Kurt Mollekens Explained

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.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
1997 Castrol Juma Racing Alain Cudini
Stéphane De Groodt
BMW M3Spa 3.04536th1st
1998 Renault Sport Belgium Pierre-Yves Corthals
Franck Lagorce
Renault MéganeSP4743rd3rd
1999 Team Peugeot Belgique Luxembourg Thierry Van Dalen
Thierry Tassin
Peugeot 306 GTiSP4912nd2nd
2000 Peugeot Team Belgique Luxembourg Frédéric Bouvy
Didier Defourny
Peugeot 306 GTiSP4781st1st
2001 PSI Motorsport Stéphane Cohen
Eric Geboers
Porsche 996 Bi-TurboGT127DNFDNF
2002 PSI Motorsport Eric Geboers
Markus Palttala
Porsche 996 Bi-TurboGT312DNFDNF
2003 Zakspeed Racing Didier de Radigues
Pedro Lamy
Chrysler Viper GTS-RG24685th1st
2004 BMW Motorsport Antonio Garcia
Pedro Lamy
Andy Priaulx
BMW M3 GTRG2278DNFDNF
2005 Larbre Compétition Christophe Bouchut
Gabriele Gardel
Vincent Vosse
Ferrari 550-GTS MaranelloGT15673rd3rd
2006 GLPK Carsport Mike Hezemans
Anthony Kumpen
Bert Longin
Chevrolet Corvette C6.RGT15803rd3rd
2007 PK Carsport Frédéric Bouvy
Anthony Kumpen
Bert Longin
Chevrolet Corvette C5-RGT15293rd3rd
2008 PK Carsport Frédéric Bouvy
Anthony Kumpen
Bert Longin
Saleen S7-RGT1255DNFDNF
2009 PK Carsport Mike Hezemans
Anthony Kumpen
Jos Menten
Chevrolet Corvette C6.RGT15591st1st
2010 WRT Belgian Audi Club Stéphane Lémeret
Stéphane Ortelli
François Verbist
Audi R8 LMSGT349713th5th

Complete 24 Hours of Zolder results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
2000 PSI Motorsport Damien Coens
Louis Zurstrassen
Porsche 996 GT3GTB7099th5th
2004 PSI Motorsport Frédéric Bouvy
Vincent Vosse
Porsche 996 GT3 CupGTB69014th8th
2005 PSI Motorsport Markus Palttala
Vincent Radermecker
Leo Van Sande
Porsche 996 Bi-TurboGTA7467th2nd
2006 GLPK Carsport Mike Hezemans
Anthony Kumpen
Bert Longin
Chevrolet Corvette C5-RBelcar 18153rd3rd
2007 PK Carsport David Hart
Anthony Kumpen
Bert Longin
Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06.R GT3Belcar 1DNFDNF
2009 Delahaye Racing Team Frédéric Bouvy
Damien Coens
Christian Kelders
Ferrari F430 GT3Belcar 1DNFDNF

Notes and References

  1. News: 1996 starting grid. formel3guide.com. Formel 3 Guide. 28 December 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172159/http://www.formel3guide.com/images/ergebnisse/1996-zandvoort.pdf. 3 March 2016.