John Nielsen (racing driver)

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

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 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.Template:Fact

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

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1985 Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt RB20 Cosworth V8 SIL
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THR
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EST
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NÜR
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VAL
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PAU
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SPA
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DIJ
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PER
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ÖST
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ZAN
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DON
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1986 Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt RT20 Honda V8 SIL
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VAL
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SPA
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IMO
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PER
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ÖST
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BIR
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BUG
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JAR
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6th 17
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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

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Pos.
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1986 Template:Flagicon Kouros Racing Team Template:Flagicon Mike Thackwell Sauber C8-Mercedes C1 61 DNF DNF
1987 Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar
Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle Jaguar XJR-8LM C1 231 DNF DNF
1988 Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar
Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 306 DNF DNF
1989 Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar
Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace
Template:Flagicon Price Cobb
Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 215 DNF DNF
1990 Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar
Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Template:Flagicon Price Cobb
Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle
Jaguar XJR-12 C1 359 1st 1st
1991 Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar
Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick
Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-12 C2 356 4th 4th
1992 Template:Flagicon Porsche Kremer Racing Template:Flagicon Manuel Reuter
Template:Flagicon Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 962CK6 C3 334 7th 2nd
1993 Template:Flagicon TWR Jaguar Racing Template:Flagicon David Brabham
Template:Flagicon David Coulthard
Jaguar XJ220 GT 306 DSQ DSQ
1994 Template:Flagicon Seikel Motorsport Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher
Template:Flagicon Lindsay Owen-Jones
Porsche 968 Turbo RS GT2 84 DNF DNF
1995 Template:Flagicon West Competition
Template:Flagicon David Price Racing
Template:Flagicon Jochen Mass
Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher
McLaren F1 GTR GT1 131 DNF DNF
1996 Template:Flagicon West Competition
Template:Flagicon David Price Racing
Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher
Template:Flagicon Peter Kox
McLaren F1 GTR GT1 338 4th 3rd
1998 Template:Flagicon Nissan Motorsports
Template:Flagicon TWR
Template:Flagicon Michael Krumm
Template:Flagicon Franck Lagorce
Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 342 5th 5th
2000 Template:Flagicon Team Den Blå Avis Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi
Template:Flagicon Klaus Graf
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan LMP900 205 NC NC
2001 Template:Flagicon Team Den Blå Avis
Template:Flagicon Team Goh
Template:Flagicon Hiroki Katoh
Template:Flagicon Casper Elgaard
Dome S101-Judd LMP900 66 DNF DNF
2003 Template:Flagicon RN Motorsport Template:Flagicon Hayanari Shimoda
Template:Flagicon Casper Elgaard
DBA4 03S-Zytek LMP675 288 22nd 2nd
2004 Template:Flagicon Lister Racing Template:Flagicon Casper Elgaard
Template:Flagicon Jens Møller
Lister Storm LMP-Chevrolet LMP1 279 24th 9th
2006 Template:Flagicon Zytek Engineering
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Template:Flagicon Casper Elgaard
Template:Flagicon Philip Andersen
Zytek 06S LMP1 269 NC NC
2008 Template:Flagicon Team Essex Template:Flagicon Casper Elgaard
Template:Flagicon Sascha Maassen
Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 347 12th 2nd
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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
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References

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  1. American, Dane, Briton Win in Jaguar at Le Mans, The Washington Post (June 18, 1990)
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Sporting positions
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Winner

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Champion

1995 with:
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1996 with:
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