John Nielsen (racing driver)
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John Nielsen (born 7 February 1956) is a Danish former racing driver. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1990.[1]
Nielsen was born in Varde. Prior to his win at Le Mans, he won the Macau Grand Prix in 1984. He was also a 3-time champion of the European Formula Super Vee Championship from 1979 to 1981. He is now a Formula 1 commentator for TV3+ in Denmark, but also works in public.
24 Hours of Le Mans results[]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1986 | Kouros Racing Team | Mike Thackwell | Sauber C8-Mercedes | C1 | 61 | DNF | DNF |
1987 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
Martin Brundle | Jaguar XJR-8LM | C1 | 231 | DNF | DNF |
1988 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
Martin Brundle | Jaguar XJR-9LM | C1 | 306 | DNF | DNF |
1989 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
Andy Wallace Price Cobb |
Jaguar XJR-9LM | C1 | 215 | DNF | DNF |
1990 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
Price Cobb Martin Brundle |
Jaguar XJR-12 | C1 | 359 | 1st | 1st |
1991 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
Derek Warwick Andy Wallace |
Jaguar XJR-12 | C2 | 356 | 4th | 4th |
1992 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Manuel Reuter Giovanni Lavaggi |
Porsche 962CK6 | C3 | 334 | 7th | 2nd |
1993 | TWR Jaguar Racing | David Brabham David Coulthard |
Jaguar XJ220 | GT | 306 | DSQ | DSQ |
1994 | Seikel Motorsport | Thomas Bscher Lindsay Owen-Jones |
Porsche 968 Turbo RS | GT2 | 84 | DNF | DNF |
1995 | West Competition David Price Racing |
Jochen Mass Thomas Bscher |
McLaren F1 GTR | GT1 | 131 | DNF | DNF |
1996 | West Competition David Price Racing |
Thomas Bscher Peter Kox |
McLaren F1 GTR | GT1 | 338 | 4th | 3rd |
1998 | Nissan Motorsports TWR |
Michael Krumm Franck Lagorce |
Nissan R390 GT1 | GT1 | 342 | 5th | 5th |
2000 | Team Den Blå Avis | Mauro Baldi Klaus Graf |
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan | LMP900 | 205 | NC | NC |
2001 | Team Den Blå Avis Team Goh |
Hiroki Katoh Casper Elgaard |
Dome S101-Judd | LMP900 | 66 | DNF | DNF |
2003 | RN Motorsport | Hayanari Shimoda Casper Elgaard |
DBA4 03S-Zytek | LMP675 | 288 | 22nd | 2nd |
2004 | Lister Racing | Casper Elgaard Jens Møller |
Lister Storm LMP-Chevrolet | LMP1 | 279 | 24th | 9th |
2006 | Zytek Engineering Team Essex Invest |
Casper Elgaard Philip Andersen |
Zytek 06S | LMP1 | 269 | NC | NC |
2008 | Team Essex | Casper Elgaard Sascha Maassen |
Porsche RS Spyder Evo | LMP2 | 347 | 12th | 2nd |
Complete JGTC results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | DC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Team Lark McLaren | McLaren F1 GTR | GT500 | SUZ 2 |
FUJ 1 |
SEN 8 |
FUJ 2 |
SUG Ret |
MIN 4 |
1st | 63 |
References[]
- ^ American, Dane, Briton Win in Jaguar at Le Mans, The Washington Post (June 18, 1990)
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