Allan Simonsen (racing driver)

Allan Simonsen
Allan Simonsen
	Hankook Team Farnbacher; Aston Martin Racing
Best finish	12th (2010)
Class wins	0

Allan Weel Simonsen (5 July 1978 – 22 June 2013)^[1] was a Danish racing driver, born in Odense. He died after a crash during the third lap^[2] of the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Career

After beginning his career in karting racing against the likes of future Formula One World Champion Kimi Räikkönen, Simonsen moved to cars in 1999, winning the Danish Formula Ford Championship. He raced in Formula Palmer Audi in 2000, before moving to German Formula 3 and Formula Renault 2.0 UK in 2001.^[6]

Simonsen moved to

Lamborghini Diablo GTR. In the 2004 Australian Nations Cup Championship, he drove the 360 to 3rd place in the Trophy Class while driving a Ferrari 550 GT2

in a limited campaign to 7th in the outright class.

While in Australia, Simonsen also drove in the

2008

driving a Ferrari F430 GT.

At the 2011 Sprint Bathurst event, he set a blistering time of 2:04.95 around the famous Mount Panorama circuit. This was a monumental effort at the time, as it was a full 2 seconds faster than any V8 Supercar lap time and comparable to the Formula 3 lap record set in the following year.[8]^[9] Simonsen's time was so quick that the officials initially removed it from the timing screens, for they believed it to be an error. It wasn't until it was confirmed by the manual time keeper and the team's own data, however, that the time was reinstated.^[10]

Simonsen placed fourth in the

2010 24 Hours Nürburgring with Farnbacher, Leh Keen, and Marco Seefried. He participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans seven times between 2007 and 2013, finishing on the GT2 class podium twice: third in 2007 and second in 2010

.

Death

In the 9th minute of the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans,^[12] and on his third lap,^[13] Simonsen was leading the LMGTE Am field with his No. 95 Aston Martin Vantage GTE.^[14] At the Tertre Rouge corner, Simonsen's car twitched as he accelerated through the right hand turn,^[14] and when he attempted to correct,^[14]^[15] the car veered left before impacting the crash barriers on the outside of the corner.^[4]^[5] He was extricated from the car, reportedly conscious,^[16] before being taken to the on-site medical centre where he succumbed to his injuries.^[17] His death was the first in racing conditions during the 24 Hours of Le Mans since Jo Gartner died in a 1986 crash, while French driver Sébastien Enjolras died more recently in a pre-qualifying session accident in 1997.^[17]^[18]

Race officials raised a

Tom Kristensen won the race overall and dedicated his team's victory to the memory of Simonsen.^[19]

Memorials

The award for the fastest qualifier at the Bathurst 12 Hour, which Simonsen won in 2013, is named the Allan Simonsen Pole Position Trophy.^[20]

Career results

Career summary

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1999	Danish Formula Ford Championship	1st	Van Diemen RF99 Ford
2000	Formula Palmer Audi	11th	Van Diemen PA Audi	Team Brask
2001	British Formula Renault Championship	26th	Tatuus FR2000 Renault	PBR Racing
2003	Australian Nations Cup Championship	8th	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Mark Coffey Racing
	Australian Nations Cup Championship Group 2	2nd	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Mark Coffey Racing
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	67th	Holden VX Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2004	Australian Nations Cup Championship	7th	Ferrari 550 Millenio	Mark Coffey Racing
	Australian Nations Cup Championship Trophy Cars	3rd	Ferrari 550 Millenio	Mark Coffey Racing
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	52nd	Holden VY Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
	British GT Championship GT Cup Class	13th	Ferrari 360 Modena	Lester/Glenvarigill Racing
2005	V8 Utes Series	10th	Ford BA Falcon XR8 Ute	Coopers Pale Ale Racing Team
2005	V8 Supercar Championship Series	57th	Holden VY Commodore	Perkins Engineering
2006	FIA GT3 European Championship	15th	Ferrari F430 GT3	JMB Racing
	FIA GT Championship GT2 Class	38th	Ferrari F430 GT3	Scuderia Ecosse
	Australian GT Championship	11th	Ferrari 360 GT	Consolidated Chemical Racing Team
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	46th	Ford BA Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering
2007	Australian GT Championship	1st	Ferrari 360 GT Ferrari F430 GT3	Consolidated Chemical Racing Team Mark Coffey Racing
	Australian Tourist Trophy	1st	Ferrari F430 GT3	Maranello Motorsport
	Le Mans Series LM GT2 Class	4th		Virgo Motorsport
	British GT Championship GT3 Class	10th		Christians in Motorsport
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	25th	Ford BF Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering
2008	FIA GT Championship GT1 Class	11th	Aston Martin DBR9	Gigawave Motorsport
	Australian GT Championship	2nd	Ferrari F430 GT3	Maranello Motorsport
	Australian Tourist Trophy	1st		Maranello Motorsport
	British GT Championship GT3 Class	7th		Christians in Motorsport
	American Le Mans Series GT2 Class	23rd		Tafel Racing
	Le Mans Series LM GT2 Class	17th	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Team Farnbacher
2009	Le Mans Series LM GT2 Class	7th	Ferrari F430 GT3	Team Farnbacher
	Asian Le Mans Series LM GT2 Class	1st		Team Farnbacher
	British GT Championship GT3 Class	4th		Team Rosso Verde
	Australian GT Championship	20th		Maranello Motorsport
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	58th	Ford FG Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering
	Le Mans Series LM GT2 Class	106th	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Farnbacher-Loles Racing
2010	British GT Championship GT3 Class	5th	Ferrari 430 Scuderia	Team Rosso Verde
	Le Mans Series LM GT2 Class	17th	Ferrari F430 GT3	Team Farnbacher
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	49th	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport
	Le Mans Series LM GTE Pro Class	5th	Ferrari 458 GTC	Team Farnbacher
2011	British GT Championship GT3 Class	10th	Ferrari 458 GTC	Team Rosso Verde
2011	International V8 Supercars Championship	32nd	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing Brad Jones Racing
2012	International V8 Supercars Championship	52nd	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing
	Australian GT Championship	4th	Ferrari 458 GT	Maranello Motorsport
	British GT Championship GT3 Class	12th	Ferrari 458 Italia	Team Rosso Verde
2013	Australian GT Championship	17th	Ferrari 458 GT3	Maranello Motorsport

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2007	Autorlando Sport Farnbacher Racing	Pierre Ehret Lars-Erik Nielsen	Porsche 997 GT3 -RSR	GT2	309	21st	3rd
2008	Kruse Schiller Motorsport	Jean de Pourtales Hideki Noda	Lola B05/40-Mazda	LMP2	147	DNF	DNF
2009	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Christian Montanari	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	183	DNF	DNF
2010	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Leh Keen	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	336	12th	2nd
2011	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Dominik Farnbacher Leh Keen	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	137	DNF	DNF
2012	Aston Martin Racing	Christoffer Nygaard Kristian Poulsen	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	31	DNF	DNF
2013	Aston Martin Racing	Christoffer Nygaard Kristian Poulsen	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	2	DNF	DNF

Bathurst 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2003	Mark Coffey Racing	Paul Stokell Luke Youlden Peter Hackett	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	A	487	8th	6th

Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2010	Action Racing	Jason Bright Marcus Zukanovic	Ford Mustang Shelby	I	121	26th	1st
2011	Red Alert Laser Tag	Hector Lester Luke Searle	Ferrari 430 GT3	A	276	6th	5th
2012	Maranello Motorsport	John Bowe Peter Edwards Dominik Farnbacher	Ferrari 458 GT3	A	114	DNF	DNF
2013	Maranello Motorsport	John Bowe Peter Edwards Mika Salo	Ferrari 458 GT3	A	111	DNF	DNF

