Conrad_Laursen
Conrad Laursen
Danish racing driver (born 2006)
Conrad Nicholai Weis Laursen (born 11 May 2006) is a Danish racing driver scheduled to compete in the European Le Mans Series with AF Corse. He is the 2020 Danish F4 champion. Laursen is the son of former Ferrari Challenge Europe competitor Johnny Laursen.[1]
| Conrad Laursen | |
|---|---|
Laursen in 2022 | |
| Nationality |  Danish |
| Born | (2006-05-11) 11 May 2006 (age 18) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| European Le Mans Series career | |
| Debut season | 2023 |
| Current team | AF Corse |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Car number | TBA |
| Starts | 6 (6 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 7th in 2023 |
| Previous series | |
| 2022 2021-2022 2021-2022 2020 | Formula 4 UAE Championship Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 F4 Danish Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2020 | F4 Danish Championship |
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Lower formulae
2020
In 2020, Laursen made his single-seater debut, competing in the F4 Danish Championship with FSP Racing.[2] He started the campaign off strongly, taking a triple of podiums, which included his maiden win in car racing, at Jyllandsringen. The same results followed at Padborg Park, where the Dane once again finished second, third and first in the races. Having taken a sole podium in the third event, Laursen was declared as champion following the cancellation of the season finale, scheduled to take place at Sturup Raceway.[3]
2021
The Dane progressed to the Italian F4 Championship the following year, driving for Prema Powerteam.[4] Starting his year by finishing fifth in the season opener at Le Castellet, Laursen struggled the following round in Misano, being forced to retire from two races. Consistent points would come at Vallelunga and Imola, before the Dane went without a points finish at the Red Bull Ring. Having scored a pair of top-ten results as well as a fastest lap at Monza, Laursen finished ninth in the overall championship, whilst losing out narrowly on the rookie title to Nikita Bedrin owing to a spin in the final race.[5]
2022
Having started 2022 by racing in two events of the F4 UAE Championship, where he scored a pair of podiums,[6] Laursen returned to the Italian and ADAC F4 series for his main campaign, once again competing with Prema, this time alongside Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Rafael Câmara, Charlie Wurz and James Wharton.[7][8][9] His season in the former began slowly, with the first two rounds yielding a mere three points finishes, before the Dane scored his first podium in the series, finishing second in Race 3 at Spa-Francorchamps.[10][11] Another podium would follow at the Red Bull Ring, however that round would see Laursen's final points finish of the campaign, which meant that he classified eleventh in the standings by the end of the year. In the German championship, Laursen scored a podium during the opening round, having come back from a 19th-placed grid slot during Race 3,[12] before struggling to achieve major results at the Hockenheimring, notably dropping to ninth from reverse-grid pole in the final race.[13] Laursen bounced back emphatically during the next event in Zandvoort, where, having taken third place in Race 1, he held off teammate Antonelli to take his first victory in the championship on Sunday, finishing 58 hundredths of a second ahead of the Italian.[14][15] Despite leaving the series after round four, where he made another appearance on the rostrum,[16] Laursen ended up sixth in the drivers' standings.[17]
2022: First appearance
Laursen made his first appearance in the world of GT racing in the Ferrari Challenge Europe, scoring a pair of top five finishes at the Hockenheimring in 2022.[18]
2023: Debut in ELMS
For the 2023 season, Laursen switched to sportscar racing on a full-time basis, teaming up with his father Johnny and fellow Dane Nicklas Nielsen in the Asian Le Mans Series at the start of the year, before racing with the same teammates in the European Le Mans Series during the summer, driving for AF Corse-entered Formula Racing in the GT category of both championships.[19][20] Having scored two second places in the ELMS, the Laursens classified seventh in the standings.
