Carl Rosenblad

Carl Gustav Julius "Calle" Rosenblad (born 28 April 1969, in Västervik) is a Swedish auto racing driver. He is married with two children.

Racing career Rosenblad's first racing was in Swedish Formula Opel in 1990, where he drove for four seasons. He also drove in the Swedish Porsche Challenge and the European Interseries from 1991. In 1996, he got a drive in the International Formula 3000, with the British Alpha Plus Team. The season was not a successful one, ending with no championship points. In 1997, he switched to the FIA GT Championship, with a GT1 Class Porsche 911 for the Kremer Racing Team, again with little success.

Rosenblad moved to touring cars in 1998, driving a Nissan Primera in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. In 1998, he also raced the Rolex 24h at Daytona for Larbre Compétition, ending in a strong third place (total).

In 2002, Rosenblad returned for another season in the FIA GT Championship in a Chrysler Viper GTS-R for Larbre Compétition.

Rosenblad has competed regularly in the STCC since (some race wins), as well as selected rounds in both European Touring Car Championship and World Touring Car Championship during the years 2001 - 2007. In 2005, he first competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Crawford Racing in an independent BMW 320i. He competed in four rounds of the WTCC in 2007 for Elgh Motorsport. Also in 2007, he competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in a GT2 Ferrari F430 for G.P.C. Sport.

In 2009, Rosenblad only participated in one race, the Spa 24 Hours driving a Maserati MC12 GT1 for Vitaphone Racing finishing in second place.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1996 Ennea SRL Igol Luciano della Noce Anders Olofsson Ferrari F40 GTE GT1 98 DNF DNF 1997 Kremer Racing Tomás Saldaña Jürgen Lässig Kremer K8 Spyder LMP 103 DNF DNF 1998 Chereau Sports Larbre Compétition Jean-Pierre Jarier Robin Donovan Porsche 911 GT2 GT2 164 DNF DNF 1999 Riley & Scott Europe Solution F Marco Apicella Shane Lewis Riley & Scott Mk III/2-Ford LMP 67 DNF DNF 2001 Paul Belmondo Racing Vincent Vosse Vanina Ickx Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 61 DNF DNF 2002 Larbre Compétition Jean-Luc Chéreau Jean-Claude Lagniez Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 278 25th 6th 2003 Courage Compétition David Hallyday Philippe Alliot Courage C65-JPX LMP675 41 DNF DNF 2007 GPC Sport Matthew Marsh Jesús Diez Villaroel Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 252 DNF DNF

Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)