John Nielsen – Le Mans driver
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Denmark

John Nielsen

Nationality
Denmark
 
Born
7 February 1956
Varde, Syddanmark
Age
70 years 7 months 20 days
 
Le Mans debut
15 June 1985
Age: 29 years 4 months 8 days
Latest Le Mans
14 June 2008
Age: 52 years 4 months 7 days
Starts20
Wins1
Podiums1
Class wins0
Class podiums4
Laps4.517

Le Mans participations (20)

YearNo.TeamCarClass OverallClassStatusLapsTeammates
1985 61 Sauber Racing Sauber C8 Gr C1 — — Did not start 0 Max Welti / Dieter Quester
1986 61 Kouros Racing Team Sauber C8 Gr C1 — — Retired 61 Mike Thackwell
1987 6 Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-8 LM C1 — — Retired 231 Martin Brundle / Armin Hahne
1988 1 Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-9 LM C1 — — Retired 306 Martin Brundle
1989 2 Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-9 LM C1 — — Retired 215 Andy Wallace / Price Cobb
1990 3 Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-12 C1 1st 1st Finished 359 Price Cobb / Martin Brundle
1991 33 Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-12 Cat. 2 4th 4th Finished 356 Derek Warwick / Andy Wallace
1992 51 Kremer Porsche Racing Porsche 962 CK6 C3 7th 2nd Finished 334 Manuel Reuter / Giovanni Lavaggi
1993 50 TWR Jaguar Racing Jaguar Xj220 C Cat.4 — — Not classified 306 David Brabham / David Coulthard
1994 58 Seikel Motorsport Porsche 968 Turbo RS LM GT2 — — Retired 84 Thomas Bscher / Lindsay Owen-Jones
1995 49 West Competition (GB) (David Price Racing) McLAREN F1 GTR LM GT1 — — Retired 131 Jochen Mass / Thomas Bscher
1996 30 West Competition (GB) (David Price Racing) McLAREN F1 GTR LM LM GT1 4th 3rd Finished 338 Thomas Bscher / Peter Kox
1997 40 Gulf Team Davidoff / GTC Racing McLAREN F1 GTR LM GT1 — — Not classified 0 Thomas Bscher / Chris Goodwin
1998 30 Nissan Motorsports / TWR (J/GB) Nissan R390 GT1 LM GT1 5th 5th Finished 342 Michael Krumm / Franck Lagorce
2000 10 Team Den Bla Avis Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S LM P900 — — Not classified 205 Mauro Baldi / Klaus Graf
2001 10 Team Den Bla Avis / Team Goh (DK/J) Dome S101 LM P900 — — Retired 66 Hiroki Katoh / Casper Elgaard
2003 26 RN Motorsport Ltd / John Nielsen Dba4-03S Zytek LM P675 22nd 2nd Finished 288 Hayanari Shimoda / Casper Elgaard
2004 20 Lister Racing Lister Storm LM P1 24th 9th Finished 279 Casper Elgaard / Jens Reno Moller
2006 2 Zytek Motorsport (GB)/ Team Essex Invest Zytek 06S LM P1 — — Not classified 269 Casper Elgaard / Philip Andersen
2008 31 Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder LM P2 12th 2nd Finished 347 Casper Elgaard / Sascha Maassen
Legend: Overall = overall finishing position · Class = class position · Retired/DNF = retired · DNS = did not start · NC = not classified