Christian Murchison

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Christian Murchison (born 1980, in Singapore) is a Singaporean race car driver. He currently drives for A1 Team Singapore.

In 2003, Murchison finished 10th in the Eurocup Formula Renault V6 Championship. In 2000 and 2001, he was the runner-up in the Australian Formula Holden Championship for two year consecutive years. He finished 5th in the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1999, and won the West Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1998. He was named "Rookie of the Year" in Formula Holden in 2000 and in Formula Ford in 1998. In six years of competitive kart racing from 1992-98, he won five West Australian state titles.

Murchison was born in Singapore in 1980, but moved with his family to Perth, Australia, in 1991, where he began his motor-racing career. In 2006, Murchison found a drive at the newly formed A1 Team Singapore for the A1 Grand Prix of Nations '06/'07 season. Murchison repayed team management by scoring points in just Singapore's third A1 GP event by finishing 8th on the Beijing Street Circuit.