Christoffer Nygaard

Christoffer Nygaard (born 24 March 1986, in Gentofte) is a Danish auto racing driver who drove in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Racing career

Karting

Nygaard started his karting career in 2001. His best result while karting was third in the Nordic Formula A Championship in his last season in 2004.

Touring Car racing

After karting for four years, Nygaard made his auto racing debut in 2005 in the German ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup. After racing in the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup from 2005 to 2006, Nygaard switched to SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany for the 2007 season, racing for Fischer Racing. In 2008, he finished third in the championship.

GT racing For 2009, Nygaard switched from the SEAT Leon Supercopa to a Ford GT GT3, still driving for Fischer Racing, in ADAC GT Masters and the FIA GT3 European Championship. He continued in FIA GT3 for 2010 and debuted in the FIA GT1 World Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans the same year. Nygaard continued racing in the FIA GT3 and FIA GT1 for 2011.

In 2012, Nygaard returned to ADAC GT Masters. Since 2012, Nygaard has been racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Aston Martin Racing.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Young Driver AMR Tomáš Enge Peter Kox Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 311 22nd 3rd Aston Martin Racing Kristian Poulsen Allan Simonsen Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 31 DNF DNF Aston Martin Racing Kristian Poulsen Allan Simonsen† Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 2 DNF† DNF† Aston Martin Racing Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 329 26th 6th Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEPro 330 27th 4th †Simonsen was killed on Lap 3 of the race. Neither Poulsen nor Nygaard had driven in the race at the time of the crash.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2012 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SEB SPA LMS SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA NC 0 2013 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 4th 104.5 2014 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ SHA BHR SÃO 2nd 164 2015 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 8th 81

Coaching

Nygaard is currently an instructor at Power Racing Gokart Academy in Herlev, Denmark, where he runs the Race Club, a regularly held class where he provides coaching services to novice and advanced Gokart drivers.