Nicolai Sylvest (born 23 June 1997) is a Danish racing driver who last raced for Birk Motorsport in Super GT Denmark.
Personal life Sylvest is the son of Jesper Sylvest, a former racing driver who won the 1999 Danish Touringcar Championship.
Career Sylvest made his full-time karting debut in 2009, a year in which he won the Danish Karting Championship in the Cadet class. After spending the next two years in KF3, Sylvest made his single-seater debut in 2012 by racing in various Formula Ford Championships around Europe. Mainly racing in the Danish championship, Sylvest scored five wins and 11 more podiums to clinch the title at season's end.
Having spent most of 2013 on the sidelines, Sylvest partook in a Formula 3 test at Lausitzring with JBR Motorsport & Engineering, before joining them to race in two of the final three rounds of that year's German Formula Three Championship. Racing at the Lausitzring and Hockenheimring rounds, Sylvest scored a best result of seventh in race two in the former. Remaining with the team for his first full season of German Formula Three the following year, Sylvest scored his maiden podium at Lausitzring, before taking his only win of the season four rounds later at the Nürburgring en route to a sixth-place points finish.
Sylvest switched to GT3 competition for 2015, joining Mercedes-fielding Rowe Racing to compete in all but one rounds of the Blancpain Endurance Series. In the midst of his only campaign in the series, in which he scored a lone point at Monza, Sylvest competed in two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship for Larbre Compétition in the LMGTE Am class. Racing at Fuji and Shanghai, Sylvest scored a best result of fourth in class in the former.
The following year, Sylvest joined Mercedes-fielding Zakspeed to make his ADAC GT Masters debut alongside Nikolaj Rogivue from the second round onwards. Racing in the final six rounds of the season, Sylvest scored his maiden podium by finishing third in race one at the Nürburgring, before ending the season with a third-place finish in race two at Hockenheimring to take 20th in the overall standings.
Remaining with Zakspeed for the following two years, Sylvest scored only two points in 2017 with a best result of ninth in Hockenheimring, whereas in 2018, he scored his third series podium at Sachsenring en route to a 21st-place points finish. For his fourth season in ADAC GT Masters, Sylvest switched to BMW-fielding MRS GT-Racing alongside Jens Klingmann. In their only full-time season together, the pair scored a lone win at the Red Bull Ring and ended the year 14th in points.
Switching to TCR competition for 2020, Sylvest joined LM Racing in the newly-established TCR Denmark alongside Jan Magnussen. In the season's first season, Sylvest took a lone win in the opening Jyllands-Ringen and scored four more podiums to finish third in the overall standings. During 2020, Sylvest also contested the opening round of ADAC GT Masters with MRS GT-Racing. Remaining with LM Racing for his sophomore season in TCR Denmark, Sylvest took four wins across the last two Jyllands-Ringen rounds to finish fourth in points, 23 behind teammate Jan Magnussen.
In 2022, Sylvest stayed in TCR Denmark for a third season, as he joined series newcomers Green Development. Sylvest began the season with a win at Ring Djursland, before taking a pair of wins at Copenhagen, and ending the season with two more wins at Jyllands-Ringen and Padborg Park to end the year third in points. Remaining with Green Development for a fourth season in TCR Denmark, Sylvest took wins at Ring Djursland and in Copenhagen to secure third in points for the second consecutive year.
After spending a season on the sidelines, Sylvest returned to racing by joining Birk Motorsport to race in Super GT Denmark. In his maiden season in the series, Sylvest won two races before leaving the team ahead of the fourth round.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2009 ROK Cup International Final – Mini Rok 12th2010 South Garda Winter Cup – KF3 Becher-Madsen Service NC Viking Trophy – KF3 13th Andrea Margutti Trophy – KF3 Rium Motorfast 26th Karting European Championship – KF3 Becher-Madsen ServiceRicky Flynn Motorsport NC Karting World Cup – KF3 Ricky Flynn Motorsport NC2011 South Garda Winter Cup – KF3 Babyrace Driver Academy 12th WSK Super Master Series – KF33rd WSK Euro Series – KF3 4th Karting European Championship – KF3 NC Karting World Cup – KF3 NCSources:
Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2012 Formula Ford Denmark Fluid Motorsport 21 5 2 7 16 3401st Dutch Formula Ford Championship 6 0 0 0 1 48 13th British Formula Ford Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC Formula Ford NEZ Fluid Motorsport Scandinavia 3 0 0 0 0 362nd 2013 German Formula Three Championship JBR Motorsport & Engineering 6 0 0 0 0 11 15th 2014 German Formula Three Championship JBR Motorsport & Engineering 17 1 0 0 4 182 6th 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series – Pro Team Astana by Rowe 4 0 0 0 0 1 27th FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Am Larbre Compétition 2 0 0 0 0 22 17th 2016 ADAC GT Masters AMG - Team Zakspeed 11 0 0 0 2 41 20th 24H Series – A6 Pro Massive Motorsport 3 0 0 0 1 35 7th Danish Thundersport Championship Demetra by Massive Motorsport 8 0 0 0 1 52 20th 2017 ADAC GT Masters Team Zakspeed 14 0 1 0 0 2 37th2018 ADAC GT Masters Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing 14 0 1 0 1 26 21st VLN Endurance MKR-Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 6.56 610th2019 ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing 14 1 1 1 1 71 14th VLN Series – Cup 3 Overdrive Racing 1 0 0 0 0 5 35th VLN Series – Cup 5 MKR-Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 3.93 84th2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series LM Racing 15 1 0 3 5 2313rd ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC2021 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series LM Racing 20 4 2 8 9 286 4th Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro GSM Racing 2 0 0 0 0 6 15th 2022 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series Green Development 21 5 1 4 12 3873rd2023 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series Green Development 20 2 1 3 10 3133rd Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – TCR Halder Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2025 Selected Car Group Super GT Danmark Birk Motorsport 6 2 1 0 2 124 18thSources:
Complete German Formula Three Championship 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 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points 2013 JBR Motorsport & Engineering OSC11 OSC12 OSC12 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NÜR11 NÜR12 NÜR13 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 LAU11 LAU12 LAU13 NÜR21 NÜR22 NÜR23 LAU21 LAU22 LAU23 OSC21 OSC22 OSC23 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 15th 11 2014 JBR Motorsport & Engineering OSC1 OSC2 OSC2 LAU11 LAU12 LAU13 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC11 HOC12 HOC13 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 LAU21 LAU22 LAU23 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 HOC21 HOC22 HOC23 6th 182
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts 2015 Team Astana by Rowe Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Pro MNZ SIL LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR 27th 1
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2015Larbre Compétition LMGTE AmChevrolet Corvette C7.RChevrolet LT5.5R 5.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 17th 22
Complete ADAC GT 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 DC Points 2016 AMG - Team Zakspeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 OSC1 OSC2 SAC1 SAC2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 20th 412017 Mercedes-AMG Team Zakspeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 OSC1 OSC2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC237th2 Team Zakspeed HOC1 HOC2 2018 Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 OSC1 OSC2 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 21st 26 2019 MRS GT-Racing BMW M6 GT3 OSC1 OSC2 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 14th 71 2020 MRS GT-Racing BMW M6 GT3 LAU11 LAU12 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU21 LAU22 OSC1 OSC2 NC 0
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