Danish driver Allan Simonsen dies in Le Mans 24 Hour crash Danish driver Allan Simonsen has died from injuries sustained in a crash on Lap Three of the Le Mans 24 Hour event in France. DANISH driver Allan Simonsen has died after a horror crash at the wheel of an Aston Martin at the Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race. The 34-year-old former winner of the Australian GT Championship spun into the safety barrier at the ultra-quick Tertre Rouge bend on just the third lap on Saturday. Le Mans organisers The Automobile Club de l'Ouest issued a statement reporting that emergency services were immediately at the scene to attend the stricken driver. It continued: "In a serious condition, Allan Simonsen was transferred immediately to the Circuit Medical Centre where he died soon after due to his injuries. The Automobile Club de l'Ouest wishes to express its great sadness following this incident, and extends its deepest condolences to the family and those close to Allan Simonsen. Simonsen crashed barely ten minutes after the start of the 81st edition of the showpiece event with rain and wind combining to make testing conditions at the Sarthe circuit. The race was stopped the race for an hour to repair the safety barrier. The Aston Martin driven by Allan Simonsen seen after his fatal crash. The father of one, driving an Aston Martin V8 Vantage, was competing in the GTE-Am category. His team mates in the No.95 car were his countrymen Christoffer Nygaard and Kristian Poulsen. Simonsen was the first driver to die during the race since Austrian Josef Gartner, driving a Porsche, in 1986, and the 23rd overall, including fatalities in qualifying for the race. Simonsen's last win came in April at Silverstone where he won the GT-AM class in the Aston Martin with Poulsen and Nygaard. Simonsen was the Danish Formula Ford champion in 1999 and went on to race in Formula Palmer Audi and the British Formula Renault Championship before carving out a career in sports cars. He won the 2007 Australian GT Championship and took class honours in the 2009 Asian Le Mans Series. Simonsen's car left the track on the fourth lap of the 24-hour race. Picture: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images A second-placed finish in the GT2 class in 2010 marked Simonsen's best result at Le Mans, while in 2008 he stepped up to contest the prototype LMP2 class at the famous endurance race.