Nicklas Nielsen

Nicklas Nielsen (born 6 February 1997 in Hørning) is a professional Ferrari GT factory racing driver from Denmark.^[1]

Career[]

Karting[]

Nielsen began karting when he was 4 years old back in 2001. He competed in many international events and championships, winning ten major titles.^[2]

Lower formula[]

In 2016, Nielsen made his single-seater debut in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship in Germany, finishing 8th and winning the Rookie's championship while racing for the Austrian Neuhauser Racing team, scoring 3 podiums and 2 fastest laps.

In 2017, Nielsen returned to the ADAC championship, this time with the US Racing team. Although he did win a race^[3] and scored 3 podiums, a team disqualification at the Lausitzring event and a major accident induced by a competitor which caused irreparable damage to his car for the rest of the event at the Nürburgring deprived him of a proper chance to fight for the title.

Sports cars[]

2019 4 Hours of Silverstone 83 (48664665611) — Nielsen at the 2019 4 Hours of Silverstone

In 2018, not having the budget to continue single-seater racing, Nielsen participated in the Ferrari Challenge in Europe where he took 10 wins in 14 races. That performance was noticed by Luzich Racing which offered Nielsen a race seat alongside Fabien Lavergne and established Ferrari GT-racer Alessandro Pier Guidi in the 2019 European Le Mans Series in the LMGTE Class, which they won.

In 2019, Nielsen became an official Ferrari driver, racing for the Italian AF Corse team. He finished third with teammates François Perrodo and Emmanuel Collard at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and became World Champion in the GTE-Am Class.^[4]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Neuhauser Racing	24	0	0	2	3	106	8th
2016	Audi Sport TT Cup	N/A	14	1	1	1	7	238	3rd
2017	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	US Racing	19	1	1	1	4	128	6th
2017	Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro)	Formula Racing	2	2	2	1	2	34	8th
2018	Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro)	Formula Racing	14	10	8	10	14	282	1st
	FIA GT Nations Cup	Team Denmark	3	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	International GT Open	Luzich Racing	2	0	0	0	0	6	31st
2019	European Le Mans Series - GTE	Luzich Racing	6	4	0	2	5	127	1st
2019-20	FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am	AF Corse	8	2	0	0	5	167	1st
2020	24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Am	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		3	0	0	0	0	46	6th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	12	15th
	European Le Mans Series - GTE	Iron Lynx	1	0	0	0	0	10	16th
	Le Mans Cup - GT3	Iron Lynx	1	0	0	1	1	15	12th
2021	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Formula Racing	4	0	0	0	1	23.5	9th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am	AF Corse	6	4	0	3	4	150	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Am		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		2	0	1	0	0	246	55th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Iron Lynx	5	1	0	0	1	83	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab	1	1	0	0	1	37	6th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors	2	0	1	1	0	37	6th
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	AF Corse	6	0	2	0	0	12	18th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2		6	0	1	0	0	25	12th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		1	0	0	0	0	294	53rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	19th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Iron Lynx	5	0	0	0	1	37	10th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Iron Lynx
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	AF Corse - Francorchamps
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Formula Racing
	European Le Mans Series - GTE	Formula Racing
	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Ferrari – AF Corse
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	AF Corse
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	AF Corse

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results[]

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos	Points
2016	Neuhauser Racing	OSC1 1 10	OSC1 2 9	OSC1 3 8	SAC 1 7	SAC 2 5	SAC 3 3	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 15	LAU 3 17	OSC2 1 Ret	OSC2 2 15	OSC2 3 25	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 3	RBR 3 4	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 3	NÜR 3 17	ZAN 1 16	ZAN 2 11	ZAN 3 15	HOC 1 16	HOC 2 27	HOC 3 8	8th	106
2017	US Racing	OSC1 1 2	OSC1 2 1	OSC1 3 9	LAU 1 DSQ	LAU 2 DSQ	LAU 3 DSQ	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 8	RBR 3 2	OSC2 1 15	OSC2 2 5	OSC2 3 12	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 DNS	NÜR 3 DNS	SAC 1 4	SAC 2 4	SAC 3 9	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 Ret	HOC 3 Ret				6th	128

Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali results[]

