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]

John Nielsen on the grid in the winning #15 Zytek 04S at the 2005 1000km of Spa

Nielsen was born in Varde. Prior to his win at Le Mans, he won the 1984 Macau Grand Prix, and the 1985 Curaçao Grand Prix. 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.^{[citation needed]}

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap; small number denotes finishing position.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
1985	Ralt Racing Ltd	Ralt RB20	Cosworth V8	SIL 2	THR NC	EST 1	NÜR C	VAL 2	PAU Ret	SPA Ret	DIJ 3	PER Ret	ÖST 2	ZAN 4	DON 13	4th	34
1986	Ralt Racing Ltd	Ralt RT20	Honda V8	SIL 3^‡	VAL Ret	PAU Ret	SPA 2	IMO Ret	MUG Ret	PER 6	ÖST 2	BIR 11	BUG 7	JAR 5		6th	17
Sources:^[2]^[3]

^‡ Half points awarded.

Nielsen also entered one non-championship F3000 race, the 1985 Curaçao Grand Prix. Driving the Ralt RB20 with Cosworth engine that he had used in that year's championship, he won the race and set the fastest lap.^[4]

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
Sources:^[5]^[2]

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
Sources:^[6]^[7]

References

^ American, Dane, Briton Win in Jaguar at Le Mans, The Washington Post (June 18, 1990)
^ ^a ^b "John Nielsen Results". Motorsport Stats. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^ "Ralt Racing History". RaltRacing.com. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^ "1985 Curacao Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^ "John Nielsen". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "1996 All Japan GT Championship". Super GT. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "All Japan Grand Touring Championship 1996". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

External links

European Le Mans Series profile

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