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Nicklas Ganshorn Nielsen (born 6 February 1997) is a Danish racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Ferrari AF Corse, driving a Ferrari 499P in the Hypercar class. He won the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans together with Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina, becoming the third Dane to win the contest.
In 2017, Nielsen returned to the ADAC championship, this time with the US Racing team. Although he did win a race and scored three podiums, a team disqualification at the Lausitzring event and a major accident induced by a competitor which caused irreparable damage to his car for the rest of the event at the Nürburgring deprived him of a proper chance to fight for the title.
In 2019, Nielsen stepped into the LMGTE category, driving for Luzich Racing in the European Le Mans Series and partaking in the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship campaign at AF Corse. In the former championship, the Dane would help Ferrari factory driver Alessandro Pier Guidi and amateur Fabien Lavergne to win four races, which allowed the trio to clinch the title with a race to spare. He was awarded the accolade of ELMS Rookie of the Year as a result. During the WEC campaign, one that Nielsen contested alongside François Perrodo and Emmanuel Collard, he finished third in class at the Le Mans 24 Hours, on his way to win the title with two victories and five podiums to their name.
Having been promoted to FIA Gold ranking ahead of 2021, Nielsen returned to the WEC's LMGTE Am class with AF Corse, partnering youngster Alessio Rovera and gentleman driver Perrodo. The trio dominated, winning early at Spa and then Monza, with Nielsen setting the fastest lap in both races. They subsequently performed well at Le Mans, winning the race in their class and putting themselves into a controlling championship lead. With another win at Bahrain, Nielsen and his teammates became champions, with the Dane and Perrodo defending their title. The same season also saw Nielsen triumph at the 24 Hours of Spa, in a performance which helped him, Alessandro Pier Guidi, and Côme Ledogar to take home the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup championship.
Nielsen was one of the six drivers chosen to debut for Ferrari in the burgeoning Hypercar category in 2023, driving its 499P #50 entry alongside Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina in the WEC. Though the team showed bursts of pace, as proven by Fuoco's two poles, they ended up third in the championship behind both Toyota entries, having scored podiums in four events. Nielsen, Fuoco, and Molina managed to beat their sister car in the standings, despite the latter winning the Centenary Le Mans, a race in which the #50's hopes of victory were dashed due to a radiator leak during the night. At the end of the season, Nielsen committed to Ferrari by signing a contract extension.
In 2024, Nielsen remained with Ferrari in the WEC. The season began with points finishes in Qatar and Imola, though the team missed out on the win in the latter due to a strategic error in changing weather conditions. The podium came at Spa, where the #50 crew completed a comeback from being disqualified in qualifying to finish third in a red flag-interrupted event. Nielsen's highlight performance came at Le Mans: having already taken the lead once during the opening lap, Nielsen re-entered the car for the final stints on Sunday. A pit stop to fix the right-front door, which would not close, put the #50 entry onto an alternate strategy relative to its competitors, with Nielsen being tasked to save fuel to remain in the lead once his rivals had pitted. Having managed his car's so-called virtual energy tank during the final thirty minutes, Nielsen crossed the line in first place, earning him, Fuoco, and Molina their first ever overall victories at the Sarthe, as well as defending Ferrari's Le Mans crown from the previous year.
