Kristian Poulsen

Kristian Poulsen (born 18 November 1975) is a Danish auto racing driver,^[1] who currently competes in touring car racing.

For the footballer, see Christian Poulsen.

Kristian Poulsen
Poulsen at the 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone
Nationality	Danish
Born	(1975-11-18) 18 November 1975 (age 50) Flensburg, West Germany
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season	2008
Current team	Poulsen Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	24
Former teams	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Starts	34
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	14th in 2010
Previous series
2008 2007–08 2007–08	Danish Historic Racing Championship European Touring Car Cup Danish Touringcar Championship

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2009, 2012–2015
Teams	Team Essex
Best finish	10th
Class wins	2

Career

Poulsen made his debut in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2008 with a part season. For 2009, he would compete a full season in the WTCC with Liqui Moly Team Engstler in a BMW 320si alongside team owner, Franz Engstler. He has previously raced in karting and rallying in the World Rally Championship from 1995. He switched to touring cars in 2007, when he competed in his native Danish Touringcar Championship. He won the LMP2 class at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder alongside Emmanuel Collard and Casper Elgaard. Kristian currently drives the BMW 320si for Liqui Moly Team Engstler alongside Franz Engstler in the World Touring Car Championship.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2008	Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	BRA 1	BRA 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	POR 1 14	POR 2 22	GBR 1 15	GBR 2 17	GER 1 18	GER 2 14	EUR 1	EUR 2							NC	0
	Wiechers-Sport																				ITA 1 23	ITA 2 15	JPN 1	JPN 2	MAC 1	MAC 2
2009	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320si	BRA 1 20	BRA 2 18	MEX 1 Ret	MEX 2 Ret	MAR 1 Ret	MAR 2 Ret	FRA 1 15	FRA 2 10	ESP 1 Ret	ESP 2 20	CZE 1 Ret	CZE 2 21	POR 1 17	POR 2 16	GBR 1 20	GBR 2 Ret	GER 1 12	GER 2 22	ITA 1 16	ITA 2 19	JPN 1 19	JPN 2 Ret	MAC 1 17	MAC 2 Ret	NC	0
2010	Poulsen Motorsport	BMW 320si	BRA 1	BRA 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	ITA 1 Ret	ITA 2 15	BEL 1 11	BEL 2 11	POR 1 11	POR 2 Ret	GBR 1 23	GBR 2 Ret	CZE 1 8	CZE 2 19	GER 1 9	GER 2 6	ESP 1 12	ESP 2 10	JPN 1 15	JPN 2 11	MAC 1 8	MAC 2 Ret			14th	20
2011	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	BRA 1 5	BRA 2 14	BEL 1 6	BEL 2 Ret	ITA 1 6	ITA 2 3	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 13	CZE 1 5	CZE 2 8	POR 1 14	POR 2 19	GBR 1 9	GBR 2 17	GER 1 13	GER 2 Ret	ESP 1 4	ESP 2 5	JPN 1 5	JPN 2 10	CHN 1 6	CHN 2 7	MAC 1 7	MAC 2 13	7th	112
Sources:[2][3]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	Team Essex	Casper Elgaard Emmanuel Collard	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	LMP2	357	10th	1st
2012	Aston Martin Racing	Christoffer Nygaard Allan Simonsen	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	31	DNF	DNF
2013	Aston Martin Racing	Christoffer Nygaard Allan Simonsen 1	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	2	DNF1	DNF1
2014	Aston Martin Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	334	17th	1st
2015	Larbre Compétition	Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTE Am	94	DNF	DNF
Sources:[4][5]

¹ Simonsen was killed in a Lap 3 crash. Neither Nygaard nor Poulsen had driven at the time.