Christian Danner net worth in 2023 Career & Relationship

Estimated value:	€4 million
Age:	64
Born:	4/4/1958
Country of origin:	Germany
Source of Wealth:	Formula 1 driver
Last updated:	2021

Short introduction

Christian Danner was born on April 4th, 1958 in Munich. His father was the accident researcher Maximilian Danner, who worked as a safety expert for television, among other things. In 1977, Christian Danner passed his Abitur and immediately went into racing. From 1986 to 1989 he worked in Formula 1. He then competed in the German Touring Championship. In 1997 he ended his career as a racing driver and became a commentator for Formula 1 races on the private broadcaster RTL.

early life

Christian Danner, who was born on April 4th, 1958, dedicated himself to motorsport at an early age. He attended the Karlsgymnasium in Munich, which he left in 1977 after passing the Abitur examination. In the same year he drove his first race in the Renault 5 Cup. This is how he started his rather successful career as a racing driver. After he was able to win a few, he switched to Formula 3000 in 1985, a racing series that was newly established at the time. The debut race took place at Silverstone. Christian Danner won the first European Championship in Formula 3000 after 11 races. Now the Formula 1 lured, where he started at the Grand Prix in Belgium on September 15th, 1986 for the first time.

Career

Christian Danner’s career in Formula 1 began in 1986. His first racing team was Zakspeed. In the same year he moved to Arrows. This connection lasted only for a short time. In 1987 he returned to Zakspeed. Danner ended his Formula 1 career in 1989 as a driver for the Rial team. It continued with the German Touring Championship. Christian Danner also drove in the Indy Car Championship in America. He got some good placements. A few more years of active motorsport followed before he finally retired from racing in 1997. As a driving safety expert, he spent a year on the road for Auto Motor Sport magazine. Then he got the opportunity to join RTL as a co-commentator. He started his second career reporting live from Formula 1 races for RTL. Within a very short time, he became one of the most popular sports presenters in the field of motorsport. He is regarded as an absolute expert when it comes to racing, especially for Formula 1. Driving safety is an important issue for him. He can be seen in many television programs as an expert in driving safety. His advice is in great demand. But he also likes to try something different. He voiced the character of sports presenter “Chris Diner” in the animated film “Cars” in 2006 and 2011. He has had an additional office since 2005. He took over the management of the Jaguar Land Rover Driving Academy in Germany. Christian Danner has regularly taken part in the German Touring Championships or the 24-hour races in Le Mans, Spa and the Nürburgring. Racing is his life and he has competed in the GP Masters veteran racing series. That happened in 2005 and 2006. In 2019, he climbed into an MC Laren again for the ADAC GT4 Germany.

Career highlights

Christian Danner has received many other awards in addition to his sporting awards. In 1999 he received the German Television Prize for his outstanding specialist commentary. He was nominated again in 2012 and 2017. A special highlight was the presentation of the Johny Rozendahl watch at the Essen Motor Show in 2011. This is the highest award from the association of motor journalists. His services to road safety were honored with the GdP star of the police in 2001. Danner’s reports on television are informative and technically adept. He received the Golden Gong for this excellent television work.

Amazing Facts

Christian Danner has been active in motorsport for more than 20 years. He has actually moved everything that has wheels and says of himself that he is a “passionate racing driver”. He was never the standout driver chasing big titles, but rather a consistent racer driving at a consistently high level. This could be a reason why he was never able to celebrate the big successes. But the pressure that was on him was certainly very high. At the time, he was the only German racing driver who could keep up with the leaders. The two well-known comrades-in-arms, Manfred Winkelhock and Stefan Bellof, died in shocking accidents. The expectations placed on him were high. In the 1990s, Danner drove in the Indy Car Championship and in the German Touring Championship as a works driver for Alfa Romeo. He is the only German driver to have finished in the points in both leagues. He has competed in all the major classes of motorsport, Formula 1, the IndyCar Championship and the Touring Car Championship. He was also the only German to set this record. Christian Danner was never the spectacular racing driver with the really big trophies, but due to his constant presence in motorsport and his work as a driving safety expert, everyone is talking about him to this day.

Estimated value:	€4 million