Allan Simonsen (racing driver)

Allan Weel Simonsen (5 July 1978 – 22 June 2013)[1] was a Danish racing driver, born in Odense.

[6] Simonsen moved to sports car racing for 2002, driving a Ferrari 360 for Veloqx Motorsport in the British GT Championship.

Simonsen's best Bathurst result came in 2011, when he finished third for Kelly Racing, driving alongside Greg Murphy in a Holden VE Commodore.

At the 2011 Sprint Bathurst event, he set a blistering time of 2:04.95 around the famous Mount Panorama circuit.

Fellow Danish driver Tom Kristensen won the race overall and dedicated his team's victory to the memory of Simonsen.

Simonsen driving an Aston Martin Vantage GTE at the test session prior to the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans .
Simonsen in the No. 95 Aston Martin Vantage GTE before crashing