Christoffer Nygaard | |||||||||
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Nationality | Danish | ||||||||
Born | Gentofte, Denmark | 24 March 1986||||||||
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |||||||||
Debut season | 2012 | ||||||||
Current team | Aston Martin Racing | ||||||||
Racing licence | FIA Gold | ||||||||
Car number | 95 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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Christoffer Nygaard (born 24 March 1986, in Gentofte) is a Danish auto racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
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.
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.
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]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2010 | Young Driver AMR | Tomáš Enge Peter Kox | Aston Martin DBR9 | GT1 | 311 | 22nd | 3rd |
2012 | Aston Martin Racing | Kristian Poulsen Allan Simonsen | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 31 | DNF | DNF |
2013 | Aston Martin Racing | Kristian Poulsen Allan Simonsen† | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 2 | DNF† | DNF† |
2014 | Aston Martin Racing | Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 329 | 26th | 6th |
2015 | Aston Martin Racing | Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro | 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.
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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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 | NC | 0 |
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 | 4th | 104.5 |
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 | 2nd | 164 |
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 | 8th | 81 |
Source: [3] |
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