Danish
Junior career
Christian Lundgaard is a Danish racing driver who rose through the FIA single-seater ladder as a member of the Renault (later Alpine) junior programme. He built his reputation in Formula Renault Eurocup, winning that title in 2017, before stepping into the FIA Formula 3 and Formula 2 championships.
Formula 3
Lundgaard contested the inaugural 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship with ART Grand Prix. In a strong rookie campaign he took a race victory and finished sixth in the standings, doing enough to earn an immediate promotion to Formula 2 with the same team.
Formula 2
He moved up to FIA Formula 2 with ART Grand Prix for 2020 as the youngest full-season driver on the grid. He took two sprint-race wins and at one point sat third in the standings with three rounds remaining, before fading to seventh overall in his rookie season. Retained by ART for 2021, his third year in the championship proved less productive and he did not mount a title challenge, prompting a change of direction for 2022.
After F2/F3
Rather than continue chasing a Formula 1 seat, Lundgaard crossed the Atlantic to IndyCar, joining Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for 2022. He established himself as a race winner in the NTT IndyCar Series and later signed with Arrow McLaren, becoming one of the more successful recent F2 graduates to make a career in American open-wheel racing.