Dennis Olsen (racing driver)

This article is about the Norwegian racing driver. For the Australian singer and actor, see Dennis Olsen (actor).

Dennis Olsen
Olsen in 2022
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28) Våler, Norway
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Proton Competition
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	88
Former teams	Team Project 1
Starts	10
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	15th in 2024
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season	2022
Former teams	SSR Performance, Manthey EMA
Starts	29
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podiums	5
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	7th in 2023
Championship titles
2017 2019	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Intercontinental GT Challenge

Dennis Olsen (born 14 April 1996) is a Norwegian racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Proton Competition and the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Dinamic GT. He has previously competed full-time in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and Porsche Supercup, and is a former Porsche Junior Driver and former member of the Red Bull Racing Simulator Development Program. ^[1] He was champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2017.

Career

Karting

Born in Våler, Norway, Olsen began karting in his native Norway, aged six. ^{[1] [2]} After winning numerous junior titles, he stepped up to the KF3 class in 2009, winning the Norwegian title. He retained his title in 2010, a year which also saw him finish second in the Junior Monaco Kart Cup and third in the German Junior Karting Championship. In 2011, Olsen won his third consecutive Norwegian KF3 title, the German KF3 championship and the WSK Cup Final KF2 titles. For his final year of karting in 2012, he successfully defended his WSK Cup Final KF2 title and also won the prestigious German KF1 karting championship. ^[3]

Toyota Racing Series

Olsen began his single-seater career in early 2013, racing in the New Zealand-based Toyota Racing Series, becoming the first Norwegian driver to enter the series. He finished the championship in thirteenth place, scoring a best race result of fifth in the final round of the series at Manfeild. ^[4]

Formula Renault 2.0

Olsen's main racing program for 2013 was in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship, racing for German team Josef Kaufmann Racing. ^[5] He finished third in the standings, behind the British Fortec Motorsports pairing of Jack Aitken and Matt Parry after taking three podium finishes. ^[6] He also recorded a Pole position for the final race of the season at Zandvoort, but the race was cancelled due to heavy rain. ^[7] He also contested a one-off round of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season at Spa-Francorchamps with the AV Formula team.

For 2014, Olsen graduated to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship with Prema Powerteam. ^[8] He finished second in the standings, behind champion Nyck de Vries, after taking three podium places including race wins at Spa-Francorchamps ^[9] and the Nürburgring. ^[10] At the final round of the season in Jerez, he finished second in the first race, a result that initially earned him the runner-up spot in the championship, but was later disqualified for a technical infringement. ^[11] He did, however, secure second in the championship the following day after finishing seventh in the final race of the season. ^[12]

He also contested a partial campaign in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship with Prema, taking six top ten finishes in the six races he took part in.

Olsen remained in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for a second season in 2015, switching to Manor MP Motorsport. ^[13]

Sports car racing

In 2023, Olsen returned to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for a second consecutive season. After completing the 2022 season with SSR Performance, Olsen moved to Manthey EMA for 2023. ^[14] With two podiums, he finished seventh in the standings, whilst teammate Thomas Preining won the title. In addition, Olsen competed in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Rutronik Racing, sharing a Pro class entry with Laurin Heinrich and Preining. ^[15] There, one podium once again resulted in seventh place overall.

For 2024, Olsen would switch to become a Ford factory driver, competing with the new Ford Mustang GT3 for Proton Competition alongside Mikkel O. Pedersen and bronze-ranked Giorgio Roda. ^[16] Following a slow start in the first three rounds, Olsen led the team towards its first podium of the season, finishing third at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^{[17] [18]}

