Nicolai Sylvest

Nicolai Sylvest
Sylvest driving for Larbre Compétition in 2015
Nationality Danish
Born (1997-06-23) 23 June 1997
Jægerspris, Denmark
Racing licence FIA Silver
Championship titles
2012Formula Ford Denmark

Nicolai Sylvest (born 23 June 1997) is a Danish racing driver who last raced for Birk Motorsport in Super GT Denmark.

Personal life

Sylvest is the son of Jesper Sylvest, a former racing driver who won the 1999 Danish Touringcar Championship.[1]

Career

Sylvest made his full-time karting debut in 2009,[2] a year in which he won the Danish Karting Championship in the Cadet class.[3] After spending the next two years in KF3,[4] Sylvest made his single-seater debut in 2012 by racing in various Formula Ford Championships around Europe.[5] Mainly racing in the Danish championship, Sylvest scored five wins and 11 more podiums to clinch the title at season's end.[6]

Having spent most of 2013 on the sidelines, Sylvest partook in a Formula 3 test at Lausitzring with JBR Motorsport & Engineering,[7] before joining them to race in two of the final three rounds of that year's German Formula Three Championship.[8] Racing at the Lausitzring and Hockenheimring rounds, Sylvest scored a best result of seventh in race two in the former.[9] Remaining with the team for his first full season of German Formula Three the following year,[10] Sylvest scored his maiden podium at Lausitzring,[11] before taking his only win of the season four rounds later at the Nürburgring en route to a sixth-place points finish.[12]

Sylvest switched to GT3 competition for 2015, joining Mercedes-fielding Rowe Racing to compete in all but one rounds of the Blancpain Endurance Series.[13][14] In the midst of his only campaign in the series, in which he scored a lone point at Monza, Sylvest competed in two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship for Larbre Compétition in the LMGTE Am class.[15][16] Racing at Fuji and Shanghai, Sylvest scored a best result of fourth in class in the former.[17]

The following year, Sylvest joined Mercedes-fielding Zakspeed to make his ADAC GT Masters debut alongside Nikolaj Rogivue from the second round onwards.[18] Racing in the final six rounds of the season, Sylvest scored his maiden podium by finishing third in race one at the Nürburgring,[19] before ending the season with a third-place finish in race two at Hockenheimring to take 20th in the overall standings.[20]

Remaining with Zakspeed for the following two years,[21][22] Sylvest scored only two points in 2017 with a best result of ninth in Hockenheimring,[23] whereas in 2018, he scored his third series podium at Sachsenring en route to a 21st-place points finish.[24] For his fourth season in ADAC GT Masters, Sylvest switched to BMW-fielding MRS GT-Racing alongside Jens Klingmann.[25] In their only full-time season together, the pair scored a lone win at the Red Bull Ring and ended the year 14th in points.[26]

Switching to TCR competition for 2020, Sylvest joined LM Racing in the newly-established TCR Denmark alongside Jan Magnussen.[27] In the season's first season, Sylvest took a lone win in the opening Jyllands-Ringen and scored four more podiums to finish third in the overall standings.[28] During 2020, Sylvest also contested the opening round of ADAC GT Masters with MRS GT-Racing.[29] Remaining with LM Racing for his sophomore season in TCR Denmark,[30] Sylvest took four wins across the last two Jyllands-Ringen rounds to finish fourth in points, 23 behind teammate Jan Magnussen.[31][32]

In 2022, Sylvest stayed in TCR Denmark for a third season, as he joined series newcomers Green Development.[33] Sylvest began the season with a win at Ring Djursland,[34] before taking a pair of wins at Copenhagen,[35] and ending the season with two more wins at Jyllands-Ringen and Padborg Park to end the year third in points.[36] Remaining with Green Development for a fourth season in TCR Denmark,[37] Sylvest took wins at Ring Djursland and in Copenhagen to secure third in points for the second consecutive year.[38][39]

