Christina Nielsen

Christina Nielsen (born 10 January 1992 in Hørsholm, Denmark) 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.^[2]

Christina Nielsen
Christina Nielsen, Zandvoort 2012
Nationality	Danish
Born	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 33) Hørsholm, Denmark
Related to	Lars-Erik Nielsen (father)
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Team Hardpoint EBM
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2021) FIA Bronze (2022–)[1]
Car number	88
Former teams	Scuderia Corsa TRG-AMR North America NGT Motorsport Wright Motorsport, Grasser Racing Team
Starts	58
Championships	2 (2016, 2017)
Wins	4
Poles	3
Best finish	1st in 2016, 2017
Previous series
2015 2014 2012-2014 2013 2012 2010-2011 2010 2007-2009	Pirelli World Challenge Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA Porsche GT3 Cup Middle East ADAC GT Masters Porsche Carrera Cup Germany ADAC Formel Masters Formula Ford Denmark Karting
Championship titles
2016-2017	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD

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. Finishing the season in 9th 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 5th 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.^[3] She claimed four second-place finishes and a third, finishing runner-up two points behind Townsend Bell and Bill Sweedler.

The 488 GT3 that Nielsen drove at the 2017 Petit Le Mans.

The Dane continued in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2016, joining Scuderia Corsa to drive alongside Alessandro Balzan in a GTD-class Ferrari.^[4] 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.^[5][6][7]

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	Points	Ref
2014	NGT Motorsport	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 9	SEB 22	LGA	DET	WGL 6	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA			34th	73	[8]
	TRG-AMR North America		Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12											PET 10
2015	TRG-AMR North America	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Aston Martin 6.0 L V12	DAY 13	SEB 2	LGA 5	BEL 2	WGL 10	LIM 3	ELK 2	VIR 2	AUS 8	PET 9			2nd	279	[9]
2016	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 6	SEB 1	LGA 2	BEL 3	WGL 1	MOS 4	LIM 11	ELK 3	VIR 7	AUS 3	PET 2		1st	332	[10]
2017	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 16	SEB 2	LBH 3	AUS 2	DET 2	WGL 2	MOS 3	LIM 6	ELK 5	VIR 12	LGA 1	PET 9	1st	340	[11]
2018	Wright Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 19	SEB 6	MOH 7	BEL 11	WGL 9	MOS 9	LIM 8	ELK 1	VIR 2	LGA 11	PET 4		7th	263	[12]
2019	Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 12	SEB 8	MDO 10	DET 9	WGL 4	MOS	LIM 12	ELK	VIR	LGA 6	PET 7		14th	159	[13]
2020	GEAR Racing powered by GRT Grasser	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 16	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB		57th	15	[14]
2021	Team Hardpoint EBM	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 10	SEB 5	MDO	DET	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET	40th	508	[15]
Source:[16]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Formula Racing	Johnny Laursen Mikkel Mac	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Am	319	35th	6th
2017	Scuderia Corsa	Alessandro Balzan Bret Curtis	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	314	44th	14th
2018	Ebimotors	Fabio Babini Erik Maris	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	332	31st	6th
Sources:[16][17]

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Ovr. Pos.	Class Pos.
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 10	LMS	MNZ	FUJ	BHR	27th	1
Sources:[16][18]