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Kristján Einar Kristjánsson (born January 8, 1989 in Garðabær

Garðabær

Garðabær is a municipality in the Greater Reykjavík area of Iceland.As of January 2011, its population was 10,909....

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

) is a racing driver.

Kristján started kart racing

Kart racing

Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motorsport with small, open, four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits...

at 14, the age when Icelandic law allows young drivers to start racing and training in karts.
He is the first ever driver to emerge from Icelandic motorsport (karting) into full international formula racing series.

Kristján's first full single seater racing season was with Carlin Motorsport

Carlin Motorsport

Carlin, formerly Carlin Motorsport, is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It competes in four championships — British Formula Three Championship, GP3 Series, World Series by Renault and GP2 Series.-History:...

in the 2008 British Formula Three season

2008 British Formula Three season

The 2008 British Formula Three season was the 58th British Formula Three Championship season. It began on 24 March 2008 at Oulton Park's Easter Monday meeting and ended on 12 October at Donington Park after 22 rounds in four different countries. Jay Bridger sealed the National Class championship at...

.

Kristján Einar is currently racing in the 2009 European F3 Open season

2009 European F3 Open season

The 2009 European F3 Open season was the 9th Spanish Formula Three Championship season and 1st with the new championship denomination. It began on May 2, 2009 in Valencia and will end on November 1 in Montmeló after 16 rounds in five different countries. The main Class A title was claimed by Bruno...

, with Team West-Tec

Team West-Tec

Team West-Tec F3 is a motor racing team owned by Gavin Wills and John Miller. The team currently operates from a base in Corby in the United Kingdom and is the most successful team in the history of the European Formula 3 Open series.-History:...

Karting career

Kristján Einar started racing Karts at 14, the age when Icelandic law allows young drivers to start racing and training in karts, racing as the only teenager, Kristján finished up 8th in his debut season of 2003, starting his racing career rolling his gokart(Video) .

The following year Kristjan was back racing, this time finishing the 2004 season in 4th place, the following season finishing second and the highlight being the 2006 season, winning the Icelandic National karting championship, and still holding that title to date.

Toyota Racing Series

To kick off his single-seater racing career, Kristján Einar took advantage of southern hemisphere racing. During the winter break in the UK, and went to New Zealand to compete his first international races, finishing three rounds in the Toyota Racing Series

Toyota Racing Series

The Toyota Racing Series is New Zealand's premier "open-wheeler" motorsport category. The Series includes races for every major trophy in New Zealand circuit racing including the New Zealand Motor Cup and the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy...

; adding to his experience and getting quicker every lap, Einar earned the necessary racing experience he needed to start his season in the 2008 British Formula Three season

2008 British Formula Three season

. Einar teamed up with Matt Halliday

Matt Halliday

Matthew Halliday is a motor racing driver from New Zealand.-Formula Racing:His formula racing career has involved various single seater series in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the United States...

at Triple X Motorsport.

2008 British Formula Three season

Kristján Einar's first full racing season was the 2008 British Formula Three season

2008 British Formula Three season

with Carlin Motorsport

Carlin Motorsport

. Kristján's entry caught attention; a driver coming from a country with no racetrack and going almost directly from karting into the most successful British Formula Three team ever. Kristján raced in the national class, and scored his first podium at the third round of the season, at Monza

Autodromo Nazionale Monza

The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a race track located near the town of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy. The circuit's biggest event is the Formula One Italian Grand Prix, which has been hosted there since the sport's inception....

. Kristján missed the last three races of the season, and finish seventh in the national class. Kristján Einar was part of a very strong Carlin lineup, this helped him improve at a very fast pace, Kristján's teammate in the national class was Andrew Meyrick and Carlin's championship lineup was Jaime Alguersuari

Jaime Alguersuari

Jaime Víctor Alguersuari Escudero , is a Spanish racing driver who became the youngest Formula One driver to start a Grand Prix in history at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. Alguersuari is the first driver to be born in the 1990s to compete in Formula One....

, Brendon Hartley

Brendon Hartley

Brendon Hartley is a New Zealand race car driver.-Career:Hartley was born in a family well integrated within motorsport. His father, Bryan, had raced in many forms of motorsport, most notably Formula Atlantic. At the age of six, Hartley began his motor racing career in kart racing, following his...

, Oliver Turvey

Oliver Turvey

Oliver Jonathan Turvey is a British racing driver. He was a notable kart racer, with two national titles, and was the 2006 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner. His career has been supported by the Racing Steps Foundation....

and Sam Abay.

2009 European F3 Open season

For 2009, Kristján inked a last minute deal with British racing team West-Tec

Team West-Tec

, to race in the 2009 European F3 Open Championship

2009 European F3 Open season

, teaming up with team mates Christian Ebbesvik

Christian Ebbesvik

Thor–Christian Ebbesvik is a professional racing driver from Norway.-Formula Ford:Ebbesvik began his racing career in 2005, driving for Team JLR in the British Formula Ford Championship. He finished the year in sixth place and also took part in the end–of–season Formula Ford Festival at Brands...

and Callum MacLeod

Callum MacLeod

Callum MacLeod is a professional British race car driver who drove in the 2009 and 2010 European F3 Open Championship seasons, and currently drives in the 2011 GP3 Series season.-Racing career highlights:...

. Kristján races in a Dallara 306 chassis, allowing him to compete for both overall honors, and the Copa cup. Kristján scored his first podium of the season at Donington Park

Donington Park

Donington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...

Testing

Kristján Einar started his career testing Formula BMW

Formula BMW

Formula BMW is a junior racing formula for single seater cars. It is positioned at the bottom of the motorsport career ladder alongside the longer established Formula Ford category...

with Carlin Motorsport

Carlin Motorsport

for the second half of the 2007 season, aiming at entering the 2008 Formula BMW UK championship. When the FBMW changed into |Formula BMW Europe]] Kristján was offered to test more powerful cars with Carlin Motorsport and 7 months to the day he first drove a single seater, he was on the grid of the British Formula 3.

After a full year of successful racing in Britain, Kristján started looking elsewhere, and headed off to the USA, to test for the famous Newman Wachs Racing

Newman Wachs Racing

Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

for the Atlantic Championship. After a good outing at Sebring International Raceway Kristján was about to sign up for the 2009 Atlantic Championship season

2009 Atlantic Championship season

The 2009 IMSA Cooper Tires Atlantic Championship season was the thirty-sixth Atlantic Championship season. It was the first full season of the Championship under the sanctioning of the International Motor Sports Association...

when sponsorship fell through.

Kristján Einar has always had a passion for sportscars, and in 2009 he was offered to try out the new Formula Le Mans Cup

Formula Le Mans Cup

The Le Mans Prototype Challenge is a spec racing formula created by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest , organisers of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and sports car constructor Oreca...

prototype at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France.

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