Kristian Poulsen

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Kristian Poulsen
Nationality Danish
Born (1975-11-18) 18 November 1975
Flensburg (Germany)
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2008
Current team Poulsen Motorsport
Car no. 24
Former teams Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Starts 34
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 14th 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
Participating years 2009 2012 2013
Teams Team Essex
Best finish 10th
Class wins 1

Kristian Poulsen (born 18 November 1975) is a Danish auto racing driver, 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

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    Sporting positions
    Preceded by
    Sergio Hernández    		 World Touring Car Championship
    Independents' Trophy winner
    2011     		Succeeded by
    Norbert Michelisz
    Preceded by
    Jamie Campbell-Walter
    Stuart Hall    		 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
    2014 with:
    David Heinemeier Hansson     		Succeeded by
    Aleksey Basov
    Andrea Bertolini
    Viktor Shaitar
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