Nicklas Ganshorn "Nick" Nielsen (born 6 February 1997) is a Danish racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Ferrari AF Corse, driving a Ferrari 499P in the Hypercar class. He won the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans together with Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina, becoming the third Dane to win the contest.
Early career
Karting Nielsen began karting when he was four years old, back in 2001. He competed in many international events and championships, winning ten major titles.
Lower formula In 2016, Nielsen made his single-seater debut in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship in Germany, finishing eighth and winning the Rookie's championship while racing for the Austrian Neuhauser Racing team, scoring three podiums and two fastest laps.
In 2017, Nielsen returned to the ADAC championship, this time with the US Racing team. Although he did win a race and scored three 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.
Sportscar career
GT At the end of 2017, not having the budget to continue in single-seater competitions, Nielsen was given a chance to race in the final round of the Ferrari Challenge Europe by gentleman driver and Formula Racing team owner Johnny Laursen, whose son Conrad Nielsen had coached in karting. Nielsen took the opportunity and won both races at Mugello, leading to him contesting the Ferrari Challenge season in 2018. There, Nielsen dominated, winning the title with Formula Racing after taking ten victories from fourteen races, never finishing off the podium. He also ended up taking home the Finali Mondiali trophy at Monza to conclude his season.
In 2019, Nielsen stepped into the LMGTE category, driving for Luzich Racing in the European Le Mans Series and partaking in the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship campaign at AF Corse. In the former championship, Nielsen would help Ferrari factory driver Alessandro Pier Guidi and amateur Fabien Lavergne to win four races, which allowed the trio to clinch the title with a race to spare. He was awarded the accolade of ELMS Rookie of the Year as a result. During the WEC campaign, one that Nielsen contested alongside François Perrodo and Emmanuel Collard, he finished third in class at the Le Mans 24 Hours, on his way to win the title with two victories and five podiums to their name.
Having been promoted to FIA Gold ranking ahead of 2021, Nielsen returned to the WEC's LMGTE Am class with AF Corse, partnering youngster Alessio Rovera and gentleman driver Perrodo. The trio dominated, winning early at Spa and then Monza, with Nielsen setting the fastest lap in both races. They subsequently performed well at Le Mans, winning the race in their class and putting themselves into a controlling championship lead. With another win at Bahrain, Nielsen and his teammates became champions, with the Dane and Perrodo defending their title. The same season also saw Nielsen triumph at the 24 Hours of Spa, in a performance which helped him, Alessandro Pier Guidi, and Côme Ledogar to take home the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup championship.
Prototypes For the 2022 season, Nielsen moved into prototype racing, competing in the LMP2 category of the WEC and ELMS respectively, remaining with AF Corse, Rovera, and Perrodo in the series's Pro-Am subclasses. Their campaign in the WEC proved to be successful, as four subclass wins, as well as a pole at Sebring scored by Nielsen, earned them the Pro-Am title. In the ELMS meanwhile, the Dane and his teammates lost out on the title to Racing Team Turkey, winning just one race in their class at Barcelona.
Nielsen was one of the six drivers chosen to debut for Ferrari in the burgeoning Hypercar category in 2023, driving its 499P No. 50 entry alongside Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina in the WEC. Though the team showed bursts of pace, as proven by Fuoco's two poles, they ended up third in the championship behind both Toyota entries, having scored podiums in four events. Nielsen, Fuoco, and Molina managed to beat their sister car in the standings, despite the latter winning the Centenary Le Mans, a race in which the No. 50's hopes of victory were dashed due to a radiator leak during the night. At the end of the season, Nielsen committed to Ferrari by signing a contract extension.
In 2024, Nielsen remained with Ferrari in the WEC. The season began with points finishes in Qatar and Imola, though the team missed out on the win in the latter due to a strategic error in changing weather conditions. The podium came at Spa, where the #50 crew completed a comeback from being disqualified in qualifying to finish third in a red flag-interrupted event. Nielsen's highlight performance came at Le Mans: having already taken the lead once during the opening lap, Nielsen re-entered the car for the final stints on Sunday. A pit stop to fix the right-front door, which would not close, put the No. 50 entry onto an alternate strategy relative to its competitors, with Nielsen being tasked to save fuel to remain in the lead once his rivals had pitted. Having managed his car's so-called virtual energy tank during the final thirty minutes, Nielsen crossed the line in first place, earning him, Fuoco, and Molina their first ever overall victories at the Sarthe, as well as defending Ferrari's Le Mans crown from the previous year. At the 6 Hours of COTA, the No. 50 crew added another podium, with Nielsen working the middle stints before Fuoco brought the car home in third place.
