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{{Infobox F1 driver
| Name            = Christian Klien
| Image           = Christian Klien 2.jpg
| caption         = Christian Klien signing autographs at the {{F1|2005}} [[United States Grand Prix]] 
| Nationality     = {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Austria]]n
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1983|2|7|df=y}}
| Years           = {{f1|2004}}-{{f1|2006}}, {{f1|2010}}
| Team(s)         = [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]], [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]], [[Hispania Racing|HRT]]
| Races           = 51 (49 starts) <!-- Klien Total Races -->
| Championships   = 0              <!-- Klien Total Championships -->
| Wins            = 0              <!-- Klien Total Wins -->
| Podiums         = 0              <!-- Klien Total Podiums -->
| Points          = 14             <!-- Klien Total Points -->
| Poles           = 0              <!-- Klien Total Poles -->
| Fastest laps    = 0              <!-- Klien Total Fastest -->
| First race      = {{F1|2004}} [[Australian Grand Prix]]
| Last race       = {{F1|2010}} [[Singapore Grand Prix]]
| Last season     = 2010
| Last position   = 27th (2 points)
}}
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| Team(s)     = Team [[Peugeot]] [[Total S.A.|Total]]
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'''Christian Klien''' (born 7 February 1983 in [[Hohenems]], [[Vorarlberg]]) is an [[Austria]]n [[Formula One]] racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One.

== Racing career ==
[[Image:Christian Klien 2004 Belgium.jpg|thumb|left|Klien driving for [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]] at the {{F1|2004}} [[Belgian Grand Prix]].]]
Klien started his motorsport career in his early teens. He raced in [[Kart racing|karting]] championships in both [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]]. He moved up to Formula BMW. He won several titles in lower Formula series. Klien moved into [[Formula One]] in {{F1|2004}}. He drove for  the [[Jaguar Racing]] team, alongside [[Mark Webber]]. At the end of 2004, Jaguar sold its Formula One team to [[Red Bull]]. The team was renamed ''[[Red Bull Racing]]''. Klien shared a race seat with [[Italy|Italian]] [[Vitantonio Liuzzi]]. He stayed at Red Bull for {{F1|2006}} season. 

In {{F1|2007}}, Klien was replaced by Mark Webber. He was the test driver for [[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]. For {{F1|2008}} and {{F1|2009}}, he was the reserve and test driver for [[BMW Sauber]].

In {{F1|2010}}, Klien moved to become the test driver for [[Hispania Racing|HRT]]. For the [[Singapore Grand Prix]] Kling replaced [[Sakon Yamamoto]]. HRT reported that Yamamoto was sick from food posining.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-christian-klien-makes-race-comeback-with-hrt/ |title=F1: Klien Makes Race Comeback With HRT |access-date=2010-09-25 |date=2010-09-24 |last=Cooper |first=Adam |work=formula-one.speedtv.com |publisher=Speed Channel, Inc. |archive-date=2010-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926203405/http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-christian-klien-makes-race-comeback-with-hrt |url-status=dead }}</ref> For the [[Brazilian Grand Prix]], HRT announced that  Klien would race in place of Yamamoto. No reason was given.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=393302&FS=F1 |title=Klien to replace Yamamoto in Brazil |access-date=2010-11-04 |date=2010-11-04 |work=motorsport.com |publisher=Motorsport.com }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Racing record ==
=== Career summary ===
{| border="2" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0 1em 0 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
! Season
! Series
! Team Name
! Races
! Poles
! Wins
! F/Laps
! Podiums
! Points
! Final Placing
|-
|align="center"| '''1999'''
| Formula BMW Junior
| ADAC Sport München
|align="center"| 20
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| 3
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| 193
|align="center"| 4th
|-
|align="center"| '''2000'''
| Formula BMW ADAC
| Team Rosberg
|align="center"| 19
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| 57
|align="center"| 10th
|-
|align="center"| '''2001'''
| Formula BMW ADAC
| Team Rosberg
|align="center"| 19
|align="center"| 3
|align="center"| 5
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| 232
|align="center" bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| '''3rd'''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=2| '''2002'''
| Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
| JD Motorsport
|align="center"| 8
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| 92
|align="center"| 6th
|-
| Formula Renault 2000 Germany
| JD Motorsport
|align="center"| 14
|align="center"| 2
|align="center"| 4
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| 278
|align="center" bgcolor="#FBFFBF"| '''1st'''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=2| '''2003'''
| Formula Three Euroseries
| Mücke Motorsport
|align="center"| 20
|align="center"| 6
|align="center"| 3
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| 89
|align="center" bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| '''2nd'''
|-
| Masters of Formula Three
| Mücke Motorsport
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 1
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| N/A
|align="center" bgcolor="#FBFFBF"| '''1st'''
|-
|align="center"| '''2004'''
| [[2004 Formula One season|Formula One]]
| [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]]
|align="center"| 18
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| 3
|align="center"| 16th
|-
|align="center"| '''2005'''
| [[2005 Formula One season|Formula One]]
| [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]]
|align="center"| 15
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| 9
|align="center"| 15th
|-
|align="center"| '''2006'''
| [[2006 Formula One season|Formula One]]
| [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]]
|align="center"| 15
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| 2
|align="center"| 18th
|-
|align="center"| '''2007'''
| [[2007 Formula One season|Formula One]]
| [[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
|align="center" colspan=7| Test driver
|-
|align="center" rowspan=2| '''2008'''
| [[2008 Formula One season|Formula One]]
| [[BMW Sauber]]
|align="center" colspan=7| Test driver
|-
| [[Le Mans 24 Hours]]
| [[Peugeot|Peugeot Sport Total]] (LMP1)
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| N/A
|align="center" bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| '''3rd'''
|-
|align="center" rowspan=2| '''2009'''
| [[2009 Formula One season|Formula One]]
| [[BMW Sauber]]
|align="center" colspan=7| Test driver
|-
| [[Le Mans 24 Hours]]
| [[Peugeot|Team Peugeot Total]] (LMP1)
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 0
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|align="center"| N/A
|align="center"| 6th
|-
|align="center"| '''2010'''
| [[2010 Formula One season|Formula One]]
| [[Hispania Racing]]
|align="center"| 3  <!-- Klien Current Races -->
|align="center"| 0  <!-- Klien Current Wins -->
|align="center"| 0  <!-- Klien Current Poles -->
|align="center"| 0  <!-- Klien Current Fastest -->
|align="center"| 0  <!-- Klien Current Podiums -->
|align="center"| 0  <!-- Klien Current Points -->
|align="center"| 27 <!-- Klien Current Position -->
|}
{{sup|*}} Season in progress

