David Saelens

David Saelens
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1975-07-02) 2 July 1975 Ypres, Belgium
Previous series
2008 2004–08 2002 2001 2000 1999–2002 1999, 2003 1998 1997–98 1997 1996 1995–96	Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland Porsche Supercup Formula One testing DTM Belcar International Formula 3000 American Le Mans Series French Formula Three Belgian Procar British Formula 3 French Formula Renault Formula Renault Europe
Championship titles
1998 1998	French Formula Three Formula Three Masters

David Saelens (born 2 July 1975 in Ypres, West Flanders) is a racing driver from Belgium. He drove in several racing classes such as Formula Three, International Formula 3000, American Le Mans Series, DTM and most recently the Porsche Supercup. In 1998 he won the Marlboro Masters of Formula Three at Zandvoort. In 1998 he became the first non French driver to win the French Formula Three Championship.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 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	DC	Points
1999	WRT Fina	IMO DNQ	MON DNQ	CAT DNQ										9th	8
1999	Super Nova Racing				MAG 3	SIL 9	A1R Ret	HOC 8	HUN DNQ	SPA 5	NÜR 5			9th	8
2000	D2 Playlife Super Nova	IMO Ret	SIL 8	CAT 3	NÜR Ret	MON 3	MAG 3	A1R Ret	HOC 18	HUN 11	SPA 4			7th	15
2001	European Minardi F3000	INT 4	IMO Ret	CAT 5	A1R 9	MON Ret	NÜR 4	MAG 9	SIL DNS	HOC	HUN	SPA Ret	MNZ 5	10th	10
2002	European Minardi F3000	INT Ret	IMO Ret	CAT 16	A1R Ret	MON Ret	NÜR	SIL	MAG	HOC	HUN	SPA	MNZ	NC	0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen 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	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2001	Team Rosberg	AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM	HOC QR	HOC CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	OSC QR 19	OSC CR 19	SAC QR 12	SAC CR 11	NOR QR 12	NOR CR 13	LAU QR 16	LAU CR 10	NÜR QR 13	NÜR CR 10	A1R QR 10	A1R CR Ret	ZAN QR 11	ZAN CR 9	HOC QR 13	HOC CR 15	21st	4

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2003	JML Team Panoz	Benjamin Leuenberger Scott Maxwell	Panoz LMP01 Evo	LMP900	233	DNF	DNF

Complete Porsche Supercup 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	DC	Points
2004	Kadach Racing	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA 4	ESP 7	MON 7	GER Ret	USA 8	USA 7	FRA Ret	GBR 5	GER 9	HUN 12	BEL 5	ITA 7	6th	114
2005	Kadach Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	ITA 4	ESP 3	MON 6	GER 10	USA 1	USA 1	FRA 5	GBR 5	GER 1	HUN 11	ITA Ret	BEL Ret	3rd	145
2006	Kadach Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 3	ITA 4	GER 3	ESP 1	MON 2	GBR 6	USA 10	USA Ret	FRA 5	GER 13	HUN Ret	ITA	5th	120
2007	Team IRWIN	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 5	BHR 6	ESP 14	MON 8	FRA 10	GBR 4	GER 7	HUN 17	TUR Ret	ITA 4	BEL 4		6th	96
2008	Team IRWIN	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 5	BHR 9	ESP 26	TUR 6	MON 5	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 8	HUN 5	ESP Ret	BEL 6	ITA 20	12th	73

External links

Driver DB Profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tom Coronel	Formula Three Masters Winner 1998	Succeeded by Marc Hynes
Preceded by Patrice Gay	French Formula Three Champion 1998	Succeeded by Sébastien Bourdais

Masters of Formula 3 winners

Two-time	Valtteri Bottas Felix Rosenqvist

One-time	Bianchi Carbone Cochet Coronel Coulthard di Resta Fontana Giovinazzi Hamilton Hülkenberg Hynes Juncadella Klien Lamy Mollekens Prémat Rees Saelens Sato J. Verstappen M. Verstappen

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