Dennis Olsen (born 14 April 1996) is a Norwegian racing driver currently competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with SSR Performance. He is a former Porsche Junior Driver and former member of the Red Bull Racing Simulator Development Program.

Career

Karting

Born in Våler, Norway, Olsen began

Karting Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on f ...

in his native Norway aged six. After winning numerous junior titles, he stepped up to the

KF3 OK-Junior is a kart racing class for top drivers aged 11 to 15 (drivers must reach the age of 12 within the first semester of calendar year). This class used to be called Junior Intercontinental A (JICA or ICA-J) and has changed since January 200 ...

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 KF1 is the top level of karting. It is open to drivers aged 15 and up. This class used to be called Formula A and has changed since January 2007 when CIK-FIA decided to replace the 100 cc water-cooled two-stroke engines with 125 cc Touch-an ...

karting championship.

Toyota Racing Series

Olsen began his

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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

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Formula Renault 2.0

Olsen's main racing program for 2013 was in the

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC The Formula Renault Northern European Cup (formerly Formula Renault 2.0 NEC) was a Formula Renault 2.0 championship originally held in Northern Europe (Germany, Netherlands and Belgium), but has expanded over the years to the whole of Europe. The ...

championship, racing for

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team Josef Kaufmann Racing. He finished third in the standings, behind the British Fortec Motorsports pairing of Jack Aitken and Matt Parry after taking three podium finishes. He also recorded a

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for the final race of the season at Zandvoort, but the race was cancelled due to heavy rain. He also contested a one-off round of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season at

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with the AV Formula team. For 2014, Olsen graduated to the

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits. It served as a support series to the Formula 3.5 V8, Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to ...

championship with Prema Powerteam. He finished second in the standings, behind champion Nyck de Vries, after taking three podium places including race wins at Spa-Francorchamps and the

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. At the final round of the season in

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, 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. He did, however, secure second in the championship the following day after finishing seventh in the final race of the season. He also contested a partial campaign in the

Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 2.0 Alps was a category of Formula Renault open-wheel racing, created by the merging of the Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship (formerly known as Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland) and Formula Renault 2.0 Italia. Ov ...

championship with Prema, taking six top ten finishes in the six races he took part in. Olsen remained in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for a second season in

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, switching to

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MP Motorsport.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Olsen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olsen, Dennis 1996 births Living people Norwegian racing drivers People from Våler, Østfold Toyota Racing Series drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Masters China drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers European Le Mans Series drivers Porsche Supercup drivers 24H Series drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers Manor Motorsport drivers Prema Powerteam drivers GT World Challenge America drivers Sportspeople from Viken (county) Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers Porsche Motorsports drivers Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers M2 Competition drivers MP Motorsport drivers Walter Lechner Racing drivers Rowe Racing drivers KCMG drivers AV Formula drivers T-Sport drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers