John Elgaard Nielsen (born 7 February 1956, in Varde) is a Danish former racing driver. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1990. Nielsen also won the 1996 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship in the GT500 class.
Nielsen was born in Varde. Prior to his win at Le Mans, he won the 1984 Macau Grand Prix, and the 1985 Curaçao Grand Prix. He was also a three-time champion of the European Formula Super Vee Championship from 1979 to 1981. He is now a Formula 1 commentator for TV3+ in Denmark, but also works in public.
Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap; small number denotes finishing position.) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1985 Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt RB20 Cosworth V8 SIL THR EST NÜR VAL PAU SPA DIJ PER ÖST ZAN DON 4th 34 1986 Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt RT20 Honda V8 SIL VAL PAU SPA IMO MUG PER ÖST BIR BUG JAR 6th 17 Half points awarded.
Nielsen also entered one non-championship F3000 race, the 1985 Curaçao Grand Prix. Driving the Ralt RB20 with Cosworth engine that he had used in that year's championship, he won the race and set the fastest lap.
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Kouros Racing Team Mike Thackwell Sauber C8-Mercedes C1 61 DNF DNF Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing Martin Brundle Jaguar XJR-8LM C1 231 DNF DNF Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing Martin Brundle Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 306 DNF DNF Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing Andy Wallace Price Cobb Jaguar XJR-9LM C1 215 DNF DNF Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing Price Cobb Martin Brundle Jaguar XJR-12 C1 359 1st 1st Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing Derek Warwick Andy Wallace Jaguar XJR-12 C2 356 4th 4th Porsche Kremer Racing Manuel Reuter Giovanni Lavaggi Porsche 962CK6 C3 334 7th 2nd TWR Jaguar Racing David Brabham David Coulthard Jaguar XJ220 GT 306 DSQ DSQ Seikel Motorsport Thomas Bscher Lindsay Owen-Jones Porsche 968 Turbo RS GT2 84 DNF DNF West Competition David Price Racing Jochen Mass Thomas Bscher McLaren F1 GTR GT1 131 DNF DNF West Competition David Price Racing Thomas Bscher Peter Kox McLaren F1 GTR GT1 338 4th 3rd Nissan Motorsports TWR Michael Krumm Franck Lagorce Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 342 5th 5th Team Den Blå Avis Mauro Baldi Klaus Graf Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan LMP900 205 NC NC Team Den Blå Avis Team Goh Hiroki Katoh Casper Elgaard Dome S101-Judd LMP900 66 DNF DNF RN Motorsport Hayanari Shimoda Casper Elgaard DBA4 03S-Zytek LMP675 288 22nd 2nd Lister Racing Casper Elgaard Jens Møller Lister Storm LMP-Chevrolet LMP1 279 24th 9th Zytek Engineering Team Essex Invest Casper Elgaard Philip Andersen Zytek 06S LMP1 269 NC NC Team Essex Casper Elgaard Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 347 12th 2nd
Complete JGTC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Pts 1996 Team Lark McLaren McLaren F1 GTR GT500 SUZ2 FUJ1 SEN8 FUJ2 SUGRet MIN4 1st 63
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External links European Le Mans Series profile