| Tom Kristensen | ||
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| Driver Details | ||
| Nationality |  Danish
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| P.o.B. | Hobro, Nordjylland, Denmark
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| D.o.B. | 7 July 1967 | |
| Début |  2004 Hockenheim Opening Race
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| Best | 3rd (2005; 2006) | |
| Previous Teams | ABT Sportsline
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| DTM Career | ||
| Total Entries | 58 (58 Starts) | |
| No. | 12; 5; 7; 9; 2 | |
| Wins | Points | Poles |
| 4 | 214 | 9 |
| Fastest Laps | 4 | |
| Podiums | 18 | |
| First Win | 2004 Oschersleben Race
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Tom Kristensen (born 7 July 1967 in Hobro, Nordjylland, Denmark) is a Danish former racing driver, who competed in the DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship between 2004 and 2011.[1] A factory Audi driver throughout his time in the DTM, Kristensen was better known for his exploits in sportscars, having won the 24 Hours of Le Mans a record nine times.[2]
Kristensen made his DTM debut at the start of the 2004 season, when Audi placed him alongside Christian Abt within their factory Audi Team Abt Sportsline effort.[3] The Dane went on to produce an impressive rookie campaign, scoring one win at Oschersleben and frequently fighting for the podium to finish fourth in the Championship.[2]
Retained by Abt and Audi for 2005, Kristensen would get a new teammate in the form of Le Mans partner Allan McNish for the season.[4] Five podiums would follow for Kristensen as he moved up to third in the Championship hunt, although the Dane failed to win a race.[2]
2006 saw Kristensen partnered by ex-Formula One ace Heinz-Harald Frentzen, once again in the secondary pair of Abt Sportsline entries.[5] Another strong season with two victories saw Kristensen challenge for the title, although by the end of the season the Dane would settle for third.[2]
The 2007 season would see Timo Scheider move across to join Kristensen at Abt Sportsline, although a huge accident in the season opening race for Kristesen would ruin his season.[6] Indeed, Kristensen would only return to the field at the fifth race of the campaign, and would only claim a handful of points as he slipped to fourteenth in the Championship hunt.[2]
Despite missing almost half of the 2007 season, Kristensen was handed a fifth DTM campaign in 2008, with the Dane again partnered by Scheider.[7] Kristensen would go on to claim three podium finishes en-route to eighth in the Championship, as his teammate stormed to the title.[2]
The Kristensen-Scheider partnership was retained for a third straight campaign in 2009, with the Dane opening the campaign with victory at the opening round.[8] Yet, Kristensen would fail to make a lasting bid for the Championship title, meaning he would slip to eighth come the end of the season as Scheider retained the crown.[2]
Kristensen left the DTM at the end of 2009, instead focusing on Audi's sportscar programme as they attempted to expand into the United States.[2] Yet, Kristensen would make one final appearance in 2011, standing in for Mike Rockenfeller at the 2011 Lausitzring Race.[1]
Background[]
DTM History[]
Full DTM Record[]
Tom Kristensen's full results from his 58 starts in the DTM are outlined in a series of tables below.
DTM Entries[]
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Tom Kristensen during their DTM career:
| Tom Kristensen's Overall DTM Record | ||||||
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| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Pos. | Pts. | Livery |
| 2004 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline[3]
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12 | Audi A4 DTM 2004 | 4th | 43 | 
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| 2005 | Audi Sport Team Abt[4]
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5 | Audi A4 DTM 2005 | 3rd | 56 | File:KRI 05 Livery.png |
| 2006 | Audi Sport Team Abt[5]
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7 | Audi A4 DTM 2006 | 3rd | 56 | File:KRI 06 Livery.png |
| 2007 | Audi Sport Team Abt[6]
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7 | Audi A4 DTM 2007 | 14th | 9 | File:KRI 07 Livery.png |
| 2008 | Audi Sport Team Abt[7]
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9 | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | 8th | 27 | File:KRI 08 Livery.png |
| 2009 | Audi Sport Team Abt[8]
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2 | Audi A4 DTM 2009 | 8th | 21 | File:KRI 09 Livery.png |
| 2011 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline[1]
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9 | Audi A4 DTM 2009 | 15th | 2 | File:KRI 11 Livery.png |
Career Results[]
Below is a table showing Tom Kristensen's full DTM record:
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
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4th | 43 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | NC† | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 4th | 4th | 10th | 10th | 6th | Ret | 5th | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 4th | |||
