Andreas Mikkelsen

Andreas Mikkelsen
	Mikkelsen at the 2015 Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	22 June 1989 (age 35); Oslo, Norway
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2006–present
Co-driver	Current; Torstein Eriksen; Former; Phil Hall; Elliott Edmondson; Ola Fløene; Anders Jæger; Mikko Markkula; Paul Nagle; Jonas Andersson
Teams	Stobart Ford, Volkswagen, Škoda, Citroën, Hyundai, Toksport WRT
Rallies	125
Championships	0
Rally wins	3
Podiums	25
Stage wins	114
Total points	827
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. He is currently competing in the World Rally Championship for Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT. He previously drove for the factory teams of Volkswagen and Citroën, finishing third in the drivers' standings in 2014, 2015 and 2016. His current co-driver is Torstein Eriksen.

He is a two-time Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion, having finished first in 2011 and 2012. In 2021, Mikkelsen became the drivers' champion in both the WRC-2 and the European Rally Championship. He won WRC-2 for a second time in 2023.

Career

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.

2006–2010: Ford

After turning 17 and getting a British driver's license, Mikkelsen started competing in rallies in the United Kingdom and Ireland. 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] He finished 38th overall in 2007 in the famous Donegal International Rally in his Ford Focus, finishing almost an hour behind eventual winner Sébastien Loeb.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.

2011–2012: Škoda

Following a strong 2010 campaign, Mikkelsen signed with the Skoda UK Motorsport team for the 2011 IRC season.^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[7]

Mikkelsen continued his dominance of the IRC in the 2012 season, claiming the drivers championship after winning at Azores and Romania plus collecting five second place finishes. Mikkelsen is the first ever to win the IRC (now ERC) two consecutive times.

2013–2016: Volkswagen

From 2013 to 2016, Mikkelsen competed for Volkswagen Motorsport II in their factory Polo WRC. He did not reach the podium during the 2013 season, but won several special stages, placing 10th in the overall standings. 2014 saw more favourable results, with three second placed finishes, and two third place results, he completed the year in an impressive third place in the championship overall standings. In 2015, he achieved his first rally victory in Spain, and seven third place results, giving him another third place in the world championship. Mikkelsen followed that by two more wins in Poland and Australia during the 2016 season, and two more second places, resulting in yet another third place in the championship overall. Mikkelsen had finished 3rd in the championship three times consecutively from 2014 to 2016. Volkswagen retired from WRC at the end of 2016, leaving Mikkelsen without a drive for 2017.^[8]

2017: Škoda, Citroën and Hyundai

Citroën C3 WRC of Andreas Mikkelsen at 2017 Rallye Deutschland

In early 2017, Mikkelsen entered three rounds of the WRC-2 with a factory Škoda Fabia R5, winning the Monte Carlo Rally and Tour de Corse. He joined the Citroën World Rally Team in mid 2017, debuting at Italy with a Citroën C3 WRC. After finishing second in Germany, Mikkelsen signed a deal for 2018 with Hyundai Motorsport, joining close friend Thierry Neuville, Dani Sordo and Hayden Paddon. He finished fourth in Welsh Rally GB before the end of that year.

2018–2019: Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT

2018 started promisingly with third place in Sweden, but Andreas suffered a series of setbacks, and finished the year 6th place overall. 2019 was significantly better. Despite missing out or retiring from six of the fourteen WRC events that year, Mikkelsen scored one second place and two third places, to finish the season in 4th place overall. His contract with Hyundai was not renewed at the end of 2019, leaving Mikkelsen without a WRC drive.^[9]

2020: Pirelli tests and Eurosol Racing Team

Mikkelsen was left without a drive for 2020 season, so at Rally Sardegna he co-drived for 2003 World Drivers' Champion Petter Solberg. They contested the rally in Shakedown and Power Stage using Saintéloc-prepared Citroen C3 WRC equipped with Pirelli tyres to be used for the 2021 season. At Rally Monza, together with Eurosol Racing Team he finished 6th in WRC-2 and won in WRC-3 category.

2021–2022: Toksport WRT and Škoda Motorsport

For 2021, Mikkelsen joined Toksport for a combined WRC-2 and ERC campaign, driving a Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo. He become the first driver to win both WRC-2 and ERC title in the same year.^[10]^[11] He stayed with the team in 2022 and is currently leading the WRC-2 standings. Between the races, he also helped Škoda Motorsport to develop the new Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 and he drove it at the 2022 Bohemia Rally Mladá Boleslav as course car.

