Kurt Mollekens

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

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
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

Complete 24 Hours of Zolder results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
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

References

  1. ^ "1996 starting grid" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Formel 3 Guide. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
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