Oliver Rasmussen

Oliver Rasmussen
Rasmussen in 2023
Nationality	Danish
Born	(2000-11-06) 6 November 2000 (age 24) Grasse, France
WEC career
Debut season	2022
Current team	Hertz Team Jota
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2022) FIA Gold (2023–)
Car number	28
Starts	21
Wins	1
Podiums	4
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	6th in 2023
Previous series
2021-2022 2020 2020 2018–19 2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship FR European Toyota Racing Series Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4

Oliver Rasmussen (born 6 November 2000) is a Danish racing driver who last competed in the World Endurance Championship for Jota. ^[1] He is set to race in Super Formula in 2025 for Team Impul.

Early career

Italian F4

2018

Rasmussen started his single-seater career off with Jenzer Motorsport at the opening round of the 2018 Italian F4 Championship. ^[2] Rasmussen completed the first ten races with 4 retirements and a best finish of 11th, a string of 3 retirements in a row starting at Monza's 2nd race left Rasmussen the only one of the 6 Jenzer drivers without a point. In race 2 at the Misano round a season best finish of 8th ended Rasmussen's points drought, things were looking good for him until the 3rd race he sustained a heavy crash with Prema driver Amna Al Qubaisi. The closest Rasmussen got to the points was a 13th-place finish, he ended the season 24th and last of his teammates.

2019

He returned for the following season but this time for Prema Powerteam and with his first race of the season he beat his entire tally from the previous year. In the second race Rasmussen was handed a ten-second penalty for overtaking under the safety car resulting in a 14th-place finish. Despite a lot of good results, including three 4th places and a pole position at Imola it took until the final round of the season for Rasmussen to take a podium where he placed 3rd in the first and third race at Monza. Before his double podium Rasmussen was 10th in the championship but ended up finishing 7th, 6 points behind his nearest competitor. ^[3]

ADAC F4

Rasmussen raced with Prema Powerteam in the ADAC Formula 4 in 2019. ^[4] The first round of the season got off to a bad start, as he retired after he sustained damage crashing into Prema teammate Paul Aron. A handful of good results and points followed before he scored a career best 2nd and first podium of the season at Zandvoort due to Dennis Hauger and Gianluca Petecof crashing in the later stages of the race. ^[5] Rasmussen went on to finish on the podium once more and end the season in 12th behind Paraguayan Joshua Dürksen.

Toyota Racing Series

mtec Motorsport and Rasmussen joined forced as he entered the Toyota Racing Series for the first time in 2020. ^[6] He finished 11th with two podiums, one fastest lap and 158 points. His best result was 2nd, a race in which he shared the podium with FIA Formula 1 driver Yuki Tsunoda and FIA Formula 3 driver Lirim Zendeli.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2021

Rasmussen at the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round

On 5 February 2021, Rasmussen confirmed that he would be moving up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship with HWA Racelab to partner Matteo Nannini and Rafael Villagómez. ^[7] He did not score any points and achieved a best finish of 12th, during sprint race 2 at Zandvoort.

2022

He then drove for Charouz Racing System and ART Grand Prix in the post-season test, but did not sign for either team in 2022, instead switching to the FIA World Endurance Championship. ^{[8] [9] [10]} On 4 April 2022, however, it was announced that Rasmussen would be joining teams' champions Trident from round 2 after an ill-fated Jonny Edgar pulled out of the championship. ^[11] In just his first time back, he achieved his first points finish by finishing seventh. ^[12] He would not score any more points for the feature race and the Barcelona round.

Rasmussen was replaced at Silverstone by Edgar after the Brit recovered from his health issues. ^[13] Rasmussen ranked 22nd in the standings with 4 points. ^[14]

Sportscar career

2022: WEC debut

On 12 January 2022, Jota Sport announced that Rasmussen would join the team and drive the 28 car alongside Ed Jones and Johnathan Aberdein in the FIA World Endurance Championship. ^{[15] [16]} The team started out with a fifth place at Sebring, before a retirement at Spa-Francorchamps posed a setback for Rasmussen and his teammates. ^[17] They would bounce back in strong fashion at the 24 Hours of Le Mans however, as the Jota 28 crew took a class podium, ending up third at the checkered flag. ^{[18] [19]} Rasmussen, Aberdein and Jones scored another third place at the penultimate race in Fuji and finished sixth in the teams' standings.

2023

For the 2023 season, Rasmussen remained with Jota, being partnered by Pietro Fittipaldi and David Heinemeier Hansson. ^[20] Following three finishes inside the top ten during the first half of the season, the #28 crew qualified second ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^[21] However, having run near the front during the evening, Rasmussen span and hit the barriers, damaging the front of his car and diminishing Jota's chances of victory. ^[22] Contact from another car saw Fittipaldi stranded in the gravel at the first Mulsanne Chicane four hours later, costing the team more time and leading them on to finish 13th in class. ^{[23] [24]}

A highlight of the campaign proved to be the race at Monza: the team took an early lead with Heinemeier Hansson at the wheel and ran at the front for a majority of the contest, with Rasmussen executing a pass on Fabio Scherer to momentarily take third. With fellow front runners WRT having to retire thirty minutes from the end, Jota were able to win unopposed, as Fittipaldi crossed the line to give Rasmussen his first victory in sportscar racing. ^{[25] [26] [27]} Another podium came at the final round in Bahrain, as the #28 crew benefited from a collision the #9 Prema suffered with a GT car. ^{[28] [29]} This helped the team towards a sixth place in the championship standings by the end of the year. ^[30]

2024

Rasmussen continued with Jota for the 2024 season, as he stepped up to competing in the Hypercar category alongside Jenson Button and Phil Hanson. ^[31]

