Allan Simonsen was born in Odense, Denmark in 1978. He grew up racing karts across Europe before moving into Formula Ford, Formula 3 and Formula 3000. In the early part of this century he made a lifestyle choice and moved to Australia to race sportscars. Success came almost immediately and consequently became sort after both on and off the track.
Today, with five Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar drives under his belt (with Triple Eight Team Vodafone), Allan swaps between the FIA GT Championship (Aston Martin DBR-9 GT1), to the Le Mans Series (Porsche 997 GT3 RSR) and back to the British GT Championship in a Ferrari 430 GT3.
In 2007 Allan won the Australian GT Championship with a Maranello Motorsport prepared Ferrari 430 GT3. It was also his rookie year at the 24 Hour of Le Mans and snatched a third place podium in the Italian Autorlando-Sport team (Porsche 997 GT3 RSR) in terrible weather conditions. And its not just circuit racing that Allan has enjoyed success with. In 2007 he turned his hand tor tarmac rallying, winning both Rally Tasmania and Lake Mountain Sprint, as a rookie, beating the best in the business.
And For those interested in tuition outside of Australia, we offer an affilation with Palmer Sport, in the UK. Simply put, Allan is your ultimate driving instructor with an emphasis on European circuit racing.
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