Kristian Poulsen

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

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. Poulsen 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 BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 EUR1 EUR2 NC 0 Wiechers-Sport ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 2009 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 2010 Poulsen Motorsport BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 BEL1 BEL2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 CZE1 CZE2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 14th 20 2011 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC BRA1 BRA2 BEL1 BEL2 ITA1 ITA2 HUN1 HUN2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 7th 112

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Team Essex Casper Elgaard Emmanuel Collard Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 357 10th 1st Aston Martin Racing Christoffer Nygaard Allan Simonsen Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 31 DNF DNF Aston Martin Racing Christoffer Nygaard Allan Simonsen 1 Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 2 DNF1 DNF1 Aston Martin Racing David Heinemeier Hansson Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEAm 334 17th 1st Larbre Compétition Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTEAm 94 DNF DNF 1 Simonsen was killed in a Lap 3 crash. Neither Nygaard nor Poulsen had driven at the time.