Anders Bjerg Fjordbach (born 4 November 1990) is a Danish racing driver, who most recently competed in 2024-25 Asian Le Mans Series for

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Career

Fjordbach began his senior racing career in 2007, competing in the Yokohama 1600 Challenge Denmark and the Volkswagen Polo Cup Denmark, finishing 11th and 10th in the championships respectively. The following year, Fjordbach returned to the Polo Cup, finishing 5th. In 2009, an accident at

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during ADAC Procar competition led him to postpone his racing career, making his return in 2012. After several years competing in national championships, Fjordbach signed a contract with

in 2013 to compete in the Danish Thundersport Championship; a partnership that would later lead to appearances at the

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. In 2015, Fjordbach won the Dubai 24 Hour in the 997 class, competing for Team Black Falcon. Two years later, Fjorbach claimed his second class victory at the event, also driving for Team Black Falcon in the equivalent Porsche Cup class. Later in 2015, Fjordbach began competing in the then-

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, winning the Silver Cup class in his first event at

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. 2017 marked the beginning of Fjordbach's career in

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, as he finished 9th in the LMP2 class of the

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. This experience led to a ride with Algarve Pro Racing during the 2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series season, with aims to win the P2 Am Trophy. One of Fjordbach's co-drivers on that team was Chris McMurry, father of American driver Matt McMurry, who competed for PR1 Mathiasen Motorsport in the

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. With the team short a driver, Fjordbach was called in for the 2019 12 Hours of Sebring. The team would finish second in class, 13 laps behind the leader. 2019 also presented Fjordbach with his first chance to compete at Le Mans, as

were called in off the reserve list to compete in the LMP2 class. The team finished 16th overall, taking 11th place in class. In May of that year, Fjordbach tested the Ginetta G60-LT-P1 at

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ahead of its re-introduction for the 2019–20 season. For the 2021 season, Fjordbach had a double racing program with

, competing in the World Endurance Championship and joining the team in their return to GT competition, as the team fielded an entry for himself and Mark Patterson in the new

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. The duo claimed victory in the series' inaugural race at

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in April. The following season, Fjordbach piloted the new Brabham BT63 GT2 for the High Class-backed Brabham Automotive Factory Racing team. Driving alongside Kevin Weeda, the team scored their first and only victory of the season at Misano.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

GT2 European Series results - ProAm Class

Complete Le Mans Cup results

European Le Mans Series results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fjordbach, Anders 1990 births Living people Danish racing drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers European Le Mans Series drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers Sportspeople from Aalborg NASCAR drivers 24H Series drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers Phoenix Racing drivers ISR Racing drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers Le Mans Cup drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers Duqueine Team drivers Algarve Pro Racing drivers GT2 European Series drivers Porsche Supercup drivers