2024: First ELMS win
The Dane remained with Formula Racing in the ELMS, once again joining father Johnny and Nielsen at Formula Racing.[21] During the opening round at Barcelona, Laursen and his teammates profited from an issue for the dominant Iron Dames entry to inherit the win and take the team's first win in the series since 2015, as well as Laursen's first ever sportscar victory.[22][23]
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Danish Championship — Cadet Mini | 1st | |
| 2016 | WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | Formula Racing | 77th |
| WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini | Baby Race Srl | NC | |
| 2017 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | Ward Racing | 27th |
| South Garda Winter Cup — Mini ROK | 14th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | 24th | ||
| 2018 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | NC |
| South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | 45th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 40th | ||
| German Karting Championship — OKJ | 14th | ||
| WSK Open Cup — OKJ | 8th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | 13th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 46th | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OKJ | 17th | ||
| 2019 | South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 3rd |
| WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | 12th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 16th | ||
| WSK Euro Series — OKJ | 14th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | 26th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 16th | ||
| WSK Open Cup — OKJ | 16th | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OKJ | 20th | ||
| Sources:[24][25] | |||
Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | F4 Danish Championship | Team FSP | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 151 | 1st |
| 2021 | Italian F4 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 9th |
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19th | ||
| Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round | Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd | |
| 2022 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 12th |
| Italian F4 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 11th | |
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 129 | 6th | ||
| Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) | Formula Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10th | |
| 2023 | Asian Le Mans Series - GT | Formula Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17th |
| European Le Mans Series - LMGTE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 7th | ||
| 2024 | European Le Mans Series - LMGT3 | Formula Racing |
* Season still in progress.
Complete F4 Danish Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Italian F4 Championship 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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Prema Powerteam | LEC 1 5 |
LEC 2 Ret |
LEC 3 WD |
MIS 1 18 |
MIS 2 Ret |
MIS 3 Ret |
VLL 1 8 |
VLL 2 5 |
VLL 3 6 |
IMO 1 5 |
IMO 2 7 |
IMO 3 Ret |
RBR 1 13 |
RBR 2 13 |
RBR 3 11 |
MUG 1 9 |
MUG 2 13 |
MUG 3 11 |
MNZ 1 7 |
MNZ 2 8 |
MNZ 3 25 |
9th | 60 | |
| 2022 | Prema Racing | IMO 1 Ret |
IMO 2 29 |
IMO 3 13 |
MIS 1 6 |
MIS 2 6 |
MIS 3 5 |
SPA 1 8 |
SPA 2 Ret |
SPA 3 2 |
VLL 1 8 |
VLL 2 8 |
VLL 3 11 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 9 |
RBR 3 3 |
RBR 4 6 |
MNZ 1 32† |
MNZ 2 24 |
MNZ 3 C |
MUG 1 Ret |
MUG 2 22 |
MUG 3 Ret |
11th | 81 |
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship 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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Prema Powerteam | RBR 1 15 |
RBR 2 17 |
RBR 3 Ret |
ZAN 1 15 |
ZAN 2 15 |
ZAN 3 10 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
NÜR 3 |
HOC1 1 |
HOC1 2 |
HOC1 3 |
SAC 1 |
SAC 2 |
SAC 3 |
HOC2 1 |
HOC2 2 |
HOC2 3 |
19th | 2 |
| 2022 | Prema Racing | SPA 1 4 |
SPA 2 Ret |
SPA 3 3 |
HOC 1 7 |
HOC 2 8 |
HOC 3 9 |
ZAN 1 3 |
ZAN 2 7 |
ZAN 3 1 |
NÜR1 1 5 |
NÜR1 2 6 |
NÜR1 3 2 |
LAU 1 |
LAU 2 |
LAU 3 |
NÜR2 1 |
NÜR2 2 |
NÜR2 3 |
6th | 129 |
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Formula Racing | GT | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DUB 1 8 |
DUB 2 Ret |
ABU 1 Ret |
ABU 2 WD |
17th | 4 |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Formula Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | CAT 2 |
LEC 8 |
ARA Ret |
SPA 2 |
PRT 12 |
ALG 9 |
7th | 42 |
| 2024 | Formula Racing | LMGT3 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | CAT 1 |
LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 1st* | 25* |
* Season still in progress.
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