Conrad Laursen

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Conrad Laursen
Laursen in 2022
NationalityDenmark Danish
Born (2006-05-11) 11 May 2006 (age 17)
Copenhagen, Denmark
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season2023
Current teamAF Corse
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car numberTBA
Starts6 (6 entries)
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish7th 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
2020F4 Danish Championship

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]

Early career[edit]

Lower formulae[edit]

2020[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

Sportscar career[edit]

2022: First appearance[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 record[edit]

Karting career summary[edit]

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[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2018 Ricky Flynn Motorsport OKJ SAR
QH
3 		SAR
R
5 		PFI
QH
50 		PFI
R
DNQ 		AMP
QH
26 		AMP
R
33 		LEM
QH
31 		LEM
R
24 		13th 19
2019 Ricky Flynn Motorsport OKJ ANG
QH
5 		ANG
R
25 		GEN
QH
11 		GEN
R
29 		KRI
QH
20 		KRI
R
17 		LEM
QH
11 		LEM
R
21 		26th 6

Racing record[edit]

Racing career summary[edit]

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[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2020 Team FSP JYL
1
2 		JYL
2
3 		JYL
3
1 		PAD
1
2 		PAD
2
3 		PAD
3
1 		DJU
1
6 		DJU
2
3 		DJU
3
4 		1st 151

Complete Italian F4 Championship results[edit]

(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[edit]

(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[edit]

(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[edit]

(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.

References[edit]

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