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Mikkel Jensen (racing driver)

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Mikkel Jensen
Jensen at Le Mans in 2022
NationalityDenmark Danish
Born (1994-12-31) 31 December 1994 (age 29)
Aarhus, Denmark
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamPeugeot TotalEnergies
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number93
Starts18
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish8th in 2023
Previous series
2018
2017, 2019
2016-22
2015-16
2013-14		ADAC GT Masters
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
European Le Mans Series
FIA F3 European Championship
ADAC Formel Masters
Championship titles
2021
2021-2022, 2024
2019
2014		IMSA - LMP2
Michelin Endurance Cup - LMP2
European Le Mans Series - LMP3
ADAC Formel Masters

Mikkel Jensen (born 31 December 1994) is a Danish racing driver. He is a Peugeot Sport factory driver currently competing in the World Endurance Championship, having previously been a factory driver for BMW.[1][2]

Early career

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Karting

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Jensen began karting in 2010 at the age of 15, having been gifted a kart by his father, and raced in his native Denmark for the next two years. Following a successful first test for the ADAC Formel Masters series, Jensen decided to pursue a career in racing.[3] He made his debut in the series in 2013, driving with the Lotus-monikered Motopark Academy team. Jensen finished tenth in the championship with podiums at Spa and the Sachsenring.[4] Jensen remained in the series in 2014, moving to the Neuhauser Racing team. He achieved ten wins at Oschersleben, Zandvoort, Spielberg, the Slovakia Ring, the Nürburgring and Hockenheim on his way to the championship title.[5]

Jensen racing at Spa-Francorchamps in Formula 3 in 2015

In 2015, the Dane graduated to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, joining Mücke Motorsport.[6] With a pair of podiums at Monza being his best result, Jensen ended up tenth in the standings. He remained with Mücke for the 2016 season.[7] Despite being in his second year, he could only take one podium finish on his way to twelfth overall.

Sportscar career

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2016 saw Jensen make his sportscar racing debut in the European Le Mans Series, as he joined Formula Racing for the round at Le Castellet.[8] Piloting a Ferrari 458 Italia GT2, Jensen and teammates Mikkel Mac and Johnny Laursen finished second.[9]

After exiting Formula 3, Jensen switched to the LMP3 category of the ELMS, driving alongside Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. and Jr. for AT Racing.[10] The trio ended up sixth in the standings, with the Dane being a deciding factor in a lone victory at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit and scoring three pole positions and fastest laps respectively across the season.[11] Additionally, Jensen won the 6 Hours of Rome as part of the AF Corse outfit.[12]

In 2018, BMW Team MTEK confirmed Jensen as their reserve driver for the 2018–19 World Endurance Championship campaign, a year after BMW signed to their junior programme.[13] The Dane went on to compete with another BMW-affiliated squad, namely BMW Team Schnitzer, in the ADAC GT Masters with Timo Scheider.[14] Three podiums earned the pair sixth place overall at year's end.

Ahead of the 2019 season, BMW promoted Jensen from junior driver to works driver, running him in all five races of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.[15] Parallel to his GT commitments, the Dane drove for Eurointernational in the ELMS's LMP3 category.[16] Partnering Jens Petersen, Jensen would have a standout year, winning the championship after amassing three victories at Monza, Silverstone, and Spa, where Jensen overtook two drivers on the final lap.[17][18] The title was decided in controversial fashion, as Jensen and Pedersen would inherit the championship following a penalty for Inter Europol, whose bronze-ranked driver had undercut their mandated driving time.[19]

Going into 2020, Jensen progressed to the LMP2 category, driving in the ELMS for G-Drive Racing alongside Roman Rusinov and Nyck de Vries.[20] The team scored three podiums including a win at the season finale, though the Dane put G-Drive out of the title picture when he crashed out of the lead late on at Spa, before a water leak at Monza gave the title to United Autosports.[21][22] Thanks to the win at Portimão the outfit finished third in the standings.[23] He also took part in two races of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, winning the Petit Le Mans event in class for Tower Motorsport By Starworks.[24]

At the start of 2021, it was announced that Jensen would become part of the Peugeot Sport Le Mans Hypercar outfit for the 2022 WEC season.[1] For his main campaign in 2021, Jensen drove in all seven races of the IMSA SCC together with bronze-ranked Ben Keating at PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports.[25] The duo went on to control the championship despite a retirement at Daytona, as they won at Sebring, Watkins Glen, and Laguna Seca to win the LMP2 title.[26][27] In 2022, the Dane would join Keating and Scott Huffaker for the IMSA endurance rounds, whilst also competing in the LMGTE class of the ELMS for Car Guy Racing by Kessel Racing.[28][29] In the former, the trio scored two wins and took home the Michelin Endurance Cup title, whilst Jensen and teammate Frederik Schandorff narrowly missed out on the title at the final round, having gone on charge to pass Michelle Gatting for the victory at Spa.[30][31] During the latter half of the year, Jensen completed the final three races of the WEC campaign together with Paul di Resta and Jean-Éric Vergne.

The following year, the trio of Jensen, di Resta and Vergne returned to the World Endurance Championship, driving the Peugeot 9X8.[32] Though the year proved to be challenging, the trio managed to score the marque's first podium with the new car by finishing third at Monza, leading them to finish eighth in the drivers' standings.[33][34] In addition to his WEC commitments, Jensen drove in IMSA for TDS Racing, finishing third in LMP2 together with Steven Thomas after winning two races.[35][36]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2013 ADAC Formel Masters Lotus 24 0 0 0 2 94 10th
2014 ADAC Formel Masters Neuhauser Racing 24 10 8 12 17 377 1st
2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Mücke Motorsport 32 0 1 0 2 115.5 10th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 19th
2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 29 0 0 0 1 107 12th
European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Formula Racing 1 0 0 0 1 18 14th
2017 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 AT Racing 5 1 3 3 1 54 6th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Walkenhorst Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2018 ADAC GT Masters BMW Team Schnitzer 14 0 0 0 3 69 6th
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 AT Racing 3 0 0 2 0 18 16th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Eurointernational 2 1 1 0 1 20 15th
International GT Open Senkyr Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 Eurointernational 6 3 1 2 4 102 1st
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Walkenhorst Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 7 28th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 5 0 0 0 1 24 16th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Rowe Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Car Guy Racing 1 0 0 0 1 18 14th
2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 G-Drive Racing 5 1 0 2 3 61 3rd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 Tower Motorsport By Starworks 2 1 0 1 2 67 6th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Walkenhorst Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 7 3 5 4 6 2162 1st
Asian Le Mans Series - GT Car Guy Racing 4 1 0 0 1 31.5 6th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 G-Drive Racing 1 0 0 0 0 7 25th
Aquila Formula 1000 6 0 0 0 0 114 9th
2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 4 2 3 0 2 1050 11th
Asian Le Mans Series - GT Kessel Racing 2 0 0 0 0 2 14th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Car Guy Racing by Kessel Racing 6 1 1 2 3 78 2nd
FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Peugeot TotalEnergies 3 0 0 0 0 12 10th
Aquila Formula 1000 Sweden MS Sønderjylland 11 0 0 0 0 194 9th
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Peugeot TotalEnergies 7 0 0 0 1 51 8th
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 TDS Racing 7 2 1 2 4 1942 3rd
Asian Le Mans Series - GT Car Guy Racing 4 0 0 0 0 1 19th
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Peugeot TotalEnergies 8 0 0 0 1 42 12th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 TDS Racing 6 2 0 3 3 1778 10th

† As Jensen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Year Entrant Engine 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 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2015 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes SIL
1
13 		SIL
2
10 		SIL
3
10 		HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
11 		HOC
3
4 		PAU
1
7 		PAU
2
12 		PAU
3
9 		MNZ
1
2 		MNZ
2
3 		MNZ
3
Ret 		SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
Ret 		SPA
3
Ret 		NOR
1
12 		NOR
2
6 		NOR
3
5 		ZAN
1
8 		ZAN
2
18 		ZAN
3
Ret 		RBR
1
10 		RBR
2
9 		RBR
3
13 		ALG
1
8 		ALG
2
9 		ALG
3
DNS 		NÜR
1
5 		NÜR
2
10 		NÜR
3
Ret 		HOC
1
19 		HOC
2
5 		HOC
3
8 		10th 115.5
2016 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes LEC
1
13 		LEC
2
4 		LEC
3
4 		HUN
1
10 		HUN
2
7 		HUN
3
11 		PAU
1
6 		PAU
2
8 		PAU
3
5 		RBR
1
4 		RBR
2
5 		RBR
3
Ret 		NOR
1
7 		NOR
2
8 		NOR
3
Ret 		ZAN
1
15 		ZAN
2
13 		ZAN
3
12 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
3 		SPA
3
9 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
13 		NÜR
3
17 		IMO
1
11 		IMO
2
10 		IMO
3
7 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
15 		HOC
3
DNS 		12th 107

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2016 Formula Racing LMGTE Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC
2 		SPA EST 14th 18
2017 AT Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 SIL
4 		MNZ RBR
6 		LEC
Ret 		SPA
1 		ALG
7 		6th 54
2018 AT Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 LEC MNZ
Ret 		RBR
5 		SIL SPA ALG
6 		16th 18
2019 Eurointernational LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 LEC
2 		MNZ
1 		CAT
Ret 		SIL
1 		SPA
1 		ALG
6 		1st 102
2020 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
2 		SPA
Ret 		LEC
2 		MNZ
Ret 		ALG
1 		3rd 61
2021 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Aurus 01 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ
8 		SPA ALG 25th 7
2022 Car Guy Racing by Kessel Racing LMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 LEC
5 		IMO
DSQ 		MNZ
3 		CAT
4 		SPA
1 		ALG
3 		2nd 78
Source:[37]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2020 Russia G-Drive Racing Russia Roman Rusinov
France Jean-Éric Vergne 		Aurus 01-Gibson LMP2 367 9th 5th
2021 Switzerland Kessel Racing Australia Scott Andrews
Japan Takeshi Kimura 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am 		128 DNF DNF
2022 Switzerland Kessel Racing Japan Takeshi Kimura
Denmark Frederik Schandorff 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am 		336 45th 12th
2023 France Peugeot TotalEnergies United Kingdom Paul di Resta
France Jean-Éric Vergne 		Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar 330 8th 8th
2024 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Switzerland Nico Müller
France Jean-Éric Vergne 		Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar 309 12th 12th
Source:[37]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2020 Tower Motorsport By Starworks LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB ELK ATL PET
1 		LGA SEB
2 		6th 67
2021 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
7† 		SEB
1 		WGL
2 		WGL
1 		ELK
3 		LGA
1 		PET
2 		1st 2162
2022 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
4† 		SEB
1 		LGA MDO WGL
1 		ELK PET
6 		11th 1050
2023 TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
10† 		SEB
2 		LGA
1 		WGL
7 		ELK
3 		IMS
1 		PET
8 		3rd 1942
2024 TDS Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
13 		SEB
2 		WGL
9 		MOS ELK
12 		IMS
1 		PET
1 		10th 1778
Source:[37]

† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2022 Peugeot TotalEnergies Hypercar Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 SEB SPA LMS MNZ
Ret 		FUJ
4 		BHR
Ret 		10th 12
2023 Peugeot TotalEnergies Hypercar Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 SEB
9 		ALG
7 		SPA
8 		LMS
6 		MNZ
3 		FUJ
8 		BHR
9 		8th 51
2024 Peugeot TotalEnergies Hypercar Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 QAT
DSQ 		IMO
9 		SPA
10 		LMS
12 		SÃO
8 		COA
12 		FUJ
4 		BHR
3 		12th 42
Source:[37]

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by ADAC Formel Masters
Champion
2014 		Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)
Preceded by
John Farano
Rob Garofall
Job van Uitert
 European Le Mans Series
LMP3 Champion
2019
With: Jens Petersen 		Succeeded by
Wayne Boyd
Tom Gamble
Robert Wheldon
Preceded by
Patrick Kelly
 IMSA SportsCar Championship
LMP2 Champion
2021
With: Ben Keating 		Succeeded by
John Farano
Preceded by Michelin Endurance Cup
LMP2 Champion
2021-2022
With: Ben Keating & Scott Huffaker 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Michelin Endurance Cup
LMP2 Champion
2024
With: Hunter McElrea & Steven Thomas 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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