Audi factory driverTom Kristensen (DK)
Tom Kristensen is the sports car icon of the modern age, maybe even of all time: eight 24 Hours of Le Mans victories are a lonely record, as are five overall victories in the 12 hours Sebring. The ambitious Dane’s trophy collection is littered with many other glistening winner’s trophies including the “Petit Le Mans” race and also the American Le Mans Series which he won in 2002. Before realizing his dream with Audi in sports cars he was an international benchmark in singleseater and touring car racing.
Tom Kristensen, who comes from Hobro, has two sons and a daughter with partner Hanne.
Career
| 2010 | 3rd in Le Mans 24 Hours (Audi R15 TDI) |
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| 2009 | 1st in Sebring 12 Hour race (Audi R15 TDI), 3rd in Le Mans 24 Hour race (Audi R15 TDI) |
| 2008 | 1st in Le Mans 24 Hour race (Audi R10 TDI), 3rd in Sebring 12 Hour race (Audi R10 TDI),\nDTM (Audi A4 DTM) |
| 2007 | 14th in DTM (Audi A4 DTM) |
| 2006 | 3rd in DTM (Audi A4 DTM), 1st in Sebring 12 Hour race (Audi R10 TDI), |
| 2005 | 1st in Le Mans 24 Hour race, 1st in Sebring 12 Hour race (each time Audi R8), 3rd in DTM (Audi A4 DTM), 1st in Nations Cup Race of Champions |
| 2004 | 1st in Le Mans 24 Hour race (Audi R8), 4th in DTM (Audi A4 DTM) |
| 2003 | 1st in Le Mans 24 Hour race, 1st in Spa 1000 km race (Audi R8), 1st in Le Mans 1000 km race (Audi R8) |
| 2002 | 1st in American Le Mans Series, 1st in Le Mans 24 Hour race, 1st in “Petit Le Mans“ race (each time Audi R8) |
| 2001 | 1st in Le Mans 24 Hour race, 2nd in Sebring 12 Hour race, 4th in American Le Mans Series (each time Audi R8) |
| 2000 | 1st in Le Mans 24 Hour race, 1st in Sebring 12 Hour race, 2nd in “Petit Le Mans“ race (each time Audi R8), Michelin Formula 1 test driver |
| 1999 | 3rd in German Super Touring Car Championship, 1st in Sebring 12 Hour race |
| 1998 | German Super Touring Car Championship, Formula 1 test driver |
| 1997 | 1st in Le Mans 24 Hour race |
| 1996 | 6th in International Formula 3000 Championship |
| 1995 | 2nd in Japanese Formula 3000 Championship, 5th in Japanese Touring Car Championship |
| 1994 | 2nd in Japanese Touring Car Championship, 9th in Japanese Formula 3000 Championship |
| 1993 | 1st in Japanese Formula 3 Championship, 1st in Formula 3 World Cup Fuji, 2nd in Formula 3 Grand Prix Macau |
| 1992 | 5th in Japanese Formula 3 Championship, 2nd in Japanese Touring Car Championship |
| 1991 | 1st in German Formula 3 Championship |
| 1989 | 2nd in World Kart Championship |
| 1987 | 2nd in World Kart Championship, Formula Ford 2000 |
| 1986 | 2nd in European Kart Championship, 1st in Danish Kart Championship, 1st in Italian Kart Championship |
| 1985 | 1st in Scandinavian Kart Championship |
| 1982–1984 | 1st in Danish Kart Championship |
Did you know that …
… Tom Kristensen recorded his first victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on his debut in 1997? Even on his first appearance he competed for Reinhold Joest’s team. he won on the debut of the Audi R8 in 2000, the R10 TDITDISynonymous with muscular torque delivery and outstanding efficiency: TDI. Today, TDI engines are sporty, smooth and economical.TDI six years later and the R15 TDI in spring 2009? He recorded all these victories at Sebring.
… each year a community of several tens of thousands of Danes make the pilgrimage to Le Mans to see their idol in action?
… the Dane is ambassador for the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix?
Biography
Date/place of birth
July 7, 1967/Hobro (DK)
Place of residence
Monaco (MC)
Status
single, partner Hanne, two sons (Oliver and Oswald) and one daughter (Carla Malou)
Height/weight
1.74 m/72 kg
Le Mans starts
14 (8 wins)
Motorsport since
1977 (Audi driver since 2000)
