Carl Rosenblad (racing driver)

Carl Rosenblad, 2011.

Carl "Calle" Rosenblad (born 28 April 1969 in Västervik) is a Swedish auto racing driver. He is married with two children.[1]

Racing career

His first racing was in Swedish Formula Opel in 1990, where he drove for four seasons. He also drove in the Swedish Porsche Challenge and the European Interseries from 1991. In 1996 he got a drive in the International Formula 3000, with the British Alpha Plus Team. The season was not a successful one, ending with no championship points. In 1997 he switched to the FIA GT Championship, with a GT1 Class Porsche 911 for the Kremer Racing Team, again with little success.

He moved to touring cars in 1998, driving a Nissan Primera in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. In 1998 he also raced the Rolex 24h at Daytona for Larbre Compétition, ending in a strong 3rd place (total).

In 2002, he returned for another season in the FIA GT Championship in a Chrysler Viper GTS-R for Larbre Compétition.[2]

He has competed regularly in the STCC since (some race wins), as well as selected rounds in both European Touring Car Championship and World Touring Car Championship during the years 2001 - 2007. In 2005 he first competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Crawford Racing in an independent BMW 320i. He competed in four rounds of the WTCC in 2007 for Elgh Motorsport. Also in 2007 he competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in a GT1 Ferrari F430 for G.P.C. Sport.

In 2009 he only participated in one race, the Spa 24 Hours driving a Maserati MC12 GT1 for Vitaphone Racing finishing in second place.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1996 Italy Ennea SRL Igol Italy Luciano della Noce
Sweden Anders Olofsson
Ferrari F40 GTE GT1 98 DNF DNF
1997 Germany Kremer Racing Spain Tomás Saldaña
Germany Jürgen Lässig
Kremer K8 Spyder LMP 103 DNF DNF
1998 France Chereau Sports
France Larbre Compétition
France Jean-Pierre Jarier
United Kingdom Robin Donovan
Porsche 911 GT2 GT2 164 DNF DNF
1999 France Riley & Scott Europe
France Solution F
Italy Marco Apicella
United States Shane Lewis
Riley & Scott Mk III/2-Ford LMP 67 DNF DNF
2001 France Paul Belmondo Racing Belgium Vincent Vosse
Belgium Vanina Ickx
Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 61 DNF DNF
2002 France Larbre Compétition France Jean-Luc Chéreau
France Jean-Claude Lagniez
Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 278 25th 6th
2003 France Courage Compétition France David Hallyday
France Philippe Alliot
Courage C65-JPX LMP675 41 DNF DNF
2007 Italy G.P.C. Sport Hong Kong Matthew Marsh
Spain Jesús Diez Villaroel
Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 252 DNF DNF

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2005 Crawford Racing BMW 320i ITA
1

DNS
ITA
2

DNS
FRA
1

14
FRA
2

15
GBR
1

21
GBR
2

12
SMR
1

16
SMR
2

Ret
MEX
1

16
MEX
2

15
BEL
1

22
BEL
2

12
GER
1

22
GER
2

17
TUR
1

11
TUR
2

18
ESP
1

Ret
ESP
2

16
MAC
1

12
MAC
2

Ret
NC 0
2007 Elgh Motorsport BMW 320si BRA
1
BRA
2
NED
1
NED
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
CZE
1
CZE
2
POR
1
POR
2
SWE
1

25
SWE
2

17
GER
1
GER
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
ITA
1

20
ITA
2

17
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC 0

References

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