Christoffer Nygaard (born 24 March 1986, in Gentofte) is a Danish auto racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Christoffer Nygaard
NationalityDenmark Danish
Born (1986-03-24) 24 March 1986 (age 38)
Gentofte, Denmark
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2012
Current teamAston Martin Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number95
Previous series
2001–2004
2005–2006
2007–2008
2009, 2012
2009-2011
2010-2011
Karting
ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup
SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany
ADAC GT Masters
FIA GT3 European Championship
FIA GT1 World Championship
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2010, 2012-
TeamsYoung Driver AMR, Aston Martin Racing
Best finish3rd (2010)

Racing career

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Karting

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Nygaard started his karting career in 2001. His best result while karting was 3rd in the Nordic Formula A Championship in his last season in 2004.

Touring Car racing

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After karting for four years, Nygaard made his auto racing debut in 2005 in the German ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup. After racing in the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup from 2005 to 2006 Nygaard switched to SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany for the 2007 season racing for Fischer Racing. In 2008 he finished 3rd in the championship.

GT racing

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For 2009 Nygaard switched from the SEAT Leon Supercopa to a Ford GT GT3, still driving for Fischer Racing, in ADAC GT Masters and the FIA GT3 European Championship. He continued in FIA GT3 for 2010 and debuted in the FIA GT1 World Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans the same year. Nygaard continued racing in the FIA GT3 and FIA GT1 for 2011.

In 2012 Nygaard returned to ADAC GT Masters. Since 2012 Nygaard has been racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Aston Martin Racing.[1]

Racing record

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2010   Young Driver AMR   Tomáš Enge
  Peter Kox
Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 311 22nd 3rd
2012   Aston Martin Racing   Kristian Poulsen
  Allan Simonsen
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am
31 DNF DNF
2013   Aston Martin Racing   Kristian Poulsen
  Allan Simonsen
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am
2 DNF† DNF†
2014   Aston Martin Racing   Paul Dalla Lana
  Pedro Lamy
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am
329 26th 6th
2015   Aston Martin Racing   Nicki Thiim
  Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
330 27th 4th
Sources:[2][3]

†Simonsen was killed on Lap 3 of the race. Neither Poulsen nor Nygaard had driven in the race at the time of the crash.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2012 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SEB SPA LMS
Ret
SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA NC 0
2013 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
1
SPA
2
LMS
Ret
SÃO
Ret
COA
2
FUJ
1
SHA
Ret
BHR
1
4th 104.5
2014 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
2
SPA
3
LMS
5
COA
1
FUJ
2
SHA
1
BHR
3
SÃO
1
2nd 164
2015 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
4
SPA
6
LMS
6
NÜR
4
COA
5
FUJ
5
SHA BHR
4
8th 81
Source:[3]

Coaching

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Christoffer Nygaard is currently an instructor at Power Racing Gokart Academy in Herlev, Denmark where he runs the Race Club, a regularly held class where he provides coaching services to novice and advanced Gokart drivers.

References

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  1. ^ "Christoffer Nygaard". Driver Database. DriverDB AB. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Christoffer Nygaard". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Christoffer Nygaard Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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