In 2025, Nielsen retained his seat alongside Fuoco and Molina in the No. 50 Ferrari 499P, winning the season-opening Qatar 1812 km as part of a Ferrari 1-2-3 result. At the conclusion of the season, Ferrari secured both the Manufacturers' and Drivers' World Championships, with the championship-winning driver title going to the crew of the No. 51 sister car. Nielsen, Fuoco, and Molina finished third in the Hypercar Drivers' standings, completing an all-Ferrari top three. Separately, Nielsen was announced on a multi-year contract extension with Ferrari, with the marque's Global Head of Endurance Antonello Coletta stating that Nielsen had confirmed his "maturity as one of Ferrari's leading drivers."
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 Audi Sport TT Cup1411172383rd 2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship US Racing 19 1 1 1 4 128 6th Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) Formula Racing22212348th 2018 Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) Formula Racing 14 10 8 10 14 282 1st Finali Mondiali – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro)11001N/A1st FIA GT Nations Cup Team Denmark30001N/A3rd International GT Open Luzich Racing20000631st 2019 European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Luzich Racing 6 4 0 2 5 127 1st 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am AF Corse 8 2 0 0 5 167 1st 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am AF Corse10001N/A3rd GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup30000466th Intercontinental GT Challenge100001215th European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Iron Lynx100001016th Le Mans Cup - GT3100111512th 2021 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Formula Racing4000123.59th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am AF Corse640341501st 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am11001N/A1st IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD2010024655th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Iron Lynx51001831st Intercontinental GT Challenge Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab11001376th AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors20110 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 AF Corse601001218th European Le Mans Series - LMP2601002512th IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD1000029453rd 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A19th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Iron Lynx500013710th Intercontinental GT Challenge Iron Lynx100002610th AF Corse - Francorchamps10001 2023 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Formula Racing30000417th European Le Mans Series - GTE500012412th FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Ferrari AF Corse 7 0 0 0 4 120 3rd 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar10000N/A5th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AF Corse51101368th IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP22000125029th2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Ferrari AF Corse 8 1 0 0 3 1152nd 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar11001N/A1st IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 Richard Mille AF Corse61001162013th European Le Mans Series - LMGT3 Formula Racing510024410th2025 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Ferrari AF Corse 8 1 0 0 4 983rd IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 AF Corse 4 0 0 0 0 1007 29th European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 4 15th2026IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2AF Corse USA1000019942ndFIA World Endurance Championship - HypercarFerrari AF CorseGT World Challenge Europe Endurance CupAF 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 OSC11 OSC12 OSC13 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 OSC21 OSC22 OSC23 RBR1<br/ > RBR2<br/ > RBR3<br/ > NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 8th 106 2017 US Racing OSC11 OSC12 OSC13 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 RBR1<br/ > RBR2<br/ > RBR3<br/ > OSC21 OSC22 OSC23 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 6th 128
Complete Ferrari Challenge results
Complete Ferrari Challenge Europe results (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2017 Formula Racing Pro VAL1 VAL2 MNZ1 MNZ2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 SIL1 SIL2 IMO1 IMO2 MUG1 MUG2 8th 34 2018 Formula Racing Pro MUG1 MUG2 SIL1 SIL2 SPA1 SPA2 MIS1 MIS2 BRN1 BRN2 BAR1 BAR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 1st 282
Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali results Year Class Team Car Circuit 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 RacingLMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 LEC MNZ 1st 127 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo CAT SIL SPA ALG 2020 Iron Lynx LMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 LEC SPA LEC MNZ ALG 16th 10 2022 AF Corse LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC IMO MNZ CAT SPA ALG 12th 25Pro-Am Cup3rd101 2023 Formula Racing LMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 CAT LEC ARA SPA PRT ALG 12th 24 2024 Formula Racing LMGT3 Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 10th 44 2025 AF Corse LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8CAT LECIMOSPAMUGALG 15th 4Source:
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR 1st 167 2021 AF Corse LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SPA POR MON LMS BHR BHR 1st 150 2022 AF Corse LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 18th 12Pro-Am Cup1st177 2023 Ferrari AF Corse Hypercar Ferrari 499P Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 SEB ALG SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 3rd 120 2024 Ferrari AF Corse Hypercar Ferrari 499P Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 QAT ITA SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR 2nd 115 2025 Ferrari AF Corse Hypercar Ferrari 499P Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 QAT IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJBHR 3rd 98 2026 Ferrari AF Corse Hypercar Ferrari 499P Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ CAT MNZ 11th* 29*Sources: * Season still in progress.
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