Andreas Mikkelsen

Andreas Mikkelsen

Mikkelsen at the 2015 Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	22 June 1989
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2006–present
Co-driver	Anders Jæger Ola Fløene Mikko Markkula Paul Nagle Maria Andersson
Teams	Stobart Ford, Volkswagen
Rallies	79
Championships	0
Rally wins	3
Podiums	20
Stage wins	73
Total points	544
First rally	2006 Wales Rally GB
First win	2015 Rally Catalunya
Last win	2016 Rally Australia

Andreas Mikkelsen (born 22 June 1989) is a Norwegian rally driver.

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.

WRC Victories

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	51º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada	2015	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
2	73rd Rally Poland	2016	Anders Jæger	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
3	25th Rally Australia	2016	Anders Jæger	Volkswagen Polo R WRC

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							ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN 12	DEU 24	NZW	ESP 25	FRA DSQ	JPN	IRE 9
		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
		Ford Focus RS WRC 07										DEU 11	NZL	ESP 8	FRA 11	JPN	GBR
2009	Andreas Mikkelsen	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	IRE	NOR Ret															NC	0
		Škoda Fabia WRC			CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL Ret	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR
2010	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ford Fiesta S2000	SWE 11	MEX	JOR	TUR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	GER	JPN							26th	1
		Škoda Fabia S2000											FRA 18	ESP
	Czech Ford National Team														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	GER 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 2	MEX 19	POR 4	ARG 4	ITA 4	POL 2	FIN 4	GER 3	AUS 3	FRA 2	ESP 7	GBR Ret				3rd	150
2015	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON 3	SWE 3	MEX 3	ARG Ret	POR 3	ITA 36	POL 2	FIN Ret	GER 3	AUS 4	FRA 3	ESP 1	GBR 3				3rd	171
2016	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	MON 2	SWE 4	MEX Ret	ARG 3	POR 2	ITA 13	POL 1	FIN 7	GER 4	CHN C	FRA 3	ESP Ret	GBR 12	AUS 1			3rd	154

* Season still in progress.

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

References

1. Holmes, Martin. "Getting to know Andreas". Rally World Magazine. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
2. "First class mentor in Marcus". andreasmikkelsen.com. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
3. "Mikkelsen beats Wilson's record". crash.net. 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
4. "Fikk skrens i 130 km/t – varslet selv om ulykken". Dagbladet. 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
5. 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. http://www.ircseries.com/standings?idCategory=1

External links

• Official website