Nicolas Kiesa
Nicolas Kiesa (born 3 March 1978 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish racing driver.
Career
1990 and 1991, he was the Danish karting champion. In 1992 he finished in second place in the World Karting Championship. 1993 went to the European Kart Championship and the Danish Karting Championship in which he was runner-up. In 1994 he drove in the European Kart Championship. 1994 and 1995 was Kiesa winner of the Viking Trophy Kart, 1996 Danish kart champion, Scandinavian kart champion, runner-up of the World Kart Championship and fourth in the European Kart Championship.
In 1998, he became an instant third in the British Formula Ford Championship and the Formula Ford Festival. In 1999, Nicolas Kiesa British Formula Ford champion, third in the Formula Ford Championship and fourth in the Formula Ford Festival. In 2000, he was sixth in the British Formula Ford Championship. In 2001 he drove in the British and the German Formula 3 Championship. He was twelfth in Formula 3000. 2003 he drove in Formula 3000 2002, won the race in Monaco and had five appearances in Formula 1 with Minardi. In 2004, he was a pilot of a Formula 1 two-seater.
2005 he was a Formula 1 test driver for Jordan Grand Prix. In 2006 he finished third in the GT1 class at the 12 Hours of Sebring and drove for Audi in the DTM. Kiesa lives in Hemel Hempstead and Zurich.
Statistics
Career stations
- 2001: British Formula 3
- 2002: Formula 3000 ( 12th place)
- 2003: Formula 3000
- 2003: Formula 1 ( No. 23 )