Born and residing in Sinaia, a town and ski resort in Romania, David became a multiple class champion in the Romanian rally championship. He drove his first four-wheel drive season in 2006 and finished runner-up by only one championship point. In 2008, he had to retire prematurely from the national championship due to the lack of sponsors, although he had scored one victory and two second places out of the five rallyes he raced in.
David was selected, due to his strong performances in the national championship, to race three rounds of the 2007 World Rally Championship in the P-WRC category: Rally Argentina, Rally Japan and Rally GB. A year before, he was selected to drive inRally Australia but could not attend the event due to a Romanian Racing Federations conflict which had left him without international licence. In 2007, for the three rounds of the WRC, the car was a Group NMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX prepared by Stohl Racing team from Austria and entered in the OMV Bixxol Rally Team programme for promotion of young talents from the Eastern Europe. At the end of the year his main sponsor, the OMV Group, retired from motorsports, which left David without the main financial support.
Circuit racing
In 2007, David competed in circuit racing in the first ever FIA-GT race organised in the streets of Bucharest. He won the manufacturer's Dodge cup. He has then driven a GT3 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe of and finished 8th overall of the GT3 category.
On 1 August 2009, David obtained an impressive group N win on his first appearance in the Hungarian Rally Championship; the 42nd Allianz Rallye at Pecs. Driving the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX prepared by the local team Topp Cars, he had a close battle with Hungarian rival on Subaru and won the gr N class by 0.9 seconds.
American Rally Championship
On January 23–24, the Romanian Claudiu David contested his first official rally in the USRC : Winter Rally New York. After two days of racing on very difficult conditions, he won his category and finished on the podium of the overall standings on a Mazda 3 Turbo.
Future
David's main goal is to become Romania's first-ever World Rally Champion. His plans for next year are to compete in a full P-WRC season in order to fight for the world title. Mihaela Beldie is his co-driver since 2004.
Results
2010 – USRC. Round 1: New York Winter Rally – winner of the 2-wheel-drive category, 3rd in the overall rally standings, behind two 4WD cars – Mazda 3 Turbo 2009 – 2 rallyes in the Romanian Championship ; 1 rallye in the Hungarian Championship: 42nd Allianz Rallye Pecs – winner of the gr N – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2008 – 5 rallyes in the Romanian Championship, 1 win, 2 podiums – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2007 – 3 Rallyes in the FIA World Rally Championship, P-WRC category; 1 Rallye in the FIA European Championship – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX; 1 circuit race in FIA-GT3, Bucharest Challenge 2006 – Runner-up in the Romanian Rally Championship, at 1 point behind the first place, 2 wins – Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII, the first season on four-wheel-drive cars 2004–2005 – National Class Champion of the N 1.6 Trophy in the Romanian Championship ; class winner at Waldviertel Rally, Austria in 2004, round of the FIA European Championship 2003 – 3rd place in the group H of the Romanian Rally Championship 2001–2002 – with very limited founds, Claudiu takes part at selected rounds of the National Championship, recording some podium finishes 2000 – Vice-champion of the rookie challenge in the Romanian Rallye Championship 1996–1997 – Rallycross –
