Kurt Mollekens (born 8 March 1973 in Bonheiden) is a Belgian race car driver and team owner.
Mollekens debuted as a driver in top-level karting during 1990, staying there until 1992 when he moved up to Formula Ford. His debut Formula Ford year was successful, him winning all three titles he challenged for – Benelux Formula Ford, Dutch Formula Ford and Belgian Formula Ford.Mollekens also achieved success in the 1993 British Formula Ford season, which helped him into Formula Opel Euroseries (1994) and the British Formula 3 Championship (1995). He stayed in the latter during 1996, at which time he won the international Formula Three race at Zandvoort,[1] his biggest win. Mollekens joined Formula 3000 in 1997 and spent two years there with the Keerbergs Transport Racing team, which he owned. In 1999 he continued to run the team without driving, instead driving for Peugeot in the Belgian Pro Car Series.
He continued as an F3000 team owner until 2001, and after a hiatus as a driver in 2000, returned as a competitor in some races of the FIA GT Championship of 2001 and 2002. In 2002 his team left Formula 3000, moving to the lesser-known World Series by Nissan, and latterly, World Series by Renault, in which the team competed until 2008. After a hiatus KTR planned to return to racing in 2009 in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. In 2004, Mollekens continued as a driver in part of the European Touring Car Championship.
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | ||
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1997 | Castrol Juma Racing | Alain Cudini Stéphane De Groodt | BMW M3 | Spa 3.0 | 453 | 6th | 1st |
1998 | Renault Sport Belgium | Pierre-Yves Corthals Franck Lagorce | Renault Mégane | SP | 474 | 3rd | 3rd |
1999 | Team Peugeot Belgique Luxembourg | Thierry Van Dalen Thierry Tassin | Peugeot 306 GTi | SP | 491 | 2nd | 2nd |
2000 | Peugeot Team Belgique Luxembourg | Frédéric Bouvy Didier Defourny | Peugeot 306 GTi | SP | 478 | 1st | 1st |
2001 | PSI Motorsport | Stéphane Cohen Eric Geboers | Porsche 996 Bi-Turbo | GT | 127 | DNF | DNF |
2002 | PSI Motorsport | Eric Geboers Markus Palttala | Porsche 996 Bi-Turbo | GT | 312 | DNF | DNF |
2003 | Zakspeed Racing | Didier de Radigues Pedro Lamy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | G2 | 468 | 5th | 1st |
2004 | BMW Motorsport | Antonio Garcia Pedro Lamy Andy Priaulx | BMW M3 GTR | G2 | 278 | DNF | DNF |
2005 | Larbre Compétition | Christophe Bouchut Gabriele Gardel Vincent Vosse | Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | GT1 | 567 | 3rd | 3rd |
2006 | GLPK Carsport | Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GT1 | 580 | 3rd | 3rd |
2007 | PK Carsport | Frédéric Bouvy Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | GT1 | 529 | 3rd | 3rd |
2008 | PK Carsport | Frédéric Bouvy Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin | Saleen S7-R | GT1 | 255 | DNF | DNF |
2009 | PK Carsport | Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen Jos Menten | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GT1 | 559 | 1st | 1st |
2010 | WRT Belgian Audi Club | Stéphane Lémeret Stéphane Ortelli François Verbist | Audi R8 LMS | GT3 | 497 | 13th | 5th |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | ||
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2000 | PSI Motorsport | Damien Coens Louis Zurstrassen | Porsche 996 GT3 | GTB | 709 | 9th | 5th |
2004 | PSI Motorsport | Frédéric Bouvy Vincent Vosse | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | GTB | 690 | 14th | 8th |
2005 | PSI Motorsport | Markus Palttala Vincent Radermecker Leo Van Sande | Porsche 996 Bi-Turbo | GTA | 746 | 7th | 2nd |
2006 | GLPK Carsport | Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Belcar 1 | 815 | 3rd | 3rd |
2007 | PK Carsport | David Hart Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin | Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06.R GT3 | Belcar 1 | DNF | DNF | |
2009 | Delahaye Racing Team | Frédéric Bouvy Damien Coens Christian Kelders | Ferrari F430 GT3 | Belcar 1 | DNF | DNF | |