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Driver Profile Driver Profile DRIVER PROFILE DRIVER PROFILE Name Mikkel Mac Jensen Date of birth 18 Deccember 1992 Weight 68 kg (72 kg equipped) Height 175 cm Birthplace Nykoebing, Denmark Residence Nykoebing, Denmark Car No. #51 Ferrari 488 GT3 Co-driver Alessandro Pier Guidi Website mikkelmac.com Facebook facebook.com/mikkelmacracing Instagram @mikkel_mac About Mikkel Mac Mikkel Mac is despite his young age one of the most experienced Danish racing drivers. At an age of 25 this ambitous young man has already participated and won victories in recognized top series such as Formula Renault, Maserati Trofeo World Series and the European Le Mans Series. Mikkel Mac is a former Danish KF2 karting champion and was one of the stars in the 2012 Da- nish Thundersport Championship with four time Le Mans winner Jan Magnussen as his team colleague. The 25 year old Formula Racing driver won no less then two world champion titles in the 2013 Maserati Trofeo World Series and drove a Ferrari 458 GT3 in the 2014 European Le Mans Series with Jan Magnussen and Johnny Laursen. For the 2015 season Mikkel Mac earned Gold Driver status in the FIA driver’s classification and con- tinued his ambitous and professional carrer with Formula Racing in the faster GTE class in the Euro- pean Le Mans Series. The team managed to beat all competitors and win the championship – as the first Danish team ever! 2016 was Mikkel’s third season in the European Le Mans Series. It was also his first time in the world’s biggest motorsport evnt – 24 Hours of Le Mans! In 2018 Mikkel was a part of the Ferrari supported team Luzich Racing, with teammate Alessandro Pier Guide and won the International GT Open championship in the PRO class. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2007 Rotax Max Junior European Championship KF3 Danish Championship (4th place) 2008 KF2 Danish Championship (champion) 2009 Formula BMW (selected races) Formula Ford Danish Championship (sel. races) Dansk Metal Formula Ford Festival (winner) 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 North European Championship (most winning driver, 2th place) Formula Two test 2011 Formula Two 2012 Danish Thundersport Championship (3 race wins) Nordic Camaro Cup (1 race win) 2013 Maserati Trofeo World Series (drivers championship, under age 30 champion) Formula Automobile Driving Instructor 2014 European Le Mans Series (2th place, 1 race win, 4 podiums) Winner/receiver of the Colding Prize Formula Automobile Driving Instructor 2015 European Le Mans Series (champion) Danish Supertourisme (2 race wins, 4 podiums) Formula Automobile Driving Instructor Winner of DASU winter traning camp 2016 European Le Mans Series 24 Hours of Le Mans 2017 International GT Open PRO 2018 International GT Open PRO Champion REFERENCES “I have been lucky to have Mikkel Mac as my team buddywith Fukamuni Racing in the 2012 Danish ThundersportChampionship and with Formula Racing in the 2014 European Le Mans Series. He is a very serious and ambitous racing driver that have been able to challenge the best competitors and secure victories despite being a rookie. Mikkel is constantly focused on being even faster, and he is undoubtly one of the future stars.” Jan Magnussen, racing driver, Corvette Racing “Mikkel is one of the most interesting driver that we are following and growing up to raise his level to the very important motorsports events. He is a great talent, very good for the team work, and he is a good team player. During his last performances he shows determination and he is very focus on the victory.” Amato Ferrari, Team Manager, AF Corse “Mikkel is not only fast but also very smart and clever. He knows exactly what he needs to be fast with the race car. He has a very good approach and is able to share easily the driving time with his teammates. Last but not least, despite his young age, he has a very good management of the LMP2 traffic.” Brice Laforge, Race Engineer, Ferrari/AF Corse “Mikkel has helped us winning two champions- hips in the Maserati Trofeo World Series and being runners up in the European Le Mans Series in 2014. He is not just a fast and strategic driver but also a great team buddy that knows the importance of good team work and gives the engineers the right technical feedback. Allan Jorgensen, team mamanger, Formula Racing “I have enjoyed racing with Mikkel in the European Le Mans Series since 2014. As being the teams’s FIA Gold Driver, there have always been high expectations to Mikkel, but I don’t think anyone could put more pressure on him than himself. He’s is very serious and precise regarding the car’s setup, he is always very fast, and not least he is the best team player you can imagine. I will always think of Mikkel as an ambitious and dedicated race driver that helped me to become a better driver. Even though I wish him a great carrer as an official factory driver, I would love to win even more races with him.” Johnny Laursen, ELMS GTE Champion 2015 CONTACT MIKKEL MAC RACING ApS Kreibergsgade 16 DK-4800 Nykøbing Falster TEL +45 22492530 MAIL [email protected].
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