Michael Jernberg

Michael Jernberg
Michael Jernberg
	Jernberg in 2008
Nationality	Swedish
Born	Kennet Michael Jernberg; January 6, 1963 (age 62); Kinna, Sweden
Retired	2011
FIA European Rallycross Championship
Years active	1991–2010
Teams	Jernberg Motorsport
Starts	187
Wins	18
Podiums	64
Best finish	2nd in 2004, 2005 and 2009 (Division 1)

Last updated April 07, 2025

Kennet Michael Jernberg (born January 6, 1963) is a former rallycross driver from Kinna, Sweden.

Career

Jernberg made his debut in the European Rallycross Championship (ERX) in 1991, driving an ex-Stig Blomqvist Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth in Division 1, finishing fifth overall. He improved to third overall in 1992, winning the last round at Estering, Germany. In 1993 he switched to the more prestigious Division 2, driving a Ford Escort RS Cosworth, finishing eleventh in his first season. Over the next sixteen years he challenged for the title, but the closest him came was second overall in 2004, 2005 and 2009. He ended his long association with Ford after the 2007 ERX season and used cars from Škoda until his retirement.^[1]

Despite the lack of title success in Europe, he managed to win the Swedish Rallycross Championship in 1995, 1998 and 2001.^[1]

He took part in the inaugural season of the Global RallyCross Championship (GRC) in 2011, finishing fourth overall in the AWD class.

Retirement

He retired after the 2011 GRC season and in 2014 he became team principal of Larsson Jernberg Motorsport (LJM). LJM currently runs an Audi A1 for Robin Larsson in the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[2]^[3]

Racing record

Complete European Rallycross Championship results

Division 1

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	ERX	Points
1991	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth	POR 4	AUT 4	FIN 5	FRA (7)	IRE 2	SWE 3	BEL 6	NED (16)	NOR (8)	GBR 3	GER (9)	5th	95
1992	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth	GBR (6)	AUT	POR	FIN 2	SWE 1	FRA 3	IRE 3	BEL (9)	NED 3	NOR 3	GER 1	3rd	117

Division 2

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	ERX	Points
1993	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	AUT	POR	FRA	IRE	SWE 3	FIN 10	BEL 11	NED NC	NOR 9	GER 7			11	46
1994	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	AUT 5	POR 4	FRA NC	IRE	GBR	SWE	FIN	BEL 8	NED 8	NOR 8	GER 11		9th	58
1995	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	AUT	POR	FRA	SWE 5	GBR (8)	IRE 7	BEL 3	NED 6	NOR 7	FIN 3	CZE 7	GER 5	7th	95
1996	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	AUT 4	POR 2	FRA 5	SWE (6)	IRE 4	GBR 3	BEL (8)	NED 1	NOR (5)	CZE 3	GER (6)		4th	105

Division 1^*

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	ERX	Points
1997	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	AUT (NC)	FRA 3	POR 1	GBR 5	SWE 5	FIN 4	BEL (6)	NOR (8)	CZE 3	GER 2		4th	106
1998	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	AUT 5	POR 3	FRA 4	SWE 2	GBR (6)	FIN	BEL 3	NOR (6)	GER 4	CZE 1		4th	105
1999	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Focus RS WRC	CZE 3	FRA 4	POR 11	SWE 2	FIN (NC)	BEL (NC)	NED 6	NOR 5	GER 10			5th	81
2000	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Focus RS WRC	POR	FRA	CZE 6	SWE 6	BEL 2	NED 2	NOR 4	POL 3	GER 11			6th	90
2001	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Focus RS WRC	FRA	POR	AUT 9	CZE 7	SWE 6	BEL (NC)	NED 3	NOR (8)	POL 1	GER 5		6th	76
2002	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Focus RS WRC	POR	FRA 11	AUT 7	CZE 11	SWE 9	BEL 6	NED 9	NOR (10)	POL 6	GER 3		6th	75
2003	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Focus T16	POR 8	FRA (NC)	AUT 8	CZE 5	SWE 12	BEL 4	NED 10	NOR 7	POL 11	GER (NC)		9th	71
2004	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Focus T16	POR (10)	FRA 9	CZE 4	AUT 5	NOR 4	SWE 3	BEL (11)	NED 2	POL 2	GER 2		2nd	112
2005	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Focus T16	FRA 3	POR 3	AUT (6)	CZE 1	NOR 5	SWE 1	BEL 1	NED 2	POL (6)	GER 6		2nd	130
2006	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Focus T16	POR 11	FRA 5	CZE 10	AUT 11	SWE 5	HUN 3	BEL (NC)	NED 4	NOR 1	POL 3	GER 6	6th	111
2007	Jernberg Motorsport	Ford Focus ST T16	POR 7	FRA 1	HUN 1	AUT 6	SWE (NC)	NOR 8	BEL 1	NED 4	POL 10	CZE (NC)		5th	110
2008	Jernberg Motorsport	Škoda Fabia T16	POR 5	FRA 4	HUN 2	AUT 1	NOR (6)	SWE 3	BEL 2	NED (NC)	CZE 8	POL 6	GER 4	3rd	127
2009	Jernberg Motorsport	Škoda Fabia T16	GBR 6	POR (11)	FRA 3	HUN 1	AUT 1	SWE (6)	BEL 2	GER 3	POL 2	CZE 2		2nd	132
2010	Jernberg Motorsport	Škoda Fabia T16	POR 1	FRA 1	GBR (9)	HUN 2	SWE 5	FIN 6	BEL 3	GER (11)	POL 4	CZE 4		4th	121

^*Division 2 was rebranded as Division 1 in 1997.

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

Super AWD

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	GRC	Points
2011	Jernberg Motorsport	Škoda Fabia T16	IRW1 2	IRW2 9	SEA1 4	SEA2 2	PIK1 5	PIK2 7	LA1 15	LA2 15	4th	81

Publications

Michael Jernberg – Jakten på EM-guldet, by Michael Jernberg & Morgan Björk, 176 pages, Swedish language, ISBN 9789197655491

References

1 2 Nilsson, L-G (19 December 2007). "Michael Jernberg växlar till Skoda i rallycross" (in Swedish). Auto, Motor und Sport . Retrieved 30 August 2015.
↑ Johansson, Jerker (17 January 2014). "Robin Larsson kör Audi A1 i SuperCar i SM och EM i eget team" (in Swedish). Bilsport . Retrieved 30 August 2015.
↑ "Larsson confirms World Championship entry". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

External links

Larsson Jernberg Motorsport Official website

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[AMS-1] 1 2 Nilsson, L-G (19 December 2007). "Michael Jernberg växlar till Skoda i rallycross" (in Swedish). Auto, Motor und Sport . Retrieved 30 August 2015.

[2] Johansson, Jerker (17 January 2014). "Robin Larsson kör Audi A1 i SuperCar i SM och EM i eget team" (in Swedish). Bilsport . Retrieved 30 August 2015.

[3] "Larsson confirms World Championship entry". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

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