Dennis Olsen | |
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Nationality | Norwegian |
Born | Våler, Norway | 14 April 1996
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | Proton Competition |
Racing licence | FIA Platinum |
Car number | 88 |
Former teams | Team Project 1 |
Starts | 5 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 24th in 2021 |
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career | |
Debut season | 2022 |
Former teams | SSR Performance, Manthey EMA |
Starts | 29 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 5 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 7th in 2023 |
Championship titles | |
2017 2019 |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Intercontinental GT Challenge |
Dennis Olsen (born 14 April 1996) is a Norwegian racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Proton Competition and the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Dinamic GT. He has previously competed full-time in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and Porsche Supercup, and is a former Porsche Junior Driver and former member of the Red Bull Racing Simulator Development Program. [1] He was champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2017.
This section needs to be updated.(September 2022) |
Born in Våler, Norway, Olsen began karting in his native Norway, aged six. [1] [2] After winning numerous junior titles, he stepped up to the KF3 class in 2009, winning the Norwegian title. He retained his title in 2010, a year which also saw him finish second in the Junior Monaco Kart Cup and third in the German Junior Karting Championship. In 2011, Olsen won his third consecutive Norwegian KF3 title, the German KF3 championship and the WSK Cup Final KF2 titles. For his final year of karting in 2012, he successfully defended his WSK Cup Final KF2 title and also won the prestigious German KF1 karting championship. [3]
Olsen began his single-seater career in early 2013, racing in the New Zealand-based Toyota Racing Series, becoming the first Norwegian driver to enter the series. He finished the championship in thirteenth place, scoring a best race result of fifth in the final round of the series at Manfeild. [4]
Olsen's main racing program for 2013 was in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship, racing for German team Josef Kaufmann Racing. [5] He finished third in the standings, behind the British Fortec Motorsports pairing of Jack Aitken and Matt Parry after taking three podium finishes. [6] He also recorded a Pole position for the final race of the season at Zandvoort, but the race was cancelled due to heavy rain. [7] He also contested a one-off round of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season at Spa-Francorchamps with the AV Formula team.
For 2014, Olsen graduated to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship with Prema Powerteam. [8] He finished second in the standings, behind champion Nyck de Vries, after taking three podium places including race wins at Spa-Francorchamps [9] and the Nürburgring. [10] At the final round of the season in Jerez, he finished second in the first race, a result that initially earned him the runner-up spot in the championship, but was later disqualified for a technical infringement. [11] He did, however, secure second in the championship the following day after finishing seventh in the final race of the season. [12]
He also contested a partial campaign in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship with Prema, taking six top ten finishes in the six races he took part in.
Olsen remained in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for a second season in 2015, switching to Manor MP Motorsport. [13]
In 2023, Olsen returned to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for a second consecutive season. After completing the 2022 season with SSR Performance, Olsen moved to Manthey EMA for 2023. [14] In addition, Olsen competed in the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Rutronik Racing, sharing a Pro class entry with Laurin Heinrich and DTM teammate Thomas Preining. [15]
† As Olsen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Lechner MSG Racing Team | CAT |
MON 11 |
RBR | SIL | 18th | 10 | |||||||
MRS GT-Racing |
HUN 6 |
HOC | SPA | MNZ | USA | USA | ||||||||
2017 | Walter Lechner Racing Team |
CAT 2 |
CAT 2 |
MON 3 |
RBR 5 |
SIL 1 |
HUN 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 1 |
MNZ 5 |
MEX 3 |
MEX 3 |
2nd | 186 |
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Proton Competition | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |
LEC 5 |
MNZ |
RBR 4 |
SIL 4 |
SPA 5‡ |
ALG 1 |
6th | 65 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Porsche GT Team |
Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller |
Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro |
339 | 27th | 7th |
2021 | Team Project 1 |
Anders Buchardt Robby Foley |
Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am |
138 | DNF | DNF |
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Pfaff Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |
DAY 16 |
SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS |
LIM 1 |
33rd | 73 | ||||
Wright Motorsports |
ELK 8 |
VIR | LGA | PET | |||||||||||||
2020 | Pfaff Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |
DAY 13 |
DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MDO | CLT |
PET 5 |
LGA | SEB | 35th | 44 |
2022 | KCMG | GTD Pro | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 |
DAY 3 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 24th | 321 | |
2023 | Wright Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 |
DAY 9 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 56th | 239 |
2024 | Proton Competition | GTD | Ford Mustang GT3 | Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 |
DAY 20 |
SEB |
LBH |
LGA |
WGL |
MOS |
ELK |
VIR |
IMS |
PET |
20th* | 126* |
* Season still in progress.
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 |
SPA WD |
ALG |
MNZ 11 |
LMS Ret |
BHR | BHR | 24th | 0.5 | ||
2024 | Proton Competition | LMGT3 | Ford Mustang GT3 | Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 |
QAT 9 |
IMO Ret |
SPA 8 |
LMS |
SÃO |
COA |
FUJ |
BHR |
15th* | 7* |
* Season still in progress.
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | SSR Performance | Porsche 911 GT3 R |
ALG 1 5 |
ALG 2 11 |
LAU 1 Ret |
LAU 2 11 |
IMO 1 9 |
IMO 2 Ret |
NOR 1 2 |
NOR 2 5 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 2 |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 2 19 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 9 |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 DNS |
10th | 89 |
2023 | Manthey EMA | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) |
OSC 1 10 |
OSC 2 4 |
ZAN 1 16 |
ZAN 2 9 |
NOR 1 3 |
NOR 2 6 |
NÜR 1 5 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
LAU 1 12 |
LAU 2 5 |
SAC 1 7 |
SAC 2 Ret |
RBR 1 10 |
RBR 2 5 |
HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 12 |
7th | 129 |
Dennis Olsen | |
---|---|
Nationality | Norwegian |
Born | Våler, Norway | 14 April 1996
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | Proton Competition |
Racing licence | FIA Platinum |
Car number | 88 |
Former teams | Team Project 1 |
Starts | 5 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 24th in 2021 |
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career | |
Debut season | 2022 |
Former teams | SSR Performance, Manthey EMA |
Starts | 29 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 5 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 7th in 2023 |
Championship titles | |
2017 2019 |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Intercontinental GT Challenge |
Dennis Olsen (born 14 April 1996) is a Norwegian racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Proton Competition and the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Dinamic GT. He has previously competed full-time in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and Porsche Supercup, and is a former Porsche Junior Driver and former member of the Red Bull Racing Simulator Development Program. [1] He was champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2017.
This section needs to be updated.(September 2022) |
Born in Våler, Norway, Olsen began karting in his native Norway, aged six. [1] [2] After winning numerous junior titles, he stepped up to the KF3 class in 2009, winning the Norwegian title. He retained his title in 2010, a year which also saw him finish second in the Junior Monaco Kart Cup and third in the German Junior Karting Championship. In 2011, Olsen won his third consecutive Norwegian KF3 title, the German KF3 championship and the WSK Cup Final KF2 titles. For his final year of karting in 2012, he successfully defended his WSK Cup Final KF2 title and also won the prestigious German KF1 karting championship. [3]
Olsen began his single-seater career in early 2013, racing in the New Zealand-based Toyota Racing Series, becoming the first Norwegian driver to enter the series. He finished the championship in thirteenth place, scoring a best race result of fifth in the final round of the series at Manfeild. [4]
Olsen's main racing program for 2013 was in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championship, racing for German team Josef Kaufmann Racing. [5] He finished third in the standings, behind the British Fortec Motorsports pairing of Jack Aitken and Matt Parry after taking three podium finishes. [6] He also recorded a Pole position for the final race of the season at Zandvoort, but the race was cancelled due to heavy rain. [7] He also contested a one-off round of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season at Spa-Francorchamps with the AV Formula team.
For 2014, Olsen graduated to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship with Prema Powerteam. [8] He finished second in the standings, behind champion Nyck de Vries, after taking three podium places including race wins at Spa-Francorchamps [9] and the Nürburgring. [10] At the final round of the season in Jerez, he finished second in the first race, a result that initially earned him the runner-up spot in the championship, but was later disqualified for a technical infringement. [11] He did, however, secure second in the championship the following day after finishing seventh in the final race of the season. [12]
He also contested a partial campaign in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship with Prema, taking six top ten finishes in the six races he took part in.
Olsen remained in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for a second season in 2015, switching to Manor MP Motorsport. [13]
In 2023, Olsen returned to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for a second consecutive season. After completing the 2022 season with SSR Performance, Olsen moved to Manthey EMA for 2023. [14] In addition, Olsen competed in the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Rutronik Racing, sharing a Pro class entry with Laurin Heinrich and DTM teammate Thomas Preining. [15]
† As Olsen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Lechner MSG Racing Team | CAT |
MON 11 |
RBR | SIL | 18th | 10 | |||||||
MRS GT-Racing |
HUN 6 |
HOC | SPA | MNZ | USA | USA | ||||||||
2017 | Walter Lechner Racing Team |
CAT 2 |
CAT 2 |
MON 3 |
RBR 5 |
SIL 1 |
HUN 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 1 |
MNZ 5 |
MEX 3 |
MEX 3 |
2nd | 186 |
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Proton Competition | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |
LEC 5 |
MNZ |
RBR 4 |
SIL 4 |
SPA 5‡ |
ALG 1 |
6th | 65 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Porsche GT Team |
Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller |
Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro |
339 | 27th | 7th |
2021 | Team Project 1 |
Anders Buchardt Robby Foley |
Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am |
138 | DNF | DNF |
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Pfaff Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |
DAY 16 |
SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS |
LIM 1 |
33rd | 73 | ||||
Wright Motorsports |
ELK 8 |
VIR | LGA | PET | |||||||||||||
2020 | Pfaff Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 |
DAY 13 |
DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MDO | CLT |
PET 5 |
LGA | SEB | 35th | 44 |
2022 | KCMG | GTD Pro | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 |
DAY 3 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 24th | 321 | |
2023 | Wright Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 |
DAY 9 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 56th | 239 |
2024 | Proton Competition | GTD | Ford Mustang GT3 | Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 |
DAY 20 |
SEB |
LBH |
LGA |
WGL |
MOS |
ELK |
VIR |
IMS |
PET |
20th* | 126* |
* Season still in progress.
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 |
SPA WD |
ALG |
MNZ 11 |
LMS Ret |
BHR | BHR | 24th | 0.5 | ||
2024 | Proton Competition | LMGT3 | Ford Mustang GT3 | Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 |
QAT 9 |
IMO Ret |
SPA 8 |
LMS |
SÃO |
COA |
FUJ |
BHR |
15th* | 7* |
* Season still in progress.
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | SSR Performance | Porsche 911 GT3 R |
ALG 1 5 |
ALG 2 11 |
LAU 1 Ret |
LAU 2 11 |
IMO 1 9 |
IMO 2 Ret |
NOR 1 2 |
NOR 2 5 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 2 |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 2 19 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 9 |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 DNS |
10th | 89 |
2023 | Manthey EMA | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) |
OSC 1 10 |
OSC 2 4 |
ZAN 1 16 |
ZAN 2 9 |
NOR 1 3 |
NOR 2 6 |
NÜR 1 5 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
LAU 1 12 |
LAU 2 5 |
SAC 1 7 |
SAC 2 Ret |
RBR 1 10 |
RBR 2 5 |
HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 12 |
7th | 129 |