International V8 Supercars Championship

V8 Supercar results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	Pos.	Pts
2003	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R1	PHI R3	EAS R4	WIN R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	HDV R9	HDV R10	HDV R11	QLD R12	ORA R13	SAN R14 29	BAT R15 Ret	SUR R16	SUR R17	PUK R18	PUK R19	PUK R20	EAS R21	EAS R22																69th	80
2004	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	EAS R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	PUK R6	HDV R7	HDV R8	HDV R9	BAR R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	QLD R13	WIN R14	ORA R15	ORA R16	SAN R17 Ret	BAT R18 10	SUR R19	SUR R20	SYM R21	SYM R22	SYM R23	EAS R24	EAS R25	EAS R26												51st	156
2005	Perkins Engineering	Holden VY Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	PUK R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	EAS R9	EAS R10	SHA R11	SHA R12	SHA R13	HDV R14	HDV R15	HDV R16	QLD R17	ORA R18	ORA R19	SAN R20 17	BAT R21 20	SUR R22	SUR R23	SUR R24	SYM R25	SYM R26	SYM R27	PHI R28	PHI R29	PHI R30								57th	128
2006	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	PUK R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	WIN R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	HDV R14	QLD R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	ORA R18	ORA R19	ORA R20	SAN R21 17	BAT R22 12	SUR R23	SUR R24	SUR R25	SYM R26	SYM R27	SYM R28	BHR R29	BHR R30	BHR R31	PHI R32	PHI R33	PHI R34				46th	210
2007	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BF Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	BAR R3	BAR R4	BAR R5	PUK R6	PUK R7	PUK R8	WIN R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	EAS R12	EAS R13	EAS R14	HDV R15	HDV R16	HDV R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	ORA R21	ORA R22	ORA R23	SAN R24 10	BAT R25 5	SUR R26	SUR R27	SUR R28	BHR R29	BHR R30	BHR R31	SYM R32	SYM R33	SYM R34	PHI R35	PHI R36	PHI R37	25th	63
2009	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford FG Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	HAM R3	HAM R4	WIN R5	WIN R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	HDV R9	HDV R10	TOW R11	TOW R12	SAN R13	SAN R14	QLD R15	QLD R16	PHI Q 10	PHI R17 21	BAT R18 Ret	SUR R19	SUR R20	SUR R21	SUR R22	PHI R23	PHI R24	BAR R25	BAR R26	SYD R27	SYD R28									59th	91
2010	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	YMC R1	YMC R2	BHR R3	BHR R4	ADE R5	ADE R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	QLD R9	QLD R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HDV R13	HDV R14	TOW R15	TOW R16	PHI Q	PHI R17	BAT R18 6	SUR R19	SUR R20	SYM R21	SYM R22	SAN R23	SAN R24	SYD R25	SYD R26											49th	204
2011	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	YMC R1	YMC R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	PHI Q 23	PHI R19 13	BAT R20 3																	32nd	509
2011	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore																						SUR R21 17	SUR R22 17	SYM R23	SYM R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	SYD R27	SYD R28									32nd	509
2012	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford FG Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	PHI R10	PHI R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	SAN Q 26	SAN R20 21	BAT R21 17	SUR R22	SUR R23	YMC R24	YMC R25	YMC R26	WIN R27	WIN R28	SYD R29	SYD R30							52nd	108

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2003	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VX	Nathan Pretty	DNF	42
2004	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VY	Nathan Pretty	10th	160
2005	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VZ	Alex Davison	20th	129
2006	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	Richard Lyons	12th	161
2007	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BF	Richard Lyons	5th	161
2009	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon FG	James Thompson	DNF	152
2010	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	Greg Murphy	6th	161
2011	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Greg Murphy	3rd	161
2012	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Steven Johnson	17th	161

