Kristian Poulsen

Kristian Poulsen 2013

Kristian Poulsen in the Porsche RS Spyder during training for the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps in 2009

Poulsen in the Engstler BMW at the WTCC race at Brands Hatch 2009

Kristian Poulsen (born November 18, 1975 in Flensburg , Germany ) is a Danish racing driver . He competed in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) from 2008 to 2011 .

Career

Poulsen began his motorsport career in karting in 1985 and was active in this sport until 1993. The Dane then competed in various rallies between 1995 and 2007 . Between 1999 and 2006 he started in three rallies of the World Rally Championship , but could not score any points.

In 2007 Poulsen switched to touring car racing and finished 18th in the Danish Touring Car Championship . He also took part in the European Touring Car Cup and finished the season in third place in the Super 2000 classification . In 2008, Poulsen improved to eleventh place in the DTC with a win and was sixth in the Super 2000 classification of the European Touring Car Cup. Poulsen also made his debut in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in 2008 . In a BMW 320si , he took part in three racing weekends for Poulsen Motorsport , his own racing team, and one racing weekend for Wiechers-Sport . He didn't get any points.

In 2009 Poulsen started for the Liqui Moly Team Engstler in a BMW 320si in every race of the WTCC season. While his team-mate Franz Engstler came in 16th overall, Poulsen stayed in tenth place as the best result without points. He finished sixth in the Independents' Trophy . In addition, Poulsen made his debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2009 . In a Porsche RS Spyder Evo , he finished tenth in the final classification and winner of the LMP2 classification together with Emmanuel Collard and Casper Elgaard . He also took part in a race in the Le Mans Series and won the LMP2 standings there too. In the DTC, the racing driver only competed in three races this season and finished 18th overall. In 2010 , Poulsen skipped the first two race weekends of the WTCC and then competed in a BMW 320si that was used by his own team. Poulsen scored points in several races and ended the season with a sixth place as the best result in 14th place in the drivers' world championship. In the internal Independents' Trophy he took third place. The racing driver also finished seventh in the Super 2000 classification of the European Touring Car Cup in 2010.

In 2011 Poulsen returned to the Liqui Moly Team Engstler and became Engstler's teammate again. In the second race in Monza , he achieved his first podium finish in the WTCC with a third place. In the further course of the season he drove regularly into the points, but was not again on the podium. He finished the season in seventh place in the drivers' world championship and was ahead of Engstler, who had won a race. The Yokohama Trophy , the classification for private drivers, was won by Poulsen two points ahead of his compatriot Michel Nykjær . Poulsen announced after the end of the season that he would leave the WTCC.

statistics

Career stations

1985-1993: karting 1995–2006: rallying 1999 : WRC 2004 : WRC 2006 : WRC 2007: DTC (18th place)

2007: ETC-Cup , Super 2000 (3rd place) 2008: DTC (11th place) 2008: ETC Cup, Super 2000 (6th place) 2008 : WTCC 2009 : WTCC 2009 : Le Mans Series , LMP2

2009: DTC (18th place) 2010 : WTCC (14th place) 2010: ETC-Cup, Super 2000 (7th place) 2011 : WTCC (7th place)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2009	Team Essex	Porsche RS Spyder	Emmanuel Collard	Casper Elgaard	Rank 10 and class win
2012	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT2	Christoffer Nygaard	Allan Simonsen	failure
2013	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT2	Christoffer Nygaard	Allan Simonsen	failure	Simonsen's fatal accident
2014	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	David Heinemeier Hansson	Nicki Thiim	17th place and class win
2015	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Paolo Ruberti	Gianluca Roda	failure	malfunction

WRC results

season	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	Item
1999	Kristian Poulsen	Ford Escort WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP DNF	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	OUT	GBR			0	-
2004	Kristian Poulsen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	MON	SWE DNF	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	DOOR	ARG	FIN	GER	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	OUT	0	-
2006	Kristian Poulsen	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	GER DNF	FIN	JPN	CYP	DOOR	OUT	NZL	GBR	0	-

Web links

Commons : Kristian Poulsen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Profile on eWRC-results.com (English)
• Career statistics from Kristian Poulsen (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Kristian Poulsen" (Motorsport-Total.com; accessed on January 17, 2011)
2. ↑ "Engstler and Poulsen will form a team again in 2011" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 17, 2011)
3. ↑ "Privatierchampion Poulsen: No title defense" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 6, 2011)