Allan Simonsen (racing driver)

Allan Simonsen

Nationality	Danish
Born	(1978-07-05)5 July 1978 Odense, Denmark
Died	22 June 2013(2013-06-22) (aged 34) Le Mans, France
Previous series
1999 1999 2000 2001 2001 2002 2003–2004 2003–2007 2005 2005–2012 2006 2006, 2008 2006–2009 2007–2013 2008 2009 2009, 2012 2009–2012 2010, 2012 2010, 2012 2010–2012 2011–2013 2012–2013 2013	Formula Ford 1800 Netherlands Danish Formula Ford Championship Formula Palmer Audi German Formula Three Championship British Formula Renault Championship British GT Championship Australian Nations Cup Championship V8 Supercars V8 Ute Racing Series European Le Mans Series FIA GT3 European Championship FIA GT Championship Australian GT Championship British GT Championship American Le Mans Series Aussie Racing Cars Rolex Sports Car Series V8 Supercars VLN Porsche Carrera Cup Asia PSCRAA Enduro Championship Australian GT Championship FIA World Endurance Championship ADAC GT Masters
Championship titles
1999 2007	Danish Formula Ford Championship Australian GT Championship

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2007–2013
Teams	Autorlando Sport KSM Hankook Team Farnbacher Aston Martin Racing
Best finish	12th (2010)
Class wins	0

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

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.

Simonsen moved to sports car racing for 2002, driving a Ferrari 360 for Veloqx Motorsport in the British GT Championship. He began racing in Australia in 2003 for Mark Coffey Racing, driving a Ferrari 360 Challenge to 8th place in the 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship for GT style cars and 2nd place in Group 2. He would then go on to finish in 8th place in the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour driving a 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 Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar events. Simonsen's best Bathurst result came in 2011, when he finished third for Kelly Racing driving alongside Greg Murphy in a Holden VE Commodore. Simonsen won the Australian GT Championship in 2007 (driving both a Ferrari 360 GT and a Ferrari F430) and finished second in 2008 driving a Ferrari F430 GT.