David Saelens

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David Saelens
NationalityBelgian
Born (1975-07-02) 2 July 1975 (age 48)
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 United States JML Team Panoz Switzerland Benjamin Leuenberger
Canada 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

References

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

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula Three Masters
Winner

1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by French Formula Three
Champion

1998
Succeeded by