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| name          = Verna Klien
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| name          = Verna Freida Klien
 
| nationality    = [[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] Austrian
 
| nationality    = [[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] Austrian
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| birth date    = 4 Sept 1995 (age 20)
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| birth date    = 4 Sept 1995
 
| birth place    = Vienna, Austria
 
| birth place    = Vienna, Austria
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| current team  = '''F1RSTC'''<br>[[High Performance Racing]]<br>'''IFRC'''<br>[[Melrose Racing Team]]
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| dec            = [[User:V8fan12|V8fan12]]
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| car number    = '''F1RSTC'''<br>#33<br>'''IFRC'''<br>#20
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| current series = [[AutoReject 3.5]]
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| former teams  = N/A
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| current team  = [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Clockwork Racing]]
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| races          = 0
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| car number    = #35
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| championships  = 0
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| former teams  = [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Takagi Racing Enterprises (''as IFRC'')
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'''Verna Klien''' (born 4 Sept 1995 in Vienna) is an Austrian racing driver currently contracted to High Performance Driver Talent Management, the driver management arm of the [[High Performance Group]].
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'''Verna Freida Klien''' (born 4 Sept 1995 in Vienna) is an Austrian racing driver currently contracted to Peak Driver Talent, the driver management arm of the [[Peak Motorsport Group]]. She currently competes for [[Clockwork Racing]] in the [[2017 AutoReject 3.5 season]].
  
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She is a cousin of fellow Austrian racing driver [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Klien Christian Klien] and currently competes in the [[International Formula Reject Challenge]] and [[F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup]] series.
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Klien has gained a reputation that she will drive any car in any series, no matter how bad the team and/or car is. Klien was reportedly being considered for a drive at [[Dofasco Racing|Dofasco]] before the team collapsed half-way through the [[2016 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season|2016 season]].
  
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==Early career==
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==Career==
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Klien was racing karts in Austria and Switzerland from a young age, alongside her cousin Christian. While Christian graduated from karts to Formula BMW, Formula 3, and, eventually, Formula One, Verna was not picked up to run in a higher-class series.  
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Klien entered the Austrian, Swiss, and German karting series in her younger years. It was in Switzerland that she competed against [[Alvin Ziegler]] and was noticed by then-team principal of Peak, Dominic Spearman.
  
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HPDTM eventually signed Klien to help her career along and have managed to gain her a seat in IFRC with the Melrose Racing Team, while also running her in their Mazda factory supported F1RSTC team.
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Klien competed in the last three rounds of the [[2016 International Formula Reject Challenge season|2016]] [[International Formula Reject Challenge]] for Japanese team Takagi Racing Enterprises. She qualified for all three finals and finished tenth in the Japanese final, a point-scoring position.
  
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==Career==
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She has also competed in an F1RSTC race, finishing 15th in the 2016 Round of Great Britain after replacing Alvin Ziegler due to a schedule clash.
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Klien stayed in the IFRC as it underwent a change to AR3.5 for 2017, moving to American-based [[Clockwork Racing]].
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==Personal life==
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Verna was born in Vienna, Austria in 1995. Her father was Josef Klien and her mother was Frieda Klien, hence her middle name.
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She has been romantically linked to fellow Peak driver [[Alvin Ziegler]].
  
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===F1RSTC===
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==Results==
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Klien will drive for HPR in the #33 Mazda 323 for the 2016 season.
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===IFRC/AR3.5===
  
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===IFRC===
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Klien will drive for the [[Melrose Racing Team]] in the #20 BMW-Cosworth from round 6 onwards, replacing [[Benoît Voeckler]].
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[[Category: Drivers]]
 
[[Category: Drivers]]
 
[[Category: Austrian Drivers]]
 
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Latest revision as of 01:45, 12 November 2016

Verna Freida Klien
Nationality Flag of Austria svg.png Austrian
Born 4 Sept 1995
Vienna, Austria
DEC Holder V8fan12
Current Series AutoReject 3.5
Current Team Flag of the United States svg.png Clockwork Racing
Car Number #35
Former Teams Flag of Japan svg.png Takagi Racing Enterprises (as IFRC)


Verna Freida Klien (born 4 Sept 1995 in Vienna) is an Austrian racing driver currently contracted to Peak Driver Talent, the driver management arm of the Peak Motorsport Group. She currently competes for Clockwork Racing in the 2017 AutoReject 3.5 season.

Klien has gained a reputation that she will drive any car in any series, no matter how bad the team and/or car is. Klien was reportedly being considered for a drive at Dofasco before the team collapsed half-way through the 2016 season.

Career

Klien entered the Austrian, Swiss, and German karting series in her younger years. It was in Switzerland that she competed against Alvin Ziegler and was noticed by then-team principal of Peak, Dominic Spearman.

Klien competed in the last three rounds of the 2016 International Formula Reject Challenge for Japanese team Takagi Racing Enterprises. She qualified for all three finals and finished tenth in the Japanese final, a point-scoring position.

She has also competed in an F1RSTC race, finishing 15th in the 2016 Round of Great Britain after replacing Alvin Ziegler due to a schedule clash.

Klien stayed in the IFRC as it underwent a change to AR3.5 for 2017, moving to American-based Clockwork Racing.

Personal life

Verna was born in Vienna, Austria in 1995. Her father was Josef Klien and her mother was Frieda Klien, hence her middle name.

She has been romantically linked to fellow Peak driver Alvin Ziegler.

Results

IFRC/AR3.5

Season Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NC Pts
AUS MEX FRA GBR ITA USA GER NED FIN BEL RUS JPN JPN
2016 Flag of Japan svg.png Takagi Racing Enterprises Lola FN06-Honda B:11 Ret B:12 Ret B:11 10 1
2017 Flag of the United States svg.png Clockwork Racing Lola FN06-Ford 0
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