Christina Nielsen (born 10 January 1992 in Hørsholm, Denmark) is a Danish racing driver who is the first female driver to win a WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series title. She is the daughter of racing driver Lars-Erik Nielsen, who raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 2000s.[1]
Nielsen started her karting career in 2007. After karting for a couple of years, she switched to formula racing in 2010.
Formel Ford Denmark & ADAC Formel Mastersedit
After karting from 2007 to 2009, Nielsen made her formula racing debut in 2010 in the Danish Formula Ford Championship. Finishing the season in 9th position.
After doing two one-off appearances in the ADAC Formel Masters in 2010, Nielsen went on to do a full season in 2011.
GT Racingedit
For 2012, Nielsen switched to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany running in the B-class. She ended the season 5th in class.
In 2015, Nielsen ran the entire IMSA SportsCar Championship in a GTD Aston Martin Vantage V12 under the TRG-AMR banner, partnering with Kuno Wittmer and James Davison.[2] She claimed four second-place finishes and a third, finishing runner-up two points behind Townsend Bell and Bill Sweedler.
The Dane continued in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2016, joining Scuderia Corsa to drive alongside Alessandro Balzan in a GTD-class Ferrari.[3] She won the 12 Hours of Sebring with Jeff Segal as third driver. With another win at 6 Hours of Watkins Glen and four additional podiums throughout the season, Nielsen and Balzan won the 2016 IMSA SportsCar series Championship, with a 299-point total for the year, and thus Nielsen became the first woman to win a major full-season professional sports car championship in North America.[4][5][6]
Racing recordedit
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series resultsedit
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Christina Nielsen born 10 January 1992 in Horsholm Denmark is a Danish racing driver who is the first female driver to win a WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series title She is the daughter of racing driver Lars Erik Nielsen who raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 2000s 1 Christina NielsenChristina Nielsen Zandvoort 2012NationalityDanishBorn 1992 01 10 10 January 1992 age 32 Horsholm DenmarkRelated toLars Erik Nielsen father WeatherTech SportsCar Championship careerDebut season2014Current teamTeam Hardpoint EBMRacing licenceFIA BronzeCar number88Former teamsScuderia Corsa TRG AMR North AmericaNGT MotorsportWright Motorsport Grasser Racing TeamStarts58Championships2 2016 2017 Wins4Poles3Best finish1st in 2016 2017Previous series20152014 2012 2014201320122010 201120102007 2009Pirelli World ChallengePorsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Porsche GT3 Cup Middle EastADAC GT MastersPorsche Carrera Cup GermanyADAC Formel MastersFormula Ford DenmarkKartingChampionship titles2016 2017WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD Contents 1 Racing career 1 1 Karting 1 2 Formel Ford Denmark amp ADAC Formel Masters 1 3 GT Racing 2 Racing record 2 1 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results 2 2 24 Hours of Le Mans results 2 3 Complete 24 Hours of Nurburgring results 2 4 Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results 3 References 4 External linksRacing career editKarting edit Nielsen started her karting career in 2007 After karting for a couple of years she switched to formula racing in 2010 Formel Ford Denmark amp ADAC Formel Masters edit After karting from 2007 to 2009 Nielsen made her formula racing debut in 2010 in the Danish Formula Ford Championship Finishing the season in 9th position After doing two one off appearances in the ADAC Formel Masters in 2010 Nielsen went on to do a full season in 2011 GT Racing edit For 2012 Nielsen switched to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany running in the B class She ended the season 5th in class In 2013 Nielsen switched to the ADAC GT Masters For 2014 Nielsen raced in the United SportsCar Championship for NGT Motorsport In 2015 Nielsen ran the entire IMSA SportsCar Championship in a GTD Aston Martin Vantage V12 under the TRG AMR banner partnering with Kuno Wittmer and James Davison 2 She claimed four second place finishes and a third finishing runner up two points behind Townsend Bell and Bill Sweedler The Dane