Christina Nielsen
Christina Nielsen is a Danish racing driver who is the first female driver to win a WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series title. She is the daughter of racing driver Lars-Erik Nielsen, who raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 2000s.
Racing career
Karting
Nielsen started her karting career in 2007. After karting for a couple of years, she switched to formula racing in 2010.Formel Ford Denmark & ADAC Formel Masters
After karting from 2007 to 2009, Nielsen made her formula racing debut in 2010 in the Danish Formula Ford Championship. Finishing the season in 9th position.After doing two one off appearances in the ADAC Formel Masters in 2010, Nielsen went on to do a full season in 2011.
GT Racing
For 2012, Nielsen switched to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany running in the B-class. She ended the season 5th in class.In 2013, Nielsen switched to the ADAC GT Masters. For 2014, Nielsen raced in the United SportsCar Championship for NGT Motorsport.
In 2015, Nielsen ran the entire IMSA SportsCar Championship in a GTD Aston Martin Vantage V12 under the TRG-AMR banner, partnering with Kuno Wittmer and James Davison. She claimed four second-place finishes and a third, finishing runner-up two points behind Townsend Bell and Bill Sweedler.
The Dane continued in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2016, joining Scuderia Corsa to drive alongside Alessandro Balzan in a GTD-class Ferrari. She won the 12 Hours of Sebring with Jeff Segal as third driver. With another win at 6 Hours of Watkins Glen and four additional podiums throughout the season, Nielsen and Balzan won the 2016 IMSA SportsCar series Championship, with a 299-point total for the year, and thus Nielsen became the first woman to win a major full-season professional sports car championship in North America.
Racing record
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
| 2014 | NGT Motorsport | GTD | Porsche 911 GT America | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 9 | SEB 22 | LGA | DET | WGL 6 | MOS | IMS | ELK | VIR | COA | 34th | 73 | ||
| 2014 | TRG-AMR North America | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | PET 10 | 34th | 73 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | TRG-AMR North America | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | DAY 13 | SEB 2 | LGA 5 | DET 2 | WGL 10 | LIM 3 | ELK 2 | VIR 2 | COA 8 | PET 9 | 2nd | 279 | ||
| 2016 | Scuderia Corsa | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 1 | LGA 2 | DET 3 | WGL 1 | MOS 4 | LIM 11 | ELK 3 | VIR 7 | COA 3 | PET 2 | 1st | 332 | |
| 2017 | Scuderia Corsa | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DAY 16 | SEB 2 | LBH 3 | COA 2 | DET 2 | WGL 2 | MOS 3 | LIM 6 | ELK 5 | VIR 12 | LGA 1 | PET 9 | 1st | 340 |
| 2018 | Wright Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 19 | SEB 6 | MDO 7 | DET 11 | WGL 9 | MOS 9 | LIM 8 | ELK 1 | VIR 2 | LGA 11 | PET 4 | 7th | 263 | |
| 2019 | Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing | GTD | Acura NSX GT3 | Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 | DAY 12 | SEB 8 | MDO 10 | DET 9 | WGL 4 | MOS | LIM 12 | ELK | VIR | LGA 6 | PET 7 | 14th | 159 | |
| 2020 | GEAR Racing powered by GRT Grasser | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 16 | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | WGL | LIM | MDO | PET | LGA | SEB | 30th* | 15* |
* Season still in progress.