Andreas Mikkelsen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Andreas Mikkelsen
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1989-06-22) 22 June 1989
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2006–present
Teams	Stobart Ford, Volkswagen
Rallies	35
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	3
Total points	45
First rally	2006 Wales Rally GB

Andreas Mikkelsen (born 22 June 1989) is a Norwegian rally driver. His co-driver is Finnish Mikko Markkula.

Career

Mikkelsen driving a Volkswagen Polo R WRC at the 2013 Rally de Portugal.

Mikkelsen has a broad background in sports. He has competed in slalom and giant slalom, and was a member of the national juniors' alpine skiing team. In 2003 and 2004, he competed in motocross, also representing the national juniors' team.

After turning 17 and getting a British driver's license, Mikkelsen started competing in rallies in the United Kingdom. Driving a Ford Focus RS WRC, he won the Quinton Stages, the Coracle, the Plains, the Bulldog and the Cambrian Rally, as well as the Saaremaa Rally in Estonia.^[1]

Mikkelsen debuted in the World Rally Championship at the 2006 Rally GB and retired from the 14th special stage after going off the road. In the 2007 season, he competed in eight WRC events, and also took part in the Irish Tarmac Championship and the Norwegian Rally Championship. His best WRC results were ninth at the 2007 Rally Ireland and tenth in Norway and Portugal.

For the 2008 season, Mikkelsen had some exclusive coaching from Ford's retired double world champion Marcus Grönholm.^[2] Even though having major problems with turbocharger on Friday's stages, he achieved the best result of his WRC career so far by claiming fifth in the 2008 Swedish Rally, beating Matthew Wilson's 2006 record of being the youngest driver ever to score points in a WRC event.^[3] He intended to compete in all of the championship rounds in Europe, whilst completing his final year in school.

During Rally Larvik in September 2009, Mikkelsen was involved in an accident, when he got a slide on his car and hit a 10-year-old spectator, killing her instantly.^[4]

Mikkelsen, in the Ford Fiesta S2000, on his way to second place on the 2010 Rally Scotland.

In 2010, Mikkelsen competed in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge driving a Ford Fiesta S2000 with a best finish of second on the 2010 Rally Scotland. He placed seventh in the overall standings. Mikkelsen drove a Super 2000 car also on three WRC rounds, and won the SWRC class at the season-ending 2010 Wales Rally GB. Following a strong 2010 campaign, Mikkelsen signed with the Skoda UK Motorsport team for the 2011 IRC season.^[5]

During his 2011 season driving for Skoda UK Motorsport in the IRC, Mikkelsen were off to a rough start. The first rally of the season, Rally Monte-Carlo, Mikkelsen had to retire only after SS1. Sata Rallye Açores where a turning point of the season, where he placed second, his first ever podium in the IRC.^[6] Prior to the last rally of the season, Rally Cyprus, five drivers were fighting for the drivers championship. Mikkelsen, winning Rally Cyprus took home the title, being the youngest person ever to win the IRC^[6]

Mikkelsen continued his dominance of the IRC in the 2012 season, winning the drivers championship as well as several rallies. Mikkelsen is the first ever to win the IRC (now ERC) two consecutive times.

In the 2013 season Mikkelsen competed for Volkswagen Motorsport II in their Polo WRC. He did not reach the podium during the season, but won several special stages, placing 10th in the overall standings