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

Racing record

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	GER	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	GER 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										GER 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	ESP
	Czech Ford National Team	Škoda Fabia S2000													GBR 10
2011	Volkswagen Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN Ret	GER	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
2017	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 7	SWE	MEX	FRA 7	ARG	POR Ret											12th	54
	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC							ITA 8	POL 9	FIN	GER 2
	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC											ESP 18	GBR 4	AUS 11
2018	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	MON 13	SWE 3	MEX 4	FRA 7	ARG 5	POR 16	ITA 18	FIN 10	GER 6	TUR 5	GBR 6	ESP 10	AUS 11				6th	84
2019	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	MON Ret	SWE 4	MEX Ret	FRA	ARG 2	CHL 7	POR	ITA 3	FIN 4	GER 6	TUR 3	GBR 6	ESP	AUS C			4th	102
2020	Eurosol Racing Team Hungary	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ 6										15th	8
2021	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON 7	ARC 11	CRO 39	POR WD	ITA Ret	KEN WD	EST 9	BEL	GRE 9	FIN	ESP	MNZ 16					17th	10
2022	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON 7	SWE 7	CRO	POR Ret	ITA Ret	KEN	EST 8	FIN	BEL 7	GRE 13	NZL	ESP	JPN				14th	25
2023	Toksport WRT 3	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR 8	ITA 5	KEN	EST 9	FIN 10	GRE 7	CHL	EUR 23	JPN 7				11th	29
2024	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	MON 6	SWE	KEN	CRO 6	POR	ITA	POL 6	LAT	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN				9th*	29*

* Season still in progress.

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2009	Andreas Mikkelsen	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	NOR Ret	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	AUS	GBR	NC	0

SWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2010	Czech Ford National Team	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX	JOR	NZL	POR	FIN	GER	JPN	FRA	GBR 1	11th	25

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2017	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON 1	SWE	MEX	FRA 1	ARG	POR Ret	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS	9th	50
2021	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON 1	ARC 2	CRO 5	POR WD	ITA Ret	KEN WD	EST 1	BEL	GRE 1	FIN	ESP	MNZ 2		1st	149
2022	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	MON 1	SWE 1	CRO	POR Ret	ITA Ret	KEN	EST 1	FIN	BEL 2	GRE 7	NZL	ESP	JPN	2nd	109
2023	Toksport WRT 3	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR 3	ITA 1	KEN	EST 1	FIN 4	GRE 1	CHL	EUR 13	JPN 1	1st	137

* Season still in progress.

WRC-3 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2020	Eurosol Racing Team Hungary	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	MON	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ 1	8th	25

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

ERC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	WDC	Points
2020	Topp-Cars Rally Team	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	ITA	LAT	PRT	HUN 1	ESP 6				5th	52
2021	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	POL 2	LAT 5	ITA 8	CZE 2	PRT1 1	PRT2 1	HUN 6	ESP	1st	191

* Season still in progress.

Skiing career

Mikkelsen was an Alpine skier before concentrating on rallying.^[12]

References

^ Holmes, Martin. "Getting to know Andreas". Rally World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
^ "Rally Results - Donegal International Rally, 2007".
^ "First class mentor in Marcus". andreasmikkelsen.com. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-23. ^{[dead link]}
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Standings - IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge - Eurosport". Archived from the original on 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
^ Evans, David (1 November 2016). "Volkswagen to pull out of WRC at end of 2016". Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "Andreas Mikkelsen out, Craig Breen in at Hyundai for Rally Australia". Motorsport Week. 2 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-10-03. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "ANDREAS MIKKELSEN JOINS STAR-STUDDED ROLL OF HONOUR AS 2021 FIA ERC CHAMPION*". FIA ERC.
^ "MIKKELSEN ADDS ERC TITLE TO WRC2 CROWN". DirtFish. 24 October 2021.
^ "Andreas MIKKELSEN". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

External links

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

[1] Holmes, Martin. "Getting to know Andreas". Rally World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-01-28. Retrieved 2008-01-26.

[2] "Rally Results - Donegal International Rally, 2007".

[3] "First class mentor in Marcus". andreasmikkelsen.com. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-23. ^{[dead link]}

[sweden2008-v10-4] "Mikkelsen beats Wilson's record". crash.net. 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2008-02-11.

[5] "Fikk skrens i 130 km/t – varslet selv om ulykken". Dagbladet. 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-09-18.

[6] 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.

[ircseries.com-7] "Standings - IRC Intercontinental Rally Challenge - Eurosport". Archived from the original on 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2013-11-21.

[8] Evans, David (1 November 2016). "Volkswagen to pull out of WRC at end of 2016". Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[9] "Andreas Mikkelsen out, Craig Breen in at Hyundai for Rally Australia". Motorsport Week. 2 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-10-03. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[10] "ANDREAS MIKKELSEN JOINS STAR-STUDDED ROLL OF HONOUR AS 2021 FIA ERC CHAMPION*". FIA ERC.

[11] "MIKKELSEN ADDS ERC TITLE TO WRC2 CROWN". DirtFish. 24 October 2021.

[12] "Andreas MIKKELSEN". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

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