Dennis Olsen (racing driver)

Dennis Olsen
Dennis Olsen
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	14 April 1996; Våler, Norway
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Manor MP Motorsport
Car number	17
Former teams	Prema Powerteam
Starts	31
Wins	3
Poles	3
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	2nd in 2014
Previous series
2015; 2013–2014; 2013, 2015; 2013	Formula Masters China; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; Toyota Racing Series
Championship titles
2017; 2019	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany; Intercontinental GT Challenge

Dennis Olsen (born 14 April 1996) is a Norwegian racing driver. He is currently a member of the Red Bull Racing Simulator Development Program and a Porsche young professional driver.[1]

Career

Karting

Born in Våler, Norway,[2] Olsen began Karting in his native Norway aged six.[1] 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]

Toyota Racing Series

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]

Formula Renault 2.0

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 will remain in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for a second season in 2015, switching to Manor MP Motorsport.[13]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2013	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Josef Kaufmann Racing	16	0	1	0	3	211	3rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	AV Formula	2	0	0	0	0	0	37th
	Toyota Racing Series	M2 Competition	15	0	0	0	0	410	13th
2014	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Prema Powerteam	14	2	2	3	3	124	2nd
2014	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	Prema Powerteam	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2015	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Manor MP Motorsport	17	1	1	0	3	101	8th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Manor MP Motorsport	6	0	0	0	1	98	14th
	Formula Masters China	Absolute Racing	3	0	0	0	1	17	16th
	Masters of Formula 3	Threebond with T-Sport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
2016	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Lechner Huber Racing	16	0	0	0	6	218	3rd
	Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship	Walter Lechner Racing	2	0	0	0	1	40	17th
	Porsche Supercup	Lechner MSG Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	10	18th
	Porsche Supercup	MRS GT-Racing	1	0	0	0	0	10	18th
2017	Porsche Supercup	Walter Lechner Racing Team	11	3	4	3	9	186	2nd
2017	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Konrad Motorsport	14	6	2	5	12	273	1st
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Proton Competition	5	1	1	0	1	65	6th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge America	Wright Motorsports	6	0	0	1	0	23	17th
	Blancpain GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am		6	0	3	3	5	89	9th
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD		1	0	0	0	0	73	33rd
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	Pfaff Motorsports	2	1	0	0	1	73	33rd
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia	Absolute Racing	2	0	2	0	0	9	33rd
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia - Pro-Am	Absolute Racing	2	0	0	0	0	22	22nd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Rowe Racing	5	0	0	0	0	22	12th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Porsche	5	2	1	1	3	73	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GPX Racing	1	0	1	1	0	6	22nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	6	22nd
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	Pfaff Motorsports	2	0	1	0	0	44	35th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Porsche	1	0	0	0	0	6	18th

^† As Olsen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(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
2016	MRS GT-Racing					HUN 6	HOC	SPA	MNZ	USA	USA		18th	10
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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(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
2019	Wright Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6								ELK 8	VIR	LGA	PET	33rd	73
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

References

Svingen, Marius (10 April 2013). "About Dennis Olsen". dennisolsen.no. HNP Event. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
"Dennis Olsen Driver's Profile". pressracing.com. Press Racing Ltd. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
"Karting details – the karting career of Dennis Olsen". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
"Toyota Racing Series New Zealand 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
"Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup". jk-racing.de. Josef Kaufmann Racing. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
"Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
Allen, Peter (16 July 2014). "The Eurocup's latest star: Dennis Olsen". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
Allen, Peter (12 February 2014). "Bonifacio, Olsen and Villemi to race for Prema in Eurocup". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
Musker, Ant (31 May 2014). "Maiden win for Eurocup rookie Dennis Olsen at Spa". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
Musker, Ant (13 July 2014). "Dennis Olsen mounts title assault with race two victory at the Nurburgring". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
Khorounzhiy, Valentin (18 October 2014). "Olsen's exclusion leaves fight for runner-up spot open". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
Khorounzhiy, Valentin (19 October 2014). "Guest driver George Russell delivers Tech 1's first Eurocup win of 2014". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
Allen, Peter (9 January 2015). "Runner-up Olsen continues in Eurocup FR2.0, joins Manor MP". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

External links

Official website
Dennis Olsen career summary at DriverDB.com
Dennis Olsen on Twitter

Sporting positions
Preceded by Sven Müller	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Champion 2017	Succeeded by Thomas Preining
Preceded by Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor	Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour 2019 With: Matt Campbell & Dirk Werner	Succeeded by Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet
Preceded by Tristan Vautier	Intercontinental GT Challenge Champion 2019	Succeeded by Nicky Catsburg Augusto Farfus

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[Olsen-1] Svingen, Marius (10 April 2013). "About Dennis Olsen". dennisolsen.no. HNP Event. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[2] "Dennis Olsen Driver's Profile". pressracing.com. Press Racing Ltd. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[3] "Karting details – the karting career of Dennis Olsen". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[4] "Toyota Racing Series New Zealand 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[5] "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup". jk-racing.de. Josef Kaufmann Racing. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[6] "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[7] Allen, Peter (16 July 2014). "The Eurocup's latest star: Dennis Olsen". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[8] Allen, Peter (12 February 2014). "Bonifacio, Olsen and Villemi to race for Prema in Eurocup". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[9] Musker, Ant (31 May 2014). "Maiden win for Eurocup rookie Dennis Olsen at Spa". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[10] Musker, Ant (13 July 2014). "Dennis Olsen mounts title assault with race two victory at the Nurburgring". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[11] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (18 October 2014). "Olsen's exclusion leaves fight for runner-up spot open". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[12] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (19 October 2014). "Guest driver George Russell delivers Tech 1's first Eurocup win of 2014". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

[13] Allen, Peter (9 January 2015). "Runner-up Olsen continues in Eurocup FR2.0, joins Manor MP". paddockscout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 9 January 2015.