John Nielsen (racing driver)

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

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Frank Jelinski
German Formula Three champion
1982
Succeeded by
Franz Konrad
Preceded by
Ayrton Senna
Macau Grand Prix
Winner

1984
Succeeded by
Maurício Gugelmin
Preceded by
Jochen Mass
Manuel Reuter
Stanley Dickens
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1990 with:
Price Cobb
Martin Brundle
Succeeded by
Volker Weidler
Johnny Herbert
Bertrand Gachot
Preceded by
None
(1994)
BPR Global GT Series
Champion

1995 with:
Thomas Bscher
Succeeded by
Ray Bellm
James Weaver
Preceded by
Masahiko Kageyama
All-Japan Grand Touring Car Champion
1996 with:
David Brabham
Succeeded by
Pedro de la Rosa
Michael Krumm


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