John Nielsen (racing driver)

Quick Facts

Intro

Danish racing driver

Places

Denmark

Engineer Racecar driver

Work field

Engineering Sports

Gender

Male

Birth

7 February 1956 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Varde, Varde Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Star sign

Aquarius People who share this birthday

Age

68 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

John Nielsen (born 7 February 1956 in Varde, Denmark) is a Danish former racing driver. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1990. Previously, 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.

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