Career results

Complete WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Points
2006	Stobart VK Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	DEU	FIN	JPN	CYP	TUR	AUS	NZL	GBR Ret	NC	0
2007	Stobart VK Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	MON	SWE	NOR 10	MEX	POR 10												NC	0
	Ramsport	Ford Focus RS WRC 04						ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN 12	DEU 24	NZW	ESP 25	FRA DSQ	JPN	IRE 9
	Ramsport	Ford Focus RS WRC 06																GBR Ret
2008	Ramsport	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	MON	SWE 5	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA Ret	GRE	TUR 19	FIN 12								16th	5
2008	Ramsport	Ford Focus RS WRC 07										DEU 11	NZL	ESP 8	FRA 11	JPN	GBR		16th	5
2009	Andreas Mikkelsen	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	IRE	NOR Ret															NC	0
2009	Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia WRC			CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL Ret	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR					NC	0
2010	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ford Fiesta S2000	SWE 11	MEX	JOR	TUR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	GER	JPN							26th	1
	Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000											FRA 18
	Czech Ford National Team	Škoda Fabia S2000													GBR 10
2011	Volkswagen Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN Ret	DEU	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2012	Volkswagen Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON	SWE 13	MEX	POR	ARG Ret	GRE Ret	NZL	FIN 27	DEU 7	GBR	FRA 12	ITA 7	ESP 21				14th	13
2013	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR 6	ARG 8	GRE 4	ITA Ret	FIN 10	GER WD	AUS 7	FRA 7	ESP Ret	GBR 5				10th	50
2014	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON 7	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR				7th*	6*

Complete IRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2009	Andreas Mikkelsen	Opel Corsa S2000	MON	BRA	KEN	POR	BEL	RUS	POR	CZE 33	ESP	ITA	SCO			–	0
2010	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ford Fiesta S2000	MON	CUR	ARG	CAN	SAR Ret	YPR 5	AZO 4	MAD	ZLI 5	SAN Ret	SCO 2	CYP Ret		7th	21
2011	Škoda UK	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON Ret	CAN 6	COR 6	YAL 4	YPR Ret	AZO 2	ZLI 5	MEC Ret	SAN 2	SCO 1	CYP 1			1st	153.5
2012	Škoda UK	Škoda Fabia S2000	AZO 1	CAN 2	IRL 2	COR 5	TAR 2	YPR Ret	SMR 2	ROM 1	ZLI 8	YAL	SLI	SAN	CYP 2	1st	150

* Season in progress.

References

↑ Holmes, Martin. "Getting to know Andreas". Rally World Magazine. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
↑ "First class mentor in Marcus". andreasmikkelsen.com. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
↑ "Mikkelsen beats Wilson's record". crash.net. 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
↑ "Fikk skrens i 130 km/t – varslet selv om ulykken". Dagbladet. 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
↑ Evans, David (11 November 2010). "Mikkelsen eyes title with Skoda UK". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.ircseries.com/standings?idCategory=1

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andreas Mikkelsen.

Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Juho Hänninen	Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion 2011-2012	Succeeded by Incumbent

Teams, drivers and events of the 2013 World Rally Championship season

Categories within the World Rally Championship

FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers · FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers FIA World Rally Championship-2 · FIA World Rally Championship-3 · FIA Junior World Rally Championship

Teams and drivers that are eligible to score manufacturer points

Citroën Abu Dhabi World Rally Team (Citroën DS3 WRC)	Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)	Qatar World Rally Team (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)	Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC)
1. Sébastien Loeb 2. Mikko Hirvonen 3. Dani Sordo	4. Mads Østberg 5. Evgeny Novikov	6. Juho Hänninen 6. Nasser al-Attiyah 11. Thierry Neuville	7. Jari-Matti Latvala 8. Sébastien Ogier

Volkswagen Motorsport II (Volkswagen Polo R WRC)	Abu Dhabi Citroën World Rally Team (Citroën DS3 WRC)	Lotos Team WRC (various)	Jipocar Czech National Team (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
9. Andreas Mikkelsen	10. Dani Sordo 10. Khalid Al Qassimi 10. Chris Atkinson 10. Kris Meeke	12. Michał Kościuszko	21. Martin Prokop

Schedule of events

81ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo · 61^st Rally Sweden · 27º Rally Guanajuato México · 47º Vodafone Rally de Portugal · 33º Philips LED Rally Argentina · 59^th Acropolis Rally · 10º Rally d'Italia Sardegna · 63^rd Neste Oil Rally Finland · 31. ADAC Rallye Deutschland · 22^nd Coates Hire Rally Australia · Rallye de France – Alsace 2013 · 49º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada · 69^th Wales Rally GB

Persondata
Name	Mikkelsen, Andreas
Alternative names
Short description	Norwegian rally driver
Date of birth	1989-06-22
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.