian Klien | 9 | 6 | David Coulthard |
| 2004 | Christian Klien | 3 | 15 | Mark Webber |
| Overall | Christian Klien | 20 | 31 | All Teammates |
Points duel
| Year | Driver | Teammate | ||
| 2010 | Christian Klien | 0 | 0 | Bruno Senna |
| 2006 | Christian Klien | 2 | 14 | David Coulthard |
| 2005 | Christian Klien | 9 | 18 | David Coulthard |
| 2004 | Christian Klien | 3 | 7 | Mark Webber |
| Overall | Christian Klien | 14 | 39 | All Teammates |
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