Christoffer Nygaard

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Christoffer Nygaard
Nationality Flag of Denmark.svg Danish
Born (1986-03-24) 24 March 1986 (age 37)
Gentofte, Denmark
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season 2012
Current team Aston Martin Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number95
Previous series
2001–2004
2005–2006
2007–2008
2009, 2012
2009-2011
2010-2011
Karting
ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup
SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany
ADAC GT Masters
FIA GT3 European Championship
FIA GT1 World Championship
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2010, 2012-
Teams Young Driver AMR, Aston Martin Racing
Best finish3rd (2010)

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

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Racing career

Karting

Nygaard started his karting career in 2001. His best result while karting was 3rd 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 3rd 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. [1]

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Young Driver AMR Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Kox
Aston Martin DBR9 GT131122nd3rd
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am
31DNFDNF
2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Poulsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Allan Simonsen
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am
2DNF†DNF†
2014 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Dalla Lana
Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am
32926th6th
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Thiim
Flag of Denmark.svg Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
33027th4th
Sources: [2] [3]

†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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678RankPoints
2012 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SEB SPA LMS
Ret
SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA NC0
2013 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
1
SPA
2
LMS
Ret
SÃO
Ret
COA
2
FUJ
1
SHA
Ret
BHR
1
4th104.5
2014 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
2
SPA
3
LMS
5
COA
1
FUJ
2
SHA
1
BHR
3
SÃO
1
2nd164
2015 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
4
SPA
6
LMS
6
NÜR
4
COA
5
FUJ
5
SHA BHR
4
8th81
Source: [3]

Coaching

Christoffer 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.

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References

  1. "Christoffer Nygaard". Driver Database. DriverDB AB. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. "Christoffer Nygaard". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Christoffer Nygaard Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 13 May 2023.