Year	Class	Team	Car	Circuit	Pos.
2018	Trofeo Pirelli Pro	Formula Racing	Ferrari 488 Challenge	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1st

Complete European Le Mans Series results[]

(Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2019	Luzich Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB	LEC 1	MNZ 3					1st	127
2019	Luzich Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB			CAT 1	SIL 4	SPA 1	ALG 1	1st	127
2020	Iron Lynx	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC	SPA	LEC 5	MNZ	ALG		16th	10
2022	AF Corse	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 8	IMO 14	MNZ 12	CAT 5	SPA 7	ALG 8	12th	25
2022	AF Corse	Pro-Am Cup	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	2	5	4	1	2	2	3rd	101
2023	AF Corse	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	CAT	IMO	LEC	ARA	SPA	ALG	*	*

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2019-20	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL 1	FUJ 2	SHA 4	BHR 4	COA 4	SPA 1	LMS 3	BHR 2	1st	167
2021	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SPA 1	POR 11	MON 1	LMS 1	BHR 5	BHR 1			1st	150
2022	AF Corse	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB 9	SPA 9	LMS 11	MNZ 9	FUJ 10	BHR 10			18th	12
2022	AF Corse	Pro-Am Cup	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	1	1	2	3	1	1			1st	177
2023	Ferrari – AF Corse	Hypercar	Ferrari 499P	Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6	SEB	PRT	SPA	LMS	MNZ	FUJ	BHR		*	*

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	AF Corse	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	339	26th	3rd
2021	AF Corse	François Perrodo Alessio Rovera	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	340	25th	1st
2022	AF Corse	François Perrodo Alessio Rovera	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	361	24th	19th

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2022	AF Corse	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 4	SEB	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	53rd	294
2023	AF Corse	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 3	SEB	MON	WGL	ELK	IMS	PET						-*	0*

References[]

↑ "Daniel Serra and Nicklas Nielsen appointed new official Ferrari Competizioni GT drivers". races.ferrari.com. 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20080703071603/https://races.ferrari.com/en/competizioni-gt/news/daniel-serra-and-nicklas-nielsen-appointed-new-official-ferrari-competizioni-gt-drivers/. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
↑ "Nielsen takes second straight Winter Cup title". motorsport.com. 21 February 2016. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20080703071603/https://www.motorsport.com/kart/news/nielsen-takes-second-straight-winter-cup-title-674775/674775/. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
↑ "Nicklas Nielsen celebrates maiden victory". adac-motorsport.de. 29 April 2017. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20080703071603/https://www.adac-motorsport.de/adac-formel-4/uk/artikel/nicklas-nielsen-celebrates-maiden-victory-danish-junior-shares-podium-with-felipe-drugovich-and-fabio-scherer-237356. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
↑ "Bahrain WEC: Conway, Kobayashi and Lopez win to clinch final LMP1 title". autosport.com. 14 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20080703071603/https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/153535/conway-kobayashi-lopez-clinch-title-with-bahrain-win. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

External links[]

Nicklas Nielsen career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions

Preceded by:
Jörg Bergmeister
Patrick Lindsey
Egidio Perfetti

FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
2019-20

Succeeded by:
Incumbent

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[1] "Daniel Serra and Nicklas Nielsen appointed new official Ferrari Competizioni GT drivers". races.ferrari.com. 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20080703071603/https://races.ferrari.com/en/competizioni-gt/news/daniel-serra-and-nicklas-nielsen-appointed-new-official-ferrari-competizioni-gt-drivers/. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[2] "Nielsen takes second straight Winter Cup title". motorsport.com. 21 February 2016. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20080703071603/https://www.motorsport.com/kart/news/nielsen-takes-second-straight-winter-cup-title-674775/674775/. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[3] "Nicklas Nielsen celebrates maiden victory". adac-motorsport.de. 29 April 2017. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20080703071603/https://www.adac-motorsport.de/adac-formel-4/uk/artikel/nicklas-nielsen-celebrates-maiden-victory-danish-junior-shares-podium-with-felipe-drugovich-and-fabio-scherer-237356. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[4] "Bahrain WEC: Conway, Kobayashi and Lopez win to clinch final LMP1 title". autosport.com. 14 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20080703071603/https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/153535/conway-kobayashi-lopez-clinch-title-with-bahrain-win. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

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