Michel Nykjær

Michel Nykjær
Michel Nykjær

Michel Nykjær in 2011.
Nationality Denmark Danish
Born September 17, 1979 (1979-09-17) (age 32)
Tappernøje (Denmark)
2011 World Touring Car Championship
Debut season 2008
Current team SUNRED Engineering
Car no. 17
Former teams Perfection Racing
Starts 14
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Previous series
2003-09
1998-2002		 DTC
Danish Group N Championship
Championship titles
2007, 09
2007-08		 DTC
European Touring Car Cup

Michel Nykjær (born 17 September 1979) is a Danish auto racing driver. Nykjaer is a two-time European Touring Car Cup winner.

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Career

Nykjær's SEAT León at the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Germany.

Between 1989 and 1993 he spent his early racing years in karting. After a break, he returned to motorsport in 1998, with saloon cars in the Danish Group N Championship. He stepped up to the Danish Touring Car Championship in 2003, and was crowned champion in 2007 for SEAT Racing Team, in a SEAT Leon. Also in 2007 he won the European Touring Car Cup for the GR Asia Team.

In 2008 he moved to the Poulsen Motorsport Team in a BMW for another season in the DTC. He defended his ETC Cup title in 2008 for Chevrolet Motorsport Denmark in a Chevrolet Lacetti.[1]

For 2009 he was supposed to compete in the World Touring Car Championship for the Poulsen Motorsport Team in a BMW 320si [2] but Poulsen chose to run his car for Engstler Motorsport and Nykjær was forced to remain in the DTC where he retained his title. However, he raced the WTCC round at Oschersleben for Perfection Racing.[3] He attended the 2009 European Touring Car Cup, but lost his crown to James Thompson.

In 2010 Nykjær will race for SUNRED Engineering in the WTCC in a diesel-powered SEAT Leon.

Racing Record

Complete WTCC 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 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2009 Perfection Racing Chevrolet Lacetti BRA
1
 BRA
2
 MEX
1
 MEX
2
 MAR
1
 MAR
2
 FRA
1
 FRA
2
 ESP
1
 ESP
2
 CZE
1
 CZE
2
 POR
1
 POR
2
 GBR
1
 GBR
2
 GER
1
NC		 GER
2
18		 ITA
1
 ITA
2
 JPN
1
 JPN
2
 MAC
1
 MAC
2
 36th 0
2010 SUNRED Engineering SEAT León TDI BRA
1
12		 BRA
2
8		 MAR
1
11		 MAR
2
7		 ITA
1
8		 ITA
2
19		 BEL
1
18		 BEL
2
Ret		 POR
1
17		 POR
2
Ret		 GBR
1
15		 GBR
2
9		 CZE
1
7		 CZE
2
Ret		 GER
1
7		 GER
2
4		 ESP
1
9		 ESP
2
7		 JPN
1
6		 JPN
2
6		 MAC
1
Ret		 MAC
2
11		 12th 66
2011 Sunred Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TDI BRA
1
8		 BRA
2
Ret		 BEL
1
8		 BEL
2
5		 edit] References
  1. ^ http://www.chevroletmotorsportdanmark.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93:michel-nykjaer-won-his-second-european-championship-with-chevrolet&catid=3:motorsport&Itemid=34 Nykjaer defends ETCC title for Chevrolet
  2. ^ http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/15042008/58/poulsen-enter-2009-wtcc.html Poulsen Motorsport to join WTCC
  3. ^ http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3624 Michel Nykjær confirms single race entry

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Casper Elgaard		 Danish Touring Car Champion
2007		 Succeeded by
Jan Magnussen
Preceded by
Ryan Sharp		 European Touring Car Cup Champion
2007, 2008		 Succeeded by
James Thompson
Preceded by
Jan Magnussen		 Danish Touring Car Champion
2009		 Succeeded by
Casper Elgaard
v · d · eTeams and drivers competing in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season
Chevrolet SUNRED Zengő-Dension Team bamboo-engineering Team Engstler

1 Muller
2 Huff
6 Bueno
8 Menu

3 Tarquini
4 Dudukalo
7 Barth

17 Nykjær
18 Monteiro
74 Oriola

5 Michelisz

9 O'Young
10 Taniguchi

11 Poulsen
12 Engstler
Borusan Otomotiv ROAL Motorsport Proteam Racing Polestar Volvo Wiechers-Sport KK Motorsport

13 Okyay

15 Coronel

20 Villa
21 Fabiani
25 Bennani

30 Dahlgren

27 D'Aste
29 Turkington
35 Sonderegger

65 Lee


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