Christina Nielsen (racing driver)

Christina Nielsen in Zandvoort 2012

Christina Nielsen (born January 10, 1992 in Vedbæk ) is a Danish car racing driver . She is the daughter of racing driver Lars-Erik Nielsen .

Career

In 2007 Nielsen began her racing career in karting ; She stayed there up to and including 2009. In 2010 and 2011 she drove for ma-con Motorsport in the ADAC Formula Masters , however, could not hold its own against the competition.

In 2012 Nielsen competed for Farnbacher Racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and finished 5th in the amateur classification at the end of the season. You win at the Nürburgring and the Hockenheimring in the B class. With 9th overall at the Nürburgring, she achieved the best result that a woman has ever achieved in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. Her vehicle was also a special feature. The young Dane's Porsche 911 GT3 Cup was designed by Leipzig media artist Martin Höfer and - like the driver herself and the entire racing team - was part of the spectacular media art project Media Art Car .

Christina Nielsen made history when she became the first woman ever to compete in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East in the 2012/13 season . She won the Michelin Silver Trophy at the second night race in Qatar, for which she was also awarded the title "man of the race". Overall, she finished 7th and was fourth in the Michelin Silver Trophy.

In 2013 Farnbacher Nielsen entered the ADAC GT Masters . At first she shared the cockpit with her compatriot Allan Simonsen , after whose fatal accident at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2013 her partner switched between Sean Edwards , Nick Tandy and Kuba Giermaziak . At the end of the season, Nielsen won the gentlemen's classification for the best amateur driver.

Nielsen has been competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship since 2014 , where she won the GT Daytona class classification with her teammate Alessandro Balzan in 2016 and 2017 . This made Nielsen the first woman to win an all-season professional sports car championship in North America. In 2019, together with Katherine Legge and Simona de Silvestro , she was part of the only team in this series with an all-female driver pairing.

Private

Nielsen studies management and marketing communication at Aarhus University .

statistics

Career stations

2007–2009: karting 2010: Danish Formula Ford 2010–2011: ADAC Formula Masters 2012: Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2013: ADAC GT Masters 2012–2014: Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East 2014: Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA 2015: Pirelli World Challenge since 2014: IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2016	Formula racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Johnny Laursen	Mikkel Mac	Rank 35
2017	Scuderia Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE	Alessandro Balzan	Bret Curtis	Rank 44
2018	Ebimotors	Porsche 911 RSR	Fabio Babini	Érik Maris	Rank 32

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2014	MOMO NGT Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT America	Henrique Cisneros	Cuba Giermaziak		failure	accident
2015	TRG-AMR	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	James Davison	Brandon Davis		Rank 16
2016	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	Alessandro Balzan	Jeff Segal		Rank 20 and class win
2017	Scuderia Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	Alessandro Balzan	Matteo Cressoni		Rank 17
2018	Wright Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R.	Mathieu Jaminet	Patrick Long	Robert Renauer	Rank 22
2019	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Acura NSX GT3	Katherine Legge	Ana Beatriz		Rank 26

Web links

Commons : Christina Nielsen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Christina Nielsen's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ racecam.de: Christina Nielsen
2. ↑ racecam.de: Amateur ranking Porsche Carrera Cup 2012
3. ↑ Carrera Cup Nürburgring II 2012 race 2 - result
4. ↑ Tim & Ulrich Upietz (eds.): Porsche Sport 2012, 2012, p. 115.
5. ↑ Nielsen set to become first female driver in Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge. Retrieved August 18, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East - drivers' championship
7. ↑ Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East - Silver Michelin Trophy
8. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Nielsen wins gentlemen classification in the GT Masters
9. ↑ foxsports Oct 1, 2016 at 3: 33p ET: Christina Nielsen, Alessandro Balzan clinch GTD championship. October 1, 2016, Retrieved August 20, 2019 (American English). 
10. ^ Katherine Legge: The woman who 'had to fight and claw' her way into motorsport . May 20, 2019 ( bbc.com [accessed August 16, 2019]).