After spending a season on the sidelines, Sylvest returned to racing by joining Birk Motorsport to race in Super GT Denmark.[40] In his maiden season in the series, Sylvest won two races before leaving the team ahead of the fourth round.[41][42]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2009 ROK Cup International Final – Mini Rok 12th
2010 South Garda Winter Cup – KF3 Becher-Madsen Service NC
Viking Trophy – KF3 13th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti – KF3 Rium Motorfast 26th
Karting European Championship – KF3 Becher-Madsen Service
Ricky Flynn Motorsport 		NC
Karting World Cup – KF3 Ricky Flynn Motorsport NC
2011 South Garda Winter Cup – KF3 Babyrace Driver Academy 12th
WSK Super Master Series – KF3 3rd
WSK Euro Series – KF3 4th
Karting European Championship – KF3 NC
Karting World Cup – KF3 NC
Sources:[43][44]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 Formula Ford Denmark Fluid Motorsport 21 5 2 7 16 340 1st
Dutch Formula Ford Championship 6 0 0 0 1 48 13th
British Formula Ford Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Formula Ford NEZ Fluid Motorsport Scandinavia 3 0 0 0 0 36 2nd
2013 German Formula Three Championship JBR Motorsport & Engineering 6 0 0 0 0 11 15th
2014 German Formula Three Championship JBR Motorsport & Engineering 17 1 0 0 4 182 6th
2015 Blancpain Endurance Series – Pro Rowe Racing 4 0 0 0 0 1 27th
FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Am Larbre Compétition 2 0 0 0 0 22 17th
2016 ADAC GT Masters AMG - Team Zakspeed 11 0 0 0 2 41 20th
24H Series – A6 Pro Massive Motorsport 3 0 0 0 1 35 7th
Danish Thundersport Championship Demetra by Massive Motorsport 8 0 0 0 1 52 20th
2017 ADAC GT Masters Team Zakspeed 14 0 1 0 0 2 37th
2018 ADAC GT Masters Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing 14 0 1 0 1 26 21st
VLN Endurance MKR-Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 6.56 610th
2019 ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing 14 1 1 1 1 71 14th
VLN Series – Cup 3 Overdrive Racing 1 0 0 0 0 5 35th
VLN Series – Cup 5 MKR-Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 3.93 84th
2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series LM Racing 15 1 0 3 5 231 3rd
ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series LM Racing 20 4 2 8 9 286 4th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro GSM Racing 2 0 0 0 0 6 15th
2022 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series Green Development 21 5 1 4 12 387 3rd
2023 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series Green Development 20 2 1 3 10 313 3rd
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – TCR Halder Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2025 Selected Car Group Super GT Danmark Birk Motorsport 6 2 1 0 2 124 18th
Sources:[45][43]

Complete German Formula Three Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points
2013 JBR Motorsport & Engineering OSC1
1
 OSC1
2
 OSC1
2
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 SPA
3
 NÜR1
1
 NÜR1
2
 NÜR1
3
 SAC
1
 SAC
2
 SAC
3
 LAU1
1
 LAU1
2
 LAU1
3
 NÜR2
1
 NÜR2
2
 NÜR2
3
 LAU2
1
12 		LAU2
2
7 		LAU2
3
11 		OSC2
1
 OSC2
2
 OSC2
3
 HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
8 		HOC
3
9 		15th 11
2014 JBR Motorsport & Engineering OSC
1
4 		OSC
2
10 		OSC
2
6 		LAU1
1
3 		LAU1
2
4 		LAU1
3
6 		RBR
1
11 		RBR
2
5 		RBR
3
5 		HOC1
1
8 		HOC1
2
9 		HOC1
3
3 		NÜR
1
3 		NÜR
2
1 		NÜR
3
5 		LAU2
1
5 		LAU2
2
C 		LAU2
3
5 		SAC
1
5 		SAC
2
4 		SAC
3
6 		HOC2
1
DSQ 		HOC2
2
4 		HOC2
3
4 		6th 182

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Pts
2015 Rowe Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Pro MNZ
15 		SIL
11 		LEC
Ret 		SPA
6H
 SPA
12H
 SPA
24H
 NÜR
15 		27th 1

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2015 Larbre Compétition LMGTE Am Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5R 5.5 L V8 SIL
 SPA
 LMS
 NÜR
 COA
 FUJ
4 		SHA
5 		BHR
 17th 22

Complete ADAC GT Masters 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 DC Points
2016 AMG - Team Zakspeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 OSC
1
 OSC
2
 SAC
1
25 		SAC
2
18 		LAU
1
10 		LAU
2
14 		RBR
1
7 		RBR
2
18 		NÜR
1
3 		NÜR
2
28 		ZAN
1
DNS 		ZAN
2
Ret 		HOC
1
8 		HOC
2
3 		20th 41
2017 Mercedes-AMG Team Zakspeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 OSC
1
21 		OSC
2
13 		LAU
1
Ret 		LAU
2
18 		RBR
1
22 		RBR
2
15 		ZAN
1
16 		ZAN
2
23 		NÜR
1
20 		NÜR
2
Ret 		SAC
1
DSQ 		SAC
2
DSQ 		37th 2
Team Zakspeed HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
15
2018 Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 OSC
1
21 		OSC
2
31 		MST
1
14 		MST
2
26 		RBR
1
22 		RBR
2
23 		NÜR
1
22 		NÜR
2
16 		ZAN
1
25 		ZAN
2
17 		SAC
1
2 		SAC
2
6 		HOC
1
18 		HOC
2
Ret 		21st 26
2019 MRS GT-Racing BMW M6 GT3 OSC
1
16 		OSC
2
6 		MST
1
Ret 		MST
2
22 		RBR
1
1 		RBR
2
4 		ZAN
1
6 		ZAN
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
Ret 		HOC
1
18 		HOC
2
26 		SAC
1
14 		SAC
2
12 		14th 71
2020 MRS GT-Racing BMW M6 GT3 LAU1
1
Ret 		LAU1
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 SAC
1
 SAC
2
 RBR
1
 RBR
2
 LAU2
1
 LAU2
2
 OSC
1
 OSC
2
 NC 0

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  2. ^ "11-årig giver gas i gokart". sn.dk (in Danish). 19 April 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
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