Christina Nielsen (born 10 January 1992) is a Danish racing driver who is the first female driver to win a WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series title. She is the daughter of racing driver Lars-Erik Nielsen, who raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 2000s.
Racing career
Karting Nielsen started her karting career in 2007. After karting for a couple of years, she switched to formula racing in 2010.
Formel Ford Denmark & ADAC Formel Masters
After karting from 2007 to 2009, Nielsen made her formula racing debut in 2010 in the Danish Formula Ford Championship. She finished the season in ninth position.
After doing two one-off appearances in the ADAC Formel Masters in 2010, Nielsen went on to do a full season in 2011.
GT Racing For 2012, Nielsen switched to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany running in the B-class. She ended the season fifth in class.
In 2013, Nielsen switched to the ADAC GT Masters. For 2014, Nielsen raced in the United SportsCar Championship for NGT Motorsport.
In 2015, Nielsen ran the entire IMSA SportsCar Championship in a GTD Aston Martin Vantage V12 under the TRG-AMR banner, partnering with Kuno Wittmer and James Davison. She claimed four second-place finishes and a third, finishing runner-up two points behind Townsend Bell and Bill Sweedler.
Nielsen continued in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2016, joining Scuderia Corsa to drive alongside Alessandro Balzan in a GTD-class Ferrari. She won the 12 Hours of Sebring with Jeff Segal as third driver. With another win at 6 Hours of Watkins Glen and four additional podiums throughout the season, Nielsen and Balzan won the 2016 IMSA SportsCar series Championship, with a 299-point total for the year, and thus Nielsen became the first woman to win a major full-season professional sports car championship in North America.
Racing record
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results
Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank PointsRef 2014 NGT Motorsport GTD Porsche 911 GT America Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA 34th 73 TRG-AMR North America Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 PET 2015 TRG-AMR North America GTD Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 DAY SEB LGA BEL WGL LIM ELK VIR AUS PET 2nd 279 2016 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB LGA BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR AUS PET 1st 332 2017 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH AUS DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA1 PET 1st 340 2018 Wright Motorsports GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB MOH BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 7th 263 2019 Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing GTD Acura NSX GT3 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 14th 159 2020 GEAR Racing powered by GRT Grasser GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10DAY DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MDO CLT PET LGA SEB 57th 15 2021 Team Hardpoint EBM GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB MDO DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 40th 508Source:
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2016 Formula Racing Johnny Laursen Mikkel Mac Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTEAm 319 35th 6th 2017 Scuderia Corsa Alessandro Balzan Bret Curtis Ferrari 488 GTE GTEAm 314 44th 14th 2018 Ebimotors Fabio Babini Erik Maris Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm 332 31st 6thSources:
Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2021 WS Racing Pippa Mann Célia Martin Carrie Schreiner Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo SP8 52 45th 1st
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2022 Iron Dames LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 27th 1Sources:
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