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3rd | 56 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Ret | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | |||
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3rd | 56 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 18th | 5th | 5th | 1st | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | ||||
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14th | 9 | |
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| Ret | 5th | 8th | 18th | 8th | 9th | 6th | |||||||
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8th | 27 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 3rd | 19th | 3rd | 16th | 7th | 3rd | Ret | 7th | 13th | 8th | 5th | |||
| 2009 |
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8th | 21 | |
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| 1st | 12th | 8th | 8th | 8th | Ret | 19th | 2nd | 18th | 15th | ||||
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15th | 2 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | NC† | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
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| Results Key | ||||
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| Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | |
| 1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | |
| 2nd | Second | DSQ | Disqualified | |
| 3rd | Third | DNS | Did Not Start | |
| 7th | Points Scorer | NC | Not Classified | |
| Italics | Fastest Lap | CAN | Race Cancelled | |
| 16th | Non-points finish | † | Non-Championship Race | |
| Bold | Pole Position | 3 | Points for Qualifying | |
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| 2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
|---|
| Manufacturers |
| Abt-Audi • AMG-Mercedes • Opel |
| Car/engine |
| Abt-Audi TT-R 2003 • Audi A4 DTM 2004 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 • AMG 4.0l V8 • Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2003 • Vectra GTS V8 2004 • Opel 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| AMG-Mercedes • Audi Sport Infineon Team Joest • Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • OPC Euroteam • OPC Team Holzer • OPC Team Phoenix • Original-Teile AMG-Mercedes • Sonax Dark Dog AMG-Mercedes • Vodafone/Chrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 1 Bernd Schneider • 2 Christijan Albers • 3 Marcel Fässler • 4 Laurent Aïello • 5 Mattias Ekström • 6 Martin Tomczyk • 7 Gary Paffett • 8 Jean Alesi • 9 Heinz-Harald Frentzen • 10 Manuel Reuter • 11 Christian Abt • 12 Tom Kristensen • 14 Peter Dumbreck • 15 Timo Scheider • 16 Jeroen Bleekemolen • 17 Markus Winkelhock • 18 Stefan Mücke • 20 Jarek Janiš • 21 Bernd Mayländer • 22 Rinaldo Capello • 23 Peter Terting • 44 Emanuele Pirro • 45 Frank Biela |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Estoril • Adria • Lausitzring • Norisring • Nürburgring • Oschersleben • Zandvoort • Brno • Hockenheim Finale |
| Non-Championship Races |
| Shanghai 1 • Shanghai 2 |
| Related Content |
| 2003 DTM Season • 2005 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |
| 2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
|---|
| Manufacturers |
| Audi • AMG-Mercedes • Opel |
| Car/engine |
| Audi A4 DTM 2005 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 • AMG 4.0l V8 • Vectra GTS V8 2005 • Opel 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Joest • Audi Sport Team Joest Racing • DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes • GMAC/Stern Team OPC • Mücke Motorsport • Team OPC • Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes • Vodafone/Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 1 Mattias Ekström • 2 Martin Tomczyk • 3 Gary Paffett • 4 Jean Alesi • 5 Tom Kristensen • 6 Allan McNish • 7 Bernd Schneider • 8 Mika Häkkinen • 9 Marcel Fässler • 10 Heinz-Harald Frentzen • 11 Laurent Aïello • 12 Manuel Reuter • 14 Christian Abt • 15 Pierre Kaffer • 16 Stefan Mücke • 17 Alexandros Margaritis • 18 Rinaldo Capello • 19 Frank Stippler • 20 Bruno Spengler • 21 Jamie Green |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Lausitzring I • Spa-Francorchamps • Brno • Oschersleben • Norisring • Nürburgring • Zandvoort • Lausitzring II • Istanbul Park • Hockenheim Finale |
| Related Content |
| 2004 DTM Season • 2006 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |
| 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
|---|
| Manufacturers |
| Audi • AMG-Mercedes |
| Car/engine |
| Audi A4 DTM 2006 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 • AMG 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes • Futurecom TME • Junge Gebrauchte/AutoScout 24 AMG-Mercedes • Stern/Easy Rent AMG-Mercedes • TV-Spielfilm/TrekStor AMG-Mercedes • Vodafone/Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 2 Bernd Schneider • 3 Jamie Green • 4 Martin Tomczyk • 5 Mattias Ekström • 6 Heinz-Harald Frentzen • 7 Tom Kristensen • 8 Mika Häkkinen • 9 Bruno Spengler • 10 Jean Alesi • 11 Alexandros Margaritis • 12 Christian Abt • 14 Pierre Kaffer • 15 Frank Stippler • 16 Timo Scheider • 17 Stefan Mücke • 18 Daniel la Rosa • 19 Olivier Tielemans/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Nicolas Kiesa/Thed Björk • 20 Vanina Ickx • 21 Mathias Lauda • 22 Susie Stoddart |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Lausitzring • Oschersleben • Brands Hatch • Norisring • Nürburgring • Zandvoort • Barcelona • Bugatti Circuit • Hockenheim Finale |
| Related Content |
| 2005 DTM Season • 2007 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |
| 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
|---|
| Manufacturers |
| Audi • AMG-Mercedes |
| Car/engine |
| Audi A4 DTM 2007 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007 • AMG 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • Futurecom TME • Laureus/Stern AMG-Mercedes • Original-Teile/DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes • Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes • Trilux/JAWA4U.de AMG-Mercedes • TV-Spielfilm/TrekStor AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 1 Bernd Schneider • 2 Bruno Spengler • 3 Mattias Ekström • 4 Martin Tomczyk • 5 Jamie Green • 6 Mika Häkkinen • 7 Tom Kristensen/Frank Biela/Markus Winkelhock • 8 Timo Scheider • 9 Gary Paffett • 10 Alexandros Margaritis • 11 Mike Rockenfeller • 12 Lucas Luhr • 14 Susie Stoddart • 15 Daniel la Rosa • 16 Christian Abt • 17 Alexandre Prémat/Marco Werner • 18 Mathias Lauda • 19 Paul di Resta • 20 Adam Carroll/Markus Winkelhock • 21 Vanina Ickx |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Oschersleben • Lausitzring • Brands Hatch • Norisring • Mugello • Nürburgring • Zandvoort • Barcelona • Hockenheim Finale |
| Related Content |
| 2006 DTM Season • 2008 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |
| 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
|---|
| Manufacturers |
| Audi • AMG-Mercedes |
| Car/engine |
| Audi A4 DTM 2008 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008 • AMG 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • Futurecom TME • Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG-Mercedes • Salzgitter/Original-Teile AMG-Mercedes • Stern/Pixum AMG-Mercedes • Trilux/Junge Sterne AMG-Mercedes • TV-Spielfilm AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 1 Mattias Ekström • 2 Martin Tomczyk • 3 Bruno Spengler • 4 Paul di Resta • 5 Jamie Green • 6 Bernd Schneider • 7 Gary Paffett • 8 Mathias Lauda • 9 Tom Kristensen • 10 Timo Scheider • 11 Ralf Schumacher • 12 Maro Engel • 14 Alexandre Prémat • 15 Oliver Jarvis • 16 Susie Stoddart • 18 Mike Rockenfeller • 19 Markus Winkelhock • 20 Katherine Legge • 21 Christijan Albers |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Oschersleben • Mugello • Lausitzring • Norisring • Zandvoort • Nürburgring • Brands Hatch • Barcelona • Bugatti Circuit • Hockenheim Finale |
| Related Content |
| 2007 DTM Season • 2009 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |
| 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
|---|
| Manufacturers |
| Audi • AMG-Mercedes |
| Car/engine |
| Audi A4 DTM 2009 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 • AMG 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Abt Lady Power • Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • Futurecom TME/BRT • GQ/Stern AMG-Mercedes • Junge Sterne/TV-Spielfilm AMG-Mercedes • Mercedes-Benz Bank/Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes • Trilux AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 1 Timo Scheider • 2 Tom Kristensen • 3 Paul di Resta • 4 Ralf Schumacher • 5 Mattias Ekström • 6 Martin Tomczyk • 7 Jamie Green • 8 Susie Stoddart • 9 Bruno Spengler • 10 Gary Paffett • 11 Mike Rockenfeller • 12 Markus Winkelhock • 14 Alexandre Prémat • 15 Oliver Jarvis • 16 Maro Engel • 17 Mathias Lauda • 18 Christian Bakkerud • 19 Johannes Seidlitz • 20 Tomáš Kostka • 21 Katherine Legge |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Lausitzring • Norisring • Zandvoort • Oschersleben • Nürburgring • Brands Hatch • Barcelona • Dijon-Prenois • Hockenheim Finale |
| Related Content |
| 2008 DTM Season • 2010 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |
| 2011 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
|---|
| Manufacturers |
| Audi • AMG-Mercedes |
| Car/engine |
| Audi A4 DTM 2009 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 • AMG 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Abt Junior • Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • Deutsche Post/GQ AMG-Mercedes • Junge Sterne/TV-Spielfilm AMG-Mercedes • Thomas Sabo/Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG-Mercedes • Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes • Stern AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 2 Gary Paffett • 3 Bruno Spengler • 4 Timo Scheider • 5 Oliver Jarvis • 6 Ralf Schumacher • 7 Jamie Green • 8 Mattias Ekström • 9 Mike Rockenfeller • 10 Susie Stoddart • 11 Christian Vietoris • 14 Martin Tomczyk • 15 Rahel Frey • 16 Maro Engel • 17 David Coulthard • 18 Filipe Albuquerque • 19 Edoardo Mortara • 20 Renger van der Zander • 22 Miguel Molina |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Zandvoort • Speilberg • Lausitzring • Norisring • Nürburgring • Brands Hatch • Oschersleben • Valencia • Hockenheim Finale |
| Non-Championship Races |
| 2011 Showevent Marque Race • 2011 Showevent Knockout Race |
| Related Content |
| 2010 DTM Season • 2012 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |