Andreas Mikkelsen

WRC driver
Name = Andreas Mikkelsen


Caption =
Nationality = flagicon|Norway Norwegian
Years = 2006 - present
Teams = Stobart M-Sport Ford
Races = 15
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Stagewins = 1
Points = 5
First race = 2006 Wales Rally GB
First win =

Andreas Mikkelsen (born June 22, 1989) is a Norwegian rally driver. His co-driver is Ola Fløene.

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 WRC, he won the Quinton Stages, the Coracle, the Plains, the Bulldog and the Cambrian Rally, as well as the Saaremaa Rally in Estonia. [cite web | author=Holmes, Martin | title=Getting to know Andreas | publisher=Rally World Magazine | url=http://www.rallyworldmagazine.com/rwmesp/phpnews.php?subaction=showfull&id=1167182663 | accessdate=2008-01-26]

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 has had some exclusive coaching from Ford's retired double world champion Marcus Grönholm. [cite web | title=First class mentor in Marcus | publisher=andreasmikkelsen.com | url=http://www.andreasmikkelsen.com/wip4/detail.epl?cat=11453&id=189843 | accessdate=2008-02-23 |date=2008-01-11] 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 last year's Matthew Wilson's record of being the youngest driver ever to score points in the WRC event.cite web |url=http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159567-0/mikkelsen_beats_wilsons_record.html |title=Mikkelsen beats Wilson's record |date=2008-02-11 |accessdate=2008-02-11 |publisher=crash.net] He is intending to compete in all of the championship rounds in Europe, whilst completing his final year in school.

Complete WRC results

References

External links

* [http://www.andreasmikkelsen.com/ Official website]