=== Complete Formula One results ===
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
! 18
! 19
! WDC
! [[Formula One World Championship scoring system|Points]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2004 Formula One season|2004]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Jaguar Racing]]
! [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]] R5
! rowspan="2" | [[Cosworth]] CR-6 3.0&nbsp;[[Litre|L]] [[V10 engine|V10]]
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small>11</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL]]<br /><small>10</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Bahrain Grand Prix|BHR]]<br /><small>14</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br /><small>14</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br /><small>12</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>9</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>11</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>14</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>10</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>6</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>13</small>
|
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small>12</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>14</small>
|
! rowspan="2" | 16th
! rowspan="2" | 3
|-
! [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]] R5B
|
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|
|
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|-
| [[2005 Formula One season|2005]]
! [[Red Bull Racing]]
! [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]] RB1
! [[Cosworth]] TJ2005 3.0&nbsp;[[Litre|L]] [[V10 engine|V10]]
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small>7</small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL]]<br /><small>8</small>
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| [[Bahrain Grand Prix|BHR]]<br /><small>DNS</small>
|bgcolor="#F0F8FF"| [[San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br /><small>TD</small>
|bgcolor="#F0F8FF"| [[Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>TD</small>
|bgcolor="#F0F8FF"| [[Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>TD</small>
|bgcolor="#F0F8FF"| [[European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br /><small>TD</small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>8</small>
|bgcolor="#FFFFFF"| [[United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>DNS</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>15</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>9</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]<br /><small>8</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>9</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>9</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small>9</small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]<br /><small>5</small>
! 15th
! 9
|-
| [[2006 Formula One season|2006]]
! [[Red Bull Racing]]
! [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]] RB2
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 056 2.4&nbsp;[[Litre|L]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Bahrain Grand Prix|BHR]]<br /><small>8</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>14</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>11</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>12</small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>8</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]<br /><small>11</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>11</small>
| [[Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small></small>
|
! 18th
! 2
|-
| [[2007 Formula One season|2007]]
! [[Honda Racing F1|Honda Racing F1 Team]]
! [[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] RA107
! [[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] RA807E 2.4&nbsp;[[Litre|L]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
| [[Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
| [[Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL]]
| [[Bahrain Grand Prix|BHR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#F0F8FF"| [[British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>TD</small>
| [[European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small></small>
|
|
! ---
! ---
|-
| [[2010 Formula One season|2010]]
! [[Hispania Racing|Hispania Racing F1 Team]]
! [[Hispania Racing|Hispania]] F110
! [[Cosworth]] CA2010 2.4&nbsp;[[Litre|L]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
| [[Bahrain Grand Prix|BHR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#f0f8ff"| [[Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small>TD</small>
| [[Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#f0f8ff"| [[European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br /><small>TD</small>
| [[British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[Singapore Grand Prix|SIN]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
| [[Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small></small>
| [[Korean Grand Prix|KOR]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>22</small>
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[Abu Dhabi Grand Prix|ABU]]<br /><small>20</small>
! 27 
! 0 
|}
{{sup|*}} Season in progress.

== References ==
<div class="references-small">
All Formula One race and championship results are taken from:
* ''Official Formula 1 Website. Archive: Results for 2004 – Present seasons'' [http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2004/123.html www.formula1.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920194945/http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/2004/123.html |date=2010-09-20 }} Retrieved 6 June 2006
</div>
{{Reflist|2}}

== Other websites ==
{{commonscat|Christian Klien}}
* [http://www.christian-klien.com/ Christian Klien Official website]
* [http://www.f1db.com/f1/page/Christian_Klien Christian Klien profile and statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050521030325/http://www.f1db.com/f1/page/Christian_Klien |date=2005-05-21 }}
* [http://www.4mula1.ro/history/driver/Christian_Klien Christian Klien statistics]
* [http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver16.html Christian Klien statistics] at Driver Database. (includes pre-F1 career)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klien, Christian}}
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