References

^ "Motorsport Memorial - Allan Simonsen". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Race — Final Classification" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
^ "24 Heures du Mans. La course endeuillée" (in French). Ouest-France Multimédia. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b Richards, Giles (22 June 2013). "Danish driver Allan Simonsen, 34, killed at Le Mans". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Danish driver Simonsen killed in Le Mans endurance race". BBC. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ Karlsson, Ross. Åberg, Andreas (ed.). "The racing career of Allan Simonsen — in detail". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (23 June 2013). "Allan Simonsen killed in Le Mans 24 Hours". SpeedCafe. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ "Ferrari breaks into 2:04s bracket at Bathurst". 13 November 2011.
YouTube

^ Mount Panorama Circuit#Lap records

^ "Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres". Racing Sports Cars. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

^ "Le Mans in shock as Danish racing driver Allan Simonsen dies after crashing during 24 hours race". The Telegraph. 22 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

^ "2013 Le Mans Race Classification" (PDF).

^ ^a ^b ^c "Driver Death at Le Mans Raises Safety Issue Again | Edmunds". Edmunds. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

^ Nightingale, Brian (27 June 2013). "Allan Simonsen's death a tragic loss". Western Advocate. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

^ "Danish driver Allan Simonsen dies at Le Mans". Reuters. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

^ ^a ^b Dagys, John (22 June 2013). "LE MANS: Simonsen Killed in Early Race Accident". SPEED.tv. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

^ Dagys, John (22 June 2013). "Tay đua Simonsen tử nạn ở cuộc đua Le Mans 24 giờ". tuoitre.vn. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

^ Baldwin, Alan (23 June 2013). "Le Mans win tinged with tragedy for Kristensen". Reuters. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

^ "Allan Simonsen Trophy for Bathurst 12 Hour". Speedcafe.com. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

External links

Official website

Allan Simonsen driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions

Preceded by
Greg Crick

2007
Succeeded by
Mark Eddy

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan_Simonsen_(racing_driver)&oldid=1185587171"

[mem-1] "Motorsport Memorial - Allan Simonsen". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[Official_results-2] "Race — Final Classification" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

[ouest-france-3] "24 Heures du Mans. La course endeuillée" (in French). Ouest-France Multimédia. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[observer1-4] Richards, Giles (22 June 2013). "Danish driver Allan Simonsen, 34, killed at Le Mans". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[BBCEurope-5] "Danish driver Simonsen killed in Le Mans endurance race". BBC. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[6] Karlsson, Ross. Åberg, Andreas (ed.). "The racing career of Allan Simonsen — in detail". Driver Database. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[7] Bartholomaeus, Stefan (23 June 2013). "Allan Simonsen killed in Le Mans 24 Hours". SpeedCafe. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[8] "Ferrari breaks into 2:04s bracket at Bathurst". 13 November 2011.

[9] YouTube

[10] Mount Panorama Circuit#Lap records

[11] "Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres". Racing Sports Cars. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[tele12-12] "Le Mans in shock as Danish racing driver Allan Simonsen dies after crashing during 24 hours race". The Telegraph. 22 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[13] "2013 Le Mans Race Classification" (PDF).

[:0-14] "Driver Death at Le Mans Raises Safety Issue Again | Edmunds". Edmunds. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

[15] Nightingale, Brian (27 June 2013). "Allan Simonsen's death a tragic loss". Western Advocate. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

[reuters1-16] "Danish driver Allan Simonsen dies at Le Mans". Reuters. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[speed_death-17] Dagys, John (22 June 2013). "LE MANS: Simonsen Killed in Early Race Accident". SPEED.tv. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[18] Dagys, John (22 June 2013). "Tay đua Simonsen tử nạn ở cuộc đua Le Mans 24 giờ". tuoitre.vn. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[Reuters-19] Baldwin, Alan (23 June 2013). "Le Mans win tinged with tragedy for Kristensen". Reuters. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

[20] "Allan Simonsen Trophy for Bathurst 12 Hour". Speedcafe.com. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

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