David Saelens
Belgian racing driver (born 1975)
David Saelens | |
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Nationality | Belgian |
Born | (1975-07-02) 2 July 1975 (age 49) Ypres, Belgium |
Previous series | |
2008 2004–08 2002 2001 2000 1999–2002 1999, 2003 1998 1997–98 1997 1996 1995–96 | Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland Porsche Supercup Formula One testing DTM Belcar International Formula 3000 American Le Mans Series French Formula Three Belgian Procar British Formula 3 French Formula Renault 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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2003 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 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 |
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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
External links
- David Saelens career summary at DriverDB.com
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Preceded by | Formula Three Masters Winner 1998 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | French Formula Three Champion 1998 | Succeeded by |
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