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

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2006 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zytek Engineering
Flag of Denmark.svg Team Essex Invest
Flag of Denmark.svg Casper Elgaard
Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen
Zytek 06S LMP1269NCNC

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