Mikkel Jensen (born 31 December 1994) is a Danish racing driver. He is a

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factory driver currently competing in the World Endurance Championship, having previously been a factory driver for

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Early career

Karting

Jensen began

karting Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motor ...

in 2010 at the age of 15, having been gifted a kart by his father, and raced in his native Denmark for the next two years. Following a successful first test for the

ADAC Formel Masters ADAC Formel Masters was an ADAC sanctioned open wheel racing series based in Germany, held annually from 2008 to 2014. It was replacement of the local Formula BMW championship. The first season was in 2008 and is the main feeder series to the ATS F ...

series, Jensen decided to pursue a career in racing. He made his debut in the series in

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, driving with the Lotus-monikered

Motopark Academy Motopark Academy (raced under Lotus moniker from 2012 to 2014) is an auto racing team based in Oschersleben, Germany, next to the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben race track. In 2013, the team competed in the GP2 Series under the name Russian Time ...

team. Jensen finished tenth in the championship with podiums at

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and the

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. Jensen remained in the series in

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, moving to the Neuhauser Racing team. He achieved ten wins at

Oschersleben Oschersleben () is a town in the Börde district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The population in 1905 was 13,271, in 2020 about 19,000. History On November 23, 994 Oschersleben was first mentioned in a document by the Emperor Otto III. In 1235 ...

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, the

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, the

Nürburgring The () is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long configuration, built in the 1920s ...

and

Hockenheim Hockenheim () is a town in northwest Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about 20 km south of Mannheim and 10 km west of Walldorf. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain, Upper Rhine valley on the tourist theme routes "Baden Asparagus Route" ( ...

on his way to the championship title. In 2015, the Dane graduated to the

FIA Formula 3 European Championship The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a European Formula Three (F3) auto racing competition, organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). After one season of the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy, the FIA revived t ...

, joining

Mücke Motorsport Mücke Motorsport (also known as ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg) is an auto racing team based in Germany. History Single-seaters Mücke Motorsport was formed by Peter Mücke in 1998 to run his son Stefan Mücke in the German Formula BMW ADAC series, ...

. With a pair of podiums at

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being his best result, Jensen ended up tenth in the standings. He remained with Mücke for the 2016 season. Despite being in his second year, he could only take one podium finish on his way to twelfth overall.

Sportscar career

2016 saw Jensen make his sportscar racing debut in the

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, as he joined

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for the round at Le Castellet. Piloting a

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, Jensen and teammates

Mikkel Mac Mikkel Mac Jensen (born 18 December 1992 in Nykøbing Falster) is a Danish racing driver. Career Like many other racing drivers Mac began his racing career in karting. He remained in karting until 2008. In 2009 he began his formula racing caree ...

and Johnny Laursen finished second. After exiting Formula 3, Jensen switched to the

LMP3 A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is a type of sports prototype race car used in various races and championships, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series, and Asian Le M ...

category of the

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, driving alongside Alexander Talkanitsa Sr. and Jr. for AT Racing. The trio ended up sixth in the standings, with the Dane being a deciding factor in a lone victory at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit and scoring three pole positions and fastest laps respectively across the season. Additionally, Jensen won the 6 Hours of Rome as part of the

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outfit. In 2018, BMW Team MTEK confirmed Jensen as their reserve driver for the 2018–19 World Endurance Championship campaign, a year after BMW signed to their junior programme. The Dane went on to compete with another BMW-affiliated squad, namely BMW Team Schnitzer, in the

ADAC GT Masters The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT ...

with

Timo Scheider Timo Scheider (born 10 November 1978 in Lahnstein) is a German racing driver who competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship for Münnich Motorsport. He won the DTM title in 2008 and 2009. Career Karting Like most other drivers, Scheider ...

. Three podiums earned the pair sixth place overall at year's end. Ahead of the 2019 season, BMW promoted Jensen from junior driver to works driver, running him in all five races of the

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. Parallel to his GT commitments, the Dane drove for

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in the ELMS's LMP3 category. Partnering Jens Petersen, Jensen would have a standout year, winning the championship after amassing three victories at

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, and

, where Jensen overtook two drivers on the final lap. The title was decided in controversial fashion, as Jensen and Pedersen would inherit the championship following a penalty for Inter Europol, whose bronze-ranked driver had undercut their mandated driving time. Going into 2020, Jensen progressed to the

LMP2 A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is a type of sports prototype race car used in various races and championships, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series, and Asian Le M ...

