Mikkel Grundtvig

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Mikkel Grundtvig
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Grundtvig in 2022
Nationality Flag of Denmark.svg Danish
Born (2002-06-30) 30 June 2002 (age 21)
Vejle, Denmark
GB3 Championship career
Debut season 2021
Current team Fortec Motorsport
Car number43
Starts27 (27 entries)
Wins3
Podiums5
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish13th in 2021
Previous series
2020
2019
2018-2019
2017		Danish Endurance Championship
French F4 Championship
F4 Danish Championship
Aquila Synergy Cup
Championship titles
2020Danish Endurance Championship - Class 4

Mikkel Grundtvig (born 30 June 2002) is a Danish racing driver, currently competing in the GB3 Championship for Fortec Motorsport.

Contents

Career

Karting

Grundtvig started racing in karting competitions in 2015, when he drove in the Danish Rotax Max Challenge. He remained in karts until 2016.

Lower formulae

In 2017 Grundtvig made his single-seater debut in the Aquila Synergy Cup with Young Factory Racing. The Dane scored his first podium in the second race at Karlskoga, and achieved two victories at the final two races of the season. Grundtvig finished the campaign in third place, 67 points behind the champion Kevin Suenson.

For 2018, Grundtvig progressed to the F4 Danish Championship, driving for Apex Racing. [1] [2] However, despite five podium finishes of the course of the season, he only managed to end up seventh in the standings. Grundtvig remained with Apex for parts of the 2019 season, whilst also competing in the French F4 Championship. [3] [4] The Dane would fare significantly better in the former than the previous year, winning three races and scoring a further five podiums, whilst in the French series he would come out victorious at the reversed-grid race at Lédenon and finished the year 13th in the championship. [5]

Danish Touring Cars

In 2020 Grundtvig raced in Class 4 of the Danish Endurance Championship. After finishing six of the seven races on the podium and winning a total of three races he won the title in comfortable fashion.

GB3 Championship

Grundtvig made the step-up to race in the GB3 Championship in 2021, partnering Roberto Faria at Fortec Motorsports. [6] [7] He scored his first podium of the season along with his first win at Donington Park, where he held off Max Marzorati to take victory. [8] The following round at Spa-Francochamps the Dane achieved a second place in the reversed-grid race, completing a Fortec one-two lockout along with teammate Faria. [9] Grundtvig's third podium of the campaign came at the final race at Oulton Park, where he yet again finished second. [10] After two 14th places in the first two races at the final round at Donington Park, Grundtvig won the final race of the season, having started from pole position due to the reversing of the qualifying order. [11] He finished the season 13th in the standings, eight positions behind his only full-time teammate Faria.

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2015Rotax Max Challenge Denmark — Junior8th
2016NEZ Championship — KFJ 16th
Danish Championship — KFJ 12th

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2017Aquila Synergy CupYoung Factory Racing1520183863rd
2018 F4 Danish Championship Apex Racing2220162377th
2019 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 1910113713th
F4 Danish Championship Apex Racing1230281877th
2020Danish Endurance Championship - Class 4Dream Concept Motorsport730061851st
2021 GB3 Championship Fortec Motorsports 24200421413th
2022 GB3 Championship Fortec Motorsport 182003135.521st
2023Super GT DenmarkOutzen Motorsport1801012629th

* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Danish Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2018 APEX Racing PAD1
1
5		 PAD1
2
2		 PAD1
3
2		 JYL1
1
6		 JYL1
2
2		 JYL1
3
12		 DJU
1
7		 DJU
2
5		 DJU
3
6		 RUD
1
Ret		 RUD
2
5		 RUD
3
4		 JYL2
1
2		 JYL2
2
8		 JYL2
3
5		 PAD2
1
2		 PAD2
2
Ret		 PAD2
3
4		 DJU2
1
DSQ		 DJU2
2
DSQ		 DJU2
3
DSQ		 JYL3
1
10		 JYL3
2
7		 JYL3
3
4		7th237
2019 APEX Racing PAD1
1
6		 PAD1
2
1		 PAD1
3
1		 JYL1
1
3		 JYL1
2
5		 JYL1
3
2		 DJU1
1 		DJU1
2 		DJU1
3 		KIN
1 		KIN
2 		KIN
3 		PAD2
3
3		 PAD2
3
Ret		 PAD2
3
4		 JYL2
1 		JYL2
2 		JYL2
3 		DJU2
1
DNS		 DJU2
2
DNS		 DJU2
3
DNS		 JYL3
1
2		 JYL3
2
2		 JYL3
3
1		7th187

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year123456789101112131415161718192021PosPoints
2019 NOG
1
12		 NOG
2
11		 NOG
3
8		 PAU
1
Ret		 PAU
2
Ret		 PAU
3
DNS		 SPA
1
10		 SPA
2
10		 SPA
3
15		 LÉD
1
10		 LÉD
2
1		 LÉD
3
8		 HUN
1
15		 HUN
2
13		 HUN
3
13		 MAG
1
13		 MAG
2
13		 MAG
3
10		 LEC
1
10		 LEC
2
9		 LEC
3
9		13th37

Complete GB3 Championship results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2021 Fortec Motorsports BRH
1
16		 BRH
2
15		 BRH
3
5		 SIL1
1
12		 SIL1
2
14		 SIL1
3
Ret		 DON1
1
17		 DON1
2
13		 DON1
3
12		 SPA
1
14		 SPA
2
13		 SPA
3
21		 SNE
1
14		 SNE
2
16		 SNE
3
9		 SIL2
1
11		 SIL2
2
13		 SIL2
3
10		 OUL
1
16		 OUL
2
11		 OUL
3
2		 DON2
1
14		 DON2
2
14		 DON2
3
1		13th214
2022 Fortec Motorsport OUL
1
18		 OUL
2
19		 OUL
3
1		 SIL1
1
15		 SIL1
2
13		 SIL1
3
15		 DON1
1
16		 DON1
2
17		 DON1
3
3		 SNE
1
17		 SNE
2
21		 SNE
3
1		 SPA
1
15		 SPA
2
17		 SPA
3
7		 SIL2
1
20		 SIL2
2
17		 SIL2
3
8		 BRH
1
20		 BRH
2
21		 BRH
3
153		 DON2
1
15		 DON2
2
17		 DON2
3
19		21st135.5

* Season still in progress.

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References

  1. ↑ "Mikkel Grundtvig vil selv" [Mikkel Grundtvig wants to do it himself] (in Danish). 26 November 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Formel 4, Velkommen til Mikkel Grundtvig - Apexracing". Apex Racing (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  3. ↑ "Padborg Park Open - F4/F5 Starting List" (PDF). Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "A PROMISING ENTRY FOR THE 2019 FRENCH F4 CHAMPIONSHIP". April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ Wood, Ida (2019-04-29). "Mikkel Grundtvig takes first Danish F4 wins at soggy Padborg Park". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  6. ↑ Wood, Elliot (2020-11-30). "Roberto Faria to make full-time BRDC British F3 return with Fortec in 2021". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  7. ↑ Wood, Ida (2021-05-17). "Mikkel Grundtvig joins Fortec in British F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  8. ↑ Woollard, Craig (2021-07-11). "Mikkel Grundtvig beats Max Marzorati for maiden British F3 win". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  9. ↑ Whitfield, Steve (2021-07-25). "Faria takes maiden BRDC British F3 win in Fortec 1-2 at Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  10. ↑ "O'Sullivan all but secures GB3 title as Bilinski wins in wet". Formula Scout. 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  11. ↑ "Grundtvig wins GB3's final race with Tatuus MSV F3-016 car". Formula Scout. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
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