| Audi Sport TT Cup | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 238 | 3rd | |
| Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) | Formula Racing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 8th |
| Finali Mondiali – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | |
| FIA GT Nations Cup | Team Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| International GT Open | Luzich Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31st |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 6th | |
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15th | |
| European Le Mans Series - LMGTE | Iron Lynx | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16th |
| Le Mans Cup - GT3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12th | |
| FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | AF Corse | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 150 | 1st |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 246 | 55th | |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Iron Lynx | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 1st |
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | Iron Lynx | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6th |
| AF Corse | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12th | |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 | 53rd | |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 19th | |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Iron Lynx | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 10th |
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | Iron Lynx | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10th |
| AF Corse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| European Le Mans Series - GTE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 12th | |
| FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar | Ferrari AF Corse | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 3rd |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | AF Corse | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 8th |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 250 | 29th | |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | AF Corse | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1620 | 13th |
| European Le Mans Series - LMGT3 | AF Corse | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 10th |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | AF Corse | |||||||
| European Le Mans Series - LMP2 |
| 2016 !nowrap | Neuhauser Racing | OSC1 1 | OSC1 2 | OSC1 3 | Sachsenring | Sachsenring | Sachsenring | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | LAU 3 | OSC2 1 | OSC2 2 | OSC2 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring ! 8th ! 106 |
| 2017 !nowrap | US Racing | OSC1 1 | OSC1 2 | OSC1 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | OSC2 1 | OSC2 2 | OSC2 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | Sachsenring | Sachsenring | Sachsenring | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | ! 6th ! 128 |
| 2018 !nowrap | Formula Racing ! Pro | Mugello Circuit | Mugello Circuit | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | Brno Circuit | Brno Circuit | BAR 1 | BAR 2 | Monza Circuit | Monza Circuit !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 282 |
| 2019 ! rowspan=2 nowrap | Luzich Racing ! rowspan=2 | LMGTE !nowrap | Ferrari 488 GTE ! rowspan=2 nowrap | Ferrari F154CB | LEC | MNZ | ! rowspan=2 style="background:#FFFFBF;" 1st ! rowspan=2 style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 127 | ||
| 2020 !nowrap | Iron Lynx ! LMGTE !nowrap | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo !nowrap | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC | SPA | LEC | MNZ | ALG | ! 16th ! 10 | |
| 2022 ! rowspan="2" nowrap | AF Corse ! LMP2 ! rowspan="2" nowrap | Oreca 07 ! rowspan="2" nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | Imola Circuit | MNZ | CAT | SPA | ALG ! 12th ! 25 | |
| 2023 !nowrap | AF Corse ! LMGTE !nowrap | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo !nowrap | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | CAT | LEC | ARA | SPA | PRT | ALG ! 12th ! 24 | |
| 2024 !nowrap | AF Corse ! LMGT3 !nowrap | Ferrari 296 GT3 !nowrap | Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | CAT | LEC | IMO | SPA | Mugello Circuit | ALG ! 10th ! 44 | |
| 2025 !nowrap | AF Corse !nowrap | LMP2 Pro-Am !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT | LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG ! 10th* ! 4 |
| 2019–20 !nowrap | AF Corse !nowrap | LMGTE Am !nowrap | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo !nowrap | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SIL | FUJ | SHA | BHR | COA | SPA | LMS | BHR !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 167 |
| 2021 !nowrap | AF Corse !nowrap | LMGTE Am !nowrap | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo !nowrap | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SPA | POR | MON | LMS | BHR | BHR | !style="background:#FFFFBF;" 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 150 | ||
| 2022 ! rowspan="2" nowrap | AF Corse ! LMP2 ! rowspan="2" nowrap | Oreca 07 ! rowspan="2" nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB | SPA | LMS | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | ! 18th ! 12 | ||||
| 2023 ! nowrap | Ferrari AF Corse ! Hypercar ! nowrap | Ferrari 499P ! nowrap | Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 | SEB | ALG | SPA | LMS | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | !style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 120 | ||
| 2024 ! nowrap | Ferrari AF Corse ! Hypercar ! nowrap | Ferrari 499P ! nowrap | Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 | QAT | ITA | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR !style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 2nd !style="background:#dfdfdf;" | 115 | |
| 2025 ! Ferrari AF Corse ! Hypercar ! Ferrari 499P ! Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd* !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 57* | ||||
| 2020 !nowrap | AF Corse !nowrap | Ferrari 488 GT3 ! Pro | Imola Circuit | NÜR | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | LEC | ! 6th ! 46 | ||
| 2021 !nowrap | Iron Lynx !nowrap | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 ! Pro | Monza Circuit | LEC | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | NÜR | CAT !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 83 |
| 2022 !nowrap | Iron Lynx !nowrap | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 ! Pro | Imola Circuit | LEC | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | Hockenheimring | CAT ! 10th ! 37 | ||
| 2023 !nowrap | AF Corse - Francorchamps Motors !nowrap | Ferrari 296 GT3 ! Pro | Monza Circuit | LEC | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | NÜR | CAT ! 8th ! 36 |
| 2021 !nowrap | AF Corse !GTD !nowrap | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 !nowrap | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbocharger V8 | DAY | SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | WGL | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET !55th !246 ! |
| 2022 !nowrap | AF Corse ! GTD !nowrap | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 !nowrap | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbocharger V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET ! 53rd ! 294 ! |
| 2023 !nowrap | AF Corse ! LMP2 !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | MON | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | ! 29th ! 250 ! | ||||
| 2024 !nowrap | AF Corse !LMP2 !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | ATL | !13th !1620 ! | ||||
| 2025 !nowrap | AF Corse !LMP2 !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | WGL | MOS | ELK | IMS | ATL | !11th !499 ! | ||||
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