category, driving in the

for

G-Drive Racing G-Drive Racing is a Russian sports car racing team. It is named after the commercial fuel distributed by Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of oil giant Gazprom. They made their debut in the LMP2 class of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship in a p ...

alongside

Roman Rusinov Roman Aleksandrovich Rusinov ( rus, Рома́н Алекса́ндрович Ру́синов, p=rɐˈman ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈrusʲɪnəv, born 21 October 1981 in Moscow) is a Russian auto racing driver who competed in the FIA World Endu ...

and

Nyck de Vries Hendrik Johannes Nicasius "Nyck" de Vries (; born 6 February 1995) is a Dutch racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing, Toyota and in Formula E for Mahindra Racing, Mahindra. In formula racing, ...

. The team scored three podiums including a win at the season finale, though the Dane put G-Drive out of the title picture when he crashed out of the lead late on at Spa, before a water leak at Monza gave the title to

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. Thanks to the win at Portimão the outfit finished third in the standings. He also took part in two races of the

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, winning the

Petit Le Mans Petit Le Mans (French language, French for ''Little Le Mans'') is a sports car racing, sports car Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance race held annually at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, United States. The race has been held for a durat ...

event in class for Tower Motorsport By Starworks. At the start of 2021, it was announced that Jensen would become part of the

Le Mans Hypercar A Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) is a type of sports prototype race car that competes alongside LMDh entries in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. It also competes in the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class of the IMSA SportsC ...

outfit for the 2022 WEC season. For his main campaign in 2021, Jensen drove in all seven races of the IMSA SCC together with bronze-ranked

Ben Keating Benjamin Edward Keating (born August 18, 1971) is an American racing driver and business owner operating out of Victoria, Texas. Keating is the owner of 30 car auto dealerships across Texas, The Keating Auto Group. Since starting auto racing in ...

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. The duo went on to control the championship despite a retirement at

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, as they won at Sebring, Watkins Glen, and

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to win the LMP2 title. In 2022, the Dane would join Keating and

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for the

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endurance rounds, whilst also competing in the

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class of the

for

Car Guy Racing CarGuy Racing is an auto racing team based in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, established by Takeshi Kimura in 2015. The team currently competes in the European Le Mans Series under collaboration with Kessel Racing, fielding the No. 9 Ferrari 488 GT3 ...

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. In the former, the trio scored two wins and took home the Michelin Endurance Cup title, whilst Jensen and teammate Frederik Schandorff narrowly missed out on the title at the final round, having gone on charge to pass

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for the victory at

. During the latter half of the year, Jensen completed the final three races of the WEC campaign together with

Paul di Resta Paul di Resta (born 16 April 1986) is a British racing driver and broadcaster from Scotland, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot. Di Resta competed in Formula One between and . Born in Uphall and raised in Bathg ...

and

Jean-Éric Vergne Jean-Éric Serge Raymond Vergne (; born 25 April 1990), also known by his initials JEV, is a French racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot and in Formula E for DS Penske. In formula racing, Vergne compete ...

. The following year, the trio of Jensen, di Resta and Vergne returned to the World Endurance Championship, driving the Peugeot 9X8. Though the year proved to be challenging, the trio managed to score the marque's first podium with the new car by finishing third at

, leading them to finish eighth in the drivers' standings. In addition to his WEC commitments, Jensen drove in

for

TDS Racing TDS Racing (Top Drive Services, formerly known as Pouchelon Racing) is a French auto racing team, currently competing in the European Le Mans Series, FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. History Eurocup Mégane Trophy ...

, finishing third in LMP2 together with Steven Thomas after winning two races.

Other racing

Formula E

In February 2025, Jensen took part in the

Formula E Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is an open-wheel single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The racing series is the highest class of competition for electrically powered single-seater racing cars ...

rookie free practice at the

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with Cupra Kiro, marking his first single-seater outing since 2016. He placed third and was said to have "greatly impressed" the team, who subsequently named him reserve driver.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Jensen was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans 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. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Mikkel 1994 births Living people Danish racing drivers ADAC Formel Masters drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Sportspeople from Aarhus International GT Open drivers European Le Mans Series drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers Peugeot Sport drivers Motopark Academy drivers G-Drive Racing drivers Mücke Motorsport drivers Schnitzer Motorsport drivers Neuhauser Racing drivers Starworks Motorsport drivers BMW M drivers EuroInternational drivers Rowe Racing drivers TDS Racing drivers AF Corse drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers Mumbai Falcons drivers Le Mans Cup drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers