Mikkel O. Pedersen

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Mikkel Pedersen
2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 No.88 (DSC03747).jpg
Nationality Flag of Denmark.svg Danish
Full nameMikkel Overgaard Pedersen
Born (1997-01-26) 26 January 1997 (age 27)
Struer, Denmark
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2022
Current team Dempsey-Proton Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number77
Former teams Team Project 1
Starts13
Wins2
Podiums4
Poles0
Fastest laps2
Last updated on: 17 November 2023.

Mikkel Overgaard Pedersen (born 26 January 1997) is a Danish racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Dempsey-Proton Racing.

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Career

Early career

Born in Struer, Denmark, Pedersen's racing career began in karting at the age of seven. [1] It was a family operation, with the Pedersens running the team out of a van in which they'd house the kart and travel to races. On Friday evenings, Mikkel would frequently watch the Porsche Supercup on TV, a series which he'd eventually compete in himself. [2] Throughout his career Pedersen has relied on local sponsor support to fund his racing endeavors. [3]

In 2012, Pedersen made his junior formula debut, taking part in the Danish Formula Ford Championship with DP Engineering. Pedersen's opening season in the series saw him compete in the Zetec category, driving the car that teammate Morten Dons had piloted the year prior. [4] The following season, he stepped into Porsche racing, initially at a local level before expanding to the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia in 2015. [5] At the conclusion of the 2015 season, Pedersen traveled to the Lausitzring to take part in the annual Porsche Junior Shootout. [6]

Porsche Supercup

Pedersen's Porsche 911 GT3 Cup at Red Bull Ring in 2018. FIA Porsche Supercup Austria 2018 Nr. 14 Pedersen.jpg
Pedersen's Porsche 911 GT3 Cup at Red Bull Ring in 2018.

Pedersen made his Supercup debut at the end of the 2015 season at Circuit of the Americas, where he was disqualified from the second event after the first race was canceled. The following season, Pedersen lined up a part-time campaign with MRS-GT Racing, supplemented with a drive at the 2016 Dubai 24 Hour. In 2017, he was able to compete for the full season, [7] tallying a best finish of eighth at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. His second full-time season improved on the prior, with Pedersen registering three top-ten finishes including a fifth-place finish at Monaco [8] and a sixth-place finish at Hockenheim. At the conclusion of the 2018 season, he was named Motorsport Talent of the Year at the Danish Motorsport Awards. [1]

In 2019, Pedersen left MRS-GT Racing, taking part in his fifth year in the series with Italian outfit Dinamic Motorsport. After utilizing a 2017 model for the previous two years, Pedersen upgraded to a 2019-spec version of the car. [9] 2019 was Pedersen's best statistical season to date, as he claimed his maiden podium finish at Monaco [10] and tallied two fastest laps, once at Monaco and again at Monza. He would finish eighth in the championship, racking up 80 championship points. [11]

GT3 and beyond

In 2020, Pedersen continued with Dinamic for the team's globe-trotting GT3 program for the year. In January, he began the season at the Dubai 24 Hour, finishing on the GT3-Am class podium. [12] Pedersen's primary program for the season was a drive in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, where he'd join Adrien De Leener and Andrea Rizzoli in Dinamic's Silver Cup entry. [13] In the opening round of the season at Imola, Pedersen's entry finished on the class podium, [14] and would finish the season 13th in the Silver Cup classification. Pedersen returned to the team for the following season, stepping up to the Pro class as Romain Dumas replaced De Leener in the lineup. [15] The team would claim just one point, earned in a 10th-place finish at Monza, and finished 32nd in the series championship.

Pedersen's program expanded in 2022, where he took on drives in the FIA World Endurance Championship, Le Mans Cup, and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. In the WEC, Pedersen served as the silver-ranked driver in one of Team Project 1's GTE Am class entries, joining Matteo Cairoli and Nicolas Leutwiler. [16] With full-season entries guaranteeing a spot at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Pedersen was able to fulfill a career dream of competing in the race. [2] Although the entry retired due to puncture damage, the rest of the season proved relatively successful. The team claimed their first podium finish of the season at Monza, [17] before taking victory in the final race of the season, the 8 Hours of Bahrain. [18] The trio were classified seventh in the GTE Am class championship.

Pedersen's Honda NSX GT3 at Circuit de la Sarthe in 2022. Hondapedersen.png
Pedersen's Honda NSX GT3 at Circuit de la Sarthe in 2022.

Pedersen's Le Mans Cup campaign took place with Danish team GMB Motorsport, where he piloted a Honda NSX GT3. [19] He joined the team due to their long-term goal to compete at Le Mans in 2024, with the GT3 class being introduced to the race that year. [20] Although he did not compete in the full season, being replaced by Jan Magnussen after the Monza round, [21] Pedersen and co-driver Lars Engelbreckt Pedersen claimed one class victory over the course of five races. [22]

Pedersen's GT World Challenge Europe campaign was much more patchwork than his previous endeavors. After re-joining Dinamic Motorsport for an expected one-off at the 24 Hours of Spa, Pedersen was asked to finish the season, joining Marius Nakken and Giorgio Roda in the team's Silver Cup entry. [23] Pedersen scored 12 points over the course of three races, finishing 22nd in the class championship.

Pedersen began his 2023 campaign by taking part in the Asian Le Mans Series with Herberth Motorsport. [24] During the four-race championship, the returning trio from the previous season's WEC entry tallied two top-five finishes and finished sixth in the championship. Pedersen's season continued with a full-season drive in the 2023 edition of the World Endurance Championship, albeit with a different team. He joined Dempsey-Proton Racing, driving alongside team principal Christian Ried and Frenchman Julien Andlauer. [25] In the trio's first race, the 2023 1000 Miles of Sebring, the team claimed a podium finish. [26] They claimed their first and only victory of the season at Monza in July, and would end up finishing fourth in the GTE Am class championship. [27] At the end of the season, Pedersen drove a Proton-supplied Oreca 07 at the Bahrain rookie test. [28]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2012Danish Formula Ford Championship - ZetecDP Engineering20 ? ? ? ?968th
Formula Ford 1600 Nordic3 ? ? ? ?1110th
2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia Norges Racing Team1200121134th
Swedish GT Championship40001545th
Porsche Supercup Land Motorsport100000NC
2016 Porsche Supercup MRS-GT Racing30000423rd
24H Series - 991 100000NC
2017 Porsche Supercup MRS-GT Racing1100003713th
2018 Porsche Supercup MRS-GT Racing1000003911th
2019 Porsche Supercup Dinamic Motorsport 100021808th
Porsche Carrera Cup France 200000NC
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Dinamic Motorsport 400000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup 400013013th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 100000NC
24H GT Series - GT3-Am 10 ? ?1246th
Danish Endurance Championship - Class 4Mikkel O. Pedersen Racing43 ? ?31792nd
Special Saloon Car - Extreme Denmark ? ?1 ? ?19th
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Dinamic Motorsport 50000132nd
Danish Endurance Championship - Class 5Mikkel O. Pedersen Racing10 ? ?1 ? ?
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Team Project 1 61022717th
Le Mans Cup - GT3 GMB Motorsport51011575th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Dinamic Motorsport 300000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup 300101222nd
2023 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Herberth Motorsport40000246th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing 71002804th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 10000N/ADNF
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 Proton Competition 100003*9th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

YearTeam1234567891011Pos.Points
2015 Land Motorsport CAT
MON
RBR
SIL
HUN
SPA
SPA
MNZ
MNZ
COA
C
COA
DSQ
NC0
2016 MRS-GT Racing CAT
12
MON
Ret
RBR
SIL
HUN
HOC
Ret
SPA
MNZ
COA
COA
23rd4
2017 MRS-GT Racing CAT
16
CAT
12
MON
10
RBR
18
SIL
Ret
HUN
24†
SPA
14
SPA
12
MNZ
15
MEX
8
MEX
10
13th37
2018 MRS-GT Racing CAT
12
MON
5
RBR
20
SIL
16
HOC
6
HUN
14
SPA
15
MNZ
27†
MEX
Ret
MEX
10
11th39
2019 Dinamic Motorsport CAT
6
MON
2
RBR
6
SIL
7
HOC
Ret
HUN
16
SPA
10
MNZ
4
MEX
Ret
MEX
6
8th80

 – Driver did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

YearTeamCarClass1234567Pos.Points
2020 Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Silver IMO
16
NÜR
31
SPA
6H

38
SPA
12H

48
SPA
24H

Ret
LEC
23
13th30
2021 Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Pro MON
10
LEC
12
SPA
6H

43
SPA
12H

Ret
SPA
24H

Ret
NÜR
36†
CAT
19
32nd1
2022 Dinamic Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Silver IMO
LEC
SPA
6H

33
SPA
12H

35
SPA
24H

25
HOC
26
CAT
Ret
22nd12

 – Driver did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678RankPoints
2022 Team Project 1 LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2L Flat-6 SEB
Ret
SPA
5
LMS
Ret
MON
3
FUJ
6
BHR
1
7th71
2023 Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2L Flat-6 SEB
2
PRT
7
SPA
9
LMS
Ret
MNZ
1
FUJ
6
BHR
6
4th80
2024 Proton Competition LMGT3 Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 QAT
9
IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR 9th*3*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine1234RankPoints
2023 Herberth MotorsportGT Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DUB
1

5
DUB
2

16
ABU
1

9
ABU
2

4
6th24

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Team Project 1 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Cairoli
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nicolas Leutwiler
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am
77DNFDNF
2023 Flag of Germany.svg Dempsey-Proton Racing Flag of France.svg Julien Andlauer
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am
118DNFDNF
2024 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Competition Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Olsen
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Roda
Ford Mustang GT3 LMGT328030th3rd

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