John Nielsen

John Nielsen (born 7 February 1956 in Varde, Denmark) won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1990. Previously, he won the Macau Grand Prix in 1984. He was also a 3-time champion of the European Formula Super Vee Championship from 1979 to 1981.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1986 C1 61 G Sauber C8
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
Kouros Racing Team Mike Thackwell 61 DNF DNF
1987 C1 6 D Jaguar XJR-8LM
Jaguar 6.9L V12
Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Martin Brundle 231 DNF DNF
1988 C1 1 D Jaguar XJR-9LM
Jaguar 7.0L V12
Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Martin Brundle 306 DNF DNF
1989 C1 2 D Jaguar XJR-9LM
Jaguar 7.0L V12
Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Andy Wallace
Price Cobb
215 DNF DNF
1990 C1 3 G Jaguar XJR-12
Jaguar 7.0L V12
Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Price Cobb
Martin Brundle
359 1st 1st
1991 C2 33 G Jaguar XJR-12
Jaguar 7.4L V12
Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Derek Warwick
Andy Wallace
356 4th 4th
1993 GT 50 D Jaguar XJ220
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
TWR Jaguar Racing David Brabham
David Coulthard
306 DSQ DSQ
1994 GT2 58 Y Porsche 968 Turbo RS
Porsche 3.0L Turbo I4
Seikel Motorsport Thomas Bscher
Lindsay Owen-Jones
84 DNF DNF
1995 GT1 49 G McLaren F1 GTR
BMW S70 6.1L V12
West Competition
David Price Racing
Jochen Mass
Thomas Bscher
131 DNF DNF
1996 GT1 30 G McLaren F1 GTR
BMW S70 6.1L V12
West Competition
David Price Racing
Thomas Bscher
Peter Kox
338 4th 3rd
1998 GT1 30 B Nissan R390 GT1
Nissan VRH35L 3.5L Turbo V8
Nissan Motorsports
TWR
Michael Krumm
Franck Lagorce
342 5th 5th
2000 LMP900 10 P Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
Team Den Blå Avis Mauro Baldi
Klaus Graf
205 NC NC
2001 LMP900 10 G Dome S101
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
Team Den Blå Avis
Team Goh
Hiroki Katoh
Casper Elgaard
66 DNF DNF
2003 LMP675 26 D DBA4 03S
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
RN Motorsport Ltd. Hayanari Shimoda
Casper Elgaard
288 22nd 2nd
2004 LMP1 20 D Lister Storm LMP
Chevrolet LS1 6.0L V8
Lister Racing Casper Elgaard
Jens Møller
279 24th 9th
2006 LMP1 2 M Zytek 06S
Zytek ZB408 4.0L V8
Zytek Engineering
Team Essex Invest
Casper Elgaard
Philip Andersen
269 NC NC
2008 LMP2 31 D Porsche RS Spyder Evo
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
Team Essex Casper Elgaard
Sascha Maassen
347 12th 2nd

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Frank Jelinski
German Formula Three champion
1982
Succeeded by
Franz Konrad
Preceded by
Ayrton Senna
Macau Grand Prix
Winner

1984
Succeeded by
Maurício Gugelmin
Preceded by
Jochen Mass
Manuel Reuter
Stanley Dickens
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1990 with:
Price Cobb
Martin Brundle
Succeeded by
Volker Weidler
Johnny Herbert
Bertrand Gachot
Preceded by
None
(1994)
BPR Global GT Series
Champion

1995 with:
Thomas Bscher
Succeeded by
Ray Bellm
James Weaver