David Saelens

David Saelens
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1975-07-02) 2 July 1975 (age 50) Ypres, Belgium
Previous series
2008 2004–08 2002 2001 2000 1999–2002 1999, 2003 1998 1997–98 1997 1996 1995–96	Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland Porsche Supercup Formula One testing DTM Belcar International Formula 3000 American Le Mans Series French Formula Three Belgian Procar British Formula 3 French Formula Renault Formula Renault Europe
Championship titles
1998 1998	French Formula Three Formula Three Masters

David Saelens (born 2 July 1975 in Ypres, West Flanders) is a racing driver from Belgium. He drove in several racing classes such as Formula Three, International Formula 3000, American Le Mans Series, DTM and most recently the 2018 Porsche Supercup. ^[1] In 1998 he won the Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 at Zandvoort. In 1998 he became the first non-French driver to win the French Formula Three Championship.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1993	24 Hours of Spa	Excelsior	1	0	0	0	0	0	11th
1994	Championnat de France Formule Renault	?	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1995	Eurocup Formula Renault	?	?	?	?	?	?	57	9th
	Championnat de France Formule Renault	Peka Racing	13	0	0	0	0	21	15th
1996	Eurocup Formula Renault	Mygale	10	0	?	?	4	128	2nd
	Championnat de France Formule Renault	Peka Racing	14	0	0	0	3	55	9th
	24 Hours of Spa	Ecurie Ardennes	1	0	0	0	1	0	3rd
1997	French Formula Three Championship	ASM Formule 3	17	2	4	1	8	131	3rd
	British Formula Three Championship		1	0	0	0	1	15	17th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three		1	0	0	0	0	0	4th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	0	9th
	24 Hours of Spa	BMW Fina Bigazzi	1	0	0	0	0	0	14th
1998	French Formula Three Championship	ASM Formule 3	22	12	12	9	14	229	1st
	British Formula Three Championship		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Masters of Formula 3		1	1	0	0	1	0	1st
	24 Hours of Spa	Fina Bastos Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	4th
	Belgian Procar Championship	Juma Racing	1	0	0	0	0	28	25th
1999	International Formula 3000	Super Nova Racing	6	0	0	0	1	8	9th
	American Le Mans Series	Team Rafanelli SRL	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Belgian Procar Championship	BMW Fina-Team Rafanelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2000	International Formula 3000	Super Nova Racing	10	0	2	0	3	15	6th
	Belgian Procar Championship	BMW Fina-Team Rafanelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2001	International Formula 3000	European Minardi F3000	9	0	0	0	0	10	10th
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Team Rosberg	8	0	0	0	0	4	21st
2002	International Formula 3000	European Minardi F3000	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula One	KL Minardi Asiatech	Test Driver
2003	American Le Mans Series	JML Team Panoz	8	0	0	0	6	101	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	Porsche Supercup	Kadach Racing Team	12	0	0	0	0	114	6th
	American Le Mans Series - GT	Panoz Motor Sports	4	0	0	1	0	5	35th
2005	Porsche Supercup	Kadach Racing Team	12	3	5	4	4	145	3rd
2006	Porsche Supercup	Kadach Racing Team	11	1	1	0	4	122	5th
2007	Porsche Supercup	Team IRWIN SAS	10	0	0	0	0	96	6th
2008	Porsche Supercup	Team IRWIN SAS	12	0	0	1	0	72	12th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland	Schnabel Engineering	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux	Belgium Racing	2	0	0	0	1	38	13th