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2013	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Josef Kaufmann Racing	16	0	1	0	3	211	3rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	AV Formula	2	0	0	0	0	0	37th
	Toyota Racing Series	M2 Competition	15	0	0	0	0	410	13th
2014	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Prema Powerteam	14	2	2	3	3	124	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		6	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2015	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Manor MP Motorsport	17	1	1	0	3	101	8th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		6	0	0	0	1	98	14th
	Formula Masters China	Absolute Racing	3	0	0	0	1	17	16th
	Masters of Formula 3	Threebond with T-Sport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
2016	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Lechner Huber Racing	16	0	0	0	6	218	3rd
	Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship	Walter Lechner Racing	2	0	0	0	1	40	17th
	Porsche Supercup	Lechner MSG Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	10	18th
		MRS GT-Racing	1	0	0	0	0
2016-17	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East		2	0	0	0	1	40	17th
2017	Porsche Supercup	Walter Lechner Racing Team	11	3	4	3	9	186	2nd
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Konrad Motorsport	14	6	2	5	12	273	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia	Mtech Competition	2	2	2	2	2	0	NC†
	24H Series - A6	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Proton Competition	5	1	1	0	1	65	6th
	24H GT Series - A6	Herberth Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	17th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge America	Wright Motorsports	6	0	0	1	0	23	17th
	Blancpain GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am		6	0	3	3	5	89	9th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		1	0	0	0	0	73	33rd
		Pfaff Motorsports	2	1	0	0	1
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia	Absolute Racing	2	0	2	0	0	9	33rd
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia - Pro-Am		2	0	0	0	0	22	22nd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Rowe Racing	5	0	0	0	0	22	12th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	EBM	1	1	0	0	1	73	1st
		Wright Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0
		Rowe Racing	1	0	0	0	0
		Absolute Racing	1	0	0	0	1
		Frikadelli Racing Team	1	1	1	1	1
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GPX Racing	1	0	1	1	0	6	22nd
		Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Pfaff Motorsports	2	0	1	0	0	44	35th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	6	18th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	30.94	2nd
		KCMG	4	0	1	0	0
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	KCMG	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Team Project 1	2	0	0	0	0	0.5	24th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS Team Bernhard	2	0	0	0	0	0	44th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Schnabl Engineering	1	0	0	0	0	2	20th
		GMG Racing	1	0	0	0	0
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Schnabl Engineering	1	0	0	0	0	4	27th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	1	0	1	0	NC†
		Falken Motorsports	4	0	0	0	2
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2022	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	SSR Performance	15	1	1	0	3	89	10th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	KCMG	1	0	0	1	1	324	24th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	12	25th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	12	25th*
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9		2	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
		EMA Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0
2023	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Manthey EMA	16	0	0	0	2	129	7th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Rutronik Racing	5	0	0	1	1	38	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	12	23rd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
		Dinamic GT	1	0	0	0	0
	GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	R&B Racing	6	1	0	0	3	65	12th
	GT World Challenge Asia - Pro-Am Cup		6	1	0	0	3	67	11th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Wright Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	239	56th
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3	Proton Competition	8	0	0	0	1	37	15th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		1	0	0	0	0	126	72nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	1*	10th*
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Herberth Motorsport
	Intercontinental GT Challenge
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th

^† As Olsen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
2016	Lechner MSG Racing Team	CAT	MON 11	RBR	SIL								18th	10
	MRS GT-Racing					HUN 6	HOC	SPA	MNZ	USA	USA
2017	Walter Lechner Racing Team	CAT 2	CAT 2	MON 3	RBR 5	SIL 1	HUN 2	SPA 1	SPA 1	MNZ 5	MEX 3	MEX 3	2nd	186

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2018	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC 5	MNZ	RBR 4	SIL 4	SPA 5‡	ALG 1	6th	65

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	Porsche GT Team	Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	339	27th	7th
2021	Team Project 1	Anders Buchardt Robby Foley	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	138	DNF	DNF
2024	Proton Competition	Mikkel O. Pedersen Giorgio Roda	Ford Mustang GT3	LMGT3	280	30th	3rd

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2019	Pfaff Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 16	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM 1					33rd	73
	Wright Motorsports											ELK 8	VIR	LGA	PET
2020	Pfaff Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 13	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET 5	LGA	SEB	35th	44
2022	KCMG	GTD Pro	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 3	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET		24th	321
2023	Wright Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 9	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET	56th	239
2024	Proton Competition	GTD	Ford Mustang GT3	Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8	DAY 20	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		72nd	126

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2021	Team Project 1	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SPA WD	ALG	MNZ 11	LMS Ret	BHR	BHR			24th	0.5
2024	Proton Competition	LMGT3	Ford Mustang GT3	Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8	QAT 9	IMO Ret	SPA 8	LMS 3	SÃO 13	COA NC	FUJ 16	BHR Ret	15th	37

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2022	SSR Performance	Porsche 911 GT3 R	ALG 1 5	ALG 2 11	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 11	IMO 1 9	IMO 2 Ret	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 5	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 2	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 19	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 9	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS	10th	89
2023	Manthey EMA	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	OSC 1 10	OSC 2 4	ZAN 1 16	ZAN 2 9	NOR 1 3	NOR 2 6	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 Ret	LAU 1 12	LAU 2 5	SAC 1 7	SAC 2 Ret	RBR 1 10	RBR 2 5	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 12	7th	129

References

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External links

• Official website
• Dennis Olsen career summary at DriverDB.com
• Dennis Olsen on Twitter

Sporting positions
Preceded by Sven Müller	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Champion 2017	Succeeded by Thomas Preining
Preceded by Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor	Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour 2019 With: Matt Campbell & Dirk Werner	Succeeded by Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet
Preceded by Tristan Vautier	Intercontinental GT Challenge Champion 2019	Succeeded by Nicky Catsburg Augusto Farfus