continued in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2016 joining Scuderia Corsa to drive alongside Alessandro Balzan in a GTD class Ferrari 3 She won the 12 Hours of Sebring with Jeff Segal as third driver With another win at 6 Hours of Watkins Glen and four additional podiums throughout the season Nielsen and Balzan won the 2016 IMSA SportsCar series Championship with a 299 point total for the year and thus Nielsen became the first woman to win a major full season professional sports car championship in North America 4 5 6 Racing record editIMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results edit Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 2014 NGT Motorsport GTD Porsche 911 GT America Porsche 4 0 L Flat 6 DAY9 SEB22 LGA DET WGL6 MOS IMS ELK VIR COA 34th 73 TRG AMR North America Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6 0 L V12 PET10 2015 TRG AMR North America GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6 0 L V12 DAY13 SEB2 LGA5 BEL2 WGL10 LIM3 ELK2 VIR2 AUS8 PET9 2nd 279 2016 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3 9 L Turbo V8 DAY6 SEB1 LGA2 BEL3 WGL1 MOS4 LIM11 ELK3 VIR7 AUS3 PET2 1st 332 2017 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3 9 L Turbo V8 DAY16 SEB2 LBH3 AUS2 DET2 WGL2 MOS3 LIM6 ELK5 VIR12 LGA1 PET9 1st 340 2018 Wright Motorsports GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4 0 L Flat 6 DAY19 SEB6 MOH7 BEL11 WGL9 MOS9 LIM8 ELK1 VIR2 LGA11 PET4 7th 263 2019 Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing GTD Acura NSX GT3 Acura 3 5 L Turbo V6 DAY12 SEB8 MDO10 DET9 WGL4 MOS LIM12 ELK VIR LGA6 PET7 14th 159 2020 GEAR Racing powered by GRT Grasser GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5 2 L V10 DAY16 DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MDO CLT PET LGA SEB 57th 15 2021 Team Hardpoint EBM GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4 0 L Flat 6 DAY10 SEB5 MDO DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 40th 508 24 Hours of Le Mans results edit Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps Pos ClassPos 2016 nbsp Formula Racing nbsp Johnny Laursen nbsp Mikkel Mac Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTEAm 319 35th 6th 2017 nbsp Scuderia Corsa nbsp Alessandro Balzan nbsp Bret Curtis Ferrari 488 GTE GTEAm 314 44th 14th 2018 nbsp Ebimotors nbsp Fabio Babini nbsp Erik Maris Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm 332 31st 6th Complete 24 Hours of Nurburgring results edit Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps Ovr Pos ClassPos 2021 nbsp WS Racing nbsp Pippa Mann nbsp Celia Martin nbsp Carrie Schreiner Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo SP8 52 45th 1st Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2022 Iron Dames LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3 9 L Turbo V8 SEB SPA10 LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 27th 1References edit Sportscar365 com Oct 1 2016 Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan clinch GTD championship Fox Sports com Retrieved Oct 1 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Dagys John 6 November 2014 TRG AMR Signs Nielsen for GTD Program with Davison Sportscar365 com Retrieved 15 April 2016 DiZinno Tony 15 December 2015 Scuderia Corsa Confirms GTLM GTD Programs SportsCar365 Retrieved 15 April 2016 Marshall Pruett Oct 1 2016 IMSA Nielsen Balzan clinch GTD championship Racer Media Archived from the original on March 28 2018 Retrieved Oct 2 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship standings for 2016 Racing Reference Oct 1 2016 Archived from the original on June 12 2017 Retrieved Oct 2 2016 Sportscar365 com 2016 08 07 Christina Nielsen Alessandro Balzan clinch GTD championship FOX Sports Retrieved 2016 10 02 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link External links editOfficial website Christina Nielsen career summary at DriverDB com Sporting positions Preceded byTownsend BellBill Sweedler WeatherTech SportsCar ChampionshipGTD Champion2016 2017 With Alessandro Balzan Succeeded byBryan SellersMadison Snow Preceded byCameron LawrenceAl Carter North American Endurance CupGTD Champion2016 With Alessandro Balzan Succeeded byJeroen BleekemolenBen KeatingMario Farnbacher Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christina Nielsen amp oldid 1208964563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