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
1999	WRT Fina	IMO DNQ	MON DNQ	CAT DNQ										9th	8
	Super Nova Racing				MAG 3	SIL 9	A1R Ret	HOC 8	HUN DNQ	SPA 5	NÜR 5
2000	D2 Playlife Super Nova	IMO Ret	SIL 8	CAT 3	NÜR Ret	MON 3	MAG 3	A1R Ret	HOC 18	HUN 11	SPA 4			7th	15
2001	European Minardi F3000	INT 4	IMO Ret	CAT 5	A1R 9	MON Ret	NÜR 4	MAG 9	SIL DNS	HOC	HUN	SPA Ret	MNZ 5	10th	10
2002	European Minardi F3000	INT Ret	IMO Ret	CAT 16	A1R Ret	MON Ret	NÜR	SIL	MAG	HOC	HUN	SPA	MNZ	NC	0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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	DC	Points
2001	Team Rosberg	AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM	HOC QR	HOC CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	OSC QR 19	OSC CR 19	SAC QR 12	SAC CR 11	NOR QR 12	NOR CR 13	LAU QR 16	LAU CR 10	NÜR QR 13	NÜR CR 10	A1R QR 10	A1R CR Ret	ZAN QR 11	ZAN CR 9	HOC QR 13	HOC CR 15	21st	4

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2003	JML Team Panoz	Benjamin Leuenberger Scott Maxwell	Panoz LMP01 Evo	LMP900	233	DNF	DNF

Complete Porsche Supercup 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	DC	Points
2004	Kadach Racing	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA 4	ESP 7	MON 7	GER Ret	USA 8	USA 7	FRA Ret	GBR 5	GER 9	HUN 12	BEL 5	ITA 7	6th	114
2005	Kadach Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	ITA 4	ESP 3	MON 6	GER 10	USA 1	USA 1	FRA 5	GBR 5	GER 1	HUN 11	ITA Ret	BEL Ret	3rd	145
2006	Kadach Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 3	ITA 4	GER 3	ESP 1	MON 2	GBR 6	USA 10	USA Ret	FRA 5	GER 13	HUN Ret	ITA	5th	120
2007	Team IRWIN	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 5	BHR 6	ESP 14	MON 8	FRA 10	GBR 4	GER 7	HUN 17	TUR Ret	ITA 4	BEL 4		6th	96
2008	Team IRWIN	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 5	BHR 9	ESP 26	TUR 6	MON 5	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 8	HUN 5	ESP Ret	BEL 6	ITA 20	12th	73

24 Hours of Spa results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1993	Renstal Excelsior	Albert Vanierschot Michel Maillien	Porsche 911 Carrera 2	Pro GT	290	11th	10th
1996	Ecurie Ardennes	Didier Defourny Kurt Thiers	BMW 318 is	Class 2	485	3rd	1st
1997	BMW Fina Team Bigazzi	Alain Ferté Bruno Thiry	BMW M3	Spa 3.0	434	14th	8th
1998	BMW Fina Bastos Team	Alain Ferté Pierre Fermine	BMW 320i	SP	473	4th	4th
1999	BMW Fina Rafanelli	Jenson Button Tomáš Enge	BMW 320i	SP	22	DNF	DNF
2000	BMW Fina Rafanelli	Grégoire de Mévius Thomas Winkelhock	BMW 320i	SP		DNF	DNF
2002	Racing Team Belgium	Vanina Ickx Renaud Kuppens	Gillet Vertigo Streiff	GTN	350	DNF	DNF

24 Hours of Zolder results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2000	G&A Racing	Guino Kenis Mikke Van Hool	BMW M3	TB		DNF	DNF
2006	Accent Racing Team	Philippe Cracco François Duval Frédérique Jonckheere	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	Class 4		DNF	DNF
2025	Q1-Trackracing	Sam Dejonghe Florian Latorre Nicolas Saelens Lars Zaenen	Porsche 992 GT3 Cup	GT Cup	813	3rd	3rd

References

1. Newbold, James; Turner, Kevin (25 July 2018). "How to conquer the Spa 24 Hours - Autosport Performance". Autosport .

External links

• David Saelens career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tom Coronel	Formula Three Masters Winner 1998	Succeeded by Marc Hynes
Preceded by Patrice Gay	French Formula Three Champion 1998	Succeeded by Sébastien Bourdais