Philip Andersen

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Philip Andersen is a Danish race car driver born 15 November 1980 who competed in the Danish Touring Car Championship from 2003 until 2004. For the two years before that he drove in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup.^[1] As of 2006 he drove in the Le Mans Series Championship in LMP1 for the team Zytek; he is the driver N°3 of the car n°2 (a Zytec 06S).

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Zytek Engineering Team Essex Invest	Casper Elgaard John Nielsen	Zytek 06S	LMP1	269	NC	NC
Sources:^[2]^[3]

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References

↑ "WorldofMotorSport". Archived from the original on December 21, 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
↑ "Philip Andersen Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
↑ "Philip Andersen". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 8 August 2023.

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[1] "WorldofMotorSport". Archived from the original on December 21, 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[MSportStats-2] "Philip Andersen Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

[3] "Philip Andersen". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 8 August 2023.

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