2025

After did not get picked by Caddilac Jota, Rasmussen moves to Japan where he will make his debut in Super GT's GT300 class with apr. He will drive the Lexus LC500h GT with Miki Koyama and third driver Yuki Nemoto. ^[32]

Other racing

2025: Super Formula debut

Rasmussen switched to Super Formula for 2025, driving for Team Impul alongside Mitsunori Takaboshi. ^[33]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2016	Rotax International Open — Senior		9th
	Rotax Max Wintercup — Senior	Jana Racing	22nd
2017	WSK Final Cup — KZ2	Kosmic Racing Departement	7th
	CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ2		25th
	Swedish Karting Championship — KZ2		6th
2018	CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ2	Kosmic Racing Departement	11th
	WSK Master Series — KZ2		45th

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2018	Italian F4 Championship	Jenzer Motorsport	20	0	0	0	0	4	24th
2019	Italian F4 Championship	Prema Powerteam	21	0	2	1	2	126	7th
	ADAC Formula 4 Championship		20	0	0	0	2	76	12th
2020	Formula Regional European Championship	Prema Powerteam	23	6	5	3	13	343	3rd
	Toyota Racing Series	mtec Motorsport	15	0	0	1	2	158	11th
2021	FIA Formula 3 Championship	HWA Racelab	20	0	0	0	0	0	25th
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jota	6	0	0	0	2	70	8th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	3rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	G-Drive Racing by APR	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Trident	4	0	0	0	0	4	22nd
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jota	7	1	1	0	2	84	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Duqueine Team	3	0	0	0	0	6	15th
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Hertz Team Jota	8	0	0	0	0	28	19th
2025	Super Formula	Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul
	Super GT - GT300	apr

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

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pos	Points
2018	Jenzer Motorsport	ADR 1 18	ADR 2 Ret	ADR 3 18	LEC 1 14	LEC 2 19	LEC 3 17	MNZ 1 11	MNZ 2 Ret	MNZ 3 Ret	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 8	MIS 3 Ret	IMO 1 18	IMO 2 Ret	IMO 3 20	VLL 1 14	VLL 2 19	VLL 3 14	MUG 1 13	MUG 2 Ret	MUG 3 25		24th	4
2019	Prema Powerteam	VLL 1 6	VLL 2 14	VLL 3 7	MIS 1 5	MIS 2 4	MIS 3 C	HUN 1 30	HUN 2 6	HUN 3 6	RBR 1 10	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 11	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 8	IMO 3 11	IMO 4 4	MUG 1 4	MUG 2 10	MUG 3 6	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 7	MNZ 3 3	7th	126

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2019	Prema Powerteam	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 12	OSC 3 5	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 10	RBR 3 8	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 11	ZAN 1 14	ZAN 2 2	ZAN 3 9	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 6	NÜR 3 3	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 8	HOC 3 Ret	SAC 1 14	SAC 2 12	SAC 3 12	12th	76

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2020	mtec Motorsport	HIG 1 6	HIG 2 2	HIG 3 17	TER 1 13	TER 2 11	TER 3 Ret	HMP 1 6	HMP 2 3	HMP 3 9	PUK 1 8	PUK 2 11	PUK 3 11	MAN 1 12	MAN 2 12	MAN 3 12	11th	158

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos	Points
2020	Prema Powerteam	MIS 1 1	MIS 2 3	MIS 3 3	LEC 1 6	LEC 2 5	LEC 3 4	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 1	RBR 3 3	MUG 1 3	MUG 2 6	MUG 3 3	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 1	MNZ 3 4	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 1	CAT 3 5	IMO 1 DNS	IMO 2 6	IMO 3 6	VLL 1 3	VLL 2 C	VLL 3 1	3rd	343

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2021	HWA Racelab	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 19	CAT 3 17	LEC 1 17	LEC 2 21	LEC 3 22	RBR 1 26	RBR 2 16	RBR 3 22	HUN 1 18	HUN 2 28	HUN 3 21	SPA 1 20	SPA 2 21	SPA 3 17	ZAN 1 18	ZAN 2 12	ZAN 3 26	SOC 1 Ret	SOC 2 C	SOC 3 25†	25th	0
2022	Trident	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	IMO SPR 7	IMO FEA Ret	CAT SPR 16	CAT FEA 14	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	ZAN SPR	ZAN FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA				22nd	4

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2022	G-Drive Racing by APR	LMP2	Aurus 01	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY 5	SEB	LGA	MDO	WGL	ELK	PET	NC†	0

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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2022	Jota Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB 5	SPA Ret	LMS 3	MNZ 10	FUJ 3	BHR 7			8th	70
2023	Jota	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB 5	ALG 7	SPA 9	LMS 9	MNZ 1	FUJ 6	BHR 3		6th	84
2024	Hertz Team Jota	Hypercar	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8	QAT NC	IMO 11	SPA Ret	LMS 9	SÃO 7	COA 10	FUJ 6	BHR 7	19th	28

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	Jota Sport	Jonathan Aberdein Ed Jones	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	368	7th	3rd
2023	Jota Sport	Pietro Fittipaldi David Heinemeier Hansson	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	316	24th	13th
2024	Hertz Team Jota	Jenson Button Phil Hanson	Porsche 963	Hypercar	311	9th	9th

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2023–24	Duqueine Team	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 11	SEP 2 7	DUB 1 Ret	ABU 1	ABU 2	15th	6

Complete Super Formula results

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2025	Itochu Enex Wecars Team Impul	Toyota	SUZ	SUZ	MOT	MOT	AUT	FUJ	FUJ	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	SUZ	TBD	TBD

Complete Super GT results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2025	apr	Lexus LC 500h GT	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SEP	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT

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External links

• Oliver Rasmussen career summary at DriverDB.com