1989, a German teenager and zapped through the TV channels. Italy, Imola Formula One Grand Prix, Nigel Mansell spun at around 200 km/h across the grass and didn't lift. The teenager was amazed and stuck to watch the rest of the race on Eurosport. And the next races, got up at 4:50 in the morning, with his blanket in the kitchen (the family's only TV set was in the kitchen (Toshiba, maybe 21 inch) and watched the Grand Prixs of Suzuka and Adelaide.
A decade later the 20-something was payed for designing paint schemes for race cars. He had studied mechanical engineering at the University of Aachen, photographic engineering in Cologne and graduated in visual communications at the university for applied sciences in Aachen.
Christoph's career brought him to the Middle East, China, Indianapolis, Le Mans, the majority of the European circuits and even into Ceausescu's palace in Bucharest. He managed a Porsche Supercup team to its first title in 2005 and moved on to work with an Aston Martin DBR9 team in the FIA GT championship, that scored a podium finish at the 24h of Le Mans in 2009.
His career shifted a bit in 2010, when he was asked to write the book on the Aston Martin DBR9 for TAG Books. By 2016 he became the CEO of TAG Books and wrote the 911R book. In 2019 he founded rpm Books and wrote the 993 GT2 double volume and the book on the Turbo S Lightweight. In 2025, Christoph Mäder founded Field Recordings together with Kerry Morse.