Kristian Poulsen

For the footballer, see Christian Poulsen.
Kristian Poulsen
Poulsen at the 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone
Nationality Danish
Born (1975-11-18) 18 November 1975 (age 49)
Flensburg, West Germany
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2008
Current teamPoulsen Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number24
Former teamsLiqui Moly Team Engstler
Starts34
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish14th in 2010
Previous series
2008
2007–08
2007–08		Danish Historic Racing Championship
European Touring Car Cup
Danish Touringcar Championship
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2009 2012 2013
TeamsTeam Essex
Best finish10th
Class wins1

Kristian Poulsen (born 18 November 1975) is a Danish auto racing driver,[1] who currently competes in touring car racing.

Career

He made his debut in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2008 with a part season. For 2009 he will compete a full season in the WTCC with Liqui Moly Team Engstler in a BMW 320si alongside team owner, Franz Engstler. He has previously raced in karting and rallying in the World Rally Championship from 1995. He switched to touring cars in 2007, when he competed in his native Danish Touringcar Championship. He won the LMP2 class at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder alongside Emmanuel Collard and Casper Elgaard. Kristian currently drives the BMW 320si for Liqui Moly Team Engstler alongside Franz Engstler in the World Touring Car Championship.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2008 Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si BRA
1 		BRA
2 		MEX
1 		MEX
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		FRA
1 		FRA
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		POR
1
14 		POR
2
22 		GBR
1
15 		GBR
2
17 		GER
1
18 		GER
2
14 		EUR
1 		EUR
2 		NC 0
Wiechers-Sport ITA
1
23 		ITA
2
15 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2
2009 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si BRA
1
20 		BRA
2
18 		MEX
1
Ret 		MEX
2
Ret 		MAR
1
Ret 		MAR
2
Ret 		FRA
1
15 		FRA
2
10 		ESP
1
Ret 		ESP
2
20 		CZE
1
Ret 		CZE
2
21 		POR
1
17 		POR
2
16 		GBR
1
20 		GBR
2
Ret 		GER
1
12 		GER
2
22 		ITA
1
16 		ITA
2
19 		JPN
1
19 		JPN
2
Ret 		MAC
1
17 		MAC
2
Ret 		NC 0
2010 Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si BRA
1 		BRA
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		ITA
1
Ret 		ITA
2
15 		BEL
1
11 		BEL
2
11 		POR
1
11 		POR
2
Ret 		GBR
1
23 		GBR
2
Ret 		CZE
1
8 		CZE
2
19 		GER
1
9 		GER
2
6 		ESP
1
12 		ESP
2
10 		JPN
1
15 		JPN
2
11 		MAC
1
8 		MAC
2
Ret 		14th 20
2011 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC BRA
1
5 		BRA
2
14 		BEL
1
6 		BEL
2
Ret 		ITA
1
6 		ITA
2
3 		HUN
1
9 		HUN
2
13 		CZE
1
5 		CZE
2
8 		POR
1
14 		POR
2
19 		GBR
1
9 		GBR
2
17 		GER
1
13 		GER
2
Ret 		ESP
1
4 		ESP
2
5 		JPN
1
5 		JPN
2
10 		CHN
1
6 		CHN
2
7 		MAC
1
7 		MAC
2
13 		7th 112

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2009 Denmark Team Essex Denmark Casper Elgaard
France Emmanuel Collard 		Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 357 10th 1st
2012 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Denmark Allan Simonsen 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am 		31 DNF DNF
2013 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Denmark Allan Simonsen 1 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am 		2 DNF1 DNF1
2014 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Denmark Nicki Thiim 		Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am 		334 17th 1st
2015 France Larbre Compétition Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Paolo Ruberti 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Am 		94 DNF DNF

1 Simonsen was killed in a Lap 3 crash. Neither Nygaard nor Poulsen had driven at the time.

References

  1. ^ "Driver: Kristian Poulsen | Driver Database".
Sporting positions
Preceded by World Touring Car Championship
Independents' Trophy winner
2011 		Succeeded by
Preceded by FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
2014 with:
David Heinemeier Hansson 		Succeeded by
Aleksey Basov
Andrea Bertolini
Viktor Shaitar