Christian Ried

Ried's father Gerold founded Proton Competition in 1996,^[2] the team which Christian has spent most of his career racing for, beginning with the FIA GT Championship in 1999. As of 2021, Christian was team owner, facilitating the team's move to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship alongside WeatherTech Racing in 2021.^[3] Ried ran his first 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006, driving in the GT2 class for Sebah Automotive Ltd.^[4] He returned in 2011, driving for Proton Competition, and scored his first podium in 2014, finishing second in the GTE Am class.^[5] Four years later, Ried collected his first victory at the famous race, winning the GTE Am class alongside co-drivers Matt Campbell and Julien Andlauer.^[6] Two years later, Ried finished runner-up once again, this time with Riccardo Pera replacing Andlauer in the driver lineup.^[7] That same year, Ried won the European Le Mans Series championship in the GTE class on countback, after ending level on points with Kessel Racing.^[8]

In 2017 and 2018, Ried won the Porsche Cup, an award handed out to a non-factory driver who has most successfully piloted a Porsche over the course of the season.^[9][10]

Ried is the only driver to have competed in every race of the first decade of the FIA World Endurance Championship, spanning from 2012 to 2022.^[11] Following the 2023 season, after 85 consecutive races and 13 class victories in the championship, Ried announced his retirement from professional racing, electing to focus on the management of Proton Competition and his children's racing careers.^[12]

His son Jonas, is currently competing in the European Le Mans Series.^[13]

Racing career summary edit

† As Ried was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete Intercontinental Le Mans Cup results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results edit

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Sebah Automotive Ltd.	Xavier Pompidou Thorkild Thyrring	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	256	DNF	DNF
2011	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	199	DNF	DNF
2012	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	222	DNF	DNF
2013	Proton Competition	Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Porsche 997 GTE-RSR	GTE Am	300	35th	8th
2014	Proton Competition	Khaled Al Qubaisi Klaus Bachler	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	300	21st	2nd
2015	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	Khaled Al Qubaisi Klaus Bachler	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	44	DNF	DNF
2016	KCMG	Joël Camathias Wolf Henzler	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	300	41st	10th
2017	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Matteo Cairoli Marvin Dienst	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	329	34th	6th
2018	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	335	25th	1st
2019	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	332	34th	4th
2020	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Matt Campbell Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	339	25th	2nd
2021	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Matt Campbell Jaxon Evans	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	335	31st	5th
2022	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Sebastian Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	336	47th	14th
2023	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Julien Andlauer Mikkel O. Pedersen	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	118	DNF	DNF
Sources:[14][15]

Complete European Le Mans Series results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

^* Season still in progress.