David Saelens (born 2 July 1975 in Ypres, West Flanders) is a racing driver from Belgium. He drove in several racing classes such as Formula Three, International Formula 3000, American Le Mans Series, DTM and most recently the 2018 Porsche Supercup. In 1998, he won the Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 at Zandvoort. That same year, he became the first non-French driver to win the French Formula Three Championship. In 2002, he was a Formula One test driver for Minardi.

Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points Position 1993 24 Hours of Spa Excelsior 1 0 0 0 0 0 11th 1994 Championnat de France Formule Renault ? 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1995 Eurocup Formula Renault ? ? ? ? ? ? 57 9th Championnat de France Formule Renault Peka Racing 13 0 0 0 0 21 15th 1996 Eurocup Formula Renault Mygale 10 0 ? ? 4 128 2nd Championnat de France Formule Renault Peka Racing 14 0 0 0 3 55 9th 24 Hours of Spa Ecurie Ardennes 1 0 0 0 1 0 3rd 1997 French Formula Three Championship ASM Formule 3 17 2 4 1 8 131 3rd British Formula Three Championship 1 0 0 0 1 15 17th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three 1 0 0 0 0 0 4th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9th 24 Hours of Spa BMW Fina Bigazzi 1 0 0 0 0 0 14th 1998 French Formula Three Championship ASM Formule 3 22 12 12 9 14 229 1st British Formula Three Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Masters of Formula 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1st 24 Hours of Spa Fina Bastos Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 4th Belgian Procar Championship Juma Racing 1 0 0 0 0 28 25th 1999 International Formula 3000 Super Nova Racing 6 0 0 0 1 8 9th American Le Mans Series Team Rafanelli SRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Belgian Procar Championship BMW Fina-Team Rafanelli 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2000 International Formula 3000 Super Nova Racing 10 0 2 0 3 15 6th Belgian Procar Championship BMW Fina-Team Rafanelli 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2001 International Formula 3000 European Minardi F3000 9 0 0 0 0 10 10th Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Team Rosberg 8 0 0 0 0 4 21st 2002 International Formula 3000 European Minardi F3000 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC Formula One KL Minardi Asiatech Test Driver 2003 American Le Mans Series JML Team Panoz 8 0 0 0 6 101 6th 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2004 Porsche Supercup Kadach Racing Team 12 0 0 0 0 114 6th American Le Mans Series - GT Panoz Motor Sports 4 0 0 1 0 5 35th 2005 Porsche Supercup Kadach Racing Team 12 3 5 4 4 145 3rd 2006 Porsche Supercup Kadach Racing Team 11 1 1 0 4 122 5th 2007 Porsche Supercup Team IRWIN SAS 10 0 0 0 0 96 6th 2008 Porsche Supercup Team IRWIN SAS 12 0 0 1 0 72 12th Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland Schnabel Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2017 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux Belgium Racing 2 0 0 0 1 38 13th

Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 1999 WRT Fina IMO MON CAT 9th 8 Super Nova Racing MAG SIL A1R HOC HUN SPA NÜR 2000 D2 Playlife Super Nova IMO SIL CAT NÜR MON MAG A1R HOC HUN SPA 7th 15 2001 European Minardi F3000 INT IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ 10th 10 2002 European Minardi F3000 INT IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR SIL MAG HOC HUN SPA MNZ NC 0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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 DC Points 2001 Team Rosberg AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM HOCQR HOCCR NÜRQR NÜRCR OSCQR OSCCR SACQR SACCR NORQR NORCR LAUQR LAUCR NÜRQR NÜRCR A1RQR A1RCR ZANQR ZANCR HOCQR HOCCR 21st 4

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2003 JML Team Panoz Benjamin Leuenberger Scott Maxwell Panoz LMP01 Evo LMP900 233 DNF DNF

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points 2004 Kadach Racing Porsche 996 GT3 ITA ESP MON GER USA USA FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA 6th 114 2005 Kadach Racing Porsche 997 GT3 ITA ESP MON GER USA USA FRA GBR GER HUN ITA BEL 3rd 145 2006 Kadach Racing Porsche 997 GT3 BHR ITA GER ESP MON GBR USA USA FRA GER HUN ITA 5th 120 2007 Team IRWIN Porsche 997 GT3 BHR BHR ESP MON FRA GBR GER HUN TUR ITA BEL 6th 96 2008 Team IRWIN Porsche 997 GT3 BHR BHR ESP TUR MON FRA GBR GER HUN ESP BEL ITA 12th 73

24 Hours of Spa results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1993 Renstal Excelsior Albert Vanierschot Michel Maillien Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Pro GT 290 11th 10th 1996 Ecurie Ardennes Didier Defourny Kurt Thiers BMW 318 is Class 2 485 3rd 1st 1997 BMW Fina Team Bigazzi Alain Ferté Bruno Thiry BMW M3 Spa 3.0 434 14th 8th 1998 BMW Fina Bastos Team Alain Ferté Pierre Fermine BMW 320i SP 473 4th 4th 1999 BMW Fina Rafanelli Jenson Button Tomáš Enge BMW 320i SP 22 DNF DNF 2000 BMW Fina Rafanelli Grégoire de Mévius Thomas Winkelhock BMW 320i SP DNF DNF 2002 Racing Team Belgium Vanina Ickx Renaud Kuppens Gillet Vertigo Streiff GTN 350 DNF DNF

24 Hours of Zolder results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2000 G&A Racing Guino Kenis Mikke Van Hool BMW M3 TB DNF DNF 2006 Accent Racing Team Philippe Cracco François Duval Frédérique Jonckheere Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Class 4 DNF DNF 2025 Q1-Trackracing Sam Dejonghe Florian Latorre Nicolas Saelens Lars Zaenen Porsche 992 GT3 Cup GT Cup 813 3rd 3rd

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