Verna Klien
| Nationality |  Austrian
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|---|---|
| Born | 4 Sept 1995 Vienna, Austria |
| DEC Holder | V8fan12 |
| Current Series | AutoReject 3.5 |
| Current Team |  Clockwork Racing
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| Car Number | #35 |
| Former Teams |  Takagi Racing Enterprises (as IFRC)
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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.
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.
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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 | |||||||||||||
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| AUS | MEX | FRA | GBR | ITA | USA | GER | NED | FIN | BEL | RUS | JPN | JPN | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Takagi Racing Enterprises
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Lola FN06-Honda | B:11 | Ret | B:12 | Ret | B:11 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Clockwork Racing
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Lola FN06-Ford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
