Kristian Poulsen Explained

Kristian Poulsen
Nationality: Denmark
Birth Date:18 November 1975
Birth Place:Flensburg, West Germany
Racing Licence: FIA Silver
Current Series:World Touring Car Championship
First Year:2008
Current Team:Poulsen Motorsport
Car Number:24
Former Teams:Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Starts:34
Wins:0
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:0
Best Finish:14th
Year:2010
Prev Series:Danish Historic Racing Championship
European Touring Car Cup
Danish Touringcar Championship
Prev Series Years:2008
2007–08
2007–08
Team(S):Team Essex
Best Finish:10th
Class Wins:1

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)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2008Poulsen MotorsportBMW 320siBRA
1
BRA
2
MEX
1
MEX
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
CZE
1
CZE
2
POR
1
POR
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
GER
1
GER
2
EUR
1
EUR
2
NC0
Wiechers-SportITA
1
ITA
2
JPN
1
JPN
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
2009Liqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320siBRA
1

BRA
2

MEX
1

MEX
2

MAR
1

MAR
2

FRA
1

FRA
2

ESP
1

ESP
2

CZE
1

CZE
2

POR
1

POR
2

GBR
1

GBR
2

GER
1

GER
2

ITA
1

ITA
2

JPN
1

JPN
2

MAC
1

MAC
2

NC0
2010Poulsen MotorsportBMW 320siBRA
1
BRA
2
MAR
1
MAR
2
ITA
1

ITA
2

BEL
1

BEL
2

POR
1

POR
2

GBR
1

GBR
2

CZE
1

CZE
2

GER
1

GER
2

ESP
1

ESP
2

JPN
1

JPN
2

MAC
1

MAC
2

14th20
2011Liqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320 TCBRA
1

BRA
2

BEL
1

BEL
2

ITA
1

ITA
2

HUN
1

HUN
2

CZE
1

CZE
2

POR
1

POR
2

GBR
1

GBR
2

GER
1

GER
2

ESP
1

ESP
2

JPN
1

JPN
2

CHN
1

CHN
2

MAC
1

MAC
2

7th112

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
2009 Team Essex Casper Elgaard
Emmanuel Collard
Porsche RS Spyder EvoLMP235710th1st
2012 Aston Martin Racing Christoffer Nygaard
Allan Simonsen
Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Am
31DNFDNF
2013 Aston Martin Racing Christoffer Nygaard
Allan Simonsen 1
Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Am
2DNF1DNF1
2014 Aston Martin Racing David Heinemeier Hansson
Nicki Thiim
Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Am
33417th1st
2015 Larbre Compétition Gianluca Roda
Paolo Ruberti
Chevrolet Corvette C7.RGTE
Am
94DNFDNF
1 Simonsen was killed in a Lap 3 crash. Neither Nygaard nor Poulsen had driven at the time.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/kristian-poulsen